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all the forms, brochures, etc., etc. warning: here be pdfs.(tags: remodel)
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"Any addition, improvement, remodel, renovation, structural correction, or repair that materially adds to the value or improves the condition of an existing dwelling may qualify for reduced property taxes for three years." no kidding!(tags: remodel)
links for 2009-01-01
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As sung by Beaker. Awesomely silly!
links for 2008-12-31
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"Once one understands that a text message travels wirelessly as a stowaway within a control channel, one sees the carriers’ pricing plans in an entirely new light." Also explains why text messages have to be short. Also: bastards! I continue to have serious hate for the telcoms.
links for 2008-12-30
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Alas: "But the sophisticated windows and heat-exchange ventilation systems needed to make passive houses work properly are not readily available in the United States. So the construction of passive houses in the United States, at least initially, is likely to entail a higher price differential."
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these also work for Timberland Regional Library!
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sounds nomnomnom. I could really stand to get a slow cooker.
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"The ginormous cat’s sole purpose in life is to eat children (and adults, some say) that do not get a new piece of clothing before Christmas." whoa. that is some craaaaazy folklore.
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"Keeping money under the mattress is tempting at times, but I’ll stick with the TwinStar Credit Union." How lovely. (25+ year member, talks about his mom's experiences during the depression.)(tags: creditunion)
links for 2008-12-29
links for 2008-12-26
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I need to do this.
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with cream, pancetta & cheese!
links for 2008-12-24
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Looks like it gives a lot of design flexibility.
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more awesome lego-ness, altho with a creepy edge this time.
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o.m.g…lego robot that bowls perfect game of wii bowling. I think my head just exploded. (plus: dig the books holding it down. nerdtacular!)
links for 2008-12-23
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"Politics, as the most encompassing of our mass institutions, now balances on a knife edge between a past which no longer works and a future of chaos." Quote w/in the story. Just had to grab because the last time I heard the phrase "knife edge" was in LotR. Now THAT was serious end-of-the-world sh!t. 😉 Also, I like the pragmatic evolutionary take, sort of the "in the long run we are all dead" POV. (replace "we are all dead" with "we all evolve.")
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these look pretty tasty. (I've been baking oatmeal-chocolate chip and pinwheel cookies this year.)
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"Some evidence suggests that Christmas itself was merely a reappropriation of the pagan festival of Saturnalia. If that is in fact the case, my godless Christmas is more an insult to ancient Romans than to Christians. Since there aren't too many of them left, I won't let it worry me." The last couple of years, I've taken to telling people that I celebrate Christmas as the Japanese do (or at least as my popular understanding of that), which is to say that it's all about the aesthetics.
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"In an ever-escalating game of chicken between the executive branch and the rest of the world, Vice President Dick Cheney wants you to understand that he has done nothing wrong over the past eight years."(tags: politics)
links for 2008-12-22
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Ha! In my case, that would be college vs. the hours I snuck in learning HTML when I worked at United Way. 🙂
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"The truth is that less than 3 percent of the region's total transportation funds are spent on bicycle and pedestrian projects and programs, while 37 percent of the region's population — the old, the young, the disabled, the poor and those who don't own cars — cannot or does not drive." Also noted: local roads are paid for not by gas taxes, but by sales/property tax.
links for 2008-12-18
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(moped ought to be sufficient)
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harvest, rescuetime, freckle & bubbletimer
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"a complete time management solution"(tags: business time-tracking)
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“All you have to do to cook is want to do it. The kitchen is never the problem.†words to live by, I suppose. (those to whom I sent cookies for Xmas may be surprised at the kitchen I cooked them in.)
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"Despite being admonished by the Federal Trade Commission in 2005 and again in 2007, FreeCreditReport.com's peddling of "free" credit reports continues — and recently it has reached a fever pitch." How slimy. Remember, boys & girls, always use AnnualCreditReport.com.
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"honestly, there’s something eminently satisfying about pulverizing things with a fork. Like, “You’re no match for ME, garlic! Now, off to save some kittens from a tree! (*flies away*)â€" cute. also, this looks like a good recipe, and I love garlic bread. maybe for tomorrow w/leftover spaghetti sauce?
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neato!
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some ideas…