June 2007
32 posts
Mayor Waits for IPhone, Then Leaves Line →
World Biggest Star Planet - Order of Magnitude →
Damn, do I feel small…
lonelydimple: Skipped a beautiful lunchtime bike ride to catch up on my RSS feeds. Please, somebody kick me. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
“I know there are women who can lift heavier weights than I can, but on the...”
– In Praise of Skinned Knees and Grubby Faces - washingtonpost.com
One day left to fight the US national ID card -... →
Cory Doctorow:
Tomorrow, the Senate votes on creating a national ID card, an internal passport that we will have to use to identify ourselves to the government at all times. Two amendments to the REAL ID bill will defuse it, but you have to contact your senator now to make them happen:
The US Senate is trying to force states to adopt a National ID card: it’s time to stop them. As part...
Evanston to host stage of 17-day Cycling Classic →
This race will run through downtown where I was employed at various locations for over five years.
lonelydimple: My cubicle neighbor is planning a trip to Kinshasha, and I made reservations for Northfield, MN. Where is the justice? (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
Let's stop channeling angry Muslims. →
Christopher Hitchens always speaks the truth [particularly after half a bottle of single malt].
Odds Given on iPhone Failure | LiveScience →
Current odds are 20-1 that someone will get trampled trying to be the first to own one of these crazy things.
Evan Almighty's appalling effort to pander to... →
The Baby-Name Business - WSJ.com →
Naming babies is big business.
One In Five Americans ... →
… believes that most of the 9/11 highjackers were Iraqis.
A Law Unto Himself →
This, we now know, is how the U.S. came to endorse the torture of military and CIA detainees. It was done by stealth, with none of the customary legal and constitutional safeguards. It was done by vice-president Dick Cheney in what may by historians be regarded as an internal coup - against the country, and against the law:
Three days after the Ashcroft meeting, Cheney brought the order...
Last day of the family vacation and we’re heading here.
lonelydimple: Just climbed out of Michigan’s UP and back to the world of internet connectivity. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: Bike rides in N. Michigan are beautifully wooded and bumpy. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: Off to Michigan with the family…let’s roll! Anybody know of any MI crits this week? (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: Just back from the M.D. and received a clean bill of health on my damaged leg. Let’s ride!! (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: Leaving for an early morning ride with Steve, in town, scooping the Tri, gettin’ some coffee, coming home. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
Has exercise gone to Angelina's head? | the Daily... →
I thought my wife and I were the only one to have noticed this crazy thing on Angie’s head from the Daily Show last night.
lonelydimple: What should I read next? Gravity’s Rainbow or Delillo’s new Falling Man? (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: At home, at my desk, with a 1200 degree laptop on my knees, and sitting in a pool of my own sweat. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
This is the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose
recognized by yourself as a mighty one; the being a force of
nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and
grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to
making you happy.
I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole
community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it...
The Summer of Hack, 2007 →
The hackfest is back! In sleek new form, the ‘fest runs monthly, starting now.
Without further ado: it’s on. Two weeks to go. Sprint!
Thanks to Working With Rails for making this an integral part of their site; thanks to O’Reilly for signing on as the first sponsor (first prize is a free pass to RailsConf Europe); and thanks to you for contributing the patches and bugfixes that keep Rails...
Basso sentenced →
Wonder how he’ll occupy himself until the 2009 Tour? Will someone pay him to ride his bike in the meantime?
That iPhone Has a Keyboard, but It’s Not... →
I betting my Apple stock that people are going to go for it.
lonelydimple: just finished installing an under-the-counter radio in my kitchen—ahhhh, NPR. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
lonelydimple: Just watched a lost tri-athlete circle the office three times. Nice trailer though, those tri-guys are flush [$$$$$]. (via Twitter / lonelydimple)
news of the weird →
bicyclist assualted and tasered because … he was riding his bicycle.this is some messed-up stuff, folks. he was attempting to ride his bicycle from the minneapolis airport —he had just arrived on a flight to visit his granddaughter— when he was stopped by airport police.read the rest of his story here. now, i have no problem with cops in general, but i DO have some serious...