Thursday, February 25, 2010

Recently on WBUR's On Point on NPR

These recent discussions were very interesting.






Feb 16, 2010:unemployment inequality. The unemployment rate varies by pay scale: 3% unemployment for the highest paid vs. 30% for the lowest paid.
Feb 23, 2010:More discussion about the stalled plans for national health insurance.




On Feb 21, 2010, this related content:The New York Times also covered long term unemployment and people trying to cope using only the thin social safety net that remains after over 20 years of cuts, Reagan/Bush/Clinton/Bush.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Slackware 13.0 on Samsung NC10

I finally got around to installing Slackware 13 on a Samsung NC10 netbook. Read this post, hosted on another site.


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Devotion to Duty

xkcd

Well, that's what it takes to get above 5-nine reliablity.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Install Grub Bootloader

Here is my recipe for installing the grub bootloader, for the nth time.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Telluride via Google Earth

My blog post on another site.

Mission Impossible?

My blog post on another site.

Floyd Landis' plan for success.
1. Take testosterone to aid winning the Tour de France.
2. Hack drug testing lab, Tom Cruise style.
3. Profit!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Radio Lab's Discussion on Animal Intelligence

Jessica found this radio show
. It is a very interesting discussion about human and animal intelligence.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010