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Monthly Archives: April 2006
Economics 101 and the “gas crisis”
It would be nice to think that those we elect to public office have the basic competence and knowledge to make informed decisions. Unfortunately it’s increasingly obvious that’s not always the case, as the uproar over gas prices indicates. Hard … Continue reading
They just don’t make them like they used to . . .
One computer add-on I never would’ve though of: a built-in cutting board.
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My Trip
I’ve not posted much the last couple of days since I spent most of yesterday travelling to Utah to visit Elisabeth. I left Easley at 3:30am to catch my flight and finally arrived in St. George at 4:15pm. It made … Continue reading
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What was that about thin ice?
This is hilarious. “Unusually heavy snow and ice last year forced Dupre and Larsen to call off a similar mission, but they now plan to launch Project Thin Ice 2006.” I’m pretty skeptical about global warming in general, so I’ve … Continue reading
Cool hand chimes
Actually, to call them just “chimes” would be quite an understatement. This system is a set of electronic wireless batons that are motion sensitive and controlled through a programmable base station. The base station allows a director to program the … Continue reading
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BJU bashing at Baylor
‘The World’s Largest Baptist University’ inaugurated a new president this past Friday with an interesting choice of inaugural speakers: Jon Meacham, liberal managing editor of Newsweek magazine and a semi-devout Episcopalian. While Meacham’s liberal political views came through pretty clearly … Continue reading
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How many ways to say “it’s about time”?
Newsweek reports that Hu Jintao and the Chi-com regime were less than thrilled with the reception Hu received in D.C. last week. The President apologized, but since, as the article points out, “I’m sorry” can be translated four different ways … Continue reading
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Cool gadget
A couple of weeks ago, my watch went dead (at precisely 4:22am, fwiw). Presumably the battery was dead, but since the watch has a screw-in back that takes a special spanner wrench to come off, I didn’t care to pay … Continue reading
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The Doolittle Raid: 21st Century version
The 64th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid was this past Tuesday, April 18th. StragegyPage takes this as on opportunity to ponder an interesting question: “how [might] the press of today . . . have reported on the event[?]” As usual, … Continue reading
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OSU librarian-update
The OSU librarian charged with sexual harrasment that I blogged about earlier has been cleared.
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