As I See It...

Coming to the Rescue

2011-11-30T21:30:00.001-05:00

I was brushing my teeth and I heard one of my neighbors calling out to another one in a way that sounded almost panicked.

It got me thinking: if one of my neighbors were to come pounding on my door in a panic, begging me to open up, I might actually think about it. I might not open the door, because who knows what might be chasing the neighbor. Whatever it might be wold then know there's more than what it's chasing within.

It might divert additional energy to get in to kill us both.

Self-preservation or selfishness? Hard-heartedness?

CNN Breaking News: 11 June 2011, 14:01

2011-06-11T21:36:00.000-04:00

From: "CNN Breaking News"

Date: June 11, 2011 14:01:08

Subject: CNN Breaking News

‘The head of the Democratic National Committee is calling for the resignation of U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who has been under fire after admitting to inappropriate communications with women online.

"It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign," DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said in a statement Saturday. "The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable.

This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House -- and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important -- his and his family's well-being."

And House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Steve Israel have told Weiner he should resign, a Democratic source with k nowledge of the conversations told CNN. Both released statements also demanding his resignation Saturday.’

Ferchrissakes, I don't get this country most of the time. They speak of personal freedom, of individuality. They want people to be themselves and to err as humans do. I suppose I'm continuing the cycle by opining on this myself, and even forwarding this on, but people should just leave him alone on this. Whatever: he erred!

I suppose this is one of the many shreds of idealism I still have remaining, but I find it stupid that people who work in politics expect everyone "representing the people" to be perfect and to never err. I find it further stupid that people base their electoral decisions on things like this, and whether the candidate is a Christian, or was ever divorced, or even if the candidate is a he.

Do people expect that every politician/people-representative step down every time the err in their personal lives? I had in mind Japan, which has had a prime minister every year for the last five, when it's supposed to be one for at least err four. The prime ministers decided they erred in their decisions as prime minister (with two, I think, stepping down because of personal scandals) and decided they should no longer be prime minister.

Silvio Berlusconi has his teenage dancer scandal, but is he giving up his seat? No! Vladimir Putin may have been maritally infidel multiple times, but he's probably going to run for president again. These men have a separation of the "mistakes" they make in their personal lives from what they do in their offices as world leaders.

Their personal decisions - Weiner, Berlusconi, Putin - have not cost people their lives. They have not done things others have not done ever, and people shouldn't base hiring and firing of leaders based on personal mistakes that have no influence on their official capacities.

Judge them as humans on the human court. Don't judge them in official courts and question their official capacities based on personal mistakes. If they've made official errors, that's up to debate, not "oooh, he texted!"

Whatever.

Kevin Keller

2010-07-29T18:35:00.003-04:00

Okay, so I'd heard about him a while ago. I think I might even have been in Florida still. At any rate, I'm so excited for this issue! :-D Something to look forward to in September.

Follow Your Road

2010-07-02T12:37:00.004-04:00

I was trying to read Max Weber's Protestantism and wok ethic book in a comfortable position. I'd been trying to read it for about an hour in various positions, and it would be either that I could only read comfortably through my left eye - itself a feat quite uncomfortable because I'm accustomed to reading with both eyes - or I could not sit a certain way for very long. I resorted to one I should not have; I laid down on my stomach to read. I soon found myself asleep.

...

I look around and I'm in a neighbourhood that seems familiar, but I don't know it. I begin to walk. There are houses all about, but no people. It's a film noir look. The trees have no leaves, and some of them are battered and broken. None of them have substantial trunks; they're just skeletons. I keep walking.

I begin to think that I need to be at church for a meeting. It's not the church I've been attending, but one I attended when I was a child through when I went to university. I set back out. Next thing I know, I'm on the highway in my car. I don't know how I got my car, but I do, and I'm on the ramp leading to the next stage of where I need to go.

The light turns green, apparently, though I don't see it turn green. I drive slowly forward, because I'm waiting for people who are turning left, while I have to drive forward. The ramp is under construction. I notice while on the slow procession the time is 7:50. I had to be at church at 7:00, and it will take a little while to get there based on my "current" location.

I continue still. I eventually make it to the highway. Five minutes in my drive, I notice two things. The first is I'm no longer in my car, but driving an ATV. I've never owned one, and I don't know why I have one, but I'm on one. I continue. The second is there is about to be no more paved road. I realise this much too late, as there is an orange, unmarked, thin, plastic cordon drawn above my head by several feet that I cross, and I hit white gravel. I'm thinking I shouldn't be here. "They obviously put that cord up for a reason. I shouldn't be here."

I keep driving as I see a few pickup trucks in the distance. Other people have made this "mistake" too, so it's okay to keep going. I come to several placed where the road depresses severely and I go flying over the depression. After a few more of these, I see an exit branching/curving to the right. I stop the ATV and pick it up by a handlebar, running to the exit to see where I am. I see a sign saying the exit leads 3 miles to Interstate 3. (Note: I'm just now looking this up. I'd never read this article before, so I had no idea there even was an Interstate 3, much less that it doesn't yet exist or that it will be in Georgia. Funny how dreams are.) There are several other road markers to what the exit leads: United States Highway 475 (with a red shield), and three more colour-shielded roads. I decide this is not where I need to exit, and so take my ATV and go back to the main highway.

I keep driving, and it becomes harder to see. My eyes can't keep open as well. Eventually, I have to stop again, but in the middle of the highway. I know I need to continue, but I can't because I can't see. "Just think about where you need to be and it'll happen," says something in my head. The next thing I know is I'm face down on the Yellow Brick Road to Oz. I can see again. I look up and I see Dorothy, the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow. I'm looking at Dorothy looking around and marvelling at the scenery, and somehow I become Dorothy. A few seconds later, the Tin Woodsman appears, and I instinctively know he needs a heart.

A voice in my head goes, "You see? You didn't need to drive any further. All you needed to do was think about where you needed to be, and it came to be. That's why your eyes weren't working."

Then I think about how I'm to get home, and the way to do that is to be selfless. I can't think about what I want, but what others do. I need to make wishes on behalf of the Scarecrow, Lion and Woodsman, because that's what I need to do instead of wish for myself. I don't need to because my mind will take care of whatever I want.

