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bikes are great, renewable bikes are greater

July 26, 2006

i get excited by pretty renewable materials and manpowered gear. of late there has been some information floating around about bike frames made with an interesting assortment of renewables:
beautiful wood frames (Cell is my fav)
Biomega’s biolove (though for the life of me I can’t find it on biomega’s site)
sandwich bikes the idea is you buy […]

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sexy electric cars

July 21, 2006

Yup, you heard me.  Sexy electric cars.  An interesting environmental alternative sports car for folks who have an awful lot of money.
Electric cars can go really fast, and probably help you pick up chicks. If you live in CA and have lots of money and like sports cars, I hope you think about getting one.

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global climate change and the US

July 21, 2006

Global climate change is an interesting issue. I find no doubt whatsoever that there are anthropogenic ties to changes in climate, and that the anthropogenic impact is stronger over time. It’s a topic I get frustrated about because in my estimation we can only benefit by finding a different way of doing things. […]

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the US backstage of global climate change

July 20, 2006

So… I found out about this through a blog apparently promoting more controversy on the climate change issue, and I must say that it frustrated me in a profound way, and my rapid run through statistics this summer is not fast or in depth enough to really make me feel comfortable evaluating the conclusions.
This is […]

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found waldo

July 19, 2006

Today, while reading my normal run of comics, I ran across Rob and Elliot.  While flipping through the archives, a total jem came up, showing what Waldo has been up to since all his book-chronicled exploits.

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the cutest little evil dog ever

July 19, 2006

Just think of various images we all have about evil. Now think that at one point, even evil was a cute little baby. That’s what endears me to the “Satan’s Little Helper” shirt.

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i think i am funny

July 17, 2006

a chat excerpt:
someone else: hey, (trying to be like you and use one word sentences)
me: (clearly using asides to overcome the shortcomings of one words) hey back
While I’m clearly not in the peak form of Josh, sometimes I still manage to be amusingly infuriating by playing with words and thoughts. It has taken […]

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unleashed

July 16, 2006

I rented Unleashed, and managed to set aside some time to watch it this week. Someone recommended it to me a year ago, and I’ve been a little slow on the uptake in terms of watching.
The movie related to a lot of things I’ve been thinking about in terms of being smart and sensitive, […]

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gender gap in higher education

July 13, 2006

This morning’s NPR show “On Point” spent the second hour discussing how women are overtaking men in the college scene in terms of attendance AND performance. The show is interesting because I think the host was pushing the envelope too far in terms of “what’s wrong with the boys,” but the viewpoints and social analysis […]

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free food

July 6, 2006

any graduate student learns the skills of finding free food.  Heck, this is a skill most undergrads also manage to hone.
Of course, this is a skill we don’t think of much outside of the poor student sector, but one worth considering, because an awful lot of perfectly good food gets thrown away, either from fast […]

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