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Changing Gears: San Francisco Stairway Walk
A ramble up and down the hills and streets of my neighborhood, with sociable cats, Burning Man patrol jeeps, a 4/20 rally, and more. I’m filing this under Travel even though I probably didn’t get a mile from my house. In the slideshow below, we’re basically going to wander up Beaver Street out of the…
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Seeing Inside the Quantifiable Self
While the trend has been slowly building over the last decade, the concept of the ‘quantifiable self’ has now fully emerged, in the form of gadgets and websites that can monitor, display, and analyze your personal health and wellness data. Whether it’s the Nike Fuel Band, FitBit, or sites like MyFitnessPal that track your fitness…
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Hooray for the DP.LA!
The Digital Public Library of America beta site went live today. If you’re a knowledge geek, today is a happy day.
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Understanding the Second Amendment
Here is the text of the Second Amendment: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” ‘Well regulated Militia’, is that not understood? Could nothing be more clear about what this text means? That the government…
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Portland Posting
Last year for my birthday I took the Coast Starlight train from LA to Portland, Oregon. Obviously I was dressed in my favorite Harajuku Girl costume.