...

I wake up on my stomach.

BP CEO Tony Hayward criticised for yacht trip

2010-06-22T17:25:00.004-04:00

BBC News:

Okay, so I read this story, and I didn't quite have the reaction most seem to have. Yes, BP's CEO Tony Hayward is sailing. Sailing is considered - generally - a rich person's sport, and I agree in some respects. You have to have a boat, maintain it, learn about its workings... It takes some effort which - as said - one could spend trying to resolve an environmental crisis.

I, however, take a more sympathetic view for Mr Hayward, and so have an advocate's view somewhat.

Being Human
Mr Hayward is human. As a human, he requires rest and diversion in order to function at his best, and to make decisive, important choices regarding the spill. Sometimes a weekend at home with family doesn't do it. While he's with his family, he isn't really going anywhere, is he? I'm certain that doing something he could only consider a hobby can do wonders to his mental health and ability to cope with the strain of having a monumental task of cleaning up, investigating the explosion and dealing with the media and public.

Deepwater Horizon/BP
The incident happened in April, and I doubt he imagined this would have gone on for so long. The company has never had to deal with all the things they have, as they've said. I've said often why they don't just shut the thing down entirely instead of culling petroleum where they can. I don't know anything, though, so who knows how hard it is just to do that. I'm sure they've brought out who they can to help. The United States Coast Guard has been working on this too. Seriously, one can't blame only BP, and I'm tired of everyone's always wanting to scapegoat whenever something happens. Forget blaming someone: just do something, right?

Round the Island Race 2010
This race, the 79th iteration with 1754 entries this year, opened registration back in January. With the way I imagine a CEO's life must be, he would have to have scheduled his registration. The Deepwater Horizon incident happened in April. I have no evidence to state this, but I imagine he would have had to pay a registration fee, one he would not have been able to recoup so close to the start of the competition.

Family
He was sailing with his son. Should his family suffer too?

Sympathy for the Affected
I do understand the people affected have less financial resources than Mr Hayward, and his job can theoretically continue because his job is to manage others, come up with ideas, and make the company profitable, not to use the resources of the gulf-now-polluted.

"sheeple are people too. and sheep."

2010-06-12T11:29:00.001-04:00

sheeple are people too. and sheep.
Originally uploaded by sween

You can't deny the sensibility of this... Now, one wonders who the face is mocking...

Reading and Writing

2010-04-26T23:33:00.002-04:00

Somehow, I don't really feel like I write enough, even though it's not my occupation, it's not something keeping me at complete peace, and neither does it edify others generally. I have little thoughts throughout the day, and then it's silence, essentially.

I'd gone though a stage at the beginning of this month where I'd read three books in five days (shocking for a book nibbler, and yet I have one book I'd not been reading quite as diligently.

It might be that there's more to take in with this current one.

I'm considering doing NaNoWriMo, and so I'm going to have to get back into scheduled free-writing. I need to keep sharp.

Rasta & His Crocus Bag

2010-04-04T10:40:00.003-04:00

A Rasta goes to the bank with a big crocus bag on his shoulder and places it on the counter in front of the Teller. The Teller opens the bag slowly and finds it is packed full with marijuana.

Shocked, the Teller asks, "What's this for?".

The Rastaman replies, "I man here to open ah joint account".

710

2010-03-27T10:17:00.003-04:00

I'm not sure if you've seen this one, but...

A few days ago I was having some work done at my local garage. A blonde came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten.

We all looked at each other and another customer asked, 'What is a seven-hundred- ten?'
She replied, 'You know, the little piece in the middle of the engine, I have lost it and need a new one.'

She replied that she did not know exactly what it was, but this piece had always been there.

The mechanic gave her a piece of paper and a pen and asked her to draw what the piece looked like.

She drew a circle and in the middle of it wrote 710. He then took her over to a car just like hers which had its hood up and asked, 'Is there a 710 on this car?'

She pointed and said, 'Of course, its right there.'

If you're not sure what a 710 is...

Scroll down.

Oh, dear!

Google stops censoring in China

2010-03-23T08:58:00.001-04:00

"Google says it has stopped censoring its search results in China, risking confrontation with the country's authorities."

Go to BBC to read the original article.

Now, I've been conservative on a number of subjects in my life. I remember there was a discussion in my Honors Colloquium class in my third year about pre-marital teenage sex, and I'd said I wish there were a pill that would block such thoughts and then alternative treatment would occur in the period when two come into an agreement to wed.

My mind has changed somewhat on this subject because it's a little hypocritical to want to curb human nature in one regard but want complete openness - in this case uncensored Internet use - in another.

The reason the Chinese government wants to censor people is because they know what they do is wrong. They stomp on people, they keep them from knowing things, and they keep them in a state of hopelessness and ignorance. This, I believe, is wrong, and Google stepping in - even at the risk of China throwing them out, thus losing a vital Internet-using market - and standing up for freedom of Internet use in China.

I have issues with that China has grown so vital to the United States' economic function without making any changes whatsoever in their human rights policies, stances on freedom of speech and expression, and general arrogance.

May something change.

Masters

2010-03-18T10:51:00.002-04:00

One day I think humans, if we live long enough, will be the masters of this planet. We'll control earthquakes and use them. We'll control all kinds of weather and use that. We'll be able to replace what's lost, rebuild what we've paved over and replenish what we use.

We'll have true dominion. I can see people with my mindset but with a lot more leadership capability than I think I can muster going to the fore and making sure this happens responsibly. I don't think I can trust more ambitious people to do it, because they will abuse it.

So I feel anyway.

Is it our right?

Queen invented the phone, and other odd UK children's beliefs

2010-03-13T01:07:00.002-05:00

Go to BBC to read the original article.

"Children's strange misconceptions about science are revealed in a science knowledge quiz."

Seriously? Well, this is certainly a Daily Mail-esque article without a good deal of the judgment, but I suppose I'd have to see a similar study done in the United States.

