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I was driving to work a couple of days ago, and as a MINI passed me from the opposite direction, the owner stuck his hand out the window, making the victory sign at me. I smiled, and responded by raising my hand. This sort of thing has happened countless times since I bought my MINI.
Why [...]
This past Thursday, I was on my way home from work, in a hurry, because my wife and I wanted to be on time to the Gipsy Kings concert that evening. Traffic on 495 was much nastier than usual, and it was pretty clear to me that I needed to take an alternative route home, [...]
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UKP14,000 TH!NK city electric car ready for showrooms http://tinyurl.com/2nwd9x #
Remote Microscopy - The Cellphone Microscope http://tinyurl.com/2p82fr #
LG’s new Flatron LX206WU Monitor makes multi monitor displays easy http://tinyurl.com/38jsot #
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Illuminations: 1913 http://tinyurl.com/34f46f #
The Most Useful Web App Ever? [...]
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Lightroom 1.4 Update is Pulled http://tinyurl.com/2wg9e6 #
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Time Machine: [...]
A couple of hours ago, I was almost home. As I came down a hill close to our neighborhood, on a road where the speed limit is 45 mph, I saw a woman crossing the street in front of me, at an intersection about 30 yards away. She popped into my field of view from [...]
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Analysts see ‘ringback tones’ becoming an $800 billion industry http://tinyurl.com/2nbd6x #
Ringback tones are one more way for fiscally dumb people to spend their money. Completely pointless ways to show off. #
Nokia Trips the Silverlight Fantastic http://tinyurl.com/3cftxs #
New colors, button-shift and accelerated market expansion for 3-wheel Can?Am [...]
As I read through my feeds, I noticed a headline about the fading car culture. It seems a Nissan executive has noticed how interest in cars is waning, due to congestion costs, interest in public transportation, or desire to spend money elsewhere, like gadgets.
I also noticed something disingenuous in that article. It was his response [...]
So I’m driving back home from work this past July. The highway’s ridiculously busy, as usual, and the sweltering heat isn’t making things any easier. I’m in the high-speed lane on I-495, somewhere between the 267 and Georgetown Pike exits. I happen to glance over to the side of the road, and what do you [...]
» Go to this postSo many traffic accidents happen when we don’t keep our proper distance from the cars in front of us. Here’s a simple equation to help you do just that:
Distance (in car lengths) = (Speed/10) - 1
Let me explain it. Say you’re going along at 20 mph — the distance between your car and that in [...]
A bit of a health theme to this edition of condensed knowledge:
A new CPR technique was discovered. It’s called OAC-CPR (Only rhythmic Abdominal Compression). As its name implies, you only press on the abdomen, eliminating the risk of broken ribs, mouth-to-mouth, and fatigue from pushing so hard. Definitely worth looking into this!
Prozac found in the [...]
Until now, I housed the various ideas I published online at my personal site. I decided to move them here to my blog, and I did just that today. I could not have done it without the Import/Export functionality in WordPress, and even more importantly, without the Redirection plugin from Urban Giraffe. That plugin is [...]
» Go to this postLigia and I were taking a leisurely walk on Beach Drive last night (Friday), when we were confronted with the overpowering smell of spilled fuel. On our way there, we’d seen a fire engine, but we didn’t think twice about it. This time, I thought I’d inquire, camera in hand. After walking through 100 yards [...]
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