Author Archives: jb

The weather forecast says…..

Posted on 26 January, 2013 by jb

…snow overnight and then freezing rain…

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Um…..

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by jb
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Don’t read this…

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by jb

… it could be detrimental to your health. One of Pythagoras’s students crossed the master (who maintained that ALL square roots are rational) with his life by drowning by proving the opposite. As he pushed the student’s head under water, … Continue reading →

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Moon hoax. Not

Posted on 24 January, 2013 by jb

This is a long one, but worth  13 minutes of your life. (What else are you going to do, anyway? Watch Celebrity Come Dancing?/Got Talent?/X Factor?)

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If, seventy years ago, you asked Henry Luce….

Posted on 23 January, 2013 by jb

…”What is Time magazine for?” he’d probably talk about setting society’s agenda, capturing the attention of the educated and powerful and most of all, delivering the best weekly news package he could. Today, the answer is clear. The purpose of … Continue reading →

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So, the question is basically

Posted on 23 January, 2013 by jb

  From Jason Kottke’s kottke.org Yesterday I was pairing the socks from the clean laundry, and figured out the way I was doing it is not very efficient. I was doing a naive search — picking one sock and “iterating” the … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 22 January 2013

Posted on 22 January, 2013 by jb

Can You Be A One-Woman Man – Sam Dees – The Chess Story 1947-1975 (1969-1975) [Listen] Can’t Repeat – The Offspring – Greatest Hits [Listen] Diaraby Magni – Vieux Farka Toure – Fondo [Listen] Generator – Gap Dream – BIRP! … Continue reading →

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Posted on 17 January, 2013 by jb

Billy Preston, Dr. John, Joe Walsh, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Nils Lofgren and Clarence Clemons Oh, and Ringo, too. The All Starr Band, 1989

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“Cool, huh?”

Posted on 16 January, 2013 by jb

Someone wrote: “There’s a fine line between genius and insanity and I believe Keith erased it some time ago….”

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Two old men who can’t sing worth shit

Posted on 16 January, 2013 by jb

Quite wonderful [Listen]

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