January 2012
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Dec 31st
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The little seam of white string I see in the crease between facing pages means that I’m halfway through McCarthy’s #BorderTrilogy.
Dec 31st
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stick shift: 2, thieves: 0
more reasons to drive a stick… another thief had been foiled by his inability to drive a stick. This time in Denver. The last one was in St. Petersburg, FL. The woman said the man demanded her purse and keys to her 2004 Audi. He then jumped in her car, started it and attempted to drive away. Apparently, the man couldn’t operate a stick shift and was unable to get the car into gear,...
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Dec 30th
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Robert Reich makes his prediction for the 2012...
… a seat swap between Clinton and Biden. My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap places. Biden becomes Secretary of State — a position he’s apparently coveted for years. And Hillary Clinton, Vice President.  … Obama-Clinton in 2012. It’s a natural.  (linky via kottke)
Dec 30th
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1000 Days of Drawing. A worthy project for your consideration.
Dec 29th
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happy christmas! here's my johnson.
The MBTA has posted video of an alleged perv who whipped it out through a pre-installed hole in his pants… clearly not this guy’s first go ‘round. MBTA Transit Police are looking for a guy they say masturbated on on a Blue Line train and just whipped it out on a Red Line train on Christmas Eve. The photo, taken by a passenger, shows the alleged fingerer as he’s getting...
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Boston College - South End Campus
Boston College, 1895. The T-shaped building is the school (click on map for larger image). After some starts and stops, Boston College opened in the South End in 1859. Initially, the school was both a high school and college. The Immaculate Conception Church was built to the left of the school at the same time. After one more interruption, the school was chartered by the legislature in 1863,...
Dec 25th
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Did you know a 1/3 of homeless families in the US live in Florida? I didn’t.
Dec 25th
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Dec 24th
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Best ever name for a scientific society. Ever. →
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge … wouldn’t you agree? (linky)
Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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unlimited plan is unlimited →
$19/month. Tempted.
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“As you stand in endless lines this holiday season, here’s a comforting thought:...”
– Charles Mann in his Vanity Fair piece about navigating the realities of the TSA’s security theater with a bone fide security expert. You can find the story (and it *is* well reported) at http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2011/12/tsa-insanity-201112
Dec 23rd
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The Cellphone Name Generator →
It’s funny because it’s true.
Dec 23rd
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Counterpoint: Charlie Brown Is Bigger Than Jesus
by Tom Scocca Gosh, somebody is taking a supposedly beloved holiday ritual and saying it’s really awful and depressing. Who ever had that idea before? Oh, right: Charlies Schulz. Calling bullshit on A Charlie Brown Christmas because the mood is dark is like calling bullshit on gingerbread because it’s fattening. Look out the window. You have maybe four hours between lunch and sunset....
Dec 22nd
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10 Things Everyone Should Know About Time
1. Time exists. Might as well get this common question out of the way. Of course time exists — otherwise how would we set our alarm clocks? Time organizes the universe into an ordered series of moments, and thank goodness; what a mess it would be if reality were complete different from moment to moment. The real question is whether or not time is fundamental, or perhaps emergent. We used to think...
Dec 22nd
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RIAA Caught Downloading Torrents →
… from within their own HQ. Can they punitively sue themselves? //shakes head
Dec 21st
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How To Clean Your House in 20 Minutes a Day for 30... →
Oh man, do I need a schedule like this! Thank you, Apartment Therapy. No one said you had to do everything at once and even when time seems short, if you can manage one task a day, things should start to work themselves out. Adjust this list as your family’s needs require (those with more or less children might require doing certain activities more or less). If it’s easier, take a...
Dec 21st
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That Was the Year that Was: Boston, 2011 →
Universal Hub’s annual incomplete rundown of the year that was: the 2011 Edition.
Dec 20th
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Infographic: How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest...
There’s tantalizing data suggesting that biking could go a long way to solving America’s obesity crisis. And much more. Americans are getting fatter every year, and weight-related diseases kill us at a rate second only to tobacco. There’s been lots of proposed solutions to that problem—rejiggering the food pyramid, advertising campaigns, soda taxes. But the simplest of all...
Dec 20th
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Dan Barber gives a TED talk about an amazing farmer in Spain, a sort of “Goose Whisperer”.
Dec 20th
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The Year In Photos (Part 1 of 3) →
from The Atlantic’s In Focus photoblog.
Dec 19th
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Dec 19th
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vodka, it's not just for getting drunk anymore
John Ford at the Boston Real Estate Blog explains the myriad uses for vodka… Why you should have a bottle vodka under your bathroom sink No, this isn’t an info-commercial. But if it was, here are 13 reasons why you should keep a bottle vodka in your Boston condo. I usually keep mine under my bathroom sink. 1. To clean the caulking around bathtubs and showers, fill a trigger-spray bottle...
Dec 19th
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Australia is the global Canary-in-the-coalmine →
I just read this story in Rolling Stone about the extreme weather that’s been bringing Australia to it’s knees. Things like a decade of drought broken by months’ flooding in one ton is predicted to become more common and will be accompanied by ocean acidification resulting from CO2 being absorbed by the ocean to produce carbonic acid. Scary stuff. “Want to know what...
Dec 18th
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SOPA's been delayed but it's not dead
from Wired: The House Judiciary Committee considering whether to send the Stop Online Piracy Act to the House floor abruptly adjourned Friday with no new vote date set — a surprise given that the bill looked certain to pass out of committee. The committee’s chairman and chief sponsor of the legislation, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), agreed to further explore a controversial provision that lets...
Dec 18th
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waking someone from a coma. . . with a sleeping... →
Dec 18th
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