Nine More Airports To Get Body Scanners

2010-03-06T17:44:00.005-05:00

The Associated Press - March 5, 2010: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124362553&sc=17&f=1001

This country is way too prudish. Every time there's something that makes just a few people just *a little bit* uncomfortable, people light their flames and say "it's a privacy invasion". People need to see the entire framework: there are people who care nothing for anyone. The only things on their minds are getting a body count and using that body count to spread fear, distrust and discord.

How many times do people have to worry about the TSA perving off their bodies?! The machines have no storage capabilities, you're not identifiable, and there's only the faintest hint of mammary outline. No one will see your vag, your labia, or whether you'd forgone getting a bikini wax. No one will see that you decided just this once have gone (or even that you always go) commando just for thrills.

Get a clue.

Racy texts from Tampa doctor to his patient

2010-02-17T16:14:00.003-05:00

WTSP.com 10 Connects - http://bit.ly/ca0aRI

Okay, I don't think people are getting the message about things
nowadays: you can't get away with it! When it comes to pinching
pennies, people, especially insurance companies, will look at
everything!

Being so cavalier about the relationship; and especially not taking
care, they deserve what's to come.

Mattel introduces Computer Engineer Barbie

2010-02-13T19:14:00.001-05:00

Barbiemedia.com

This article is hilarious. I'm still chuckling at this, partly because it's still such a male-dominated field, and I think the girls (and the odd boy) playing with this Barbie version will be thinking she's a stay-at-home mum, an operator, or an Administrative Assistant rather than a computer engineer.

Way to try an equalize things, Mattel, but I don't think this one will quite jive the way you want it.

Rasta on His Way to Heaven

2010-02-08T01:22:00.003-05:00

Rasta dies and goes to Heaven. He is at the Pearly Gates and is met by St. Peter himself, but the gates are closed as Ras approaches the gatekeeper.

St. Peter said, 'Well, You seem to be in the wrong place. I don't seem to have you on my list, but as there is such a crowd behind you and it would cause such a disruption I will give you an entrance examination. If you pass it I will let you in. The test is short, but you have to pass it before you can get into Heaven.'
'Fair enough,' says the dread. 'I sure hope that the test ain't too hard. Life was a big enough test as it was .'
St. Peter continued, 'Yes, I know, but the test is only three questions. Here they are:

'First: What two days of the week begin with the letter "T"?'
'That one is easy. That would be Today and Tomorrow.'
The Saint's eyes opened wide and he exclaimed, 'That is not what I was thinking, but you do have a point, and I guess I did not specify. I will give you credit for that answer.

'Second: How many seconds are there in a year? ', asked St. Peter.
'How many seconds in a year? Now that one is harder,' replied Ras, 'but I think about that, and I guess the only answer can be twelve.'
Astounded, St. Peter said, 'Twelve? How in Heaven's name could you come up with twelve seconds in a year?'
'Well it got to be twelve', he replied. 'January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd…'
'Hold it', interrupts St. Peter. 'I see where you are going with this, and I see your point, though that was not quite what I had in mind… But I will have to give you credit for that one, too.'

'Third: What is God's first name?'
'Well, sure', he replied with a big grin,
'it's Andy.'
'Andy?!', exclaimed an exasperated and frustrated St Peter. 'Ok, I can understand how you came up with your answers to my first two questions, but just how in the world did you come up with the name Andy as the first name of God?'
'Shucks, that was the easiest one of all. Whenever I went to church I would hear them sing "ANDY WALKS WITH ME, ANDY TALKS WITH ME, ANDY TELLS ME I AM HIS OWN."'

St. Peter opened the Pearly Gates,
and said: 'Run, man, run!!!'

[and just in case you'd never heard the song before, or want some context: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQMnqmqKtQo&feature=youtube_gdata]

NewScientist - Viruses 'r' Us

2010-01-29T09:05:00.002-05:00

I found this article fascinating because it could mean that the only reason we're so different from all other forms of life on this planet, why we're the only things capable of dooming the planet entirely, is because we're a mélange of what was and millions of years of viral activity.

My Christian upbringing side of my brain yields this: God is a being that uses what we've known as science, subtle interactions of everything in the universe - physics, chemistry, and whatever else - to make things as they are. He experimented, came up with viruses, and experimented with those to eventually make us.

The sci-fi-ish part of me says otherwise. Define otherwise as something like the Alterani/Ancients, experimenting millions of years ago with whatever life comes on a planet in their ever-expanding goal of ascenscion. This is just one sci-fi view though. As pesky and arrogant as they've been in the Stargate universe, they're pretty cool-like.

My mind keeps spooling me to think about the divergeance between what a good number of Christian researchers have said in regards to how old everything truly is and what conventional science has said. My wanting to reconcile the two always leads me to think perhaps they're both on to something, but then we need to work on some things. Perhaps we've not discovered it yet, but it might be that time flows differently for God, and perhaps He's arranged a slowed-down version of time for us.

Always the experimenter.

I don't know; I'm a bit confused myself.

AA331 Sketch

2010-01-08T19:55:00.004-05:00

An American Airlines plane crashed and broke in two after landing at the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston a short while ago. The aircraft carried over 145 passengers and crew most of them Jamaicans returning home. Boardlane TV news was on site to interview some of the passengers that were able to speak to us about the events that took place after the crash.
Boardlane TV: Hi sir could you could you give us a moment and tell us how are you feeling and what happened when you realized your flight crashed?

Lincoln: Lady mi sey a Jah save wi cause a di back mi dey enoh Miss and all of a sudden mi si di miggle a di plane hice up ina di air and a dat time mi a penny sey di rahtid sinting bruck ina 2. Mi all si wan suitcase drap outta di ova head bin siting and lick out wan white man flat a grung. Im mite ina di plane still kunk out an cyan git up cause everybody tep ova im ... man an woman a try cum outt before di plane boom up!

Boardlane TV : No one stopped to assist the injured man?

Lincoln: Look yah lady when plane boom flick pan dry land is all about survival yuh no seeit. Every man fi dem self cause yuh noh know if all a nex suitcase a goh shoot out fram di ova head sinting an lick yuh out.. Trus mi!

