Monthly Archives: January 2007

Life Hack: Toothbrush

I buy those cheap battery powered toothbrushes, and they are great, make my teeth nice and clean, but they have a serious design flaw. Namely, once the batteries die, it’s really tough to get them back together after changing the … Continue reading

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Seriously

STOP IT. Someone for years now, has been putting a paper on my porch. How is that legal. Stop littering on my property.

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Partials

I have put my lean web framework under the code link above. I don’t particularly recommend you use it, since there are no docs but it’s there.

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Economic rambling

There have been several interesting articles and discussions online recently about economics. On the freakonomics blog there was chatter about the Sunk Cost Fallacy(SCF) (which Eric discussed on his blog). Then there is the Yahoo Finance article on income inequality. … Continue reading

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Gasoline

I have a 2001 Hyundai Elantra. This past tank of gas I hit the odometer, and then when I refuled, I divided the number of miles I had traveled by the number of gallons I had to buy. I averaged … Continue reading

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More Wiki-History

I have heard of the Aliens and Sedition Act in the past. But I finally read the wikipedia page. In an odd way it’s comforting. I am glad to see that the power of the vote fixed a black mark … Continue reading

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In my research

In my research for the last post on when Ford was President, I found this wikipedia page. It shows a table of Presidents ordered by longevity. It’s very interesting. The bottom two (Kennedy and Garfield) were assassinated, then we have … Continue reading

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Ford

I have heard many opinions on the legacy of Gerald Ford in the past few weeks. While I was alive during his presidency I don’t recall it at all (the first President I remember is Carter). There have been a … Continue reading

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Who knew…

That Valerie Plame was so hot: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Valerie+Plame&btnG=Search+Images

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Ruby Phrase Book

I didn’t read the whole book, however I was interested in the Ruby one liners section. I browsed over that and it’s funny, but I could think of shell equivalents that did the same thing and were shorter. Them: $: … Continue reading

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