February 2010
January 2010
i have no idea how i did it →
but i came out of sur la table with a bill totaling less than $50.
two boxes of dolce gusto coffee pods: $18.00
one mojito muddler: $9.95
one meat tenderizer: $4.95
one potato peeler: $7.95
one stainless steel bar spoon/stirrer: $1.95
by all rights i should have gone on a shirred egg kick and picked up $176.88 in god damn ramekins or something (i totally almost spent $34.95 on a popover pan....
“Sure, it weakens campaign finance laws, but the campaign finance laws were...”
– Squashed: Free Speech, Corporate Speech, and Corporate money (via marco)
ok, why isn’t the term “passivist” or “economic pegboy” bandied about more frequently?
the case for switching to LED lightbulbs
answers:
superdoofus-stratodrive:
ok, here’s mr. facts:
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incandescent [icd]: $0.50/ea., 2000 hr life
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compact fluorescent [cf]: $3.00/ea., 10,000 hr life
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LED [led]: $10.00/ea., 100,000 hr life
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considering a kWh cost of $0.15, 8.0 hours of usage/day, all lumen outputs equivalent to a 45W incandescent:
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icd (45W) = $19.80/yr
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cf (9W) = $3.96/yr
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led...
the case for switching to LED lightbulbs
ok, here’s mr. facts:
incandescent [icd]: $0.50/ea., 2000 hr life
compact fluorescent [cf]: $3.00/ea., 10,000 hr life
LED [led]: $10.00/ea., 100,000 hr life
considering a kWh cost of $0.15, 8.0 hours of usage/day, all lumen outputs equivalent to a 45W incandescent:
icd (45W) = $19.80/yr
cf (9W) = $3.96/yr
led (3W) = $1.32/yr
considering that an LED will run for 34 years without...
almost there
interwebs [coming on wednesday]
sat. tv [done]
eletricity [done]
cooking gas [done]
moving truck & helper dudes [reserved]
usps address change [done]
bank/phone address change [done]
paypal/amazon/etc. address change [done]
packing [almost done]
target spree [friday evening]
move everything [saturday]
<3 moving
This is what I always think of when I hear 'Volga...
melanyouth:
In response to the proud and manly video clip referenced below, here is a painting by Ilya Repin showing what those poor motherfuckers really looked like.
(Click for a bigger version here)
mills:
Leonid Kharitonov & the Red Army Choir - Song of the Volga Boatmen.
To Tragos’ plaintive request for music capable of offsetting the effects of his “highly thanatotic” work...
ragbag asked: is dancing, as usually conducted, compatible with a high standard of morality?
Soul Tunes
tragos:
If one were to be mired in highly thanatotic work requiring little thought but much endurance, what song would most effectively restore the fortitude and pliancy of one’s soul?
song of the volga boatmen [performance by the russian red army choir, 1965. be sure to turn on the captions]. it’s what huge teams of russians would sing as they trudged for miles up the banks of the volga...
Two Positive Customer Service Experiences
marc:
… To my surprise, an Apple Genius handed me a replacement within a few minutes of looking at the phone. (Interesting side note, the Genius shined some sort of UV light down the iPhone’s audio-out port. Apparently Apple can tell if an iPhone has been submerged in water that way. Not that mine had.) …
what they’re looking for is a water-sensitive indicator sticker that...
what comes after primary, secondary, and tertiary? →
quaternary, quinary, senary, septenary, octonary, nonary, denary. words also exist for `twelfth order’ (duodenary) and `twentieth order’ (vigenary).
“Mr. Waterhouse said that the obnoxious, dank flavor of a “corked” wine, which...”
– The Curious Cook - Wine Enhancement Devices Are Put to a Test - NYTimes.com
THIS WORKS!! amazing.
(via notjenny)
i wonder if this would work on organic wines (which taste pretty much like corked wine)
“A legion of horribles, hundreds in number, half naked or clad in costumes attic...”
– blood meridian
takes huevos to pass off a sentence that long.
faith.
nikography:
katastrophic:
toni: i can only imagine if jared wasn’t going with her
me: i know her mom was estatic when she told her jared would live with her. only so she wouldn’t have to worry about nik dying.
toni: yea when they’re together
me: jared is going to have to nik proof the apartment.
toni: plugs on the sockets, automatic gas shut off at midnight.
me: even the strings on the...
nikography asked: DICKS, favorite bee.
brianvan:
filmoculous:
“The odd go down.” (My crazy mnemonic device for remembering which NYC avenues go north or south.)
I think you’re odd if you won’t go down.
heads up from someone that’s done a ton of driving in nyc: 1st and 2nd ave don’t conform to this rule. and my mnemonic for avenues is “all the crazies (odds) move downtown.
here’s my device for numbered...
renting in nyc is always safe and sound :D...
We are looking for the right tenant!! single family or Single. Let me tell you little about my self. My name is Mr. Ramon Ruiz My initial plan was to sale out the apt. which I tried, but sometimes the agents inflate the prize and it takes longer to sell. Because of this reason and more I need a responsible person (With good credit) that can take very good care of the apartment. I inherited the...