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I’m So Totally, Digitally Close to You

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:33:33 GMT

clipped by: RayWatkins
clipper's remarks: BY CLIVE THOMPSON
Published: September 5, 2008

On Sept. 5, 2006, Mark Zuckerberg changed the way that Facebook worked, and in the process he inspired a revolt.

Zuckerberg, a doe-eyed 24-year-old C.E.O., founded Facebook in his dorm room at Harvard two years earlier, and the site quickly amassed nine million users. By 2006, students were posting heaps of personal details onto their Facebook pages, including lists of their favorite TV shows, whether they were dating (and whom), what music they had in rotation and the various ad hoc “groups” they had joined (like “Sex and the City” Lovers). All day long, they’d post “status” notes explaining their moods — “hating Monday,” “skipping class b/c i’m hung over.” After each party, they’d stagger home to the dorm and upload pictures of the soused revelry, and spend the morning after commenting on how wasted everybody looked. Facebook became the de facto public commons — the way students found out what everyone around them was like and what he or she was doing.

Your brain and alcohol...

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:56:15 GMT

clipped by: akagugo
clipper's remarks: Want to get wasted? Take a good look at this, and...
GO!!

Clip Source: www.at-bristol.org.uk

Roll over the image below to discover how alcohol affects different parts of your brain.

Tags: alcohol, brain, side-effect, damage, memory, sensory

A Story Where Every Word Begins With ‘W’

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:04:26 GMT

clipped by: mugofcoffee
clipper's remarks: There is more to this story than I could clip...You need to visit the site for the rest of the story...a brave attempt in writing...

Clip Source: www.youngwriterssociety.com

The following story, entitled Walter and Winnie, was published sometime in the 19th century by an unknown author. It’s roughly 450 words long, and after you read it once, try reading it again three times fast.

“Warm weather, Walter! Welcome warm weather! We were wishing winter would wane, weren’t we?” “We were well wearied with waiting,” whispered Waiter wearily. Wan, white, woe-begone was Walter; wayward, wilful, worn with weakness, wasted, waxing weaker whenever winter’s wild, withering winds were wailing. Wholly without waywardness was Winifred, Walter’s wise, womanly watcher, who, with winsome, wooing way, was well-beloved.

“We won’t wait, Walter; while weather’s warm we’ll wander where woodlands wave, won’t we?”

“Why, Winnie, we’ll walk where we went when we were with Willie; we’ll weave wildflower wreaths, watch woodmen working; woodlice, worms wriggling; windmills whirling; watermills wheeling; we will win wild whortleberries, witness wheat winnowed.”

Tags: General · Humor

Who Cares about Size of Government? How about Competent Government?

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:39:52 GMT

clipped by: dmegivern
clipper's remarks: Don't be so scared of government that you serve it, instead of it serving you. Revolutions of the past did not protest how much governments were doing for their well-being. Fundamentally, if taxes had ever been used to actually deliver services to the people instead of funding monarchs and their wars, there might be less fear of taxes. Overcome your fears. Make your government serve you. Like the French providing household assistance services for free to all new moms a few hours a week until the mother feels ready to handle everything.

Clip Source: etext.virginia.edu

Thomas Jefferson on Politics & Government

Good Government

"The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government." --Thomas Jefferson to Maryland Republicans, 1809.

"The only orthodox object of the institution of government is to secure the greatest degree of happiness possible to the general mass of those associated under it." --Thomas Jefferson to M. van der Kemp, 1812.

"The energies of the nation... shall be reserved for improvement of the condition of man, not wasted in his destruction." --Thomas Jefferson: Reply to Address, 1801. ME 10:248

"All religions are equally independent here, our laws knowing no distinction of country, of classes among individuals and with nations, our [creed] is justice and reciprocity." --Thomas Jefferson to the Emperor of Morocco, 1803. ME 19:136

"It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government." --Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia Q.XI, 1782. ME 2:129

Tags: jefferson, government, competence, effectiveness

From Algae to Oil - A tasty conversion

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:31 GMT

clipped by: bookchick49
clipper's remarks: Hmmm... I don't know if I should be saying "Yum" instead.

