Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Brave New Squirrel

    March 10, 2007
    from LiveJournal, Photography

    Brave New Squirrel Originally uploaded by sneezypb. hahaha I remember this photo. My brother and I were headed somewhere (lunch? movie?). I saw this squirrel and actually backed up to catch the photo.

  • Hypocracy?

    March 10, 2007
    Corporations

    I’ve noticed lately lots of commercials for a phone company’s web site equivalent of their book. These commercials emphasize the strong effectiveness of thte combination of their book and web site. These commercials run multiple times per day on the radio and television. So… If the book and web site are so effective, then why…

  • BYOB

    March 9, 2007
    from LiveJournal, News

    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…

  • DST vs IT

    March 6, 2007
    Computers, Corporations, Gov’t / Law / Politics

    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…

  • Science News

    March 4, 2007
    Science

    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…

  • Lunar Eclipse

    March 4, 2007
    Astro / Climate / Geo, from LiveJournal

    I can’t believe I missed the eclipse… 🙁

  • Time for a vacation?

    March 2, 2007
    from LiveJournal, Photography, Travel

    Medhufushi. Originally uploaded by Ahmed Zahid. Chatting with Lacey about the Seychelles. She suggested the Maldives, pictured here. Beaches, islands, warm, gorgeous, photographic.

  • Precision

    March 1, 2007
    from LiveJournal, Philosophy

    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–…

  • Insanity

    March 1, 2007
    Computers, Quotes

    . 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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