Boardlane TV : Ok sir thanks very much and glad you are Ok.. Miss Over here. Can you tell us how you feel and give us some insights on what took place on your flight?

Matilda: Glorry Glorryâ€¦ I sey Glorrrrrreeeeeeee!! Lady a cyan talk â€¦ Sweeet Jesas. A nearly si di coming of mi Creata an mi nat even a wear desent drawz.. I sey Glorrrrrreeeeeeee!! Alli-jullaaa!!!

Boardlane TV: Ok Mam thanks. Hi Miss over here Boardlane TV here. Can you tell us what happened on your flight as it was landing?

Millicent: Dat Razzklaat Pilot noh know wey di Bongo Cyat im a do.. Im nearly kill aff di whole a wi ina di big Chrismus haliday yah ..a fly di Bummbeet Plane like im a deh pan Jet Ski pan di tarmac. A waan smaddy buss im Klaat an sen im back a Flying school.. Dung to mi lickle 9 yr ole yout lan kite betta dan how dat suckka lan dis big ole Bongo Cyat plane... cho Blood Kleet .. come outta mi way yah man.

Boardlane TV: Oookk?? Clearly she is upset with the pilot and understandably so. Letâ€™s see .. Little one can you come over here and talk with us..How are you doing?

Celine: Mi cyan fine mi mummy. Yuh si har fi mi?

Boardlane TV: No but maybe you can describe her and we can get some help for you.

Celine: Mi mummy have wan b@tty big <<soh>> an wear wan Burgundy head weave..an har finga nail dem have Chrismuss tree paint pan dem.. When di plane crash shi tek aff an run wey lef miâ€¦ like shi figat sey shi have pickney pan di plane wid har.. Dats how shi behave when har head tek har yuh mam ..shi noh memba nutten bout mi.

Boardlane TV : Oh no. Go to the officer and find some help. Be safe. Letâ€™s get one more comment from this gentleman. Hi sir do you care to comment on the incident that just took place?

Percy: Sure I would loves to comments. Miss Lady, I and my mistress was in the bock aff di plane han was very hestinguished when wi realize dot di plane do nat landed good pan di runaway. So I jess tell di mistress to pick up di suitcase dem han faller backa me.

Boardlane TV : You made her carry both suitcases by herself?

Percy : What mek yuh hosk? Yuh noh si how shi strapting an have trang back? A wan cow dis yuh noh lady! Anyways hofta shi falla backs a me, wi truck aff troo di side exit door an landed ina wan whole heapa gravel. Si hall my helbow chip up fram di rackstone dem an yuh si mi mistress nat even get a scrotch how shi tough. Dats why mi loves her so. A very trong women dis. Wi aroight dowes.. just wont to find a batroom now fi change mi brief. Mi cyan ston ina di pee-pee no longer.

Boardlane TV : Ok Sir God bless you and the mistress. Well ladies and gentlemen there you have it. A very lucky set of passengers given the serioness of the accident.We will have more comments from passengers as they get sorted out.

Boardlane TV: We are now back on the air speaking with a few more of the passengers from flight 331. Mister can you step over here and have a chat with us. How are you doing.. you look a little Shaken up?

Trevor : Bway I neva experience anyting like dis ina my life sistren. A lissen mi a lissen some trune pan mi Ipod an feel di plane a skid wey to blurtnaught. Di betern nex to mi look out a di window an start bawl out sey wi ago drap ina sea wata to birdbeak!. Lady mi start pray unto Jah cause I man cyan swim a lick an plus mi all hear sey nuff Alligator ina di sea.

Boardlane TV: Alligators in the sea sir? Where have you heard such a thing? Thatâ€™s not true.

Trevor : Yuh a fool man .. Alligata ina di sea mi sey. Nuff time mi si dem lie dung pan di banking when mi a fly out.. soh mi noh know wey yuh a chat sey. If wid di crash ina di sea an hear sey Alligata nyam up all a wi wey yuh woulda sey eeh? How unu can behave like a ongle unu wan have educatian soh? Tek man fi fool an illeterate.. GO WEY!!

Boardlane TV: Ok. Clearly that is a very misguided passenger but we are glad he wasnâ€™t eaten by Alligators nonetheless. Looks like another shaken passenger heading our way. Over here sir. Can you tell us what this experience was like for you?

Neville: Ioyoo cyooon taalkk naw iss.. mknot a ood hime

Boardlane TV: Sir what are saying? Iâ€™m sorry we canâ€™t hear you so good. Repeat that.

Nevilleâ€™s Daughter: Sarry lady.. Papa cyan talk to yah now â€¦im false teet fly outta im mout when im head lick up pan di seat. Nat a soul cyan fine di teet all now. Gad eeh know how dis man a goh nyam im Chrismuss dinna now widoutâ€™en di teet. Lawd a mercy pan wi Pupa Jesas!

Boardlane TV: Ok Sorry to hear that. Well let's hope he will have a Merry Christmas despite his missing teeth. God bless you. Hi Hi young man come and talk to us over here. Whatâ€™s going through you mind after going through what just occurred?

Rorie: Yuh really waan know what a goh troo my mine sistren? Is a spliff I waan bun yuh noh seeit.. jah rastafari know. Dem kina ting wi mash up yuh nerval system when rasta dey pan plane an it bruck up wid yuh ina it yuh noh seeit . Mi teet dem noh tap rakkle fram mi lef outta di plane. I man need a weefah fi calm I nerves but di bloodseed police bway dem a walk roun wid di sniffa daag dem sed speed mek I man cyan draw fi di good herb. **Chaaaaa** Easy yaah mi sistren .. I an I ago get ouuta dis Babylon cage..zeen? More time!

Boardlane TV: Ok we have time for just one more passenger .. Looks like this lady is one of the more injured. Lets see what she has to say.. Sppptttt can you share with Boadlane TV how you got your injuries?

Silvia: Noh wan b@ttybway push mi dung a try race mi outta di plane mam. Mi sey dem noh have no mannas enoh lady. Imagine dis American Airlines likle punk fling mi dung ina fuss class an kick mi ina mi side when a jump ova mi.. Mi sey if a neva fi mi artritis ina mi right han a tump im dung if a eva si im bout yah. Look how mi frack dutty up like mi naah come fram nohweh!

