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Black and White Prints from Vitaly Geyman
My Table Tennis pal Vitaly is not just an interesting fellow with an amazing personal history, he’s a great photographer from Ashland Oregon who specializes in Black and White Prints, especially nature...
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Robert Reich’s interesting 2 minute explanation of the economy. Dude, surely...
In the interest of putting up good arguments *against* my general point of view (which I posted in “Shut up or Cut”, here’s the always-sharp-but- often-wrong Robert Reich. As with most tribal...
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Redwoods June 2011
Redwoods June 2011 Originally uploaded by JoeDuck This is off trail, along Redwood Creek just after Tall Trees Grove at the sharp bend in the creek. This tree was tipping miraculously at about 30...
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Article 4
TechRepublic.com has an excellent article about security at internet hotspots. As with most things technological, the answer to the common question “Are Wifi Hotspots Safe?” is not as easy as it...
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Richmond Virginia History
Richmond Virginia History 291 Originally uploaded by JoeDuck I’m in Virginia and had a few extra days to tour the Richmond area, which is amazing. I’ll be posting a lot of Richmond Civil War history at...
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Holocene Sea Level
Holocene Sea Level Originally uploaded by JoeDuck It seems to me that the time to worry about rapid sea level pretty much ended about 5000 years ago. Current predictions from the most authoritative...
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USA Debt Rating Downgrade to AA+ is from our failure to cut defense and...
S&P’s decision to downgrade the US debt rating from AAA to AA+ is very unwelcome news but it should not surprise anybody, especially in Washington where neither party has been willing to tackle the...
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The Civil War costs and benefits suggest Lincoln was wrong.
I’ve just finished watching Ken Burns “The Civil War” and (as usual) I think I’d argue a very unusual position in terms of what the North and South “should” have done given the massive cost in lives...
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Satellite Medical Insurance! Get your Satellite Medical Insurance NOW!
Don’t look now but the UARS Satellite might be crashing into you! Just when we thought Global Warming would fry our butts, the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite crash is looming – probably today...
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Open the pod bay doors, HAL
Dave Bowman: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL? HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you. Dave Bowman: Open the pod bay doors, HAL. HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that. Dave Bowman: What’s the...
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Eat those mofo CEOs! Or maybe not.
For me the ”Eat the Mofo CEOs!” argument, aka “CEO pay is an outrageous inequitable violation of human rights”, etc, etc. isn’t necessarily wrong, it’s just very incomplete. What we DO KNOW is that...
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How to Use Twitter
Yes, of COURSE you’ll be doing Twitter soon, so might as well jump on the bandwagon now. Below are the instructions to the extent you need any – Twitter is, if nothing else, very easy to use. The...
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CHECK your computer’s DATE stamp before Gmail, Twitter, and other account...
I just spent a half hour troubleshooting a problem I’d never seen before. If you don’t want to read on simply remember to CHECK YOUR COMPUTER FOR THE CORRECT DATE and TIME before you proceed with other...
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To Prosper or NOT to Prosper.com ?
Last year I began an experiment with PROSPER peer to peer lending. The concept is great – cut out the banking middlemen and middlewomen, delivering higher returns to lenders and more borrowing power...
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Those poor folks in the 99% who only have 8 million to their name.
After some time looking I finally found the number I’ve been after, which is the cutoff point in terms of the wealth of those elusive and mysterious ”1% people” everybody is talking about. Here’s the...
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Got Optimal?
It seems to me that one of the most underrated notions in the world is that of the “optimal” arrangement. You hear a lot of folks talking about things like ”exploitation”, “growth”, “fairness”,...
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Specialists vs Generalists
In My Humble Opinion ….. it seems that many of the most fascinating people tend to be *specialists* in their fields – highly focused experts in academia, cooking or sport or film or whatever. Yet it...
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CES 2012 at Technology Report ?! OMG!
The rumors, of course, are true. Starting immediately, over at Technology Report, I’m covering the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas with “pre show” coverage. In January I’ll be there roaming...
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Got Bias? Does Bill Moyers ?
I’m having a great discussion with my good pal Keith about whether Bill Moyers is “biased”. I think Bill Moyers has become an authoritative and articulate spokesperson for the mainstream American...
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You’ll probably want to ignore this post unless you are … Googlebot! Or...
Retirement | Poudre Property Services | Cadence Bank | UT Medical Group | Eskaton | Palm Springs Family Care Center OK, so this is kind of clever and kind of pathetic all at the same time. Google...
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