Archive for February, 2006

Feb 25 2006

Pop Culture Blind Spots

Published by Jody under life

CBC’s Definitely Not The Opera had a ignorant-about-pop-culture theme today, with pieces about how people don’t know stuff the masses are talking about. I’m proud of my stubborn ignorance about some things, including:

I’ve never watched South Park or Survivor.
I know little about the entertainment industry nor do I have an interest in it. [...]

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Feb 23 2006

A Ladder Bookshelf

Published by Jody under reading & writing

Another cool bookshelf, this one made from an old ladder:

Other things made for or with books I’ve posted about:

Interesting Bookshelves
Book Furniture
A Bar Made Of Books
A Bedroom For A Bibliophile
Building A Bookcase

(via MAKE Magazine)

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Feb 23 2006

A Dog Story

This morning after shovelling our walkway, I went in the backyard and took the dog for a walk in the woods behind our house. The powdery snow was up to my waist. The dog had trouble walking through it. Normally he walks well ahead of me, tearing through the trees, zig-zagging all over the place. [...]

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Feb 20 2006

Bloglines Withdrawal

Published by Jody under internet & computers

www.bloglines.com:
The owners of the domain name bloglines.com are accepting offers from interested parties willing to obtain ownership rights over the domain name. You may learn more about how to place your offer by clicking HERE.
WHAT THE?! Someone forget to mail the cheque?
I backed up my blogline feeds about six months ago. Did you [...]

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Feb 18 2006

Using Vegetable Oil In A Diesel Engine

Published by Jody under consumer

Vegetable Oil as Vehicle Fuel:
Using vegetable oil as fuel in diesel engines isn’t a new idea. Rudolf Diesel’s first engines were built to run on peanut oil for the developing world, which had no petrochemicals industry. Running your modern diesel car or van on veg is just going back to what the designer intended.
An ordinary [...]

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Feb 15 2006

I Bought Some Books Today

Dawn and I went to Boston Pizza today alone; that is, NO KIDS! We haven’t done that in a long time. It was nice. We then went to Costco where I bought too many books:

Roving Mars: Spirit; Opportunity; and the Exploration of the Red Planet by Steve Squyres, who’s a principal scientist [...]

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Feb 14 2006

I Want A Cello

Published by Jody under what i did today

A few years ago I had a vivid dream about learning to play the cello. It’s been on my mind ever since, so today I finally looked into getting one. Costco.ca has a Marquis one for sale for $469 Canadian, which is cheap, but I suspect too cheap; Before You Buy A Cello [...]

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Feb 14 2006

Fun Times

Published by Jody under life, quotes

Time’s fun when you’re having flies.
- Kermit the Frog

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