Puget Sound Energy has a pilot program going on where they send a subset of customers an “energy report” comparing their consumption to neighbors (image links to larger one): For October 2008, I am 2% above my “efficient neighbors,” whoever they are, and that lumps me into the good but not great category. Oh, don’t […]
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Since I’ve been asked by a few people, here are the specs on the new bicycle: Marinoni 55cm Turismo frame and fork with mounts for disc brakes, fenders, front- and rear racks. (If I dig out the panniers, I can finish that trip down the the Pacific Coast!) I have a Tubus rear rack, aluminum
When I bought my computer and applications, it was with the notion that I would accomplish things. I am wondering if vendors got this memo because it surely seems like I spend a lot of my time and my system’s power to address shortcomings in the core system. Out of the box, Windows needs OS
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For most of October, I was on the east coast attending conferences. I saw a toxic number of PowerPoint presentations. I was astounded how many times the presenter was interrupted by operating system over-zealousness. One guess as to which one. “Balloon tips,” sometimes also known as “What?! I don’t care. Let… me… aaaarrrrrrgggggghh. Just fucking
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Two weeks ago I was in State College, PA, home of football powerhouse Penn State University. One of the first things I noticed upon entering my tasteful, blue and white hotel room at the Nittany Inn was the brochure for Football Fantasy Camp 2009. For $4,995, one could spend four days in football/PSU alumni bliss:
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Each exhibitor was set up with a rectangle table covered with the ANSI-standard White Top and Black Shroud (whose purpose is to prevent the table from looking as fugly as it really is). It didn’t work well with the man-sized pop-up poster I came with, especially in the spot I had right up front. I
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Somewhere over Montana, our pilot announced there was a malfunction in the food heaters in the front of the plane (used for first class; the unclean masses in coach can purchase an unheated Box O’ Salty Snacks for five buckaroos), so we would be turning around. Odd – the safety concern is great enough that
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