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passiveaggressivenotes.com — passive-aggressive notes from roommates, neighbors, coworkers and strangers
I read this for more than an hour yesterday during a bout of extreme boredom.  Fortunately I don’t need these notes in my apartment, and never have.

iPhones, they suck
I hope everyone soon realizes it.

High Dive - Popular Science
Sixty miles up, you sit in a chair on the open deck of a small rocket, admiring the stars above, the Earth far, far below. The vacuum beyond your visor is cold, but it would boil your blood if your pressure suit failed. You give your parachute straps a reassuring pat. [...]

Take Action: Fight Hate Crimes
One in six hate crimes are motivated by the victim’s sexual orientation. Yet Federal laws don’t protect these people. Watch the video. Then tell your Senators to support the Matthew Shepard Act.
Apparently I am on an activism kick, but a worthy cause is a worthy cause and these worthy causes need [...]

Savenetradio.org

We listen to internets radio all day every day at work so I know I would miss it. Call your congresscritter today!

Microsoft’s anti-virtualization stance: forget DRM, think Apple
Now keep in mind that Apple is, technically, an OEM.
Some apple happy idiot over at Ars Technica thinks that Microsoft doesn’t allow the cheaper versions of Vista to be virtualized because then Apple would sell it OEM to people?
How does this even make sense?
Apple could just charge more and [...]

Sun, sea, and no need to hide the cellulite | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
Ms Ravaglia’s father, Fausto, owner of the beach, said that one man would be allowed in. “The lifeguard must be a man. Clearly, to save a woman you need a man. It’s a question of muscles.”
A beach just for women, with [...]

Democrat & Chronicle: Local News
“I do not want a seat in your synagogue, I do not want a pew in your church. I seek a license that many of you have had, some of you have had two or three times,” O’Donnell said
I knew about this before, but I just read this quote from Daniel [...]

Laughing Squid » Theremin Cover Version of Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy
This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world’s collective consciousness.
sounds, and looks incredible.
Theremin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
via BB

How Many Lightbulbs Does it Take to Change the World? One. And You’re Looking At It. | Printer-friendly version
What that means is that if every one of 110 million American households bought just one ice-cream-cone bulb, took it home, and screwed it in the place of an ordinary 60-watt bulb, the energy saved would be [...]

Duckon 2007-Singing Tesla Coil video
This is a solid-state Tesla coil.
while “This is a solid-state Tesla coil” should be enough to make you watch the video, the sound is the real reason you need to watch it.  It is titled “Singing” but I would call it “musical” instead.  The “lighting bolt” of sorts is modulated so [...]

Google Solar Panel Project
In the last 24 hours, Google produced 9,899 kilowatt-hours of electricity from the sun.

I have only generated 0 kilowatt hours of electricity from the sun, but I am totally down for trying harder tomorrow.

Overheard in New York | Of Which There Is None at This Alleged “Bar”
Of Which There Is None at This Alleged “Bar”
Technician: It will cost a hundred and fifty dollars to have our technicians look at it.
Girl with computer problem: A hundred and fifty dollars?! No way. I’d rather spend that on alcohol.
–Apple Store [...]

I was rocking out to country (if one can do such a thing) on the drive back to Rochester yesterday.
Miranda Lambert - Famous in a small town reminded me of home, and I really just like Emerson Drive - Moments as well.
Famous in a small town is a video, Moments is just the song because [...]

in PA for Father’s Day