February 2012
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“Where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent....”
– George Washington, from the Ron Chernoff’s Washington: A Life
May 2010
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Google Chrome Speed Tests
Pretty good way of advertising a browser’s speed. Liked this from Google. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
April 2010
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Electric Bike
In my fourth, frustrating hour of waiting for my car to be fixed at Pep Boys, I’m actually beginning to calculate how long my daily commute would be if I switched to this thing.. See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
March 2010
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After Five Years Of Trying..
I might actually get the chance to pay face value for a decent ticket to a Sox game at Fenway Park this season. Although after reading the email in more detail, I noticed that the availability of the tickets will be mixed and “will mostly include standing room and obstructed view grandstand tickets”. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
Manly Slang from the 19th Century
While writing our first book, The Art of Manliness: Classic Skills and Manners for the Modern Man, we decided to throw a few old-time 19th century slang words into the text just for fun. While scouring old dictionaries for some words that would fit in the book, we came across many others that were beyond awesome but didn’t make the cut. Here’s a glossary of our favorite manly slang that...
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Does Google Own Us?
Paranoia or prudence? Thought-provoking take on the Google empire. via Hungry Beast Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
Overnight
I can’t get enough of time-lapse video. Love this one from a guy named Charles Leung who took this of the sky over somewhere in Hawaii. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
February 2010
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Wisdom From NFL Kicker's Twitter Feed
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National Debt
Download now or preview on posterous 1statutorylimitsonfeddebt_1940-current.xls (51 KB) There are a number of exhibits included in the budget that President Obama sent to Congress this week. Look at the one above called Statutory Limits on Federal Debt. Scroll down and see how many times (and to what degree) Congress has voted to lift the debt ceiling on...
Browser Usage Stats: Chrome Grows While IE and...
email share An analytics company called Net Applications has determined that Google’s Chrome web browser is stealing market share from both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. In January, ChromeChrome grew by 0.57% to 5.20% of the browser market. Meanwhile, FirefoxFirefox shrunk by 0.20% to 24.41% and IE shrunk 0.51% to 62.18%. Safari and Opera both stayed put, more or less;...
How To Adjust Your Withholding
It’s tax time of year again, and it’s a good time to remember to check that your paycheck withholding is correct. The IRS said that last year more than 110 million taxpayers got refunds averaging $2,753 apiece. That’s called overwithholding, and it can be corrected by simply filing a revised Form W-4 with your employer. The information you provide on the W-4 when you’re...
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Relax
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January 2010
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What Are Yeux Deuxing?
Ran across this on another blog that listed a few of the author’s favorite online tools. Tuexdeux was one of them. Looks interesting.. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
Easier Way To Back Up Your Data
Lately I’ve been trying Dropbox, which is a web-based file backup tool that synchronizes across multiple computers. So far I’m really impressed. I used to find that I did all my work on one computer (my desktop), because that’s where most of the data was saved.But with Dropbox, I can download the tool on both my desktop and laptop, create folders and put the files in them, and...
December 2009
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You Can’t Get There From Here
You can’t get there from here By Andy Woodruff on 22 December 2009 Apparently in Maine they have a saying, “you can’t get there from here” (spoken in a Maine accent), said when giving directions as an observation of the impossibility of traveling a direct route between certain places. It seems to have something to do with lakes and the organization of roads in the vast rural areas of the...
Fantasy Football Trade Analyzer
Analyzing the fairness of trades between owners can be one of the stickier parts of the job of being a fantasy football commissioner. :) So when I ran across this trade analyzer put together by Accuscore, I was instantly intrigued. Given how popular fantasy football has become, I’ve often wondered why there isn’t something like this readily available. I’ve even spent...
Snowflakes
These were the first few of many flakes that fell this weekend. We eventually got around 17” where we are in northern Delaware, and the snow that fell on Saturday, 12/19/09 was the second most on record in nearby Philadelphia. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson dot net | Comment »
Turkey Bowl
Wawa’s $2.99 Turkey Bowl is my new favorite lunch item. It’s like eating a miniature Thanksgiving dinner from a bowl. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson dot net | Comment »
Funny Christmas Commercial
Target has put together some pretty funny Christmas commercials this year. I laugh every time I see this one.. Posted via email from waynerobinson dot net | Comment »
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Peter Gammons: My 20 years at ESPN
John Walsh is one of the rare people who see what most of us never imagined. “The future of television is information,” he told me, a Boston Globe-trained Sports Illustrated guy. “You may be the first here at ESPN to make this transition, but you will not be the last.” “SportsCenter” then was sometimes 15 minutes at 7 p.m., host only, and I was a part-timer...
