This graphic from Jesus Diaz based on analysis by Nate Silver makes me wonder about the TSA. May make you thankful for the TSA.
Lottery ticket anyone?
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Today I’m being called an arrogant prick. That link is to a Slashdot comment thread. In a poll asking In 2009, I’ve donated (or will donate) to charity … a full third of the respondents chose Zilch. sigh My response on seeing that was to post: For those of you who donated zilch – go read Peter Singer, perhaps starting with Practical Ethics, and reconsider your life. Or perhaps come up with a counter argument as to why you believe he is wrong.
I’m hoping to reach a few people and not alienate any. Hoping. More than one person has observed I do things backwards in the cycling world. I start a ride program in the fall or winter instead of the late spring. I optimistically “plan” for long rides and pedal them pessimistically. Today’s ride … is a ride that no one should do without being in shape and thinking about the conditions. I felt pretty apprehensive before I started.
Getting dressed I was thinking of a cold, wet ride with a moderate headwind. No problem, I’ve done plenty of these before. Well, with at least 10 pounds less fat and hundreds of recent miles in my history. Kent’s pessimism for planning translated into warmer gloves, a wish that I’d had time to swap out my studded tires for something smoother rolling and a departure half an hour earlier than normal. How did the ride work out?
The wind forecast is the same for the rest of the week. I hope it gets to be more accurate. As soon as I warm up and get some calories into my bloodstream I’m going to feel a whole lot better. Kent Petersen has Three Coaches that collectively keep him a lean enduring cyclist. Today I’ve hired one of them to help me lose weight and get back in shape. Coach Commute. Kent uses Coach Long-Commute. My route to work is only 11 miles, so I’m signing on with Coach Commute. Today the Coach instructed “it’s better to have a slo go than a no go.” A cold wind from the future blows into my nighttime bedroom, more often than not during those midnight hours when fear dominates and hope retreats to a netherworld. This wind is a spectre, an oracle of darkness and eventual death, not easily dismissed. Once merely a whisper, its decibels intensify with the advancing years. It will be heard, this reaper – this grim reaper, yet in the nights when it howls the loudest I fight back, silently screaming for it to get out, to leave me alone, to let it all be a bad dream. It never is. Shakespeare’s Macbeth expressed it more subtly: “Out, out, brief candle!” Yet the finer words provide no solace; the final act is always the same. So Bill Gross begins Midnight Candles. Is this a horror story? Perhaps a bit of fantasy fiction? Neither. Midnight Candles is the November 2009 installment of Investment Outlook from PIMCO, home of the world’s largest bond fund. If you’ve thought investment writing is stuffy, jargon laden, put you to sleep reading you may wish to read the monthly column from Bill Gross. It’s very readable and highly informative. As the lead paragraph shows, he knows more than the numbers of finance. 
Just back from two weeks in Italy with espresso every day in a wide variety of locations: the airport, a hip bar in Fashion Central Milan, busy family run place in Turin (Torino), some touristy places on the Italian Riviera … The coffee was consistantly excellent, even in the train stations. Today I had my first espresso on returning to the US. Waiting to pick Jennifer up from work I dropped into a to remain nameless but highly respected coffee bar for a get me through the jet lagged afternoon espresso. How did it compare? Very unfavorably. Compared to the Italian coffees:
To be fair about it I’m going to wander around Portland and try a few other places. Results by the weekend. On Jamendo artists allow anyone to download and share their music. It’s free, legal and unlimited. Jamendo has 25,173 published albums with 164,336 album reviews from 623,270 active members. Looking for something special? Want to listen to something the music maker machinery hasn’t pre-digested for you? Have a special niche you’d like to explore? Here’s your chance. Browse music by tag or rating. All the music is Creative Commons licensed. Download and share, it’s encouraged. The download screen offers you a chance to support the artist(s) with a donation (a tip?) but there’s no delay if you just click the download button. 