If you hadn’t heard, the Dallas Cowboys are almost done building a new stadium and from the sounds of it it’s a bit over the top. Sounds specially over-the-top compared to some others, especially when you think that Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium is pretty sparse for the ‘biggest’ team in teh world. Reading about [...]
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Two Ohio college presidents are among dozens nationwide who are asking lawmakers to consider whether the legal drinking age should be lowered from 21. College presidents seek to re-examine drinking age – Cleveland Metro News – The Latest Breaking News, Photos and Stories from The Plain Dealer. I have long thought our nations mandated 21 [...]
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ITALY’S Agriculture Ministry announced this month that some wines that receive the government’s quality assurance label may now be sold in boxes. Op-Ed Contributor – Wine in a Box Protects the Environment and Saves You Money – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com. Box wine should become mainstream (i.e. put good wine in it) as it is a [...]
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Buckling under the weight of the Internet radio royalty hike that SoundExchange pushed through last July, Pandora may pull its own plug soon. Despite being one of the most popular Internet radio services, the company still isn’t making money, and its founder, Tim Westergren, says it can’t last beyond its first payment of the higher [...]
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Cooking tonight with some of the great stuff I’ve been getting from my CSA share. Tonight I made using a baguette from TASI a chevre panini one of my favorite street foods in Paris (goat cheese and tomato. Some salt and pepper voilà) also made some green beans with some shallots, sauted and then finished [...]
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“the best campaign team in the universe ever,” working out of “ ‘The Daily Show’ news-scraper: 117 stories, 73 situation rooms, 26 news tickers,” and promising to bring “you all the news stories — first … before it’s even true.” (Quoting the current ad campaign for the election coverage of the Daily Show) Is Jon [...]
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Unbelievable finish to the 100-meter butterfly last night with Phelps keeping his quest for 8 golds alive with a miraculous comeback. Cavic who appeared to have the race one was a hair short of the wall allowing Phelps to complete another stroke and hit the wall. Unlike a sprint on the track you gotta be [...]
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So if you read the title you probably don’t have a clue what I am talking about here. Two things, one is I recently changed my cable provider from Wide Open West (WOW) the budget competitor to Time Warner here in Columbus (and other Midwest cities) back to Time Warner Cable (TWC), who despite having [...]
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The free software movement had a tough choice of whether to appeal a lower court decision that held freely distributed software couldn’t be protected through the use of copyright infringement claims (only contract claims). The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. overturned the lower decision saying that despite the traditional [...]
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Phelps kick starts his day and his metabolism with three fried-egg sandwiches…Amuse-bouche out of the way, he throws back two cups of coffee and sits down to an omelette – containing five eggs – and a bowl of grits…three slices of French toast…And to finish: three chocolate chip pancakes.” from the Guardian (link below) So [...]
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