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The Bellingham Herald / Ski to Sea / Ski to Sea teams go green with ‘car-free’ concept
I really like the idea of making Skit to Sea a bicycle adventure, I think that’s really admirable. Ralf’s Bavarian Bakery and two more teams will join Morris and his teammates – who this year are calling themselves Revenge of the Star Speckled Banana Slugs – in getting riders, skiers, kayakers, etc. to their leg’s…
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Should Customs decide what’s a circumvention device? | Public Knowledge
I’ve been picked out of a crowd at customs to be searched before. I was tired and I gave a furtive glance. The agent dug right into my bathroom bag and finally gave up when he saw I was giving him the “you’re going to find nuttin’, I’m really bored” look. But travelling with mp3…
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The psych behind seductive apps (UIESpoolcast)
Ever wonder why your kids really really … really gotta collect that one last Lego toy? Why do you hypermile? Why do you collect more and more twitter followers? Ah: set completion, feedback and scarcity are at play. http://www.uie.com/brainsparks/2010/05/19/spoolcast-stephen-andersons-designing-seductive-business-apps-live/
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Handmade Bike Show
I bet I know at least one person that would love to go to this: http://2010.handmadebicycleshow.com/
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OpenPlans – Open Source City Planning
Here are some wonderful open source volunteerism-centered city planning web applications being demoed in NY. I really like the idea of letting citizens suggest places to focus city services, not just bike racks, bike paths, but things like schools and bus routes. This could really lower the bar from showing up to city hall with…
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Deepwater video (Boing Boing)
I hadn’t seen any underwater videos of the Deepwater oil leak. Scary stuff. Here’s one. BP: “The solution will not be televised” / UPDATED – Boing Boing.
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Civil Engineering and Science of the LHC (TWiT)
Just the broad array of topics covered in this discussion of how the Large Hadron Collider was built was interesting. But it also covers a lot of the other science topics, including the topic of singularities and a super-scalar universe. http://twit.tv/kiki47
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Just fixed my first pinch flat
This is when your tube folds over and pinch-tears open. I wonder if my Mr Tuffies might be a culprit?
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More Reasons to Trust Dow, Monsanto
Do they think that somehow they are not polluting themselves? http://www.opednews.com/articles/Would-You-Care-for-a-Side-by-Meg-White-100506-484.html
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