Category Archives: Too good to miss

The weather forecast says…..

Posted on 26 January, 2013 by jb

…snow overnight and then freezing rain…

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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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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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How fast is a Formula 1 car?

Posted on 14 January, 2013 by jb

THIS fast. Comparison of a F1 and GT cars. Same circuit, same perpective. The 22 second mark is the one to look at – the F1 car’s out of the picture before the Porsche gets to the first corner….

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