Readers of my other blog recently read about my renewed interest in bicycling. I am an avid bicycler (in the past) and am now renewing my passion. Today Simon Powers showed me a site called Bikely.com that allows bicyclers to create, share, and rate routes suitable for the bicycler. Using the site I created a [...]
Posted on August 19th, 2008 by pdone
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I come up with so many crazy ideas that it is okay if you nod your head and laugh. Today, I had another one.
What if we installed vido cameras in ou cars. Police already have them. The purpose would be like a black box recorder for the times something does happen. You could send the [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by pdone
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Yes, the only married man is a dumb man. They cannot do anything right - ever. For those married men who haven’t yet realized this here is an activity in your ignorance.
The Single Man Says:
My buddies over there said that I wouldn’t be able to start a conversation with the most beautiful girl in the [...]
Posted on August 18th, 2008 by pdone
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It has been about 1 month since Bella’s Journey was created. During that time she has gotten a webpage, travel account, and a few trips lined up. Now Bella is asking you for help - she needs more friends!
You might recall Bella is a baseball who will travel around the world visiting friends and taking [...]
Posted on August 17th, 2008 by pdone
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Every once in a while I come across something on the web that just looks like me. A couple of weeks ago I stumbled across Visual CV. This gives a vitae the clean format that is visually appealing and unique (for now). The vitae (CV) also allows you to include multimedia objects such as images, [...]
Posted on August 16th, 2008 by pdone
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I realize this post may delve into philosophies of men that are ancient and considered factually questionable. However, I have learned today of the concept of meritocracy.
Meritocracy is a system of a government or another organization wherein appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated talent and ability (merit), rather than by wealth (plutocracy), [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by pdone
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Last weekend I finally bought an iPod Nano. Never having been a fan of Apple or Apple products it rarely crossed my mind. My parents corrupted me with this as a gift for my birthday indicating how much they enjoy theirs. I however, am surprised - I am actually impressed with the technology. I found [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by pdone
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Just over a year ago, Hiroshi Nakaso, a senior official at the Bank of Japan, started to fear that the global financial system was heading for a jolt. Back then, most American policymakers assumed that the western banking system was extraordinarily strong. Thus while US mortgage defaults were rising, western officials were convinced that [...]
Posted on August 11th, 2008 by pdone
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Below is a video that simulates how the internet browser of the future will work. A couple of things to watch in this video are how we store, access and use information. First, the browser is the tool to move, manipulate and share data. Second, our interests, tools and resources remain resident in three dimensional [...]
Posted on August 8th, 2008 by pdone
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Traffic Cameras Get Me Everytime.
Click Here - Tell the World
Posted on August 7th, 2008 by pdone
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