a crank’s progress

I’m on info overload and need to stop adding to queue unsubscribed from most of my RSS feeds redirected my mailing list subscriptions to folders so they don’t hit my inbox set aside the idea of learning or mastering any other programming languages (and frameworks) ‘just because’ no more video game purchases (I do it rarely, but they are just wasting my time) no more soft drinks, as I don’t need the distractions that caffeine withdrawals bring no more personal software projects until I finish my adventure game no coding on the adventure game engine until I actually develop a story and know where I am going! give up the idea of exploring vermiculture this year, and just focus on growing a few basic crops in my containers [From Examining Yama, The First Limb of Yoga - Styled Bits ] I’m doing some of this already, but not with the same sense of purpose.

is this intentional or the result of letting anyone run their own ad campaign? we know they can spell refrigeration.

How about this idea: Take $100 million and use it to design a better phone?
[From NewsGator Online]

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These Cagllari Daytona pocket bikes are the best bang for your buck. Outperforming much more expensive pocket rockets, the Cagllari Daytona bikes feature durable alloy construction and a torquey high output 2-stroke gas motor.
[From Cagllari Pocket Rocket]

These start at $169. A small motorcycle, 2-stroke at that, for a whole lot less than a pedal-powered bike, [...]

This was in the shape of a male child, about ten days old, and well stocked with clothing of a decent description, a new single blanket outside, and its bodyclothes of nice swanskin, with a handsome cap on its head…. We should add that in the bosom of the child was found a slip of paper with his name “JOSEPH KANE” and alleging that it had been baptized by a Priest of the diocese.

Given: 36 inches annual rainfall a collecting roof 8 x 8, raised 2 feet on one side/end for a moderate slope (total area 61.9 sq ft) 22.32 gallons of water per foot of rained-on area That all adds up to 1,383.11981 gallons of water annually. That seems like an awful lot of irrigation-quality water from a pretty small system (a simple shed roof, with or without a shed under it).

I just made one of these.

Fun, but next time I would use cardstock, not plain paper.

[From Corbis Readymech Cameras]

(No, mine doesn’t look quite like that.)