Similarly, I wonder how the cholesterol count adds up. LOL

Clip Source: www.goodcleantech.com

Monday July 21, 2008

OriginOil Transforms Algae into "New Oil"

Sapphire Energy isn't the only company developing an algae-to-oil technology. OriginOil also has its own proprietary technology to transform algae into what the company calls "new oil," which will be a direct competitor to petroleum.

OriginOil, by the way, uses low-cost and energy efficient oil extraction method by pre-cracking algae cell walls through microwaves and then using Ultrasonic Quantum Fracturing to separate oil from mass.

The oil, for example, could be used directly as a straight vegetable oil, although it could also be refined into gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and heating oil. Additionally, it could be made into solvents and plastics. The algae biomass, on the other hand, could be made into ethanol, methanol, hydrogen, and other alcohol-based fuels. In short, no part of the algae is wasted--everything could be made into fuel.

Fuel Economy Tip: Follow the “3 Second Rule”

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:13:12 GMT

clipped by: hitchhiker08
clipper's remarks: Nice tip/reminder - most of us tend to get impatient and forget the basics....

Clip Source: www.dailyfueleconomytip.com

Fuel Economy Tip - Follow the “3 Second Rule”

Clip Source: www.dailyfueleconomytip.com

Here’s a tip that will not only help you increase your vehicle’s fuel economy, but will also help you become a much safer driver:

Follow the “3 Second Rule”

As you are driving down the road - particularly at highway speeds - make sure that you give keep plenty of space between your car, truck, SUV, etc. and the vehicle in front of you. In most cases, you are giving proper spacing if you are traveling three seconds behind the car in front of you, however, you will likely need to give more time and space if you’re driving in bad weather.

By tapping your brakes, you essentially waste the energy it took to get up to and maintain the speed at which you were traveling.

This energy - both the wasted energy and the newly required energy - came from or will come from the burning of your car’s fuel.

Using less fuel tends to mean better gas mileage!

Tags: driving, fuel, economy, gas, petrol, diesel, automobiles, brakes, accelerator

Water Down the Drain

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:23:10 GMT

clipped by: oneilljn

Clip Source: dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com

In the United States, nearly one-third of the food that is produced each year, worth about $48 billion, is discarded. The water it took to grow and process that wasted food amounts to about 10 trillion gallons, according to the analysis. Many European countries have similar losses, proportional to their size.

Years ago, in the context of the anthrax attacks, I learned about food irradiation, which developing countries increasingly are employing to cut spoilage rates; the technique has just been approved in the United States for spinach and lettuce.

improved efficiency in food production and water use will be needed in a world of growing populations seeking decent lives. As the new report explains, more than a billion people now live in areas with insufficient water.

Tags: water, conservation, food, waste

Small Company in the big Airwaves Fight

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:25:15 GMT

clipped by: Andrew Gillies
clipper's remarks: The Post profiles a small Virginia company, Shared Spectrum, addressing the matter of unused airwaves. Other big players here: the National Association of Broadcasters and Google.

Clip Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Sharing Unused Airwaves

By Zachary A. Goldfarb

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, August 25, 2008; Page D01

The Federal Communications Commission is weighing a proposal that would allow companies to share airwaves. McHenry said his eight-year-old, 30-person firm has already received $30 million from the Defense Department to develop the concept. The broadcasters' position is "not what the DoD thinks," McHenry said. "It works in the harshest environments."

The military's spectrum is allocated to different purposes in advance, such as satellite signals or video feedback from unmanned aerial vehicles. If particular spectrum is not in use at a particular point, it is wasted. "What our next-generation communications program is looking at is developing the technologies that could dynamically redistribute the allocated spectrum, where the radios and equipment would listen to see if the spectrum is being used and if not, use it," said Jan Walker, a DARPA spokeswoman.

NLGN report on census

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:40:49 GMT

clipped by: petebradwell

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Census

Clip Source: www.nlgn.org.uk

Free Report: £500 million of public money could be wasted on the next census according to a new NLGN research paper. The report claims that the information gathered will be out of date by the time it is published, will be insufficiently detailed and could underestimate the number of people living in Britain. Find out more

NLGN Research paper calls for outdated census to be scrapped

Tags: census, data

Which softdrink packs the right punch !

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:28:49 GMT

clipped by: jt3600
clipper's remarks: you mean which one will wash out the taste of Beijing fast food . I say F**K it go with a "Bud" opps I mean "BELGIUM LIGHT" with a hint of waffles,which gives you a hint at the high alcohol content, cause you'll be wasted right threw breakfast .

