why do i hate the schuylkill?  what should have been a 25 minute journey took over an hour due to "construction".  it's in quotes because there was less than 1/4 mile of one lane blocked off for workers, one state trooper with flashers on, and one construction vehicle - lights off, no workers in sight anywhere ( Read more... )

go here, look at good work.

nick cave [no, not the singer]

dave cole

jean shin

we have a new table saw at the shop.  it's very nice.  it's a SawStop 10" contractor saw - watch the "hot dog" video on the site and see what this baby can do to save fingers.

any conductive material in the wood triggers the stop action.  all of the students ask if they can test out the stop feature.  we tell them "you break it, you bought it!"

January 20: Patch Day (Ganked from Xastalask who ganked from heinleinfan)
January 20: Patch Day

US Democracy Server: Patch Notes
Version 44.0

President

* Leadership: Will now scale properly to national crises. Intelligence was not being properly applied.
* A bug has been fixed that allowed the President to ignore the effects of debuffs applied by the ( Read more... )

this house is awesome

it feels good to be rid of dubya.  good luck obama.

ahh.  what will we do with a president who can speak clearly, is actually literate?

the bbc brings this article: The 'misunderestimated' president?, which highlights some of bush's most clear statments.

texting while driving can kill people.  duh. 

People who keep their room in order are just too lazy to look for stuff.
Andy Maluche, via the BBC Magazine

Mattel, makers of “Hot Wheels”, is now worth more than GM, reports Newsweek.