April 21, 2009
Canadian Bunkies

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Join me in a round of applause to our Canadian neighbors and their love of the outdoors! Canadian “bunkies”, or small bunkhouses, are another tiny house design that can be built from a plan…

Apple's iPod touch tackling "networked warfare" for US military

While the British military has had a love-hate relationship with Apple’s darling, the US armed forces are reportedly warming up quite well to the iPod touch. A fresh Newsweek…
April 14, 2009
Ecopods

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Building houses from shipping containers is not new, but I think this might be the first company I have seen that builds smaller homes that are environmentally friendly and can be secured…

Los Angeles Chicken Produces World's Largest Egg

Well, I exaggerate a bit. Neighbor Lora Hall rushed over this afternoon to show us an egg as big as the Dodger Stadium parking lot produced by her hefty Cornish Cross hen who goes by the name…
April 6, 2009
Time’s Arrow

A piece in Esquire, on reading Vonnegut in Iraq. From a US soldier:

“I have a lot of memories of Iraq, but the one that will stick with me forever was when I was in my room, lying down on my…

November 18, 2008
Missed Connections: Where, Exactly



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Of the last hundred or last two weeks of Craigslist Missed Connections
posts per state mentioning a specific location at which the connection was missed.

November 16, 2008
The Election Effect
November 14, 2008
A Nice Chart Showing How Poor You Are
Here’s a frightening math chart from the mathies at Calculated Risk putting that record 2.8% October retail sales decline in perspective. (As if a record drop in consumer spending needed more…
FORMS

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eyes open in the cage, or on a podium with the hood over the eyes –

      
Freddie Seeks Federal Aid After $25.3B Loss
Seizure of Freddie, Fannie is poised to get more expensive; analysts warn that it may ultimately cost more than the government has suggested.