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- I think I have ABC figured out. The alternate timeline in Lost takes place during Flash Forward. Because neither show makes *ANY* SENSE. about 6 hours ago from web
- My box set of The Wire has been chilling in Guizhou, China since March 12. This is disagreeable. about 9 hours ago from web
- So close to a vote on #hcr, but the current whip count scares me: http://dave.ly/hcrwhipcount - 191 Yes vs. 206 No (216 ayes needed to pass) about 13 hours ago from web
- Wow! @gdgt users @lampbane and @brettdunnam created some handy tips for adding gadgets to the website! I'm in awe: http://bit.ly/9N4uVn about 13 hours ago from web
- A big happy birthday to @gdgt's @peterrojas! about 15 hours ago from Tweetie
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Author Archives: Dave
The Juliana Theory reunion tour is coming to SF!
Kerry passed on some info about The Juliana Theory coming to San Francisco in August! They’re another one of my favorite bands and I’m sad I’ve never gotten to see them.
There’s a few things that surprised me.
1.) They broke up 10 years ago.
2.) I had no idea they were on a reunion / farewell tour.
Count [...]
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That number is hella ridiculous
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Oh man, a physics student at UC Davis has proposed that the number 1027 carry the prefix of “hella-”. As in a hellawatt, a hellagram, or a hellameter.
From the Urban Dictionary:
Hella
Originated from the streets of San Francisco in the Hunters Point neighborhood. It is commonly used in place of “really” or “very” when describing something.
The [...]
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Grocery divider etiquette
Are you constantly confused on who is responsible for putting a grocery divider down when in line at the check out stand? It’s a dilemma that I often find myself in as well. Stephen Pastis breaks is down.
I am constantly confused by the rules of etiquette for the little plastic dividers you use to separate [...]
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This happens to me all the time
What’s even scarier is how true the cats comment is.
[Via Ryan Block]
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Have there really been more earthquakes than average?
Damage in Santiago, Chile. Photo by Reuters/Marco Fredes
After the massive earthquake this past weekend in Chile, MSNBC published a sensationalistic piece entitled, “Is nature out of control?” The Wall Street Journal asked if three massive earthquakes around the world in two months are related and a cause for alarm. The mainstream media, always searching for [...]
Posted in geology, science 7 Comments
Picked up a new bike!
I picked up a new bike this weekend from someone on Craigslist! A ~1995 Schwinn Passage in perfect condition. It’s a great little touring bike and I’ve already put 25 miles on it.
Posted in San Francisco, life, transportation Leave a comment
Civilization V announced!
Looks like Sid Meier and the gang at Firaxis have announced Civilization V, the latest game in the greatest video game series that has ever existed!
Here’s the trailer.
It’s going to be an extraordinarily long wait until Fall 2010.
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Cal Academy’s sneaky octopus
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article this morning on how carpenter ants have been borrowing out of their exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.
One of the anecdotes they relate is the story of an octopus that snuck out of its enclosure at night and would snatch crabs from another tank. I’d actually [...]
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Austin, TX – For SF residents in exile