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Some stuff I read – on 11/24/2008

‘No Questions Asked’ Appeal of Secret Swiss Bank Accounts Under Threat(none)

WVIZ to rebroadcast “Citizen Hauser”

Picture of Hullett Ore Unloaders from an article in Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter. Sadly, these magnificent machines will never been seen again in their full glory.

For a while, it seemed like every time I read about something positive in Cleveland, Ed Hauser was involved. His Wikipedia article notes his involvement with Whiskey Island [...]

Consumed "Man on Wire"

Man on Wire
by James Marsh

Dec 2, 2008: December Beer Dinner at Buckeye Beer Engine

Stuart added this event to his schedule at Upcoming.org. Click the post title to go there for more details.

Some stuff I read – on 11/23/2008

Mr. Biden Goes to Washington – NYTimes.com(none)

Now, Brevity Is the Soul of Office Interaction – NYTimes.com(none)

An Old Hometown Mentor, Still at Obama’s Side – NYTimes.com(none)

An Effort by Deep-Sea Divers to Repair a New York Water Tunnel – NYTimes.com(none)

Dinosaurs and Robots: NY Times: The Los Angeles of Ry Cooder and Mister Jalopy

Museum of Jurassic Technology

Some stuff I read – on 11/23/2008

Dinosaurs and Robots: NY Times: The Los Angeles of Ry Cooder and Mister Jalopy

Museum of Jurassic Technology

Consumed "Quantum of Solace [Theatrical Release]"

Quantum of Solace [Theatrical Release]

Some stuff I read – on 11/22/2008

STLtoday.com – 11/21/2008 – Report: Several St. Louis County polling places had hours-long waits(none)

How Detroit Drove Into a Ditch – WSJ.com

Then I asked to visit the men’s room, and was stunned to see that there were two: one for hourly workers, and a separate one for management. I used the hourly men’s loo.

And at the [...]

Some stuff I read – on 11/21/2008

Wired Campus: Boston College Will Stop Offering New Students E-Mail Accounts – Chronicle.com(none)

Twilio: Powerful API For Phone Services That Can Recreate GrandCentral’s Core Functionality In 15 Lines Of Code(none)

Europeana Goes Online and Is Then Overwhelmed – NYTimes.com(none)

Some stuff I read – on 11/20/2008

Eric Oliver on the “Bigot Belt” – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com(none)

ruhlman.com: How to prepare and serve bone marrow(none)

WNYC – News – Mayor Takes on New Vice: Salt(none)

It’s All in How the Dog Is Served – New York Times(none)

Free to Be… You and Me: the 35 Anniversary Edition: the book every kid needs – Boing Boing(none)

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