March 2013
1 post
Blue Virginia:: Howard Dean, DFA Launch Purple to... →
July 2012
2 posts
Romney's 'Free Stuff' Speech Is a New Low | Matt... →
Mid-Century Modern Paul Evans Style Dresser/Chest →
May 2012
1 post
A Green Affair: I thought I would share this... →
agreenaffair:
I thought I would share this project with you. It’s taken us a while to complete, not because it’s difficult, but because it took us a while to source the parts needed (plus we’re slow and picky). We’ve needed bar stools for almost a year now and were on the lookout for a while, but…
April 2012
5 posts
Forget Graphene, Silicene Is Here to Blow Your... →
smarterplanet:
Remember how graphene, the single-atom thick layer of carbon was so slick it was going to change everything? Well it looks like silicene is here to steal the spotlight. Researchers have just made the first sheet of single-atom thick silicon.
Silicene has been a work in progress for years, but they think they’ve finally got it down now, and it represents a tremendous breakthrough....
March 2012
7 posts
Expired Film →
lomographicsociety:
Expired Porst Chrome X 100: A Golden Wonder
Cleaning out the attic, I came across a bunch of old films that had been gathering dust for years. Trying an expired roll of Porst Chrome X 100 gave me some nice surprises.
It's Full of Stars →
itsfullofstars:
Akin’s Laws of Spacecraft Design
Engineering is done with numbers. Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.
To design a spacecraft right takes an infinite amount of effort. This is why it’s a good idea to design them to operate when some things are wrong.
Design is an iterative process….
Why Finish Books? by Tim Parks | NYRblog | The New... →
February 2012
4 posts
The biggest photo of the night sky ever taken →
Namib-Naukluft Park Picture →
December 2011
2 posts
Redistribution →
Print on Demand Books! →
Time Lapse Video of Milky Way
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November 2011
4 posts
Money →
Rolling Stone -Taibbi on OWS →
what I learned this week
Neither of these ideas are originals, but they resonated with me this week.
*A person that strongly believes that the world is fundamentally just and ordered, must also believe that anyone in trouble or struggling must be a victim of their own creation. (if a person is unemployed, it is because they are not trying hard enough, etc)
*To call the Occupiers homeless, dirty, ungrateful, loafers,...
October 2011
3 posts
How I feel about it
The media has failed to show the true nature of what was happening in Oakland on Tuesday. I was in the crowd of 1000+ marching. There were people there from all walks exercising their right to free speech and the right to have their greivances redressed by the government. The photos I have belie the claims that the participants were hippies, homeless and losers. As evening fell, the police...
Bullshit →
53% →
August 2011
3 posts
“Of the corporation, by the corporation, for the corporation. We the corporation....”
– Maureen Dowd
On Obama →
July 2011
9 posts
Goodreads - Karen Steinmeyer →
Today Show in 1994: What Is The Internet →
I think I got my first computer in 1995.
“7:56 PM
White House officials dryly joke that the president’s “sweet spot” is...”
RR Speaks →
Wealth Gap →
start around minute 4
Goldsmith Interview with Rose 1994 →
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_James_Goldsmith
http://sirjamesgoldsmith.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Tyson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Agreement_on_Tariffs_and_Trade
“Ratings Agencies are the consequence of citizens accepting the fallacious...”
Banana Republicans →
In which Karen discovers the Daily Kos.
