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Ulterior Motive Now that’s a nice tie!

The Jeff Pulver Blog: Jeff’s Quick Guide to TV on the Net (TV/IP) - July, 2006

Previous Photos of the Week Darwin Award nominee photos… ;)

Terry Dobson tells a story about Aikido and Conflict Resolution

I have been watching a debate raging on the net for some time. The debate is over right to privacy vs national security. A very intersting trend has begun to emerge. Those who are concerned about the loss of privacy are focusing their attention on Bush as a president. Those who are concerned about our […]

Google’s webpage is already admirably accessible. But that doesn’t mean the pages it links to are that way. So one of those brilliant geeks at google. Who also happens to have trouble seeing decided to help others like him out. Now when searching at Google Accessible Search. you will see pages ranked not just by […]

Seed: How We Know
“What do an algebra teacher, Toyota and a classical musician have in common?” That learning well means doing, and that practice (when engaged in thoughtfully) makes perfect, nearly every time.

If you’re not really into cooking you’ve probably never paid much attention to tomatos. Just pick one up at the store that’s not too mushy and use it. What else is there to know?
Surprisingly there is quite a bit to choosing good tomatos for cooking. Most tomatos at the supermarket were picked before they ripened […]

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Gavyn Davies does the maths
“How a statistical formula won the war”

Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
“And you thought there was a lot of empty space in the solar system. Well, there’s even more nothing inside an atom.”

A friend of mine, Danny, was a youth minister at a UMC church outside of StL. The other day, they held a surprise meeting and fired him. A bunch of trumped up charges. He is married with one child, they lived in the church housing, so they will have to find a […]

Learning to play an electric guitar is not exactly easy, especially when one has never played an electric guitar before. The difference is akin to driving a manual versus an automatic shifting vehicle. The principles of driving are still the same, only one is different that the other. Thankfully, ‘62 (the name […]

Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine
“Create personal search engines using only the sources you trust. Relevant. Reliable. Rollyo.”

RiffTrax
“Do you feel that some of the movies coming out of Hollywood are just, well, missing something? At RiffTrax, you can download Mike’s running commentaries and listen to them along with your favorite, and not so favorite DVDs. It’s like watching a movie with your funniest friend. And it’s easy to do. Just check out […]

World Jump Day “Help us move Earth into a better orbit.” ;)

Wired News: Video Killed the Video Star
“YouTube, Google Video and related sites have revived vaudeville, then stabbed it in the neck with the razor-sharp shards of a torn can of energy drink, kicked it in the ribs, and left it onstage to writhe for the amusement of millions. And you can be part of it!”

For those of you who don’t know, a friend of mine from College named my guitar the Blue Ox (I just call her Blue). I think he was trying to do a British accent and call it the Blue Ax, but butchered the accent and made it sound like Ox.
Anyway, Blue is my main girl. […]

Lazy Way To Success : Fred Gratzon : Soma Press Larry Wall would be Proud.

I just want to say, that cars are the biggest pain in the neck in the world. thank you for your time.

The Oil We Eat (Harpers.org)
The circle of life has become a lot more complicated.