Author: jedreynolds
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Crouching Tiger … what’s the genre? #kungfu
The sub-genre of martial-arts warriors fueled with magical turbo-charged chi…what’s the name for this genre? It’s not just kung-fu or action, the mystical powers makes it distinct, right? What’s that called?
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Tax revenue from bike registration? #bham #bike
Saw a letter to the editor in the Herald this morning expressing frustration at more taxes for walking and biking lanes because they never bike…but if they keep bikes out of the street thats good they guess. The writer continues: bicyclists should register their bikes just like she registers her car, and that would pay…
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Put this in Outlook: May 25 is Towel Day
Set a 1 day reminder: grab hand towel on way out the door that morning. Towel Day – Celebrating the life and work of Douglas Adams.
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Remember Arcologies? The Vertical Farm Project
As a (retired) sci-fi roleplayer, I used to dream up vast, self-contained cities on far away planets. My ideas were: throw an asteroid into the crust where you wanted the city and create an artificial uplift and or crater, and start city construction there, where you have dug a vast crater, exposed ores and churned…
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Use more oil = spill more oil: we buy oil thus BP exists!
Nate Hagens writes a somewhat obvious opinion, but very important point about the oil spill and our responsibility as oil consumers: If you are a vegetarian, off the gridder who walks everywhere and doesn’t buy anything via corporations, then YOU have the ability/right to complain about your share of the commons that is being impacted…
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More eText Fiction (Gutenberg)
Hrm, maybe something in here the kids will like…. Category:Bookshelf – Gutenberg.
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More Short Sci-Fi (LibriVox)
Maybe something to let the kids listen to…but me first. LibriVox: Search Results.
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The Dropout Economy (TIME)
Article paints a picture of a world The idea that where local economy and low-energy post-peak-oil exist, and ties it together with educational retention rates. Smart people drop out of school, I’ve met many. Unconventional, un-corporate thinkers (read entrepreneurs) will help lead by example in creating practical local low energy economies. The Dropout Economy -10…
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