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Deaths
In 2003, the crude death rate in the US was 841.9 / 100,000 people. In 2006, the estimated population of Virginia was 7,642,884. That means that on average, 176 people die in Virginia every day. -
GRINDHOUSE
I saw Grindhouse yesterday, and damn was it ever a rollicking good time. Grindhouse is a tribute to the shock and exploitation flicks of the 1970s. Grindhouses were theaters which primarily showed such films, which were made to turn a quick buck, without any real eye to artistic merit. Many classic "bad movies" are exploitation films: horror, car- ( Read more... ) -
John Kerry is an asshat
"In 2006, the Information Policy Action Committee (IPac) launched a campaign to educate lawmakers -- the people who make rules about the Internet and think it's made from a "series of tubes" -- about technology and copyright. To get their attention, we asked our supporters to help us buy video iPods for key Senators, which we then loaded with ( Read more... ) -
Listening notes
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver: Disco-punk. Enjoyable ( Read more... ) -
BGG.Con
Now this is a gaming con I'd consider flying for: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/bggcon.phpRead more... ) -
How Not To Teach
My Algorithms professor is a fairly young professor. This class is new to him, and he often realizes things while teaching which aren't in his notes. He seems to know his stuff, and he's a pretty good teacher on the whole. This isn't an indictment of him personally; I'm just using that class as an example of a style of teaching which I see as very ( Read more... ) -
Why I Don't Want to Save the BOOK IT! Program
I don't want to save the BOOK IT! Program. While the reasons presented at http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/03/02/reading.for.pizza.ap/index.html are lame, I am opposed to it because I am opposed to anything that envelops our kids in yet more ( Read more... ) -
La Fonera: Ordered
I just ordered myself a La Fonera, free from FON for their 1st birthday ( Read more... ) -
Car door
The driver's side door of my car cannot close. Because clearly what I needed was an unexpected expense.