Archive for July, 2007
links for 2007-07-25
Outsourcing the Picket Line – washingtonpost.com Carpenters Union hires the homeless to do their picketing. (tags: unions homeless business dc) Russia: is it really that bad? | Ask MetaFilter (tags: russia travel culture askmetafilter) Office Snapshots. Photos of offices of various internet companies. (tags: work photos business) TXT2LOL: Translating to and from LOL (tags: language [...]
Lock2.jpg
Sign marking Lock 2 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal in Georgetown. (Lock2.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
More Parakeet Pics
I pet-sat my neighbor’s parakeet again over the weekend, and got a few photos: More here. He tried to eat the camera.
links for 2007-07-24
Mars Exploration Rovers update: Spirit and Opportunity are both still talking to Earth. Rovers continue to weather the Martian dust storm. (tags: space mars nasa jpl) Statetris. Play Tetris with the United States. (tags: fun games geography usa) Station Crew Winds Up Ammonia Reservoir Jettison Spacewalk ISS crew throws off an ammonia tank and video [...]
links for 2007-07-23
SPACE.com — Northrop Grumman Buys Builder of SpaceShipOne. Scaled Composites is now wholly owned by Northrop Grumman. (tags: space business news) Skyscraper News – Burj Dubai Height Overtakes Taipei 101. Burj Dubai in the Emirates is now the unofficial tallest building in the world, despite being as yet unfinished. (tags: buildings records uae) ‘Why Do [...]
Twitter Spam
Okay, Twitter, this is just getting ridiculous: Not content with single friend/follow notifications, Twitter spammers are removing and re-adding and following and un-following people so as to be able to send more notifications. Yes, yes, I know about the block feature, but that’s like the whack-a-mole routine of maintaining an IP deny blacklist on one’s [...]
Volt.jpg
A new ‘Chevy Volt’ on display at Union Station. I gather from the name that it’s an electric car of some sort. Update: Volt. It’s just a concept model for a plug-in hybrid with limited electric range, and is only partly “gas-free.” Bah. (Volt.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
Caturday!
Pandora’s current favorite spot is on her scratching mat on the floor behind the video rocker. This is why she has not been on cam too much lately.
links for 2007-07-21
Mutantfrog Travelogue – The ultimate sequels aka Asia loves you. Funny Harry Potter ripoffs from China and Japan. (tags: china japan harrypotter copyright engrish) Photos: RCA Opal | Crave : The gadget blog Cheap MP3 player from RCA. (tags: cheapandtiny tech) Next version of Windows: Call it 7 | CNET News.com Microsoft’s internal name for [...]
Random8
Russell has “tagged” me with the ubiquitous “Eight Random Facts/Habits” meme. Apparently the meme comes with a stipulation that you must copy and paste a set of rules regarding the transmission of this meme, to which I say, screw the rules! I’ll summarize them how I like! So give eight random facts or habits about [...]