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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-30

Listening to the Bob Edwards Show – Something in the Air: Radio, Rock & the Revolution that Shaped a Generation. http://tinyurl.com/6hupuo # Listening to NYT Front Page Podcast for 05/30/2008 http://nytimes.com # Listening to Daily Giz Wiz 580: Connectix QuickCam http://twit.tv/dgw580 # [...]

2008 05 30 Tweets Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 05.29.2008?

The mailbox contained:

June 2, 2008 issue of The New Yorker (The Rebellion Within – An Al Qaeda mentor rethinks terrorism.) July 2008 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (Gears of War 2 – It’s man versus bug in our 13-page multiplayer blowout!) Best of Season Issue! of Better Homes and Gardens (Summertime) May 27, 2008 issue of The Christian [...]

2008 05 30 Mailbox Contents Comments

As Oil Prices Soar, Restaurant Grease Thefts Rise

The value of processed fryer oil has increased, and there have been reports of thefts in multiple states.

Much to the surprise of many people, processed fryer oil, which is called yellow grease, is actually not trash. The grease is traded on the booming commodities market. Its value has increased in recent months to historic highs, [...]

2008 05 30 Economy
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Twitter Updates for 2008-05-29

Google Reader Shared OK to farm land in conservation program: The federal government.. http://tinyurl.com/6ymcz9 # Listening to NYT Front Page Podcast for 05/29/2008 # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show – The Bonus Army: An American Epic http://tinyurl.com/6hupuo # Listening to Tom [...]

2008 05 29 Tweets Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Wednesday, 05.28.2008?

The mailbox contained:

June 2008 issue of Nuts and Volts (Precision Stereo Amplifier – For about $30 in parts, for the core amplifier, and a weekend of soldering SMCs, you can enjoy audiophile quality sound.) May 26, 2008 issue of Information Week (Still Wired? Of course you are. But with 802.11n, it’s time to plan for freedom.) A [...]

2008 05 29 Mailbox Contents Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Tuesday, 05.27.2008?

The mailbox contained:

Summer 2008 issue of do it yourself (How to Paint Anything) Summer 2008 issue of Nature Conservancy (Counting On Crabs – Volunteers Rally To Save A Living Fossil) June/July 2008 issue of Mother Earth News (7 Ways to Make Easy, No-Dig Garden Beds) June 2008 issue of Sojourners (Making Their Mark – Young Christians are finding [...]

2008 05 29 Mailbox Contents Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-28

Google Reader Shared Google Hosts Popular JavaScript Libraries: If you’ve ever wante.. http://tinyurl.com/5pqhno # Listening to Bob Edwards. # Listening to Theme Time Radio Hour with Bob Dylan: Doctors and Eyes # Listening to The New York Times – NYT Front Page [...]

2008 05 28 Tweets Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-27

Listening to the Bob Edwards show, cooking bacon, & making coffee. # Listening to The New York Times – NYT Front Page for 05/27/2008 http://tinyurl.com/2pbmhq (last.fm) # Listening to Windows Weekly 60: PP #1 http://twit.tv/ww60 # Listening to Leo Laporte and the [...]

2008 05 27 Tweets Comments

Toughest Summer Job This Year Is Finding One

As the forces of economic downturn ripple widely across the United States, the job market of 2008 is shaping up as the weakest in more than half a century for teenagers looking for summer work, according to labor economists, government data and companies that hire young people.

This deterioration is jeopardizing what many experts consider a [...]

2008 05 27 Economy Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Saturday, 05.24.2008

The mailbox contained:

June 2, 2008 issue of Business Week (Beyond Blogs: What Business Needs to Know) June 2008 issue of Southern Living (Easy Living Outside) Summer 2008 issue of Lowe’s Creative Ideas for Outdoor Living (Summer Color: Bring your garden back to life with vibrant plants.) May 22, 2008 issue of The Christian Science Monitor (Lebanon [...]

2008 05 27 Mailbox Contents Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Friday, 05.23.2008?

The mailbox contained:

June 2008 issue of Sound & Vision (Paul Shaffer’s Greatest Hits) May 2008 issue of RN (Frontline Fame – A PICC team ends CRBSIs) June 2008 issue of Virginia Wildlife (Retriever College – For some dogs finishing high school is juts not enough.) June 1, 2008 issue of The Progressive Populist (Can We Cut Gas Prices?) May [...]

2008 05 27 Mailbox Contents Comments

Energy survivalists prepare for crisis

Convinced the planet’s oil supply is dwindling and the world’s economies are heading for a crash, some people around the country are moving onto homesteads, learning to live off their land, conserving fuel and, in some cases, stocking up on guns they expect to use to defend themselves and their supplies from desperate crowds of [...]

2008 05 27 Economy Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-26

Google Reader Shared Waning days for Md. clammers leave them wondering what to do: T.. http://tinyurl.com/65f3de # Listening to the Bob Edwards show & making coffee. # Listening to Daily Giz Wiz 576: Hotstop http://twit.tv/dgw576 # Listening to BBC Philharmonic – Capriccio [...]

2008 05 26 Tweets Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-25

Google Reader Shared China’s surveillance state: In “China’s All-Seeing Eye,” Naomi .. http://tinyurl.com/4h46st # Google Reader Shared Bruce Sterling on Invisible Armies: “People who aren’t morons a.. http://tinyurl.com/3vxcse # Google Reader Shared Get started in the DS homebrew scene:

Taking part in Nintendo.. http://tinyurl.com/5fh847 # [...]

2008 05 25 Tweets Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-24

Listening to The Eagles – One Of These Nights http://tinyurl.com/6c5urw (last.fm) # Listening to The Eagles – Take It To The Limit # Listening to 31 Knots – Hearsay http://tinyurl.com/6de2c9 (last.fm) # Listening to 31 Knots – Man Become Me # [...]

2008 05 24 Tweets Comments

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-23

Listening to Morning Edition (http://tinyurl.com/6ds8yw) & making coffee. # Listening to the Bob Edwards Show – Stories From Third Med: Surviving a Jungle ER (http://tinyurl.com/5e2v3y) # Listening to Bob Edwards again: Stories From 3d Med: Surviving a Jungle ER http://tinyurl.com/5e2v3y. It’s one of the best [...]

2008 05 23 Tweets Comments

If you think getting accepted was hard, try paying tuition in this credit crunch

The tides of chance will splash everybody with a little bad luck from time to time. But a tsunami of economic troubles and unfortunate demographics is deluging the nation’s 3.3 million high school seniors. The class of ‘08 may well be the unluckiest group of high school grads in modern history. They are certainly the [...]

2008 05 23 Economy Comments

Slugging to Work: Anonymous Ride-Sharing

If you’ve ever sat in rush-hour traffic, gazing longingly at the cars rushing by in the high-occupancy vehicle lanes, try doing something your parents warned you never to do: Hop in a car with a complete stranger behind the wheel.

In a few cities, like Washington, D.C., formerly lone motorists can zip over into those HOV [...]

2008 05 23 Economy Comments

What Was in the Mailbox Thursday, 05.22.2008?

The mailbox contained:

May 19, 2008 issue of eWeek (10 IT Problems You May Not Know You Have) A Pasternack Enterprises Catalog A Limited Too Sale Flyer and Coupon A Virginia Furniture Market Advertisement and Coupon A Schewels Sale Flyer A plea from the Land Trust Alliance

2008 05 23 Mailbox Contents Comments