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May 27, 2010

Birnbaum forced out of MMS – Carol E. Lee – POLITICO.com

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 6:37 pm

The head of the Minerals and Management Services has resigned the top post at the agency that has come under fire for lax oversight of offshore drilling amid an increasingly devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, sources with knowledge of the move said Thursday morning.

via Birnbaum forced out of MMS – Carol E. Lee – POLITICO.com.

March 27, 2010

Seward, NE

Filed under: Smalltown Project — mike @ 2:20 pm

Population 6,133 (2000 Census)


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January 12, 2010

Morning Commute Update 1/12/10

Filed under: Commute — mike @ 5:51 pm

Manassas, VA to SW DC
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December 31, 2009

Brinkman Smoker Mods

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 4:51 pm

http://home.comcast.net/~day_trippr/smoker_mods.htm

November 8, 2009

Ongoing Commute time data

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 4:24 am

Found out the Garmin provides a simpler CSV summary file of each trip.

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November 4, 2009

Daily Commute Graphs

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 1:15 am

Just in case you need visual proof of how sucky DC traffic is.

Morning speed profile:

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Evening Speed Profile:

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Courtesy of Garmin Nuvi 255WT and uTrack

March 29, 2008

Villar Pellice

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 8:32 pm



Villar Pellice

Originally uploaded by effe77

“Ancestral Homeland”

December 15, 2007

Sears Wishbook Stereo

Filed under: Nostalgia — mike @ 2:24 am


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Originally uploaded by Wishbook

My parents bought this unit from Sears when I was a kid.

All of those knobs had a really peculiar feel — a gritty , sticky , thunk. Funny the stuff you remember.  But they had a uber shiny finish , looks expensive.

This stuff was expensive for the time, and was absolute JUNK.  Those speakers were amazingly crappy fiberboard.

Only saving grace is the digital tuner which was sophisticated technology at that time.

Do people even have separate stereos anymore?

September 19, 2007

Jean Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 7:17 pm



Jean Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop

Originally uploaded by Jared Hayter

Touristy but good. Also a piano bar

July 25, 2007

Multitouch Display Wall

Filed under: Uncategorized — mike @ 4:09 pm

This is the future.

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