May 2009
The Top 10 Utilities for Solar Power →
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The Sunshine State (Florida) doesn’t make the top ten solar power installations?
Solar power installations at utilities across the country increased 25 percent in 2008…
Why Did the Turtle Cross the Road? [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
To get away from the huge creature with opposable thumbs flashing the red light.
Red Lily [Flickr] →
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Copper Fingerprints [Flickr] →
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Red Lily [Flickr] →
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Red Lily [Flickr] →
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How Pixar’s Up House Could Really Fly →
The conceit of the new Disney/Pixar cartoon epic, Up, is that an old guy’s house gets attached to a bunch of helium balloons which lift it up out of the city and on a wonderful adventure.…
Moon in the Mullica →
Moon in the Mullica Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light)
Explanation: Still waters mimic a predawn sky along the eastern horizon in this peaceful…
The New Exoplanetology: ‘I Learned by Watching... →
A new technique for finding wet exoplanets got a field test when astronomers pretended to be aliens.
“If you were on another planet, you’d look at Earth and say, ‘That looks like the most…
Links for 2009-05-29 [del.icio.us] →
News Analysis: Online Education Grows, but Painfully - Chronicle.com
Torchwood Returns →
This is a test of the George blog watching system. If George in facts reads my blog, then he will see this trailer for a show he likes. If George actually had read my blog, then he would have made…
Comment Spam Resumes →
Have spammers figured out how to pick reCAPTCHA’s lock? All of a sudden I am getting hundreds of comment spam blocked by Akismet. When I added reCAPTCHA, it dropped to a few a month. Now 409 in…
Microsoft Outlook 2007 Wishlist →
From 2001 to 2006, Microsoft Outlook was the email client I used for work (and on my home computer to access work stuff). Back then, Exchange was not available, so a number of the features were more…
Teeshirt Action Shot →
Blackborg Teeshirt Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one! Read and post comments | Send to a friend
College Sues Pornography Web Site Over Name →
Don’t confuse the college with the pornography Web site. National American University, which has 16 campuses across the United States and also offers online courses, is claiming that the operators…
Blackborg Teeshirt →
Blackborg Teeshirt
Originally uploaded by Ezra F
Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one!
tag: photography Related posts No related…
Links for 2009-05-28 [del.icio.us] →
Wired Campus: Department of Justice Opens Investigation of Blackboard’s Purchase of Angel Learning - Chronicle.com
What is a monopoly? by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
Blackborg Teeshirt [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one!
Teeshirt Action Shot
Blackborg Teeshirt
Mike LeSombre posted the Blackborg picture and teeshirt. I got one!
Links for 2009-05-26 [del.icio.us] →
Bahais of Athens Clarke County Georgia
Escape to Blue Ridge -
TED: Brewster Kahle builds a free digital library →
I’ve heard the Library of Congress analogy previously. The question I had then was, “What about the diagrams and pictures which make the books useful. Books are not just…
Above Earth, Fixing Hubble →
Above Earth, Fixing Hubble Credit: STS-125 Crew, NASA
Explanation: What is that astronaut doing? Fixing the Hubble Space Telescope. During the fourth servicing…
CNR →
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Wild Carrot Maybe →
Wild Carrot aka Queen Anne’s Lace aka aka aka… I’m tired of trying to identify this one. Obviously if I’m going to photograph flowers I need to either take an identification class or acquire…
Wild Carrot Maybe
Wild Carrot aka Queen Anne’s Lace aka aka aka… I’m tired of trying to identify this one. Obviously if I’m going to photograph flowers I need to either take an identification class or acquire some better resources for determining what they are.
My Favorite Movie is Star Trek Wars →
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LOL WOW!
If you’ve already seen the new Star Trek film by J.J. Abrams, you might have noticed a few homages to Star Wars.
But if you don’t have time to watch both…
Keep working 'to avoid dementia' →
Keeping the brain active by working later in life may help ward off Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests.
Feedback Loops →
Remakes don’t scare me. Some are good. Some are bad.
The thing to remember is, “Its just a movie.” The world won’t end over a poor movie. There’s always another one in a few weeks to either like…
Atlantis and Hubble Side by Side →
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Atlantis and Hubble in the Sun? Rock on…
Atlantis and Hubble Side by Side Credit & Copyright: Thierry Legault
Explanation: On Wednesday, May 13,…
Water Hemlock [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
I wanted a shot of this plant because I thought it was Hogweed mentioned on one my Thistle photos. Apparently lots of plants have “white flowers in large…
Water Hemlock [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
I wanted a shot of this plant because I thought it was Hogweed mentioned on one my Thistle photos. Apparently lots of plants have “white flowers in large…
Water Hemlock [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
I wanted a shot of this plant because I thought it was Hogweed mentioned on one my Thistle photos. Apparently lots of plants have “white flowers in large…
Water Hemlock [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
I wanted a shot of this plant because I thought it was Hogweed mentioned on one my Thistle photos. Apparently lots of plants have “white flowers in large…
Day Lily [Flickr] →
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Expression Costs →
(This started out as a blog comment for Sania’s post Facebook Killed Your Blog. I’m posting it here first.)
We share blogs with the whole world. So our blogs get lost in the noise, bolstering the…
Links for 2009-05-16 [del.icio.us] →
When it Comes to Friends Flickr s Had it Right All Along - Webmonkey
Prism
Move web apps from browser to desktop.
Rat Snake [Flickr] →
Ezra F posted a photo:
Fun day at work. This rat snake was found in the upstairs hallway. Not happy with us at all.
GeorgiaVIEW Mascot? →
This little snake was found in the hallway at work. I thought the commotion was a continuation over the geyser in a sink until GH asked if I brought my pet to work. Went over the see and…
We've Got Rats? →
This little snake was found in the hallway at work. I thought the commotion was a continuation over the geyser in a sink until GH asked if I brought my pet to work. Went over the see and snagged…
We've Got Rats?
This little snake was found in the hallway at work. I thought the commotion was a continuation over the geyser in a sink until GH asked if I brought my pet to work. Went over the see and snagged this before maintenance took it away. Hope he enjoys life on the other side of the road.
I wish I had brought my dSLR. It really would have broought out the details. This okay I guess for automatic...
Three Tests for the ‘New’ Blackboard →
Today Blackboard announced that ANGEL’s Ray Henderson will be the new President of the Blackboard Learn division. This is great news. Ray is one of the best executives in educational technology…
Open Letter to Anyone Who Asks Me a Question →
When I preface statements with something like “Used Google to look up <search term>”, it means:
The following is my interpretation of what you are asking. You should do your own research on the…
Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory →
A fundamental but elusive step in the early evolution of life on Earth has been replicated in a laboratory.
Researchers synthesized the basic ingredients of RNA, a molecule from which the…
The Lasting Fallout of a Nuclear Meltdown’s Data... →
LIVERMORE, California — Thirty years ago, half the core of a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear complex melted down, but government officials and the utility running the place didn’t…
The LMS is So Web 1.5 →
The claims Blackboard’s Learn 9 provides a Web 2.0 experience has bothered me for a while now. First, it was the drag-n-drop. While cool, that isn’t Web 2.0 in my opinion. A little more on track is…
