June 2009
28 posts
Browser War, Refreshed
Firefox 3.5 is out as of today. I haven’t spun it much, but it sounds nice. I stopped using Firefox because it was just too slow, and I’m glad to hear that improvement on the waiting-forever front is much of the 0.5 difference between 3 and 3.5.
Anyway, I might give Firefox another chance but in the meantime I’m reading tech reviews. This guy says Firefox is the leanest machine...
The GOP Climate ‘Traitors’ Have Something Else in... →
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More Republicans getting on board with transit.
(Photo: The LCA Broadside)
Conservatives are continuing to pull the Republican party towards self-immolation today, …
How to Convince a Conservative to Support Public... →
Conservative Washington thinktank director William Lind (obviously nostalgic for the America before the auto took over) essentially lays out how to get other conservatives on board with public transit:
Every conservative understands very quickly what happens when you tax one mode and subsidize the other. The taxed mode disappears and the subsidized mode becomes dominant.
This kind of echoes what...
End entitled driver syndrome →
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It went through in Oregon. It should go through here.
Recently seen on PostSecret.
Driving is not a basic right guaranteed to all. Cars are not the only legitimate…
The Wall Street Tax Shelter That Crashed Your... →
The scene of Monday’s Metro crash in D.C., where the local transit agency still has 15 outstanding “SILO” tax deals. (Photo: AP)
The D.C. Metro accident that killed nine riders this…
Driver's Rights to be Celebrated in Colorado →
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Ha, “car-ticle mass” — this is actually kind of funny.
It takes a lot of gumption to be the favored class and still show up to plead oppression, but that’s just what some…
Bamboo Bike (Not a Joke!) →
This is so much cooler than bamboo tableware.
Environmental Groups Says Smart Growth Reduces CO2... →
The benefits of walking around your neighborhood →
This explains why I’m so fat lately. Must move soon. (Via Commuter Page Blog.)
“…if you’re on the Transportation Committee long enough, even if you’re a...”
– Rep. John Mica, R-Fla, ranking minority member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, in an interview. (Via GGW.)
Vox Populi →
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Old people don’t care about climate change because they won’t be around when it changes?
Hey, the Post has numbers on public opinion regarding cap-and-trade. They’re generally…
"immigrant-hating nutcases" →
Via GGW, DCist. Seriously, what is wrong with people?
Shoring Up My Finances →
This month I finished off the last of my student debt, so outside of my credit card’s grace period, I’m no longer in debt financially. I also set up a six-month emergency reserve in a CD ladder, portioned to mature monthly like an allowance should need arise.
This week I started a Roth IRA because my company is discontinuing 401(k) matching, which nixes any incentive someone in my...
So, you want to be a Gmail ninja? →
Demolished! 11 Beautiful Train Stations That Fell... →
This is just so sad! Why is modern architecture so lacking?
“It’s a wonderful honor and great fun to have this phallus-shaped fungus...”
– Robert Drewes (via Science Daily)
A (Radical) Way to Fix Suburban Sprawl →
I continue to be fascinated by the upcoming transformation of Tysons Corner.
Travel full-time for less than $14,000 per year →
Middle America Drives American, Apparently →
I was wondering who was buying American cars, because it’s certainly no one around here.
“We’ve actually moved quite seemlessly from a bedroom community to a well...”
– Jay Fisette, Arlington County board member, describing how Arlington developed when Metro came to town (Arlington’s Smart Growth Journey via GGW).
Cyclists versus Car Drivers →
Via Washcycle.
I’m tired of hearing stuff like this on the cycling lists. Operators of both car and bicycle are so arrogant and self-righteous.
But no matter how much of an idiot the cyclist (or pedestrian) may (or may not be) do not under any circumstances drive your car with him on your hood or bumper.
“A gentleman from Lunenburg County called me up to say, ‘I don’t want...”
– Robert Creigh Deeds, one of three Democratic candidates for governor of Virginia. (Quote via the WaPo’s endorsement.)
Chris Cillizza to Politicians: Don't Tweet →
Cillizza writes:
The lesson proved by Gingrich and Shurtleff is that any medium that encourages instant reactions dashed off on a BlackBerry or iPhone and condensed into 140 characters is a recipe for disaster in the political arena.
And on Saturday night Guy Who Has Been on Twitter for Four Years opines he doesn’t get Twitter, as if to echo what people who started blogs in 1996 thought...
Dorking It Up →
I’ve kinda missed out the latest Ubuntu because other stuff has been priority. But I really need to get my IT department in order.