MemeWars07.29.10

Our blood and treasury has been wasted. Shame on Bush. SHAME ON BUSH "the DECIDER"

BTW: Where is George? Anybody seen or heard from George W. Bush??? 

This looks so bizarro-baby!

The future is HERE. (watch at your own risk)

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MemeWars07.28.10

Why it matters that we're close to discovering the Higgs Boson particle

I wonder if they have stock of the superlative Zebra F-301?

This is wrong on several levels.

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MemeWars07.27.10

via Gizmodo - thanks Brian Barrett

This MUST be on my Christmas gift list, FOR ME!

How's this for tech-porn: 

The $1,699 model is a 27-incher with a 2,560 x 1,440 LED-backlit display,
3.20GHz Core i3 CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, ATI's Radeon HD 5670 (512MB),
a 1TB hard drive and available CTO options that include a 3.6GHz Core i5,
2TB HDD, 256GB SSD and up to 16GB of RAM.
 ~ via Engadget - thanks Darren

Here's a list of magazine articles for you...

That is all.

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MemeWars07.26.10

...and now, a word from our sponsor: WORD

This could be interesting!

Wow, look into the past HERE and in color! Really great old photos, but in full color.

This here is a piece of work: great job!

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MemeWars07.23.10

RIP 

Journalism Legend Daniel Schorr Dies At 93

I know I will use this more to improve the quality of my writing.

Here's a great interactive infographic that shows what it costs to get sick. A pixel is worth a thousand words.

WoW! Nothing is moving below in the illustration!

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MemeWars07.22.10

This may be useful in the car.

Quick guide to inventory items I may have missed:

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MemeWars07.21.10

This article about the Origins of the Illuminati is credible.

The world is becoming quite complex to consider: this requires a lot of brain cycles.

Someone was thinking ahead when they decided to do this!

I believe this will be the next camera I get. I don't like the fact that most new point & shoot cameras have done away with the viewfinder (thus the 'point-and-shoot' moniker) but the flexibility of the 3" lcd screen on this beauty should work.

This confirms that I will be dropping cable tv soon.

I'm not sure what this is, but it sounds cool, check it out.

This is Facebook's official blog.

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MemeWars07.19.10

This is all I can take today. Too much. Really. Then I watched this!!!

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MemeWars07.16.10

This is cool:

... and back to the future (I missed doing this yesterday, oops!) ...

MemeWars07.08.10

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for Ben&Mom:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/business/economy/07generation.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/perfect-citizen-confidential-nsa-surveillance-program-revealed/

http://code.google.com/p/moonblink/wiki/Tricorder

http://www.gtop100.com/out.php?id=50141

http://www.otcpicks.com/2279-Penny-Stock-Technical-Indicators.htm

http://entrepreneur.venturebeat.com/2010/07/08/everything-i-learned-in-business-i-learned-from-these-3-charts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Venturebeat+%28VentureBeat%29

http://theprodesigner.com/newsletter-designs/

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100708/bs_yblog_upshot/buffett-recounts-the-best-advice-hes-ever-received

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MemeWars07.15.10

This is a great initiative by Google to help communities plan future infrastructure improvements with their broadband needs in mind. Take some time to share the info with community leaders, local highway departments etc.

(courtesy: Ars Technica)

Working for Bose Corporation puts me in touch with much geekiness on a regular basis. But this article on Ars Technica tweaks my antennae! (all three of 'em!)

This is just in case.

One for the Road.

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How we subsidize fossil fuels...

How we subsidize fossil fuels

Maggie Koerth-Baker at 6:24 PM Wed

This is a little old, but I ran across it on Jon Taplin's blog recently and I think it does a good job of making an important point—fossil fuel, as an industry, isn't self supporting. No matter where we get our energy from, we're propping up production with tax dollars.

Couple things to keep in mind with this graph:

Not all fossil fuel subsidies are evil. (Frankly, I think we can drop the fossil fuels part and say "not all subsidies are evil", but I digress.) The Environmental Law Institute—who compiled the research and created this graphic—points out a great example: The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. That's calculated under subsidies to fossil fuels. It's by no means a big part of fossil fuel subsidies, but it's there.

This accounting doesn't include all spending. For instance, there are programs that, arguably, spend money as a direct result of the fossil fuel industry, but that aren't technically subsidies. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, say, or, more controversially, money spent on military campaigns at least partially influenced by a desire to stabilize/defend/friendly-fy oil-producing countries.

Read the full paper this graph is based on. See the full graph with footnotes.

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MemeWars07.14.10

The Arm! This is a great design for an articulating arm I've been wanting to install as a coffee table in my living room! I would build it from nice reclaimed wood and metal parts but I've not had a good example to draw from for the design: Now I do!

Here's a Heads-up out to Zack with This idea: What about Smart-couture like This?

I'm not sure how accurate this would be, but it could be useful for any amateur writers out there (like me!)

I know I'm in trouble after reading this: must get off my ass!

And then I see this and this and return to the couch.

