July 2010
6 posts
A faint whiff of fresh-cut watermelon (and not some weird watermelon-scented perfume or body lotion or spritz - or so I believe) on the subway platform (for a couple of very fleeting seconds) this morning was odd, but not unwelcome.
again, you never know what people are into
I am not into any of these. I’ll stick with my books. I have them to protect me from the IEEE poetry.
Top 15 documents downloaded for the month of June 2010 from IEEE
Smart Grids - the future or fantasy?
A 10-bit 100-MS/s Reference-Free SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS
A 5-Gb/s ADC-Based Feed-Forward CDR in 65 nm CMOS
IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications
Data...
June 2010
10 posts
you never know what people are into
Well, it just goes to show you, you never know what people might be into…
ScienceDirect Top 10 Articles across all subject areas January to March 2010
1. Tumor Self-Seeding by Circulating Cancer Cells
2. The Hallmarks of Cancer
3. Survival as a function of HbA”1”c in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study
4. Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a...
1 tag
bbldldllrlrrrggghh
(((note: 5.2 stars on IMDB. Please!)))
[Earl is on the phone with Chic, the locksmith, and Vic is listening on the other line]
Earl Keese: Hello, Chic? It's Earl.
Chic: Earl! Earl who?
Earl Keese: Hey, no jokes, will ya? I need the name of that locksmith you used that time. I broke a key off. I got two lunatics locked in my basement.
Vic: [makes unintelligible noises]
Chic: What? What did you say?
Vic: [disguising voice] I said blow it out your ass, wimp.
Chic: Is somebody on this line?
Vic: Just you and me, asshole.
Earl Keese: [to Enid] That bastard's on the phone!
Chic: Well you called me, didn't ya?
Earl Keese: Not you!
Vic: Me!
Earl Keese: Get off the line, Vic!
Chic: Who's Vic?
Earl Keese: He lives next door.
Vic: Nobody lives next door, Earl!
Chic: That's right!
Earl Keese: Christ.
Vic: Earl, have you been drinking?
Chic: What the hell is going on?
Earl Keese: Never mind, forget it!
Vic: And don't ever call here again!
[click]
(((note: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082801/)))
type slowly
I know you ALL want a USB Typewriter!
via: The USB Typewriter Makes Typing On iPad Even Slower on Gizmodo (bonus Pavement points for the song title reference as the subject.)
Countdown... Twist Of Cain →
late night intensity →
October 2009
1 post
my new favorite weather site →
August 2009
1 post
Probably on the wrong mailing list, yet again.
(Although I might take that robot, that thing with the arrows, and the Chinese Michael Jackson release.)
July 2009
2 posts
Reuters - Handbook of Journalism →
The Reuters Handbook of Journalism is now online.
Weather forecasters are often wrong.
May 2009
7 posts
re: New York Public Library budget cuts
NYPL budget cuts, you can help!
I know “reblogging” stuff kinda sucks, but this is near and dear to my own profession — so this is reposted from kotte.org:
The New York Public Library is facing budget cuts that will close libraries on some days, cut programs for children, and place other services (like job search resources) at risk. The possible cuts come at a time when library...
deep thought
I thought marriage was supposed to be a “states rights” issue. But now that “out of control legislatures” and wild justices are legalizing all marriages - in their respective states - we now have to do something federally. Geez.
Update: I should clarify. I really really need to get off these stupid “Human Events” and “Redstate.com” email lists. I...
I also get scary emails
*The Pandemic Flu Continuity Plan Toolkit* *Price: $99** WHAT IF Health Experts’ Fears of a Worldwide Flu Pandemic Become Reality? *Will YOU be ready?* ** *Concrete Steps You Must Take Now To Prepare for a Flu Pandemic * ** http://www.thompson.com/public/offerpage.jsp?promo=PFCP09EA&priority=EMLP65093
I get emails from Alibris...
Personally, I do not want any of these specially recommended books for me. This list begs the inquiry: what kind of a profile do they have on me?
Wow! 100 million books & 4 just for youRely on Alibris to help you find your next favorite book. We’ve searched our independent sellers’ 100 million books and picked the following recommendations just for you. Find endless entertainment,...
April 2009
2 posts
saw my first person wearing a swine flu mask on the subway this morning.
I honestly don’t get the tea bag thing. I mean, I GET the tea bagging thing in that OTHER way, I just don’t get it in the weird alternate conservative universe way. The “gone Galt” way. http://www.millionteabags.org/
March 2009
6 posts
Someone really needs to make me stop reading my rss feeds of horrible right wing and/or libertarian websites. I just can’t *not* read them if there are updates, but man, they’re really getting to me these days. They were relatively funny back during election season, but now, the inanity is just too much for me to handle. Also: listserves. Like “Expose Obama” and RedState...
gaffe
just to note: I hate this word.
stories missed and questions not asked
“What political stories aren’t being covered because of newsroom cuts?” (via Poynter, LA Times)
I've been out of commission
But maybe not for much longer?
October 2008
1 post
“Tongue jut. Rolling eyes. Pshaw! Ugh. Ropadope. Tongue jut! LOL!” Wait, huh? This is our political discourse?
September 2008
2 posts
Barack Obama is taking your picture
Obama Tax Cut
Don’t believe the lies. Obama will lower your taxes. Unless you make over, say, $500,000. Then you’ll get taxed. Suckers. But if I made over $500,000, well, I think there’d be a little to go around. http://alchemytoday.com/obamataxcut/
August 2008
6 posts
Orwell diaries
George Orwell’s diaries as a blog. Will publish at least until 2010. Cool. http://orwelldiaries.wordpress.com/ [via NYT ]>
donkey talk
glbropqxitan!
My head hurts...
from all this weirdly serious posturing and talk of NUCLEAR war over Poland and South Ossettia & Georgia. WTF? I guess it’s enough to make me say something on this damned website 2 days in a row. Who are these people?
I'm not pro-Russia, but
Why doesn’t the President of Georgia go on Charlie Rose instead of Larry King? Oh, right, there’d be hard questions. I just don’t want a provocation or thought of nuclear war with Russia… who, by the way, I thought was an ally, not an “ally.”
deep thought
The US can send humanitarian aid to Georgia (the one on the other side of the world, natch) in a matter of a few days and risking even greater tensions with Russia, but we couldn’t get aid to Louisiana and Mississippi for weeks after Katrina.
July 2008
3 posts
CHARLIE ROSE!
Put this on during the nightly “news hour” on network tv. Talking. About real stuff. Normal talking. Informed normal talking.
There was an abundance of people on the subways with iced coffees this morning.
Although I’ve asked before (albeit via Twitter), who will heed my call re: buying me a private island in the Caribbean? I’ll help you with the searching and paperwork. All I need is funding. Pls? Thx!
June 2008
1 post
Tom Delay...
Unless Tom DeLay proves me wrong, he is a Nazi.
May 2008
1 post
it's about time
The 15 Most Awesome Celebrity Mullets Ever
April 2008
8 posts
biofuels not so good, maybe
Thoughts on the food crisis: “It takes 528 pounds of corn to fill the tank of one SUV. The same amount could feed one person for a year.” Read a few more points here.