Dean Potter is the adventurer of the year. 3 minute base jumps in a wing suit put it over the top. I've seen pics of his highwire stuff, but the video is just unbelievable. Stolen from The Goat. -hendred
New job posting... I hear it pays well Fri Dec 4 2009
From jacques: I came across this job opening on Monster. I thought maybe Ryan or Nino would be interested... both have solid recruiting potential in the north/mid-west, though Jackson's red coif my give him the edge.
From Red Tom: Since Bryan's friends seem exceptionally geeky. And by that, I mean, the coolest around, perhaps you can help. I'm looking for a easy to use, free m4a -> mp3 file converter. By easy, something my wife could use without yelling across the house for me to come help her, interrupting my Top Gear viewing. She has a bunch of iTune songs she bought and wants to put them on a CD for backup and to play in the car.
Monoprice.com If you need HDMI cables, speaker cable, stuff to mount a TV, or anything that falls under 'electronics' accessory, look there first. I'm convinced someone could open one of those stands in the mall reselling their stuff at 3x the price and make a killing.
THendred and I put his TV on the wall using a mounting bracket, hdmi cables, and some of these things and it looks super-sweet.
I've also heard amazon has cheap hdmi cables, so that's another option. -hendred
Also, for snowboard gear, check out brociety.com. Same idea, but mostly snowboards and snowboard gear. Filed under Science, because buying cheap shit isn't an art. And to annoy mayes a little. -hendred
J.P. Morgan Chase told the committee that about 29 percent of borrowers it signed up for the program did not make their new, cheaper mortgage payments.
Afghanistan? Check. Economy? Check. Healthcare? Check. College Football playoffs? Check. Congress discusses all the important shite. Could have been submitted as sports, news, or even craziness, but I chose politics, because I've never submitted a story as politics before, and frankly, I just wanted to see what a blue duck looked like. Also, I'd like to thank my sponsor SNL's Gossip Girl Staten Island skit for the title. If I've made a spelling or usage error, perhaps Jimmy Stats could come out of DTS retirement to correct me.
He may be old and senile, but he has a good nose for when your money is being wastedThu Dec 10 2009
Maverick John McCain lists 100 stimulus projects of questionable value. I didn't read through all of them, and I'm not sure what the total cost of all of these are (the intro says "billions"), but some of them do seem kind of silly. -decker
Looking to spend too much on headphones? Thu Dec 10 2009
Look no further. On page 5, you will see a pair of headphones priced at $1,399.95 get a "Value Rating" of 10 out of 10. Although, if you go to pages 75 and 76 where they actually review it, you see that it gets a value rating of 8. Confusing. They also review the new Dr. Dre headphones and have some noise-cancelling and in-ear headphones. Also, if you need or want to replace the iPhone stock earbuds, Klipsch has a well-reviewed set with mic and volume control, although the volume remote control is apparently only compatible with the 3GS. -decker
The city lacks a compelling argument for treating universities differently from other non-profit institutions. How much revenue does the city forgo by not collecting real estate taxes from religious entities?
The potential drone vulnerability lies in an unencrypted downlink between the unmanned craft and ground control. The U.S. government has known about the flaw since the U.S. campaign in Bosnia in the 1990s, current and former officials said. But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how to exploit it, the officials said.
The Law of Inverse Value: the less you contribute to society, the greater the trauma you can sustain with minimal to no physical sequelae, including falls from 3 stories, stabbings (chest, neck, head, slashings to the face), gunshot wounds (chest, neck, pelvis, leg, traumatic arrest (only to be killed 7 years later in a separate GSW incident)), and high speed MVC's, unrestrained, where multiple people in the other vehicle are killed.
Brief Summary: Older sister tips off parents to stashed beer in brothers room. Brother rummages through sisters closet to find diary-esque writing entry. Brother posts to FB. Hilarity ensues.
From ryan: I found this 3 or 4 weeks ago and thought I was behind in the times. But Tony K mentioned just finding it on Monday's PTI so I figured maybe I actually was ahead of the curve. Either way, this is an absolute must for anyone whose team isn't on or who is in a fantasy football league. Find it on whatever type of tv cable/dish system thing you have. If you don't have it, increase your package until you do. Trust me, you will thank me later...
I guess the glass really is half emptyMon Dec 28 2009
Current Decade Rates as Worst in 50 Years Pew poll rates people's outlook on the decade. Interesting graph/chart one page down about various bits of technology/social trends. Apparently tattoos are the downfall of civilization. White Evangelicals (I think Wh is White) are the Debby Downers (2010 outlook) and assholes (Gay and Lesbian acceptance) of the world.
He knows all the area codes and ZIP codes in the U.S., together with the television stations serving those locales. He learns the maps in the front of phone books and can provide MapQuest-like travel directions within any major U.S. city or between any pair of them. He can identify hundreds of classical compositions, tell when and where each was composed and first performed, give the name of the composer and many biographical details, and even discuss the formal and tonal components of the music. Most intriguing of all, he appears to be developing a new skill in middle life. Whereas before he could merely talk about music, for the past two years he has been learning to play it.
We should treat terrorists like common criminals and give them all the benefits of true and open justice -- not merely because it demonstrates our indomitability, but because it makes us all safer.
Once a society starts circumventing its own laws, the risks to its future stability are much greater than terrorism.
Why electric motorcycles are great. It's written by a motorcycle rider on a motorcycling web site, so keep in mind the target audience. But his points make a lot of sense. I keep talking about this. I probably won't stop anytime soon. -hendred
From Derek: A look back at some of the stuff you missed: So there's a "new" root beer liquor on the scene, Root. It works well with rootbeer, cream soda, gingerale, straight, etc. Worth checking out.
