Software engineer Kyle Conroy has compiled a list of how much money you would have today if, for example, instead of spending $5700 on a Apple PowerBook G3 250 when it was released on November 10, 1997 you'd spent that same amount on AAPL stock. The answer? Instead owning of a laptop that's probably worth all of twenty bucks today, you'd own $330,563 of AAPL stock.
Called Land Arts of the American West, the classes take place in a pair of heavy-duty Ford vans or wherever the vans and the camping gear they carry end up stopping during a 7,000-mile, two-month drive that a handful of participants — mostly architecture graduate and undergraduate students, but also artists, art historians and students recruited from other disciplines — make throughout the West.
the horse boy
heard an interview with the father of this boy on the radio yesterday. the boy has autism and the parents have brought their son to work with shamen in australian, africa and mongolia. the shamen say that the qualities this boy has, "autistic" qualities are the very same ones which in their societies would qualify them to be shamen's apprentices.
heard an interview with the father of this boy on the radio yesterday. the boy has autism and the parents have brought their son to work with shamen in australian, africa and mongolia. the shamen say that the qualities this boy has, "autistic" qualities are the very same ones which in their societies would qualify them to be shamen's apprentices.
May Day 2011
“Donald Trump is here tonight but no one is prouder to put this birth certificate to rest than The Donald. Now he can get to focusing on the issues that matter. Like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened at Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?”
had to eat dinner so went with pan fried crispy leeks, asparagus, ramps in a herb/little neck clam broth.....add panko coated pan fried cod....surf & turf
taste test this am 2 wild organic vs cultivated from a great farmer whom wins this test on other fruits/veggies....wild won today, more grassy
end result w/ ramps, spring chive/onion.....breakfast of champions
end result w/ ramps, spring chive/onion.....breakfast of champions
more bob, jasper, etc.
Paley’s Place Gets Salted
Portland’s own artisan salt expert Mark Bitterman joins Vitaly Paley and team for the next Sustainable Seafood Sunday dinner.
Portland’s own artisan salt expert Mark Bitterman joins Vitaly Paley and team for the next Sustainable Seafood Sunday dinner.
k goldsmith, epiphanies
Children's book. Don't miss the editorial reviews.
heading to a symposium in berkeley tomorrow and just realized we are staying 5 min away from chez panisse. just got lunch res.
The mafia and NYC pizza cheese (via kottke.org)
True??
IMPORTANT ATTENTION! FRIDAY - APRIL 29, 2011, Facebook will become owner of the publishing rights to ALL your private photos. You need to make a simple change: got to 'Account', 'Account Settings', 'Facebook Ads' (along the top), go to 'Ads shown by third parties', choose 'NO ONE' then SAVE. It's just a 2 minutes job, and please Share, share, share, share (for those who haven't done this yet...)
IMPORTANT ATTENTION! FRIDAY - APRIL 29, 2011, Facebook will become owner of the publishing rights to ALL your private photos. You need to make a simple change: got to 'Account', 'Account Settings', 'Facebook Ads' (along the top), go to 'Ads shown by third parties', choose 'NO ONE' then SAVE. It's just a 2 minutes job, and please Share, share, share, share (for those who haven't done this yet...)
they say "the worlds first chain of green general stores" two so far in PDX
its too cold hot outside.