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

Coke, Pepsi slug it out at Thai boxer's home

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Soft drinks giants Coke and Pepsi are slugging it out for supremacy outside the home of Thai Olympic boxing hopeful Worapoj Phetkum, who faces his first fight of the Beijing Games Friday, the Bangkok Post said.

More of the Same, Packaged as Change Barack Obama and Afghanistan

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:23:50 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Try reading the article to see how insane the Democrats really are (not to mention Replundercans)...More war, more death, more billions wasted....When will they learn that unless they nuke Afghanistan (God forbid but they might!) there is no way to win a war in that rugged (both terrain and people) country. What are they gonna do with all the poppies grown for heroin...are we gonna finance a complete re-planting of hemp or something? Jeebus, this insanity will never stop!

Clip Source: www.counterpunch.org

In other words, Obama is committed to “finishing the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban,” translated as the fight against “Muslim extremism.” Notwithstanding that this examplifies a worst case example of fallacious sunk-cost reasoning, George W. Bush and candidate McCain would not disagree. He continues

Our troops and our NATO allies are performing heroically in Afghanistan, but I have argued for years that we lack the resources to finish the job because of our commitment to Iraq. That's what the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said earlier this month. And that's why, as President, I will make the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban the top priority that it should be. This is a war that we have to win….

hair of the free range dog

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:07:08 GMT

clipped by: nomereveneerofvanity

Clip Source: jezebel.com

There is a school of thought that organic alcohol, which is free of chemical additives, results in less of a hangover than its conventional equivalent. In a piece of stunt journalism, Daily News reporter Sean Evans put the theory to the test, getting wasted two nights running - organically and otherwise - and comparing the mornings after. Despite consuming a nauseous combo of eleven drinks in three hours, the results of the organic binge were mild: "There was no nausea, no stomach pain; no normal hangover feelings." Of course, drinking pure costs ya; Evans reports that the organic restaurant's bar tab ran him $112, as opposed to the hangover-inducer's $73. More to the point, last we checked our corner dive wasn't carrying organic mixers, so for most of us this will stay purely theoretical. [Daily News]

Want Fuel Economy? Check Your Tailpipe

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:29:29 GMT

clipped by: A53GG4

Clip Source: money.aol.com

Want Fuel Economy? Check Your Tailpipe

By MARGARET HARDING

WARREN, Mich. (Aug. 11) - The stinky, steaming air that escapes from a car's tailpipe could help us use less gas.

Researchers are competing to meet a challenge from the U.S. Department of Energy: Improve fuel economy 10 percent by converting wasted exhaust heat into energy that can help power the vehicle.

Turning Exhaust Into Energy

Martin Meissner, AP

Challenged by the U.S. Department of Energy, researchers at the nation's top automaker, General Motors , are working out the kinks of a technique to convert vehicle exhaust heat into energy that could boost fuel economy by 10 percent, a feat that in GM vehicles alone could save more than 100 million gallons of fuel yearly.

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Reaching the goal of a 10 percent improvement would save more than 100 million gallons of fuel per year in GM vehicles in the U.S. alone.

"The take-home message here is: It's a big deal," Yang said.

Tags: biofuel

Word game

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:02:48 GMT

clipped by: ahmpow

Clip Source: webmail.aol.com

Subject: I'm one of the 55- Are you?

And to think all those years of spelling tests we wasted our time on!!!!

Don't even think about using spell check!!!!!!!!

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! if you can raed tihs forwrad it.

luxury Manhattan, Harlem, or Chelsea apartment

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 05:42:16 GMT

clipped by: cielohardfore

Clip Source: www.nyrentclub.com

Recent Broker Blogs

How I decided to go into real estate...

Hey! Welcome to my real estate blog. I`m gonna use my first blog entry to tell you about my incredible journey into the world of Manhattan real estate.

I moved to Manhattan in December, 2006 with my 9yo son, my cat, and my little dog, too. I was horrified by what brokers showed me in my price range! And, most of them lied about what they had, ignored my criteria and building pet policies, and otherwise wasted my time. Finally, and because my sublet had bedbugs, I ended up spending $600/month more than I could really afford. What a nightmare!

NYC Rent Guidelines Board, May 5, 2008

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