Tim's Bloglet - Saturday 8 April 2006

Water tower: pipes

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11:41:27 AM, Saturday 8 April 2006

Water tower: lawn

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11:40:49 AM, Saturday 8 April 2006

sewer lids

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11:31:39 AM, Saturday 8 April 2006

Cambridge Electric Light Co.

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11:26:13 AM, Saturday 8 April 2006

Bufflehead

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11:19:27 AM, Saturday 8 April 2006

30 wpm!

I'm trying to learn to use my pinkies more. How do people feel about this? I use my ring fingers for backspace, tab, 1 and 0, but I feel that I shouldn't. _
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09:28:17 PM, Friday 7 April 2006

A minor point: mandatory health insurance is unlike mandatory car insurance because driving is slightly less mandatory than being alive. There is nothing analogous to revoking your drivers license. Also, no one ever suggests free auto insurance for the impoverished. Do they? I take it back, they probably do. _
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04:41:56 PM, Thursday 6 April 2006

The eccentric fallacy:

If everyone on earth ___activity_A___, then ___practical_objections B___ would be far outweighed by ___minor_benefit_C___. Therefore, paying any heed to ___practical_objections_B___ is irresponsible and anti-social. Also, activity A is more logical than the current archaic standard, which only exists because ___outdated_concern_D___. Those who say ___slur_E___ should be ignored.

Activity A Practical objections B Minor benefit C Outdated concern D Slur E

Rode a recumbent bicycle the prohibitive expense and the incompatability with many racks and parts comfort, efficiency, and crash safety early recumbents were banned from racing, so never developed you look ridiculous

Used the Dvorak keyboard layout Inability to use other peoples computers, problems with knowing which layout your typing in on blinded passwords, having to learn how to type all over again comfort, economy of movement, and speed early typewriters would jam if people typed too quickly. Denl! C-m ypfrbi yr pyl. xgy icbbepcod co jrmcbi rgy!

Ran Linux Inability to use most software, having to write your own drivers being able to incorporate free-open source improvements to the OS copyright laws we're inappropriately extended to cover software Have you played Civ IV?

Taught children Esperanto as their first language Their inability to communicate a truly global culture, ensuing world (peace/war), fewer spelling mistakes humanity has only just emerged from barbaric history Patro, kial havi vi instrui mi senutila lingvo?

Other examples welcome. _
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03:18:40 PM, Thursday 6 April 2006

i have a cell phone. It is more useful than I expected, but just as nervewracking as I expected. I've always felt menaced by telephones. _
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03:17:43 PM, Thursday 6 April 2006

Accidentally triple posted. Bah. _
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03:16:53 PM, Thursday 6 April 2006

Snow. Nasty heavy wet snow. Not sticking. but still snow. _
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12:24:18 PM, Wednesday 5 April 2006

20 wpm. new favorite phrase: heathen nuns, typed jdakjdl lfl;
using ten thumbs typing tutor, which has a dvorak setting. _
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11:15:06 PM, Monday 3 April 2006

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Activity A	Practical objections B	Minor benefit C	Outdated concern D	Slur E
Rode a recumbent bicycle	the prohibitive expense and the incompatability with many racks and parts	comfort, efficiency, and crash safety	early recumbents were banned from racing, so never developed	you look ridiculous
Used the Dvorak keyboard layout	Inability to use other peoples computers, problems with knowing which layout your typing in on blinded passwords, having to learn how to type all over again	comfort, economy of movement, and speed	early typewriters would jam if people typed too quickly.	Denl! C-m ypfrbi yr pyl. xgy icbbepcod co jrmcbi rgy!
Ran Linux	Inability to use most software, having to write your own drivers	being able to incorporate free-open source improvements to the OS	copyright laws we're inappropriately extended to cover software	Have you played Civ IV?
Taught children Esperanto as their first language	Their inability to communicate	a truly global culture, ensuing world (peace/war), fewer spelling mistakes	humanity has only just emerged from barbaric history	Patro, kial havi vi instrui mi senutila lingvo?