April 2009
7 posts
March 2009
18 posts
Flickr Downloadr
So I’ve had a lot of requests for photos. I’m not very good at burning CD’s for people. Generally I tell them to download them from my flickr account. The problem is that if you want to download a bunch of photos, the “Click on photo, choose ‘All Sizes’, select ‘Original Size’, right click on photo, and click ‘Save Photo as’” can be...
There are fates worse than bonuses →
Today is politics day here at justincaldwell.org..
Here’s an idea: If you stop nationalizing banks, there will be no need to engage in phony-baloney indignation over bonus payments anymore. This cockamamie populism in Washington really hit its stride when Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley suggested that AIG execs who earned bonuses should “follow the Japanese example and come...
IRS offering guidelines (deductions) for taxpayers who are victims of losses...
– @blankslate
That is what real revolutions are like. The old stuff gets broken faster than...
– Clay Shirky on the death of newspapers
Official Idea #6398
A set of modular gyms that give trainers, aerobic instructors, martial arts teachers, dance studios and the general population a place to instruct, exercise, teach yoga, whatever without the overhead of a jumbo gym. So think of a warehouse, split into 8 separate rooms, possibly with modular walls so you could combine as necessary. Easy room has a closet with some gym equipment that can be rolled...
Visualizing a trillion dollars →
Google Voice →
Absolute game changer. I’ve used GrandCentral for a while now, and when Google bought them, I expected something great. Yes, it’s taken them quite a bit of time to integrate but it’s been worth the wait. I just upgraded my account from Grandcentral to Google Voice. It’s simply awesome. This might completely change my opinion of phones in general. Gmail contact integration,...
The Publicity Dilemma
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If the Church allowed critics and opponents to choose the ground on which its battles are fought, it would risk being distracted from the focus and mission it has pursued successfully for nearly 180 years.
The Churches response to negative publicity. Wise and inspired.
Gets good about two minutes in.
Robots - The Big Picture →
Can’t stop linking to The Big Picture. Oh well. The Da Vinci robot in photos 3 and 12 removed my Dad’s prostate cancer.