CC on Twitter- Yay. Want to give @SIRIUS_XM_Radio money and their website is having issues. Given their financial condition that is odd...
- Hey Apple! Bring the color back to iTunes! This all-gray scheme stinks.
- Daughter: the tooth fairy didn't come last night! Wife: she's probably just running late. #parenting_fail
- Wow. iPad Twitter client is fantastic. See ya Twitterific.
- Crunch time at work http://bit.ly/9cFLXs
- Life is good http://bit.ly/9wEktu
- Life is good http://bit.ly/bqNqMo
- Life is good http://bit.ly/9RHulY
- Life is good
- Life is good http://bit.ly/d9qOTN
Monthly Archives: April 2008
Chicago gets Federal money for new transit initiatives
Via City Room at the NYT news that Chicago is gaining some of what New York City lost when it shelved it’s plans for traffic congestion pricing. Chicago gets $153 million in order to finance both variable rate parking meters … Continue reading
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F*ck the Earth Day
This video is hilarious. Naughty words ahead so if you’re easily offended don’t watch. http://view.break.com/491919 – Watch more free videos
Happy Earth Day everyone
Exhausted. Between work and getting over being sick I’m just plain tired. Too exhausted to write much but wanted to mark Earth Day with at least a shout out. I hope everyone had some time to reflect a bit on … Continue reading
Posted in Earth Day, Environment, Sustainability
Tagged greenability, greenabilityblog
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The lettuce is growing like mad!
Just a quick garden journal update. The romaine and butterhead mixes from Cooks Garden that I planted are growing like nuts. I’m going to have to do some culling over the weekend but every damn last one of the sprouts … Continue reading
On making smart choices with your money
Tom Philpott wrote both this week and last about Michael Pollan and Alice Waters and their commentary in a New York Times story about rising food prices. I commented in the first posting and argued that both the article, and … Continue reading
Ouch…boy do my hands hurt
I have to say that no manual labor for several months over the winter really cost me. This past weekend we had two very nice days and I’ve been itching to get outside so I did a lot of yard … Continue reading
Dashing to beat procrastination – trying out (10+2)*5
Yeah…(10+2)*5. I0 minutes of work, 2 minutes of break repeated for 5 cycles. This is Merlin Mann’s system to beat procrastination which he first wrote about back in 2005. I had read about this ages ago on 43 Folders (the … Continue reading
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If you’re going to set up a wiki (or anything like it) take the time to do it right
Had a conversation with a coworker the other day about the sorry state of our “intranet” at work. Drupal was set up prior to my having started there and to date nothing has been done to make it worth using. … Continue reading
Posted in General, Java, Technology
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Things are growing!
Wow. Already have lots of lettuce starting to pop up in the containers. Cucumbers too. I didn’t think I’d be seeing stuff come up so quickly Its exciting to see stuff coming up! Gotta get my butt outside soon to … Continue reading
Lake County, Illinois Rain Barrel Program
Just an FYI for those who live in the Chicago area and don’t have a rain barrel program in their town/county. Lake County has extended their rain barrel ordering deadline until April 23rd (for a early May pick-up). More details … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Gardening, Home Energy, Sustainability
Tagged greenability, greenabilityblog
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