Monthly Archives: January 2010

Cartography » Electoral College Reform Map

I am not sure how I feel about the proposed electoral college reform at this link, but the map that came with it is really fascinating. It splits the country into equal-population chunks based around population centers and cultural spheres. http://www.fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/
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Energy » Followup: Nuclear Energy

Just a quick followup to my post about nuclear energy. If you watched the state of the union speech last week, you might have noticed President Obama’s mention of expanding safe nuclear power for energy. I was really happy to hear about this and I’m glad President Obama is willing to use an already proven [...]
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Projects » Broadway/Montrose/Sheridan Webcam

I’ve bought a fairly cheap webcam to play around with internet video stuff this weekend. One of the most exciting new things to crop up is Justin.tv, which will broadcast your live streams to a large amount of people. All you have to do is stream your video to Justin.tv and they take care of [...]
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Technology » Haiti 360°

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2010/01/world/haiti.360/index.2.html Great use for a new camera technology. Click and drag to look around.
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Link » Cats in Sinks

http://catsinsinks.com/
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Music » A Guitar That Runs Linux

Fantastic. I sometimes have urges to ssh into household objects.
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Music » Cover Showcase: Puttin’ on the Ritz

Oldest video I could find. See the rest after the fold…
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Music » Music Video: Shut Up and Let Me Go

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Outing » Fun Outing – Art Institute

Went here with family on Wednesday. Highlights were the Monets, the Caravaggio exhibit and the sculpture garden (as small as it was). I’m not really a museum or art gallery guy, but I really liked it. Everything these days feels so disposable and transient, it was nice to see those things that lasted. What from [...]
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