How to REALLY take out your aggressions
For the vindictive chef in your life, I present
the VooDoo knife holder. A picture truly is worth 1000 words.
New life for Palm
Wellm that's what
I'M calling it. My Palm Tungsten T has now been turned into a video iPod,
thanks to this free software. Take your video files, move them onto your SD card, and launch this free player: it reads almost any file, and formats for the Palm screen.
Now I can actually catch up on entire seasons of
on my commute!
Project Greenlight: add it to your Tivo
If you have not followed
Project Greenlight, start now. Basically, it's a documentary about amateur filmmakers who are handed millions of dollars to make a movie by Ben Affleck & Matt Damon. Insanity & hilarity ensures.
As Bill Simmons says, about 3/4 of the way down the 1 page view:
"Speaking of reality TV, I hope you're watching John Gulager's meltdown on "Project Greenlight." I am now convinced that they go out of their way to select crazy directors that will make for good TV, at the expense of the actual movie. This guy takes the cake -- it's like they pulled him out of line at the Store 24 when he was buying scratch cards and Winstons, then handed him a multi-million movie. I also loved Matt Damon's Will Hunting-like meltdown in the first episode, when he started screaming at the Dimension execs, "The master of horror is sitting two seats away from you and just told you the script can't work!" I kept expecting Robin Williams to come in with a beard and tell him, "It's not your fault, it's not your fault...""
You have to see it to believe it.
So God can look down on his team...
Ok, might as well jump on the Google Satellite bandwagon. Pretty cool feature, for instance you can see where my beloved Dallas Cowboys play,
in Texas Stadium, where there's a hole in the roof.
Of course,
TerraServer actually has closer images for some addresses, especially in CA (urban maps), but not nearly as cool as the draggable ones on Google.
Just get rid of it! And Them!
Congress first tries to draft laws for a single individual, and now comes word that they are
trying to Extend Daylight-Saving Time. Switching from DST is foolish: it has no benefit; admit it is an idea past it's time, make this time permanent.
Want to know where DST comes from?
The main purpose of Daylight Saving Time (called "Summer Time" many places in the world) is to make better use of daylight.
Daylight Saving Time also saves energy.
There is a small public health benefit to Daylight Saving time.
Early laws in Britain
A bill was drafted in 1909 and introduced in Parliament several times, but it met with ridicule and opposition, especially from farming interests. Generally lampooned at the time, Willett died in 1915, but a year later Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time) was adopted in England in May 1916, following the lead of Germany. The motivation was to conserve coal. There was a fair bit of opposition from agricultural interests who wanted daylight in the morning, but Lord Balfour came forward with a unique concern.
His campaign led to the introduction of British Summer Time in an Act of Parliament in 1916. Clocks were put one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) during the Summer months. The energy saving benefits of this were recognized during World War II, when clocks were put two hours ahead of GMT during the Summer. This became known as Double Summer Time. During the war, clocks remained one hour ahead of GMT throughout the winter.
Early adoption and U.S. law
Daylight saving has been used in the United States and in many European countries since World War I, when the system was adopted in order to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. In 1918, in order to conserve resources for the war effort, Congress placed the country on Daylight Saving Time for the remainder of WW I. It was observed for seven months in 1918 and 1919. The law, however, proved so unpopular (mostly because people rose earlier and went to bed earlier than we do today) that the law was later repealed in 1919 over President Wilson's veto. It was continued in a few states (Massachusetts, Rhode Island) and some cities (New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and others).
During World War II, the United States observed year-round Daylight Saving Time (from February 2nd, 1942 to September 30th, 1945). From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law about Daylight Saving Time. So, states and localities were free whether to observe or not to observe Daylight Saving Time and could choose when it began and ended. This, however, caused confusion -- especially for the broadcasting industry, and for railways, airlines, and bus companies. Because of the different local customs and laws, radio and TV stations and the transportation companies had to publish new schedules every time a state or town began or ended Daylight Saving Time.
Daylight Saving Time, for the U.S. and its territories, is NOT observed in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Eastern Time Zone portion of the State of Indiana, and the state of Arizona (not the Navajo Indian Reservation, which does observe). Navajo Nation participates in the Daylight Saving Time policy, due to its large size and location in three states.
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