October 2011
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September 2011
5 posts
“Unlike other forms of socialism that benefit society as a whole, the benefits of...”
– James D. Schwartz, opining on why socialism in America is so hated in vague unprincipled forms yet unquestioningly practiced in other blatant forms.
August 2011
5 posts
“Microsoft and Apple have always been at each other’s throats, so when they get...”
– David Drummond, Google’s Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, speaking out against patents used as weapons.
“Over the past decade, when we had no serious national adversaries, U.S. defense...”
– Fareed Zakaria, pointing out the that U.S. defense establishment is the world’s largest socialist economy.
March 2011
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Watch
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When it makes more sense just to tear them down... →
February 2011
3 posts
January 2011
5 posts
Watchaurashkhawarzad:
Capital Bikeshare Chic
“I do think we’ve reached a critical mass of some kind - we’re not a...”
– Former Virginia state senator Russell Potts on the moving target that is Southern-ness.
MLKJr Day →
ericaaaaa:
robosheep:
Think about who doesn’t have a day off today and how that reflects on what MLKJr stood for.
Another thing absolutely worth reading today.
November 2010
2 posts
“…the underlying philosophy of Vision Zero [a Swedish effort to reduce...”
– Stephen Miller, writing for GGW.
“Another area of concern is the movement among some in the legislature, in...”
– Del. Kaye Kory, writing from Richmond.
October 2010
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July 2010
3 posts
Uh, oh. →
This makes my life seem so much more exciting. To think that maybe my profile is being flagged by the FBI.
John Robbins writes a good recap on America’s supposed distaste for public transportation, in which he presents this interesting tidbit:
A third of all mass transit users in the entire United States use the New York City system…
Which says a lot about how crappy mass transit in America is, especially when he adds that New York ranks terribly against other world cities’ public...
June 2010
3 posts
May 2010
7 posts
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Dumbphone on Google Voice
Another trick for using a dumbphone with Google Voice is text messages. If you receive a text from someone who texted your Google number, that sender’s real number isn’t rendered as the sender on your dumbphone — it’s aliased by some number belonging to Google. But don’t fret, if you call that Google number the text seems to come from, your call be forwarded to the...
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Send a fax long-distance from your office machine...
Long-distance restrictions are for the birds, assuming your Google Voice number is local.
Where xxx-xxx-xxxx is your number, yyyy is your passcode, and zzz-zzz-zzzz is the number you want to send to:
(9) xxx xxx xxxx P * yyyy P 2 P zzz zzz zzzz #
Drop the 9 if you’re not office folk who need to nine out to the outside line. This also works on any phone that isn’t attached to your...
“I’ve developed a new philosophy - I only dread one day at a time.”
– Charlie Brown (via kari-shma)
D.C. Critical Mass
I tagged along with some folks to ride with Critical Mass. We raced from Vienna, Va., along the venerable Washington and Old Dominion Trail and the Martha Custis Memorial Trail to D.C., crossed the Potomac at the Francis Scott Key Bridge, weaved through traffic in Georgetown on our way to Dupont Circle, where the ride began.
First things first, I rode into circle a little concerned by any event...
“The seal depicts the Roman goddess Virtus wearing a blue tunic draped over one...”
– The Virginian-Pilot via WaPo.
April 2010
7 posts
“One of the things we really need to do is capitalize on the fact that our built...”
– Gabe Klein, DDOT director, explaining why recent bicycle initiatives and D.C. in general aren’t anti-car but that the city itself wasn’t meant for so many automobiles. [Doesn’t that apply to all cities built before the 1950s?]
“…that’s due to the fact that Americans are brought up believing that...”
– Ricky Gervais, in an interview.
“In general, if you design your infrastructure for a 60-year old woman with two...”
– Jarrett Walker, on mixing bicycling with transit.
“…the DNC, unlike the RNC, does not conduct business while watching women...”
– A DNC spokesman, who somehow managed to make the GOP sound like an exciting party.
“The big problem with drill baby drill was never so much the drilling itself, it...”
– BeyondDC, apparently in support of off-shore drilling.
March 2010
16 posts
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Watchdreamy
“The best throw at dice is to throw them away.”
– Mark Twain, reportedly.
American Exceptionalism →
No surprise here. Via Streetsblog.
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Crosswalk Rage
[Warning: Somebody’s got a case of the Mondays.]
I was having a bad day Saturday, so I decided to get some air and exercise by biking to the supermarket to buy some crab meat for crab cakes.
In the suburbs, I have pretty much given up on vehicular cycling. Too many antagonistic drivers and I really don’t care if I’m legally in the right anymore. Plus, I was in a really bad mood...
“[Northern Virginia], a relatively small area that’s home to one in three...”
– Ryan Avent, playing with new population numbers. On to Richmond.
Earth to America: Your car-centric lifestyle is... →
This just in:
…although the Washington region may be one of the nation’s most congested, its mass transit options make it one of the more affordable.