25,173 albums classified by 500 tags. You can find something to listen to. This post was written under the influence of: Jamendo Tags: 17sonsrecords 60s 70s 80s 832 8bit 90s abstract accordion acid acidcore acidjazz acoustic acustico adc adrian african afro age alphacore altcountry alternative alternativerock alternativo ambiance ambiant ambience ambient ambiental ambiente americana and antigenre art artrock asian atmosphere atmospheric audacity avantgarde ballad ballade baroque bass beat beats berlin bhajan big bigbeat black blackmetal blues bluesrock bossa bossanova brasil brazil brazilian break breakbeat breakcore breaks bruitiste brutaldeathmetal calm cello celtic chamber chanson chansonfrancaise chansons chant chill chillout chiptune christian christmas clarinet classic classical classicrock club coldwave color comedy compilation computer concept conceptual conscient contemporary contemporaryclassical cool core country crossover dance dancefloor dancehall dark darkambient darkwave death deathcore deathmetal deep deephouse delirant demo demoscene depeche derf derf00 desecrate deutschpunk deutschrock diaz digital dijon disco diy dj djmg djshawan dnb doom douceur doux downtempo dream dreampop dreamy drone drum drumandbass drumbass drumnbass dub dubstep easy easylistening ebm eclectic elecmutec electric electro electroacoustic electrocore electrojazz electronic electronique electropop electrorock elektro eletronica emo emotion emotional energetic energic energy enfants engage english entspannend epic espanol ethnic ethno eurodance experimental experimentale fantasy fast female festif film filmmusic filmmusik films finnish flamenco flstudio flute folk folkrock france franco free freestyle french frenchtouch fun funk funky funny fusion gabba gabber game garage german glitch goa good gospel goth gothic grenoble grind grindcore groove grunge guitar guitarmusic guitars happy hard hardcore hardcorepunk hardrock hardstyle hardtechno hardteck hardtek heavy heavymetal hip hiphop homemade hop horror house humor idm improv improvisation improvised impulse inclassable inde independant independent indian indie indiepop indierock indus industrial industriel instinctive instru instrumental instrumentale intimiste intro intrumental iplusplus irish italian italy jam jamendo jazz jazzfusion jazzrock jazzy jrock jumpstyle jungle kostic la latin latino libre listening live lofi loops lorraine lounge love lyon malevocalists maneval medieval meditative melancolic mellow melodic melodicdeathmetal melodico metal metalcore mexico microtonal minimal minimalism minimalista minimaltechno mix modern moodstarrr movie mp3 mpb musica musical musique musiquedefilm mystic nancy nature neo new newage newwave noir noise noisy nujazz oi oldschool onirique opera orchestral organ oriental original other out paris peaceful percussion percussions performance phyloxera piano pianosolo planant poetique poetry poland polish political pop popfolk poppunk poprock post postpunk postrock power powermetal powerpop prog progresivo progressive progressivemetal progressiverock progressivetrance protest psicotropicodelia psy psychedelic psychedelicrock psycho psychodelic psytrance punk punkrock quebec radio ragga ramrom rap raritaten rave rb reagge reggae relaxing remix rennes retro rhythmus rnb rock rockalternatif rockfrancais rockindependant rocknroll rockpop roll romantic roots russian rythme sad sample saxophone schumann score scratch screamo sensible sexy shadow shoegaze simple singer singersongwriter sitar ska skapunk slam slow smooth soft solo sombre song songwriter songwriting soul sound soundscape soundtrack soundtracky space spain spanish speed sperimental spiritual spoken spokenword stoner strange street strings surf swedish swing symphonic synth synthesizer synthetic synthpop tango tech techhouse techno technoindustrial tecktonik tecno tek tekno text the theatre thematic theremin thrash thrashmetal tracker traditional trance trans trash tribal tribe trio trip triphop triste undefined underground uplifting urban vai valencia variete videogamemusic violin vocal vocals vocaltrance vocoder voice voyage wave weird world worldmusic zen zero zoom Think you can find many somethings you want to listen to in that collection? Now, having found that I wondered about other Creative Commons licensed music sources on the web. A quick Google dig found:
As the (now defunct) Joe’s Ad used to say, Too Much Good Stuff. Mario Cacciottolo has crafted the wonderful web site Someone Once Told Me. In his words: Black and white photographs
A new one every day Each person writes a message Something that someone once told them Somehow I found the site and then spent a Sunday going through the years of history. There’s folklore, advice, parting comments, casual observations. If you saunter through the site you’ll find a diverse selection of humans, each of them with a memorable statement. When I first saw the site I thought, “I’ve got to do this!” and sent an email to Mario asking if, by chance, he’d be in Italy at the same time I would be. This may sound far fetched, as London and Italy are not exactly close. However, Mario’s photos on the site included India, he’d just returned from a trip to Los Angeles and had a trip planned to southern France. Malta native Mario does quite a bit of traveling. It turned out he would not. Mario invited me to take my own photograph for submission. The result is here. (Yes, I could put the image here. You really should visit SOTM.) Mario suggested, “If you can send over any audio or video then that would be brilliant. I haven’t had any video submitted, would you like to do that?” You bet. Never mind that I have no video editing software and the video function on my still camera seemed to be broken. No matter. With randonneur like determination I identified and resolved all the issues. Here’s the result: Certainly someone once told you something memorable. Photograph yourself with a sign and send the result to Mario through the Your SOTM page. It’s a good time. |
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