Monthly Archives: July 2006

Link’n Tunnel

By spider | Published: July 19, 2006

For my reader. Why Free Parking isn’t so free. “Free parking increases demand for driving lanes, which further separates destinations, making it difficult to get anywhere without a car. This further increases demand for more lanes and more parking in an insidious positive feedback loop.” Photos of a bunch of current and former world leaders [...]

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My Top 5 Social Media tools

By spider | Published: July 18, 2006

Since all bloggers hate me and I have exactly zero chance of being ‘tagged’ by anyone with a blog, I have chosen to tag myself and join in the schizo party and tell all of my reader (intentionally singular) what my 5 top motherfucking social media tools are. Bloglines – As I love to read [...]

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The March of Freedom

By spider | Published: July 17, 2006

So we turned a corner, we were told, when Al-Qaida’s #1 man in Iraq was capture. And we turned a corner when the ‘unity’ government was installed. Bush’s recent ‘visit’ to Iraq was proof. Hmmm. Looks like maybe we turned a corner into the wrong neighboorhood. We have trained and equipped a largely Shiite internal [...]

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Global Warning

By spider | Published: July 16, 2006

Update: You don’t think I’m joking, do you? Guess what, pal, so far 2006 is the hottest year on record.

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Things to see in San Francisco

By spider | Published: July 14, 2006

Or, more accurately, things that I saw yesterday in San Francisco. On the 49, a middle aged, blond-haired man spotting and subsequently popping a zit, located on the side of his abdomen, just above his waist At a live concert performance, a girl wearing a water bottle satchel, of the variety one might take with [...]

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Do your part

By spider | Published: July 14, 2006
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Why I live in San Francisco

By spider | Published: July 12, 2006

Paradoxically, huge cities create environments where small niches can flourish. [...] Subcultures thrive in big cities for this reason as well: If you have idiosyncratic tastes, you’re much more likely to find someone who shares those tastes in a city of 9 million people. A The linked article happens to focus on a new – [...]

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Rogue Waves

By spider | Published: July 11, 2006

A fascinating science piece from the beloved New York times about a phenomenon known as ‘Rogue Waves‘. [S]cientists are now finding that these giants of the sea are far more common and destructive than once imagined [...] The stakes are high. In the past two decades, freak waves are suspected of sinking dozens of big [...]

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Think of it as Spoken Word

By spider | Published: July 10, 2006

InteRaption Design It’s not satanic, interface is dynamic when you click this button call centers start to panic systems going down just like the titanic cross browser support: N.S. 4.x AJAX no worky, TCOE starts to stress Six Sigma is a likely fix whooops; It just crossed the River Styx (?) Then Clay dies. (PFM [...]

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Linkubator

By spider | Published: July 8, 2006

Some amazing sand sculptures, apparently from Belgium. This is both sick and hilarious. A spectacularly horrendous music video, a journey to another era …and another one. But beware: Worst. Choreography. Evar. Only in the twisted world of Washington DC could a defecit of $318b be considered good news. and finally… a guide to Urban Etiquette. [...]

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Oil at $75 a barrel: Cheap!

By spider | Published: July 7, 2006

According to the apparently infallible geniuses at MarketWatch, crude oil is well on its way to triple digits . That’s right, $100 per barrel within a year. Let’s see … gas in San Francisco is about $3.50 a gallon. Add 33% (the difference between $75 and $100, natch) and we are at $4.65 a gallon [...]

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Pandora: Best radio station ever

By spider | Published: July 7, 2006

Recently I was turned on to Pandora, a streaming, personalized radio service. It offers a fantastically simple system (which requires no downloads or software besides a browser) and creates personalized radio stations for you. All you have to do is name one song or artist that you like, and – BAM! – you have a [...]

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