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Too late 448 Myrtle, Brooklyn

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:41:00 -0500

Too late
448 Myrtle, Brooklyn

pambeckman: Not having coffee in the house for the third straight morning, and it is not ok. ...

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:23:47 -0500

Not having coffee in the house for the third straight morning, and it is not ok. Beckman needs to wake up to the smell of the auto-brewing for the day to start off right. Murray and I are off to Starbucks…

I have trouble finding a balance with coffee. I gave it up for several weeks a few years ago, and life without it was just…gray. But when I drink it every day, I have less energy the longer I go from my last cup. I don’t like needing it so much.

The architect of the new building is probably known for saying:...

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:50:00 -0500

The architect of the new building is probably known for saying: “are you going to finish that?” and then eating your fries

Working while cat-sitting is proving more difficult than...

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:28:04 -0500

Working while cat-sitting is proving more difficult than expected

"From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:11:29 -0500

“From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and Asia…could not by force take a drink from the Ohio River or make a track on the Blue Ridge in the trial of a thousand years. No, if destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of free men we will live forever or die by suicide.”

- - Abraham Lincoln in his adress to the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois, 1838 (via jamesnord)

a) this may explain some of the fear of Soviet nukes (other than the well-deserved fear) - after they built the Bomb, the US became vulnerable to outside annihilation for the first time. That’s cause for an existential crisis

b) this idea comforts me as I stew with my thoughts of an eventual breakdown of foreign trade and a default on US government obligations - we can get by just fine without either. Not that it would be fun, but we can feed, clothe and finance ourselves

Michael Burry - probably one of the best investors of our time

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:25:10 -0500

Michael Burry - probably one of the best investors of our time

This is the 60 Minutes segment on Bloom Energy’s fuel...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:56:38 -0500

This is the 60 Minutes segment on Bloom Energy’s fuel cells.

Cost: ~$750,000 per 100kW “unit”
CA tax rebate: 20% of cost
Federal tax rebate: 30% of cost
After tax cost: ~$375,000 per 100kW “unit”
Google’s savings in 9 months on 5 units: $100,000 (just over 3 cents/kW)
Assumed annual energy price inflation: 5.5% (CA’s annual increase has been 6% over the past 40 years, according to Bloom)
Lifespan of unit: 10 years
Return on investment: -1.5% per year.

This is really cool, but they have to get the cost down. Taking production to scale should help, as would government incentives, and production in someplace with an undervalued currency, like China (though that would defeat the point).

Guess I'm a Young!

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:20:04 -0500

thecaleb:

masshole:

cosmocatalano:

datingeveryone:

lifeaquatic:

dorothymantooth:

alexbalk:

Cho: http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/index.php
Me: oy
Me: Somehow I got an 82
Cho: hahaha
Cho: i got an 80!
Me: HAHAHAH
Me: Shut it, Grandpa.

94, bitches!!
(Seriously, though. How the fuck did that happen?)

69, muthafuckas!

62! I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel about this.

Awesome! I got an 86.

96? not sure if thats good or bad.

79

Automatic Generations research reblog. Also, I’m an 80, which is odd as I was born into Gen X. But it may explain a lifetime of failing to connect with people my own age.

GPOYW - cleaned myself up for a big meeting and decided to learn...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:27:33 -0500

GPOYW - cleaned myself up for a big meeting and decided to learn about animated gifs edition

"These days, the key driver of evolutionary change isn’t who survives long enough to have..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:49:36 -0500

“These days, the key driver of evolutionary change isn’t who survives long enough to have children, but who has the most children and how soon they start. It’s those who procreate early and often who have the most genetic impact on future generations.”

- This was the idea behind idiocracy (WSJ)

Interesting article overall, it even referenced the mind-blowing New Yorker article about how people every rich country other than the US keep getting taller.

juliasegal: Cat Curling… Seriously, I have a weakness for...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:04:56 -0500

juliasegal:

Cat Curling…

Seriously, I have a weakness for cats. Especially really fat, surprised-looking cats in unusual situations. I am still LOLing over here.

sarahspy: Claire Danes and Jared Leto photographed together for...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:44:14 -0500

sarahspy:

Claire Danes and Jared Leto photographed together for the first time since 1995, at the Elle Fashion Awards in London.

(via)

Luckily we got it right on the second take.

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:01:00 -0500

Luckily we got it right on the second take.

Down by Wall Street, signs of high-rolling drunks

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:23:34 -0500

Down by Wall Street, signs of high-rolling drunks

I am pretty sure that Adrienne is about to upload some wedding...

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:37:56 -0500

I am pretty sure that Adrienne is about to upload some wedding posts. Sorry everybody :)

A-Starry Night: (BOOM)

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:42:57 -0500

A-Starry Night: (BOOM):

I’m proud to say that I’ve FINALLY started the process of applying for my UK citizenship. I’ve been so lazy with everything but I’ve finally reached my breaking point. I’m so looking forward to getting my EU passport and being out of this ignorant shit-hole once I graduate. I’m not really sure why I bear so much resentment towards this country but I do know that it’s been building up for years and now I’ve snapped. God knows I resent my parents for randomly raising me here, why they couldn’t stay in Europe is beyond me. I can no longer just say “Oh well it’s America what do you expect?” Now - I’m gonna say a big Fuck You to the states with absolutely no remorse. Ya cultureless ignorant bastards! Or more simply, ya fucking LANGERS!

I spent my junior year of college in London. I went with similar feelings about the US, but then something happened. Some combination of:

a) Americans who wanted to renounce all of their past and act European
b) Europeans who disparaged everything about the US
c) having more in common with Americans than with any Europeans
d) bizarre cravings for—among other things—peanut butter and brownie mix

… got me to the point where, after 8 or so months, I actually missed the US. Even more surprisingly, I sort of loved the US, in spite of its many, many flaws.

Today, Adrienne and I busted out our matching Tevas.

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:38:36 -0500

Today, Adrienne and I busted out our matching Tevas.

adriennes: Amazing discovery: brown sugar= 1 cup white sugar +...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:39:09 -0500

adriennes:

Amazing discovery:

brown sugar= 1 cup white sugar + 2 Tablespoons molasses

I had just cut up the bananas and was ready to start fostering them up, when I noticed that we were out of brown sugar. Christian had a hunch that it could be done, and the internet taught us how.

(tip via thriftyfun)

While there may be some cost savings associated with this, I think that it’s a big deal because you never have to worry about petrified brown sugar, which seems to happen after a few weeks. It might also be liberating to have control over the amount of “brown” flavor, instead of just going with what the man has decided.

The marvelous tea cozy that Adrienne made me for...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 10:33:07 -0500

The marvelous tea cozy that Adrienne made me for Valentine’s day, in action!

Google to Test Ultra-Fast Broadband

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:38:46 -0500

Google to Test Ultra-Fast Broadband:

I have trouble believing that Google can actually do this. What do they know about rights of way, wiring buildings, or unionized employees whose pants fail to cover their posteriors?

This smells like a bluff.