POTD 

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and back to the Future... previous post of things that I find interesting, perhaps you will too:

MemeWars07.09.10

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http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1033503

http://jezebel.com/5582562/clueless-secretary-makes-for-hilarious-office-email-thread

http://www.epicwinapp.com/

http://slodive.com/inspiration/mind-blowing-digital-works-of-designer-kratos/

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/09/octokiss.html

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MemeWars07.13.10

Posts that work from work and keep me thinking ahead to the future. The title "MemeWars" is another way of saying 'memoirs' with the long 'e' in meme keeping things related to thought and future iterations of thoughts from the world-at-large. Rambling on...

This will make some future soldier's life miserable when it fails to comply:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/revenge-of-the-quadrocopters-now-they-move-in-packs-video/

I'd rather go through this at the airport and answer a few questions like "Are you carrying anything that blows up?" or "Do you expect to make it to the end of the flight?":

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/07/are-you-lying-a.php

This is a wonderful 'food for thought' nugget to chew on:

http://www.good.is/post/what-futurists-actually-do/

Consider this for making sure your future self is safe from zombie attack:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/13/how-to-effectively-manage-your-facebook-privacy-settings-with-l/

This should be interesting:

http://www.visualeconomics.com/food-consumption-in-america_2010-07-12/

My plan for updating this blog is to retroactively post one past 'MemeWars' post with each new one going forward until all caught up. (Going back to the future so to speak.) Here's yesterday for now:

MemeWars07.12.10

Check Time Capsule:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/07/apple-to-replace-time-capsules-with-dodgy-power-supplies.ars

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

http://mashable.com/2010/07/12/google-app-inventor/

http://blog.asmartbear.com/startup-lesson.html

http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/100-best-places-to-live-in-america-2010-edition

http://lifehacker.com/5584924/the-holy-grail-of-ubiquitous-plain+text-capture

For Matt:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Stuck

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Böcklin

http://dvice.com/archives/2010/07/customize-gmail.php

http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/3847/the_occult_world_of_cg_jung.html

http://gizmodo.com/5585143/how-to-skip-the-android-tutorial

http://kotaku.com/5585099/the-man-who-will-bring-us-to-the-fourth-dimension

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The True Cost of Homeownership

The following infographic from CreditLoan.com offers a sobering look at how much it can cost to own a home. It also compares renting to buying, and your costs in each case. For the original article, please visit: Is It Better To Buy Or Rent?

via moolanomy.com

Take your time; think about it. Owning a home is a long-term deal.

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"Is Your Trip Necessary?"

Oil spill image inspired by WWII-era posters

Maggie Koerth-Baker at 8:00 AM Mon

J.P. Townley sent me this image, which he based on World War II-era posters reminding people on the home front to conserve fuel for the war effort. At his website you can download a PDF of the modern version and see the historic piece that inspired it.

Now, all we need is a "When you ride alone, you ride with Tony Hayward!" poster:

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Summer! Solstice!

All Beauty, Flower and Light of Life: Summer!

ENJOY.

 

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Congratulations to Dr. Amar Bose...

Bose and Dolby to receive prestigious IEEE awards

Two of the biggest names in sound are going to get two of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s highest honors next week. Ray Dolby and Maxwell Bose will respectively receive the IEEE Edison Medal and the IEEE/Royal Society of Edinburgh Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award at an awards ceremony on June 26.

The Edison Medal is akin to the Nobel Prize for Technology. Since its creation in 1904 it's been awarded to inventors and engineers like Alexander Graham Bell, William Pickering, and Vladimir Zworykin, pioneers in telephony, space exploration, and television technology. Dolby is receiving the medal for the work he's done over the last 50 years in noise reduction technology, starting with the algorithm he created in 1960 to reduce hissing on analog recordings. Since 1965, Dolby Labs has been one of the biggest names in sound engineering.

The Wolfson James Clerk Maxwell Award isn't nearly as old as the Edison Medal, but it's still a prestigious award. It was established in 2006 as a way of recognizing people or groups whose work has significantly advanced electronics or electrical engineering. Amar G. Bose, chairman and technical director of the Bose Corporation, will receive the award for his work in consumer electronics and engineering education. Over his career, he's researched everything from sound technology to automotive suspensions, and he spent over 45 years teaching engineering at MIT.

The awards ceremony will be televised live over IEEE.tv on June 26.

— Will Greenwald

via bitstream.soundandvisionmag.com

... very proud to bask in the glow.
Many Thanks to Dr. Bose for all his energy and hard work!
Thanks as well to Will over at Sound+Vision Magazine for the excellent post.

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Time Enough for Love...

Got this ( ) CLICK HERE from my favorite blogsite < www.boingboing.net > and love the presentation, the message and the meaning for me. We can all benefit from slowing the heck down and spending communal time together. In meal times, doing projects together, simple things that when 'returned-to' turn back the clock on our ever-increasing pace and pressure. Watch with a loved one! Or Ones!

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Caught in the oil - The Big Picture

via boston.com

And this is just the beginning...

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Why, indeed...

via farmersalmanac.com

Why Do We Celebrate Memorial Day | Farmers' Almanac

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