Too bad about the “your property is greater than .5 acre and is unobstructed” requirement. Because otherwise I would totally buy a windmill.
Will Skystream 3.7 work for me?
Posted by Ben on April 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/will-skystream-37-work-for-me/
Flying Club Cup
BEIRUT – Nantes – from The Flying Club Cupby flyingclubcup
Posted by Ben on April 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/flying-club-cup/
Catching Up
100 Best Non-English Films Ever Made (Edward Copeland, via FirstShowing.net) Because everyone, apparently, has exactly the same feeling when they’re in one place. Fold a towel monkey, towel dog, even a towel lobster. (via Lifehacker) Portal to museum podcasts (via Research Buzz) “Is your child a tagger?” Coming up next in the series: “Does your […]
Posted by Ben on April 17, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/catching-up/
The Dough
It doesn’t quite have the same menacing connotation as “The Blob”… yet. LEWISTON – A 50- to 60-foot doughy mass is clogging a sewer line under the city’s main drag, and crews have been unable to budge it. “We’re not sure exactly what it is,” Public Services Director David Jones said Wednesday. “We’re just trying […]
Posted by Ben on March 30, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-dough/
Away, and back
…whatever “back” is.
Posted by Ben on March 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/away-and-back/
Numbers in Pictures
It doesn’t look like much, but what you’re looking at is the number of cell phones “retired” in the U.S. every day — 426,000. View a close up, and other similar photo montages of consumption at Chris Jordan’s Running the Numbers. (via GOOD Magazine)
Posted by Ben on February 19, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/numbers-in-pictures/
Well, that’s annoying.
Technical difficulties are cropping up now and again. You may notice the past rearing its ugly head. Hopefully it will all be over shortly.
Posted by Ben on February 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/well-thats-annoying/
Aww
Caption reads: “Louis cuddles his Mr Potato Head”. (via BoingBoing)
Posted by Ben on February 9, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/aww/
Towel Elephant
You know you want one. Now learn how to make your own, in 15 easy steps! (The last step — “Display proudly — Enjoy your elephant!” — being, of course, the best.) (WikiHow: “How to Fold a Towel Elephant”)
Posted by Ben on January 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/towel-elephant/
Anything, as long as it’s more than you get
Would you rather earn $50,000 a year while other people make $25,000, or would you rather earn $100,000 a year while other people get $250,000? Assume for the moment that prices of goods and services will stay the same. Surprisingly — stunningly, in fact — research shows that the majority of people select the first […]
Posted by Ben on January 29, 2008
https://www.swordbilled.com/anything-as-long-as-its-more-than-you-get/