Seriously, it sounds like a joke, but it is true. This post by Roo Reynolds reminded me that I had seen Keen on the Colbert Show promoting his book and was left with such an absolutely foul taste of ignorance and elitism that I dare say I’ve ever experienced before. My thanks to Roo for ranting.
I’m no engineer, or an expert on generators or power grids, but it seems to me that with all of the health and fitness clubs in the United States - and with all of the users of cardio equipment, sweating and panting for 30 or more minutes at a time - that we are ignoring a vast resource of wasted energy. Power the gym itself, or sell the energy back to the main grid and charge smaller membership fees. Even better, pay the people who generate the most energy a percentage of the surplus. Personally, I would bike a lot harder if I thought there were money in it.
I hate the Windows XP Help & Support Center. I only ever think to pop it open when I’m at my wit’s end trying to fix something… but it is NEVER helpful. In fact, over the course of the eleven years I have used Windows the built in Help has not one time produced a helpful answer. Why bother?
I’ve come to use my OpenID a lot recently, but today the MyOpenID server seems to not be playing well with others. How do I log in to sites I want to use without it? I’ve wondered about this in the past, but it is the first time I’ve actually had it happen.
While scanning through books in my zotero collection sorting my latest “To Buy” list I came across Foundations of Augmented Cognition, which of course I added to the list… until I looked it up on Amazon and saw it was $325! In the name of all that is good in this world, does it really need to be that expensive? Definitely a used book purchase.
I’m so sick of this crap market for residential real estate right now. What an irritating time to try and SELL A HOUSE!
Very relieved that I’m not being stalked in light of some random events today (also testing a new plugin and need a fresh post)
To all of the sites out there that only publish partial posts in their feeds - You’re wasting my time. Seriously, I hate you guys.
Stop asking me if I want to restart. I’ll restart when it is convenient for me, jeeze - what a nag!
@FredMeyer stores: No matter what you call it in the end - chicken should never be incorporated into sushi.
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