Boardlane TV: Wait a minute you said he was an American Airline person?

Silvia: Yes lady! A wan a di Hair hostess bway do mi soh .. All yuh hear dem a chat bout lef plane ardaly in case of emergency dem a di fuss wan a bulldoza yuh when plane crash. Dem is jus like dem dam hooligan yuh si a stage show. Dam set a viagro dem ..Lady dem only ina di stoosh unifarm like dem desent but dem noh betta dan di hag dem yuh si ina pig style. Dutty Jankro dem!

Boardlane TV: Very interesting. Well there you have it folks. A very traumatic day for the passengers as you have you heard. We wish all a pleasant evening and thanks for tuning in to Boardlane TV.

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Boy, that was a good laugh.

Starbucks Fetish Renewed

2009-08-29T13:04:00.001-04:00

Starbucks Fetish Renewed
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The W, South Beach

2009-08-29T13:00:00.001-04:00

The W, South Beach
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Classicly Cigarette

2009-08-29T12:57:00.001-04:00

Classicly Cigarette
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Do You See Me?

2009-08-29T12:54:00.001-04:00

Do You See Me?
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Blogging, Social Media and The Ability to Keep Up

2009-04-12T07:40:00.000-04:00

I'd really gotten into the social media thing because I wanted a way to express myself and get in contact with others, but sometimes I'm overwhelmed by the amount of content.

Especially in the realm of being a content re-provider, I've not been bringing as much to you as I'd done in the past. I'm doing my best to change that. May finding an apartment close to work make things easier.

Pee Power! Recycling Urine to Powder Makes Superior Fertilizer

2009-04-09T22:55:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: I suppose combine this with recession gardening and you've got something there, eh?

Why Windows 7 doesn't matter

2009-04-06T23:08:00.000-04:00

DVICE: Sad, but true.

A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind

2009-02-26T21:56:00.002-05:00

NYTimes.com: "Hundreds of millions of cellphones containing toxic chemicals are discarded each year, and many end up in landfills. If you want your technology company to do its part for the environment, the new Motorola W233 Renew is one place to start."

Now, if they can make one that's technologically advanced and environmentally friendly, I'd be totally sold.

Solar-Powered Watches by Tocs: Never Wind Again

2009-02-26T21:47:00.002-05:00

TreeHugger: I never really thought about it before, but I want one.

How to Avoid Choking under Pressure

2009-02-26T21:42:00.002-05:00

Scientific American: Common-sensical, but true... I'd started noticing this about me when I was reading. When at work and being at the front desk, when I consciously think about what next I'm to say to a guest when checking them in, I tend to flop a little, whereas when I actually - and unfortunately quite uncommonly - "let myself go," everything just flows.

Weird, yet true.

Recycling Oil Rigs into Resorts

2009-02-26T21:13:00.001-05:00

TreeHugger: Now that's an idea. Me like.

Pollution link to asthma in womb

2009-02-15T01:10:00.001-05:00

BBC NEWS Health : Genetic changes... Wow. That's kind of scary.

Watch Out, Batmobile

2009-01-25T19:31:00.001-05:00

The only word I have to say about this is "Whoa."

Could Bucharest Break a World Santa Record?

2008-12-21T19:38:00.001-05:00

Mummy! Santa's smoking!!! Waaaaaaaa.... :-)

Not the Typical Post Here...

2008-12-19T21:27:00.001-05:00

Just thought to give you something different than the news, or a brill post. A little bit about me for a sec...

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE?The plain answer, no. My Dad just came up with the name.
2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Two nights ago, while walking. I was listening to Alison Krauss' "It Doesn't Matter," which makes me cry in a heartbeat for some reason.
3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?Sometimes. I need to be pressing on several sheets of paper to get the letters to form properly, and that's the only time I do like it.
4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT?I suppose when I have eaten it, it's turkey.
5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?That would be a no.
6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?I'd like to believe so.
7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT?Frightfully so.
8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILSI'm completely intact on multiple fronts.
9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP?I seriously doubt it.
10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL?Kashi Fruit Mix.
11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?Generally not.
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM?French Vanilla. I'm a purist.
13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE?How attractive they are to me physically. Not that it matters, but that's speaking truthfully.
14. RED OR PINK?Red, though hot pink in certain places is really cool.
15. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?I have too many unknown hang-ups.
16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?Right now, my sister.
17. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU?It would be nice...
18. WHAT COLOR SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?I’m not. Is that a problem?
19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE?Two pieces of chicken, plantains, yucca (steamed and fried versions) and black beans and rice. And about 15 Hershey's Kisses White Chocolate version.
20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW?My apartment is really silent, though I have Vanessa-Mae's "Leyenda" playing in my head.
21. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE?Probably blue. Original, plain, nothing much to me, but primary. I'm the constituent of many different things that come after me.
22. FAVORITE SMELLS?Fruit, especially strawberry. But fruitiness or sweetness, generally.
23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?My mother.
24. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?It wasn't sent, per se, but I like her, yes.
25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?I don't really follow sports. I watch segments of Greco-Roman wrestling, swimming and gymnastics, but it's more for the, em, aesthetic value.
26. Hair Color?A pale black, with about 12 grey hairs.
27. EYE COLOR?Dark brown.
28. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?I haven't worn contacts since 2005.
29. FAVORITE FOOD?Eel sushi.
30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?Do I have a third option? I'll inject it here: an unexpected ending, like Chronicles of Riddick.
31. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Ummmm… The Bourne Ultimatum.
32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?Grey.
33. SUMMER OR WINTER?Winter. I love the cold.
34. Hugs or kisses?Hugs.
35. FAVORITE DESSERT?Ice cream.
36. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?Who knows?
37. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPONDSee question 36.
38. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW?What book am I not reading?
39. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?I don't have one. It's an optical mouse, so I don't need one.
40. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?I don't have cable. However, while my computer was backing up, I did bring out an old VHS and watched stuff I'd recorded from TV on it, including Stargate Atlantis and Doctor Who.
41. FAVORITE SOUND?Someone laughing really hard after I've said something unexpected but funny. It makes me feel really good.
42. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?Probably The Beatles.
43. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME?England.
44. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT?I tend to guess what's going to happen in something I've never read or seen before really well.
45. WHERE WERE YOU BORN?Alexandria, St. Ann, Jamaica
46. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?See Misty's response.

