A collection of photos I shot some years ago of a squirrel absconding with seeds meant for the birds
In album 2006_12_09 (28 photos)
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If true, this is absolutely outrageous!
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Shocking photos of employee costume party as a law firm that specializes in foreclosures were published in the nytimes (and shared on Boingboing and here on Google+ by a couple of folks like +Wil Wheaton).
Do these folks realize that they are no different than the folks who are losing their homes? I mean, many Americans are only one layoff away from losing their homes. This reminds me of the cops giving Occupy Wall Street protestors a hard time, while their pensions, salaries and benefits are being annihilated due to us not taxing the rich and the greed of wall street (via their pension funds).
We're all in this together…. even the mega rich. If thing continue the way they are folks are not only going to be protesting in front of the homes of the rich–they are going to start burning them down.
This is a serious situation for America. We have to get our act together and I am in full support of the Occupy Protests–even if my protest is trying to create sustainable jobs for Gen-Y folks who in many cases don't want them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/opinion/what-the-costumes-reveal.html?_r=4.
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+Phil Nickinson gives the best rebuttal yet of the ridiculous Android fragmentation chart published by +Michael DeGusta the other day.
As flawed the chart is, even Phil missed one of the most egregious errors of the chart is the indication that all generations of the iPhone have been updated to the current software which is absolutely untrue. In fact the first gen iPhone was cut off from updates when iOS 4 was released 16 months ago. The iOS 5 compatibility chart on the Apple website http://www.apple.com/ios/features.html shows that the 3G and the first two generations of the iPod Touch are no longer capable of running iOS5 and as Phil accurately points out, the 3GS and 4 are incapable of running several iOS5 features such as Siri.
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This is not a good chart Let’s not mince words here: This “Android and iPhone Update History” chart is not a good chart. Oh, it’s a pretty chart, to be sure artfully illustrated and researched.
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Michael Bay could only dream of creating something like this.
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Epic Bollywood action is epic.
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It's time to start contacting your representatives and demanding that they let the media "buggy-whip" manufacturers fade into history. They simply aren't worth saving at the expense of freedom of speech.
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http://gigaom.com/2011/10/27/looks-like-congress-has-declared-war-on-the-internet/
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Looks like Congress has declared war on the internet
A new copyright bill proposed in the House would give governments and private corporations unprecedented powers to remove websites from the internet completely, on the flimsiest of grounds, and would …
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I feel your pain Ken
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Ken Jennings is the 99%. and awesome
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This new concept of Ripples in G+ is a very cool way of getting some real time analytics and visualization.
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10 Amazing Google+ Ripples to Check Out #ripples
One of the coolest new features that launched today is called Ripples. With Ripples, you can see how posts are shared through Google+. You can even play back each Ripple, and Ripples are available on every public post. Here are some of my personal favorites from the last few weeks.
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https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=G374YVBV3BY+Dalai Lama to Hangout with +Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=JavTTDqMMUh+Ron Garan's Beautiful Picture of the Moon
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=jV6hAEU2mhA+Sergey Brin on Remembering Steve Jobs
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=dwmWyNSoXThMy announcement of the new GOOG +1 License Plate
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=gW3aRGBXe6K+Felicia Day on the Importance of RSS on websites
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=DsSLwxjojmj+will.i.am . there are billions of people on the planet
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=WVmdExLa2t1+Larry Page shares video of Web 2.0 Summit With +Vic Gundotra and +Sergey Brin
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=e29kUeoQuEJ+Mona Nomura on Superman getting #busted
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=AJskYAZBvSW+Pete Cashmore on Google Reader and Google+ Integration
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=F4eNAWBtvg3+Bill Gross on the US budget Scaled Down to a Household
https://plus.google.com/ripples/details?activityid=3eM9RZSFLJ2Ripples are not just cool, but a great way to find influencers across Google+ and see new people who care about the same things you do. So click in the upper right of any post, and select View Ripples.
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The ripple diagram shows this post spreading as users share it on Google+. Arrows indicate a user receiving the post, then resharing. (Only recent public posts show up.) Circles within circles represe…
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Since his election last November, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has consistently proven himself to be little more than a shill for his conservative corporate pals. But his latest proposal really boggles the mind. Michigan has among the worst roads in the entire nation and we have no money to fix them (or any of the other things that need repair).
One of the big reasons our roads are roads are so decrepit is that Michigan remains one of the only states in the country that still allows 80 ton trucks which just tear up the pavement. Most states limit trucks to just 40 tons. Instead of addressing this problem, Snyder has proposed changing the way roads are funded.
He wants to eliminate the retail fuel tax of $0.19 per gallon on gas and $0.15 on diesel and raise the cost of vehicle registration by an average of $120 per year. That would more than double the amount I pay for registration on the vehicles in my household.
He also wants to implement a wholesale fuel tax which he claims "is a more viable long-term funding approach." How is a fuel tax levied at the wholesale level any more viable than a retail tax? A wholesale tax is still passed along to drivers when they fill their tanks. The only difference is that the amount they pay will be further obfuscated when the tax is shifted upstream.
A further downside of this shift in the tax burden is that it disincentivizes efficiency and punishes those that drive less. A car owner that drives 1 mile or 100,000 miles will pay the same. If the wholesale tax works out to be less per gallon than the current retail tax (fat chance of that) driving further or driving a thirstier vehicle will actually cost less.
Simply raising the current retail tax instead would encourage less petroleum use and put less load on the roadways, which would ultimately cost us less to maintain and build. But a straight-up increase in an existing tax to fund absolutely necessary infrastructure is absolutely anathema to a Republican hack like Snyder. Instead he will shuffle the deck chairs in a way that will probably cost the 99% more in the end while making it seem like the opposite.
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Gov. Rick Snyder said today he thinks the state should try to find a way to raise an additional $1.4 billion in revenue for roads …
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Rick Mercer nails it – it's time for more than "It'll get better"
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By opting to go with a unique, proprietary charging connector, Tesla Motors will be forcing buyers of its new Model S electric sedan to also use its proprietary home charging station or rely on being able to hunt down a public version somewhere, assuming anyone installs one in a public place. Tesla will offer an adapter that will allow drivers to also use stations with the J1772 standard connectors that virtually every other automaker has opted to use, but that increases the hassle of charging on the go.
A charge connector doesn't need to be pretty, it needs to be functional, durable and above all safe. The J1772 connector is designed to withstand upwards of 10,000 insertions without getting loose. I have a feeling the Tesla unit may not last that long.
Being different to do something better is good. Being different just to be different, is just different.
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A new home charger from the electric-vehicle manufacturer will adapt to, but not conform out of the box, to SAE J1772, the prevailing plug and charger standard for E.V.'s in America and Europe.
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