January 16, 2008
216 photos, 1 blogs
Browse Archive (303 months)
* [CHP's Hostile Radar Signals](http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/4138) This is a great story, although its veracity is questionable. [[It's a fake](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/techno/radar.asp)] (tags: [CHP](http://del.icio.us/eecue/CHP) [USMC](http://del.icio.us/eecue/USMC) [missiles](http://del.icio.us/eecue/missiles) [radar](http://del.icio.us/eecue/radar)) * [Manhole Doormats](http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/01/fake-manhole-co.html) Very cool doormats that look like manhole covers from various cities. I want the Los Angeles one. (tags: [wantlist](http://del.icio.us/eecue/wantlist) [manhole](http://del.icio.us/eecue/manhole) [covers](http://del.icio.us/eecue/covers)) * [Solar Plan Would End Dependence on Foreign Oil](http://www.solveclimate.com/blog/20071220/solar-plan-would-end-dependence-foreign-oil-cost-iraq-war) It's clearly time for our government to start subsidizing solar power like we subsidize the oil industry. (tags: [oil](http://del.icio.us/eecue/oil) [solar](http://del.icio.us/eecue/solar) [subsidize](http://del.icio.us/eecue/subsidize)) * [Don't copy that floppy...](http://ironicresult.com/1980s-anti-piracy-advertisement/) Or let your friends borrow it either! (tags: [psa](http://del.icio.us/eecue/psa) [piracy](http://del.icio.us/eecue/piracy) [floppy](http://del.icio.us/eecue/floppy)) * [How to Build a Paper Research Database](http://calnewport.com/blog/?p=121) This is an interesting article about building a database for use in writing a research paper. Although I don't write research papers, I can see how this would be useful for other tasks like writing a detail article or a book. (tags: [database](http://del.icio.us/eecue/database) [research](http://del.icio.us/eecue/research)) * [The Bruce on his Open Wireless Network](http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html) I also run an open wireless network at my house for many of the same reasons. (tags: [open.wireless](http://del.icio.us/eecue/open.wireless) [bruce.schneier](http://del.icio.us/eecue/bruce.schneier)) * [Big Pharma Spends More On Advertising Than Research](http://www.zmescience.com/big-pharma-spends-more-on-advertising-than-research) Clearly the insane pricing structures for medications aren't actually related to the high cost of research. (tags: [drug.companies](http://del.icio.us/eecue/drug.companies) [lies](http://del.icio.us/eecue/lies) [research](http://del.icio.us/eecue/research) [advertising](http://del.icio.us/eecue/advertising)) * [R2D2 Translator](http://www.r2d2translator.com/) Translate text to R2D2 speak. (tags: [cool](http://del.icio.us/eecue/cool) [r2d2](http://del.icio.us/eecue/r2d2) [starwars](http://del.icio.us/eecue/starwars)) * [Jerk Parking Tickets](http://www.youparklikeanasshole.com/) I've been meaning to print these out and leave them in my car. There's a Hummer that keeps parking in the compact spot right in the worst corner to do it in my parking garage. (tags: [parking](http://del.icio.us/eecue/parking) [jerk](http://del.icio.us/eecue/jerk) [tickets](http://del.icio.us/eecue/tickets)) * [Worst Science Stories of 2007](http://stats.org/stories/2007/dubious_data_2007.html) Stat.org calls BS on a number of questionable and downright incorrect stories involving science. (tags: [stast.org](http://del.icio.us/eecue/stast.org) [science](http://del.icio.us/eecue/science) [wrong](http://del.icio.us/eecue/wrong) [lies](http://del.icio.us/eecue/lies))