Product for Sustainable Living: The USB Cell

2008-12-16T20:32:00.001-05:00

Scientific American Slideshow: This, I want. Chalk me up for four, please. Christmas gifting, anyone?

Are You Evil? Profiling That Which Is Truly Wicked

2008-12-16T20:22:00.001-05:00

Scientific American: A fine definition of evil.

Historic EU Climate Deal Delivers Vital CCS Funding

2008-12-16T20:09:00.001-05:00

UK in the USA Newsroom: "EU leaders today agreed measures to deliver a unilateral commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levelsEU leaders today agreed measures to deliver a unilateral commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 compared to 1990 levels."

Go Europe!

Forget the Bailout, Here's How to Save Detroit

2008-12-16T20:06:00.001-05:00

TreeHugger: Cute!

Fire hits Palin's church in Alaska

2008-12-14T17:42:00.002-05:00

CNN.com: I'm sorry, but even if some people think she's baneful or whatever, there is no excuse for this. I somewhat liked her, and she's surprised me a few times.

This, however, is wrong, and I hope the party responsible, if there is one, is caught and punished.

Bad.

Iraqi Reporter Throws Shoes At Bush

2008-12-14T16:14:00.001-05:00

Hah!

Seriously, though, that could've really hurt. When I heard about it, I didn't imagine it was so... violent.

Syracuse man looks to organize local Slow Food chapter

2008-12-14T12:13:00.001-05:00

That's my brother! :-)

Widow defends suicide documentary

2008-12-10T21:40:00.001-05:00

This is a very potent issue, I think. I'm still trying to sort out what I think about it, between what I've been raised with and what I could possibly think.

Very heavy, indeed.

Do you have a ready opinion about this? I'd really like to hear it.

Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)

2008-11-29T17:35:00.001-05:00

LiveScience: "In Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) and in his later works, he referred to several 'vestiges' in human anatomy that were left over from the course of evolution. These vestigial organs, Darwin argued, are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over time that function became either diminished or nonexistent."

Take a gander. It's fun reading.

Business Travel: Hotel Reflaggings

2008-11-26T23:39:00.002-05:00

washingtonpost.com: "Wasn't that Hilton a Marriott last week? What travelers need to know as hotels suffer from an identity crisis."

I know this well, because where I work, it's changed hands a few times, and my other post changed names as well. I can relate entirely.

Regenerating a Mammoth for $10 Million

2008-11-26T16:31:00.001-05:00

NYTimes.com: Greatly fascinating, moderately scary at the extension of this research. They died for a reason, right?

20 BioScapes Contest Photos--Life Viewed through the Microscope

2008-11-26T15:16:00.001-05:00

Scientific American: Take a look at these!

10 best ideas for greening your home that you've never heard of

2008-11-26T12:44:00.001-05:00

DVICE: I agree with most of these, though the toilet set might be a little over-done. Conservation is part of the key, right?

Bill Marriott's Thanksgiving Greeting

2008-11-26T12:14:00.001-05:00

Trying to wrap up all arguments against him into one message?

Zombies

2008-11-23T10:15:00.001-05:00

In my Borders e-newsletter/weekly effort on their part to get us to buy-more-buy-more-buy-more, they had a banner highlighting the new Twilight movie out. Now, part of the thing with this movie is it's attractive-physically cast that's suppose to draw in the teenage girls, the gay guys to a lesser extent, and the odd tag-along boyfriend, but this banner didn't exactly come up to scratch.

Wow, Bella, Edward... Never looked better! :-D

West Palm Beach Marriott, Among Palm Beach Hotels, Introduces a New Getaway Package for Florida Residents

2008-11-20T20:04:00.001-05:00

Hospitality Net - Industry News: Wow, they're giving the place away!

Raffles Rumours

2008-11-20T19:25:00.001-05:00

ehotelier.com News Archives: Oh how rumours spread, and how they're mended.

Vampire Moths Discovered

2008-11-18T20:01:00.001-05:00

Wow, okay... I'm definitely covering myself before bed.

10 Ways to Green Your Home

2008-11-16T18:58:00.001-05:00

LiveScience: I know most of you don't have official homes that you can modify yourselves because either you rent or live in residence halls, but for those of you who can, or are about to, just a fw things to consider, eh?

Unhappy People Watch More TV

2008-11-15T19:55:00.001-05:00

Slashdot: I can vouch for that... I was a TV addict.

Meeting of Nations in Washington Draws Protests

2008-11-15T16:33:00.001-05:00

Look at the signs... I'm starting to agree.

What is Putin's game?

2008-11-15T16:25:00.001-05:00

BBC NEWS Europe: One of those articles my boss likes, because it's very conspiracy theory-esque. Still, it's quite probable in my view due to that Medvedev is where his is as president of Russia because of Putin.

Ovary transplant baby 'a miracle'

2008-11-15T15:46:00.001-05:00

BBC NEWS Health: The world's just getting to be a more interesting place, the amount of technology and breakthroughs we're going through. Now, if we can just nip greed in the bud and start doing things because they're actually good for people and not because they're more profit-producing, we'd be set.

Bush Welcomes World Leaders to Washington

2008-11-15T07:03:00.001-05:00

I try to keep myself up on world news and events as much as possible, but I surprised myself with the amount of world leaders I was able to actually identify by name via this video.

Raw Video: Dutch Set Domino Record

2008-11-15T06:52:00.001-05:00

Wow! That's all I have to say about that...

The Large Hadron Collider

2008-11-11T20:26:00.001-05:00

Just so you know... No end of the world... most likely.

LHC Milestones (1977-2008)

2008-11-11T19:51:00.001-05:00

Just a little jaunt through time, visually.

