Archive for the 'society' Category

Oil Standard

Thursday, March 23rd, 2006

Check out this fascinating browser plugin:
Oil Standard is a web browser plug-in that converts all prices from U.S. Dollars into the equivalent value in barrels of crude oil.
When you load a web page, the script seamlessly inserts converted prices into the page. As the cost of oil fluctuates on the commodities exchange, prices rise and […]

Suncomm is evil

Friday, October 14th, 2005

If you’re not familiar with Suncomm, they are the primary company the music industry uses to copy protect CDs.
I just bought Bloom, the new Sarah McLachlan Remix CD. I wanted to import it into iTunes so I can listen to it along with the rest of my music… but I can’t.
Suncomm won’t let me. They’ve […]

Riding tall bikes for Christ

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

MPR did a story on the Scallywags (the tall bike people)! All the Scallywags I’ve met are amazing people with astounding stories of how God has changed their lives. Very cool stuff. Check it out.
If you’ve ever seen a member of the Minneapolis Scallywags Bike Club pedaling down the street, you’ll probably never forget the […]

How To Turn Your Hamster into a Fighting Machine!

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005

So very, very wrong… but hilarious!

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Overheard in New York

Friday, September 16th, 2005

God Squad man: God loves each and everyone of you! The Bible says–
Woman #1: The Bible says its 8AM.
Woman #2: Yeah, sit down and shut up.
–L train
Overheard in New York
See also: Overheard in the Office

Blogs in Space (ace) … (ce) … (e)

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

Send your blog into space… free!
PS- It’s hard to type an echo