August 2009
8 posts
Damnit, Papi →
ESPN.com reporting:
Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz were among the 104 major league players listed as having tested positive for performance-enhancing substances in 2003, lawyers with knowledge of…
July 2009
9 posts
Reusable produce bags →
In the further quest to better herself and the planet, my sister Stephanie found these awesome grocery store produce bags. She wrote about it on her gluten-free by nature blog this morning:
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Remembering Apollo 11 →
On Sunday I mentioned the new site, WeChooseTheMoon.org, highlighting this week is the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11. Here are a half dozen links — news articles, a narrated, interactive mission…
No Impact Man: The Movie →
This looks great. Due out September 4th.
Author Colin Beavan, in research for his new book, began the No Impact Project in November 2006. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist who could no…
We Choose the Moon →
It may be hard to believe but the 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 is this coming Thursday, July 16th. A brand-new website from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum — …
SR-71: The most remarkable airplane of the 20th... →
Some pretty awesome hyperlinks, as usual, from Kottke on the SR-71 Blackbird.
A short appreciation of the SR-71 Blackbird, an airplane that was literally faster than a speeding bullet.
“It…
100 Abandoned Houses: Photographs of Detroit →
A website, 100abandonedhouses.com, with stunning photographs of abandoned houses in Detroit, shot with an old Hasselblad. Web developer and freelance photographer Kevin Bauman:
The abandoned…
37signals now offers SSL on Basecamp →
It’s a shock it took this long but this is very good news, indeed: 37signals now offers SSL connections on Basecamp. From the SVN blog:
SSL was initially positioned as an upgrade driver to…
Get on the Bus →
In just a matter of weeks, two Airbus jets have crashed into the ocean taking hundreds of passengers with them to the bottom. This news is probably enough to make you think twice before you step on…