Make Cake in a Mug

2008-11-10T21:53:00.001-05:00

Wired How-To Wiki: From my brother Ed's posting, I bring it to you all. I'm trying it roo, when I have the moment. It's not like I use my microwave much... I'm a traditionalist with my oven, but this is a good excuse indeed! I loves me sweeties!

7 Cheap and Easy Vegetarian Meals

2008-11-08T14:29:00.001-05:00

TreeHugger: Probably the most practica TreeHugger post I'll ever blog.

Raw Video: Mexico's Largest Weapons Seizure

2008-11-08T12:25:00.001-05:00

Wow! Let's go to war!

"Ossetia's connection to Scotland"

2008-11-01T13:04:00.001-04:00

BBC NEWS Programmes From Our Own Correspondent: Well, here we have My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Ossetian style.

New Scientist Hallowe'en Round-Up - October 31, 2008

2008-11-01T10:22:00.001-04:00

Spooky news!

Political Dashboard

2008-10-27T22:24:00.001-04:00

2008 Presidential Election on Yahoo! News: A prognostication... It's rather interesting to just go through the map, thinking about it all, taking it all in...

Seven days left and then we'll all be able to put this year and a half to rest.

Thank God.

The Most Overhyped Gadgets

2008-10-26T20:44:00.001-04:00

Yahoo! Shopping: The biggest let-downs? How have they been for you, should you've gone for them? I have nothing on this list.

Sarah Palin = Maleficent

2008-10-26T15:36:00.002-04:00

Earlier, my friend Mike posted a tweet with the following question: "What if Disney did a movie about Sarah Palin?"

At first, I'd though, "Oh, they had, Snow White!" Then, as I was in the shower (naturally, because these things always happen in the shower), I was thinking, "No, not quite, there's someone better." And then she hit me.

Maleficent wasn't quite so known but in her little corner of the realm because that's how she's seen it fit for all this time, but then makes a stunning appearance during a major focus of the realm's attention. She's certainly got the attention of a good deal of homosexual males because "there's just something about her." All of a sudden, everyone starts talking about her for what she says during that major event, and it's her name everyone talks about. Her name is on everyone's lips, and it's her, and then this other one-eyed, old crow.

Her goblin legions do her work while she's concentrating on her work, but as time goes on, Maleficent shows even more character to where the old crow eventually abandons her too after his usefulness has withered (we never do see Diablo after he's done his work, do we?), and close to the end of everything, she turns into a heaving, fearsome dragon in a last-ditch effort to save all she's worked for.

Sarah Palin is Maleficent.

Thoughts?

Calculate Your Carbon Footprint Just By Carrying Your Phone

2008-10-25T21:33:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: Any one Crackberried wants to test this for me?

World Vegetarian Day

2008-10-25T21:25:00.001-04:00

NAVS: The official site... How the Hell could I've missed this?

October 1, everyone!

New Macbook Pro: What's the Eco-Impact of Building a MacBook from a Single Piece of Aluminum?

2008-10-25T21:14:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: Yes, it's another "green" article, but I really like them... Seeing as how some of you are ogling and eyeing the new MacBook, might as well as give another spin on it, eh?

New Scientist Video Round-Up - October 24, 2008

2008-10-25T21:02:00.001-04:00

Just a few science videos for your fancy...

Five Outstanding Green Restaurants

2008-10-25T20:51:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: These are the leaders people should look towards. It just takes a little effort if one would give it a chance.

Army probes five slayings linked to soldiers in Colorado brigade

2008-10-19T22:01:00.001-04:00

CNN.com: And yet another one... Are they just lowering their standards that all these violent guys are seeping into the armed forces? Only research can tell, because it's probable the forces themselves will say nothing.

Why I Love My Phone in 1500 Characters

2008-10-10T19:13:00.004-04:00

I've submitted this to a "Your Story" column, just because I felt like this... Seriously, do you guys use your phone much? I want to hear from you! What do you do with your phone? Is it just something you talk on, or is it your all-in-all?

My phone has become almost irrefutably my life, partly because of the portability, usability and because of the myriad of applications I've used to expand the usability. I go on the Internet roughly 5-8 times a day exclusively on my phone, upload content all the time to my blogs, read my news from it, access all four of my e-mail accounts... Seriously, about 99% of my Twitter updates and responses alone come from my phone.
What I like most about my phone, though, is that it's helped me enormously with my quest to become ever greener by nearly eliminating my casual paper usage.I was going to an afternoon meeting with my boss, his assistant and the corporate auditor, and when everyone was bringing a pad and paper to take notes, here I was with Julianus (what I call my phone affectionately). While everyone was writing notes the "old-fashioned way," this self-proclaimed 21st Century boy was typing away, adding to a task I'd set up and making notes for later. It may take longer, but I've taken pride in the fact that I've decreased paper usage by one more person.
I was in another meeting that required a lot of reference material. While everyone else, it seems, was plodding away trying to find a specific text, I'd already scanned the texts to my Documents application earlier and had all the answers and references right there. I could answer questions a lot more efficiently than the others because the information was right there, and without all the weight!
I *love* my phone.

2008 Vice-Presidential Candidate Debate Thoughts

2008-10-02T22:38:00.004-04:00

I caught it a little late because my computer was defragmenting, but when I did, I was glad I stayed to watch it. It's the first thing I watched as a person newly without cable!

I liked this one better than the Presidential Candidate debate #1 because they actually interacted. They weren't (completely) hostile, though Sarah Palin sounded scripted. Glad to see she doesn't change very much, eh?

The only thing about Joe Biden is that he kept pronouncing things really... interestingly. On pronunciations, Sarah Palin says "nucular" instead of "nuclear."

I liked that they were rather light-hearted. They both smiled, and took strides with it. There were a few jabs, and even a low blow that had me going "OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH" out loud, but it was good.

During the debate I was drawing Sarah Palin's U.S. flag pin because I liked the design. I'm a horrible artist, but it gave me a chance to test out my new (and by new I mean second-hand) graphics tablet. I like it so far. Hopefully I can develop another side of my creativity.

So, there's my horrible artwork up above! Toodles!

