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links for 2007-11-18

Official Gmail Blog: 5 little-known Gmail features you may not yet know about

Yikes. It keeps getting better.

(tags: gmail innovation design software)
Just Hungry

this site and justbento.com are interesting: I like the ideas about good food that travels and is worth looking forward to, rather than just some stuff in a bag.

(tags: food recipes bento culture style)

by the numbers

According to 2006 figures, U.S. war spending came out to $3,749 per Iraqi â€” almost as much as the per capita income of Egypt. That staggering sum hasnâ€™t bought a lot of leadership from Iraq, or much of a democratic model for its Arab neighbors.

Rafe quotes Tyler Cowen:

According to 2006 figures, U.S. war spending came out to $3,749 per Iraqi â€” almost as much as the per capita income of Egypt. That staggering sum hasn’t bought a lot of leadership from Iraq, or much of a democratic model for its Arab neighbors. [From The cost of the war in Iraq]

boggle

Take two, make a simple mirrored RAID, and that’s an amazing amount of backup space…. (I still recall buying a 20 Mb replacement drive for a Macintosh SE (SCSI, of course) for $400.

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1 Tb? The mind reels. Take two, make a simple mirrored RAID, and that’s an amazing amount of backup space. Hook these up to one of those NAS devices as well . . . .

(I still recall buying a 20 Mb replacement drive for a Macintosh SE (SCSI, of course) for $400. And it was not a 7200 RPM drive. True, that 20 years ago, but still . . . )

random playlist

Long Shot | Aimee Mann | I’m With Stupid | 3:13 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:14 AM No Tears | The Psychedelic Furs | Talk Talk Talk | 3:18 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:17 AM Coal Train Robberies (Demo) | Elvis Costello | Spike Bonus Disc | 2:52 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:20 AM The American | Simple Minds | Themes for Great Cities | 3:47 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:24 AM The Man I Love | Django Reinhardt & StÃ©phane Grappelli | Verve Jazz Masters 38: Django Reinhardt | 3:13 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:27 AM Cool Water | Fleetwood Mac | Mirage B-side | 3:21 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:31 AM American Travelust | Charlie Pickett and the Eggs | Live at The Button | 3:15 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:34 AM Radio Silence | Elvis Costello | When I Was Cruel | 4:59 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:39 AM People Get Ready | Jeff Beck | Beckology (Disc 3) | 4:56 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:44 AM I Talk To The Wind | King Crimson | Frame By Frame [1 – 1969-71] | 6:06 | â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:50 AM Helpless | k.d. lang | Hymns of the 49th Parallel | 4:15 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:54 AM Needle Time | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | The Delivery Man | 5:06 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:59 AM Disturbance At The Heron House | R.E.M.

Took a quick walk around Green Lake this morning and decided to take whatever my iPod threw my way, no skips, no nothing.
Long Shot | Aimee Mann | I’m With Stupid | 3:13 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:14 AM
No Tears | The Psychedelic Furs | Talk Talk Talk | 3:18 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:17 AM
Coal Train Robberies (Demo) | Elvis Costello | Spike Bonus Disc | 2:52 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:20 AM
The American | Simple Minds | Themes for Great Cities | 3:47 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:24 AM
The Man I Love | Django Reinhardt & StÃ©phane Grappelli | Verve Jazz Masters 38: Django Reinhardt | 3:13 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:27 AM
Cool Water | Fleetwood Mac | Mirage B-side | 3:21 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:31 AM
American Travelust | Charlie Pickett and the Eggs | Live at The Button | 3:15 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:34 AM
Radio Silence | Elvis Costello | When I Was Cruel | 4:59 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:39 AM
People Get Ready | Jeff Beck | Beckology (Disc 3) | 4:56 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:44 AM
I Talk To The Wind | King Crimson | Frame By Frame [1 – 1969-71] | 6:06 | â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:50 AM
Helpless | k.d. lang | Hymns of the 49th Parallel | 4:15 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:54 AM
Needle Time | Elvis Costello & The Imposters | The Delivery Man | 5:06 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 9:59 AM
Disturbance At The Heron House | R.E.M. | Document | 3:34 | â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜†â˜† | 11/15/07 10:03 AM

Not a bad selection. Kept me moving anyway . . . three Elvis tracks seems a bit heavy. Need to revisit some of my ratings/rankings, I think.