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Author Archives: Les Jones
Word of the Day – Limited Hangout, Modified Limited Hangout
In light of yesterday’s partial confession by Peter Gleick, this seems like an appropriate word of the day. From Wikipedia: A limited hangout, or partial hangout, is a public relations or propaganda technique that involves the release of previously hidden … Continue reading
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Peter Gleick’s Confession on Faked Heartland Climate Documents
All evidence is that the Heartland climate document is a fake. Climate change Global warming warrior Peter Gleick has made his first confession to his involvement in the fraud. Some people think he wrote the whole forgery. Glenn Reynolds has … Continue reading
High oil prices causing stress on the economy
Gas prices highest ever at this time of year Senate Passes Payroll Tax Extension, Gas Price Increase Has Already Offset Benefits Via Glenn Reynolds.
First there was the Taurus Judge and now …
the NAA Paralegal.
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Build a Collapsible DIY Macro Studio With Popup Laundry-Bag
Bookmarking this.
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Anyone operating a home weather station or a Weather Underground node?
It seems like a fun home science project for the family. Thinking about this $130 kit, but very open to suggestions since I don’t know what I’m doing. Ambient Weather WS-1090 Wireless Home Weather Station w/ Data Logging & Atomic … Continue reading
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I pulled the head off Elvis / Filled Fred up to his pelvis / Yabba Dabba Doo / The King is gone, and so are you
George Jones – The King is Gone (So Are you): Last night I broke the seal on a Jim Beam decanter That looks like Elvis I soaked the label off a Flintstone Jelly Bean jar I cleared us off a … Continue reading
CNCing an AR-15 Lower from Delrin Plastic
Jason at Shall Not Be Questioned followed up on his CNC-milled aluminum AR-15 lower with a CNC-milled Delrin AR-15 lower. How meaningful is gun control in a world of Internet CAD files, CNC machines, and 3D printers?
How is a solar eclipse like a woman breast-feeding in a restaurant?
“A solar eclipse is like a woman breast-feeding in a restaurant. It’s free, it’s beautiful, but under no circumstances should you look at it.” – Top 10 Kent Brockman Quotes
Hacking Popular Gun Safes
DEFCON 19: Safe to Armed in Seconds: A Study of Epic Fails of Popular Gun Safes (dirty word alert): FF to 17:15 to see how to hack the $150 Biobox gunsafe with a 1¢ paperclip. Via commenter D2k at SayUncle’s.
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Life Imitates “Spaceballs”
Syrian President’s password was 12345.
Are you better off now than you were $5.17 trillion ago?
The Weekly Standard – The Cost of Obama: Adding all of this up, deficit spending during Obama’s four years in the White House (based on his own figures) will be an estimated $5.170 trillion — or $5,170,000,000,000.00. To help put … Continue reading
Male Red-Bellied Woodpecker
In this picture we see the proverbial woodpecker lips. Why they call these red-bellied woodpeckers I’ll never know. It’s more like the “little patch of rust on its belly woodpecker.” Allaboutbirds.com has a great guide to the red-belly and similar … Continue reading
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That’s Just Wrong! Star Wars Edition
First I saw this and thought it was wrong. Then I saw this, and thought it was really wrong. And then I read this, and I knew it was the wrongest of all. George Lucas says Han never shot first: … Continue reading
There’s a singer named Adele. Have you heard of her?
My wife loves Adele. She thinks her CD is possibly the best 11 dollars she’s spent in her life. I must say, the gal can sing. We watched the 60 Minutes interview last night before the Grammies. I like her. … Continue reading
Chris Martensen: High oil prices are a cause of recessions; at these prices economy can’t heal
Chris Martensen - Why Our Currency Will Fail: Also note in the most recent data that oil prices happen to be at roughly the same level that triggered the first recession in 2008 (the purple dotted line). If we needed … Continue reading
Did High Oil Prices Cause the 2008 Recession? What About the 2005-2006 Housing Market Collapse?
It’s a theory. One that’s better explored here. I’m curious about how this ties in to the housing story. The U.S. housing bubble peaked in 2005-2006. That was before the 2007-2008 oil shock, but gas prices were trending very high … Continue reading
Word of the Day – Sepia Toning, Monochrome, Split Tone
This is more like etymology of the day than word of the day. It’s an excuse to link to this: Did You Know: Sepia Toning is Named After the Common Cuttlefish: Sepia is a dark brown-grey color, named after the … Continue reading
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