Ditch Your Cable Company With Free, Legal Alternatives

2008-10-01T21:27:00.001-04:00

MakeUseOf.com: Just in case you hadn't heard of any of these...

6 alternatives to help you ditch cable television

2008-10-01T21:19:00.001-04:00

Floppyhead - Digital Media and Home Theater Computers: I'm seriously considering it, and it comes more each day. I've been thinking about it for a while, actually. I thought about it when I'd gone to North Carolina for a weekend and realised that I'd not turned on the television once.

I realise that every weekend, when Saturdays and Sundays generally happen with the TV off. The only thing I think about now is Stargate, and it's probable I can get that on the Internet somehow as well. The Internet is the way of the future, is it not? I mean, the moment that we decide to give up our consumerism and develop ourselves instead for the sake of human improvement, we'll progress, right?

I think I'm going to do it. Sorry, Comcast. You've just lost a little revenue.

Cutting Pineapple - A Specialised Way

2008-09-27T22:00:00.001-04:00

See how he does it... It's pretty nifty.

Why Paper Recyclers Fear Inkjet Growth

2008-09-27T18:31:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: I'd never really thought about it like that before. It definitely merits more research. I myself have both a laser printer and a legacy inkjet printer that used to be my parents' when we were all in the house.

Once I've used up the supplies, there are some decisions to make.

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream With Breast Milk?

2008-09-27T17:26:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: Another angle on this human milk ice cream debate.

PETA to Ben and Jerry's: Breast Is Best!

2008-09-27T14:39:00.001-04:00

The PETA Files: Okay, so... Yeah. I'd be willing to try it, but commercially and logistically, it's a very hard venture. I agree with a number of the commenters that, at least, make the current process for obtaining cow's milk more "humane," if what they say about forced pregnancy is true.

I'm a soy milk drinker myself, so I don't even have a stake in it, and I drink soy milk mostly because I think I've become very, very mildly lactose-intolerant (and the fact that soy milk in WholeFoods and Publix is less expensive than cow's milk).

To each, his own.

Japan's online social scene isn't so social

2008-09-27T14:17:00.001-04:00

Yahoo! News: So I'm a rarity, then, I guess.

Kris' 7 Layers of Hell Guacamole

2008-09-22T18:51:00.007-04:00

A simple guacmole recipe of my design:

2 whole, ripe avocados
2½ tablespoons balsamic vinaigrette
1 tablespoon Cayenne pepper powder
2 small, whole Scotch Bonnet pepper
2 small, whole jalapeño
1 tablepoon sugar

Bisect the avocados and remove the seeds.

Bisect each half, and cut each segment in half again lengthwise. This will make removing the meat from the skin easier.

Remove the skin from all the pieces.

Cut each of the skinned slices into approximately 1 cubic inch chunks.

Place these chunks, the Cayenne pepper, sugar, and vinaigrette into a food processor for blending/mixing.

De-stem the Scotch Bonnet and jalapeño peppers and add them whole to the contents of the food processor.

Blend until the contents are an even paste. Pour into a serving bowl.

Sprinkle with more Cayenne over it. Serve with an appropriate snack food.

Improbable TV

2008-09-20T11:46:00.001-04:00

A few funny news stories that have existed in modern times. How fun!

Let's Make a Deal: Swapping Chocolate for a Bed

2008-09-13T19:36:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: The concept is interesting, but I wonder if she's ultimately suffering a loss. Materials, gasoline, time... Hmm.

"Why kids don't know if mom is coming or going"

2008-09-10T18:27:00.001-04:00

Wow, this is pretty nifty! You *have* to let me know which you thought the gender-neutral model was doing!

Apple unveils 'thinnest iPod yet'

2008-09-10T00:14:00.001-04:00

BBC NEWS Technology: I'm certain you've already heard about this one... However, it's really the style of writing in this case I'm bringing to question. There's a flipping of consistency in writing style where I almost thing multiple people wrote the various segments of this article.

Let me know what you think. Am I just imagining it?

The Bill O'Reilly and Geraldo Rivera Bust Up

2008-09-10T00:11:00.001-04:00

One of my colleagues told me about this, and the last bit was priceless. There were Twitter conversations about this today, and that definitely takes the case:

"Fair and balanced reporting."

Right.

Black Holes

2008-09-09T23:36:00.001-04:00

A minute explanatio of black hole theory... It's elementary!

Hurricane Wilma - Southern Florida - October 24, 2005

2008-09-07T10:28:00.001-04:00

Oh, I remember... It was my birthday, after all.

Patois and a Pen

2008-09-04T21:32:00.001-04:00

Those of you who are Jamaican, or have a Jamaican spirit will *SMILE*.

World record ($100,000) prime number found

2008-09-02T22:11:00.001-04:00

Scientific American Blog: For the maths nerds... Unfortunately I'm to tired to work it all out right now.

Interviews: All Good Things ... (Brad Wright - August 2008)

2008-08-23T18:00:00.001-04:00

GateWorld: Aww... crap!

Poof! Next `Harry Potter' flick moves to summer

2008-08-16T07:46:00.001-04:00

Yahoo! News: Oh no! And a mass of people would've still gone to see it! Darn profit-mongers.

Obscura VisionAire Interface

2008-08-15T23:53:00.001-04:00

Not exactly spectacularm but interesting.

Food Myths

2008-08-10T19:20:00.001-04:00

AOL Food: Some food myths that, apparently, one must take with a grain of salt.

A Green PC That’s Easier on the Electric Bill. The Bamboo Case Is Optional. - NYTimes.com

2008-08-10T19:01:00.001-04:00

NYTimes.com: A green PC. Now, for a green Mac, and then the world shall be more complete.

Hypermiling Becoming More Popular as Gas Prices Rise

2008-07-27T13:57:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: I know I've been doing this more and more, and so have risen my mileage from 32 to 37.2 miles per gallon at last fill-up. Hey, it's savings. Granted, the only thing I've done is alter my braking habits, but yeah.

Walking Directions Now Available On Google Maps

2008-07-27T13:37:00.001-04:00

TreeHugger: Four-day-old news, but still worth saying/posting.