News: No need to breed like rabbits - Pope
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No need to breed like rabbits - Pope
Breeding like Popes also not a great idea - Rabbits.
GDP, The Music Video
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The time on screen for each country is proportional to its Gross Domestic Product.
GDP figures are from the United Nations for 2013 from Wikipedia. Flag images are also from Wikipedia via the handy Google region-flags project. Music is "Money to Burn" by Alex (cc).
Book reviews for December 2014
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The Peripheral by William Gibson
5/5
William Gibson does time travel with a twist. Gripping and weird and wonderful.
JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford
4/5
A very quick (and helpful) read....
ISS
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Two long exposure photographs of the International Space Station passing over San Francisco.
Winter Solstice 2014
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Winter starts now in the northern hemisphere, Summer south of the equator. Rendered in Catfood Earth (Windows, Android). Now read why mornings will continue to get darker for the next couple of weeks.
Four Parties
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The Washington Post fantasizes about a four party system:
"If we assign members of Congress to political parties based on the spending votes, we end up with four parties. The Liberals bucked the Democratic president to oppose the spending package. The Democrats voted for it. The Republicans followed Boehner and McConnell's lead. The Conservatives didn't."
News: The War Nerd: More proof the US defense industry has nothing to do with defending America
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The War Nerd: More proof the US defense industry has nothing to do with defending America
Why we don't need fighter jets. Blistering.
News: Prototype Companion Cube, 1980
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Prototype Companion Cube, 1980
And I ordered my 80s outfit right before reading this... (posting mainly to test my spanking new Feedly integration)
Armstrong Redwoods
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Coastal redwoods at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve. Parson Jones is over 310 feet high, Colonel Armstrong over 1,400 years old.
Hike starts at 38.532406, -123.002853 (Google Earth, Google Maps).
Salt Point State Park
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Salt Point State Park on the Sonoma coast. Stunning views, plentiful seals and some cool tide pools (although the rocks on the way down are like greased butter). Apparently the sandstone from Salt Point was used to pave San Francisco which goes a long way to explain the state of the streets...
Hike starts at 38.566568, -123.331860 (Google Earth, Google Maps).
Robert Ellison's blog, I Thought He Came With You, on the Fediverse via fed.brid.gy. Photography, time lapse, programming, politics, hikes and more.