Dr Wingnut

Month: February 2009

  • Jatropha

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    We finally might be getting interested in growing something for biodiesel that doesn’t compete with the food stocks.  Time’s article this week, The Next Big Biofuel? has raised the profile of Jatropha, which I blogged about in my post Better than switchgrass in September 2007.  It’s about time we got some national press about this…

  • Make me laugh

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    Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.W. H. Auden

  • Are we done yet?

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    via email from unknown, 3 October, 2001Could we find this guy and get on with our lives?

  • Follow the money

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    My cube neighbor, Bob, was listening to NPR this morning and brought me a post-it note with the following link on it for Stimulus Watch so I can see where my taxpayer dollars are going.Now this is what the web was designed for… porn is nice, but this is important. 😉

  • Creativity

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    Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity.  Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better. John Updike (1932-2009)

  • Waste Time

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    Live action re-enactment of Super Mario BrosUser-submitted re-enactments of old Far Side cartoonsFun animation re-enacting an old Internet soundNear-perfect run of Marble MadnessStar Wars retold by someone who hasn’t seen itPassive-aggressive nerdsvia email from Good Experience newsletter and J. Daniel Lord, Jr.

  • Questing

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    He that knew all that learning ever writKnew only this – that he knew nothing yet.Aphra Behn