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BYOB
I may have to go to an IKEA store just to show my support. The plastic bags I hate. The paper bags I hate. This is awesome. Attention Shoppers: Bring Your Own Bag – Newsweek: Tip Sheet Environment – MSNBC.com: Apparently BYOB translates a little differently in Sweden. At least for IKEA, the privately held…
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DST vs IT
Time Change a ‘Mini-Y2K’ in Tech Terms – New York Times: For the roughly 7,000 public companies in the United States, Mr. Hammond estimates the total cost of making computer fixes to deal with the daylight saving time shift at more than $350 million. “It’s causing a lot of corporate technology people sleepless nights,†he…
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Science News
News about scientific topics annoys me. The latest, on the melting of the Martian polar ice caps hinting at a warmer than usual Sun causing global warming makes me wonder if Kate reads about science as voratiously as I do? I mean, as I started to read this, I recalled that the number and size…
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Lunar Eclipse
I can’t believe I missed the eclipse… 🙁
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Time for a vacation?
Medhufushi. Originally uploaded by Ahmed Zahid. Chatting with Lacey about the Seychelles. She suggested the Maldives, pictured here. Beaches, islands, warm, gorgeous, photographic.
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Precision
One of the reasons I prefer to communicate in writing is I often dwell on what I wish to say, refining the words to make the message clear and concise. In spoken words, I definitely lack that precision. Something that really annoys me is the use of the prefix “bi-“. This illustrates why: Since bi–…
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Insanity
. Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein, (attributed) The Quotations Page Very nice! I’m nearly insane from working with computers.
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What is a Super Speeder?
There is a bill in the GA legislature to additionally fine people for excessive speeding. Fine. Good even. However, it disturbs me that people quote the wrong statistics as rationale and tie it to emotional cues. Slowing down ‘super speeders’ on Georgia highways is a super idea – gainesvilletimes.com: Last year in Georgia, 1,700 people…
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Sunset Blue
Sunset Blue Originally uploaded by sneezypb. It was a beautiful sunset yesterday. I might get to see the sunrise as well? Honestly, I’d rather go back to sleep and miss it instead. I’ve been up since 4 am working on bringing up my application. It only took an hour, but there appears to be something…