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Peter Gammons: My 20 years at ESPN
John Walsh is one of the rare people who see what most of us never imagined. “The future of television is information,” he told me, a Boston Globe-trained Sports Illustrated guy. “You may be the first here at ESPN to make this transition, but you will not be the last.” “SportsCenter” then was sometimes 15 minutes at 7 p.m., host only, and I was a part-timer...
View From My Deer Stand
See that deer down there? Me either.. :) Posted via email from waynerobinson dot net | Comment »
Babysitter
There are busy times when I find Comcast’s On Demand service to be pretty awesome.. Posted via email from waynerobinson dot net | Comment »
Easy Way To See Pompeii
Head over to Italy and check out the famous ancient Pompeii ruins - in 3D from your computer using Google Street View. Check it out here. via Mashable Posted via email from waynerobinson dot net | Comment »
Waterfall
via ekoventure.com Gorgeous picture of the Seljalandsfoss waterfall in Iceland. The best part is that these falls are accessible by foot, with a path that leads directly behind the 180 foot falls. Posted via web from waynerobinson dot net | Comment »
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I'd Like You to Be My Partner
I’d like to make you a business offer. Seriously. This is a real offer. In fact, you really can’t turn me down, as you’ll come to understand in a moment… Here’s the deal. You’re going to start a business or expand the one you’ve got now. It doesn’t really matter what you do or what you’re going to do. I’ll partner with you no matter...
November 2009
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What To Do With An Old 401(k) Balance
A lot of people leave the money they’ve accumulated in a retirement account with an old employer when they resign and go to a new company. With the job market such as it is now, it’s not unusual for somebody to have two, three or even more retirement accounts spread across that same number of former employers either. When I get asked about what to do with these funds, the question...
Behind the Scenes of a Speaking Mouth
Check out this image taken by speech researcher Christine Ericsdotter. She used a rapid-fire X-ray camera that captured the movements of a person speaking at 50 frames per second over 20 seconds. Pretty fascinating. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
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Language Cheats
I love Google. They just continue to roll out new, free tools. Google Translate is one of their newest services, and it offers the ability to translate words from one language to another as you type, in real time. If you upload a document, it will translate the entire text to the language of your choice. It also has a speech feature that helps you determine how to say a word with just a click...
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The U.S. House of Presumptuous Meddlers
As an American, I am embarrassed that the U.S. House of Representatives has 220 members who actually believe the government can successfully centrally plan the medical and insurance industries. I’m embarrassed that my representatives think that government can subsidize the consumption of medical care without increasing the budget deficit or interfering with free choice. It’s a...
Borrowing Our Way To Economic 'Recovery'
This chart from the Congressional Budget Office shows the actual and projected U.S. budget surplus/deficit in the 2000’s. Recent levels of government spending are absolutely staggering (and costs related to proposed healthcare reform aren’t even included here). There are good arguments to be made that the government’s actions over the past 2 years have saved us from the...
Tanker Truck Full of Coffee
My first thought as I came up behind this truck was “It would be both strange and disgusting if that tanker was filled with coffee, but why else would they plaster the word in huge lettering on the back of their truck?” This can’t be the reaction the marketing folks at Pilot, which has a chain of gas stations, were going for when they designed that advertising campaign. ...
Seven Open Enrollment Tips for 2010
It’s that time of year again - open enrollment for next year’s insurance benefits. Kiplinger’s has some good tips to remember as you begin tackling the paperwork. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
"Beau"
Jimmy Stewart reciting a touching poem about a dog on the Johnny Carson show. Man, my allergies are acting up again… Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
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Google Just Made Garmin Pretty Irrelevant
Google just introduced another product. It’s called Google Maps Navigation, and it provides GPS guided turn-by-turn navigation for free. For now, it’s only available on phones with Google’s Android operating system, but I have no doubt it will be rolled out to many more devices before very long. The days of paying for this kind of information are clearly numbered,...
Will You Get The Swine Flu Vaccine?
New Scientist has an excellent article about the what the H1N1 virus is, and the common myths surrounding its controversial vaccine.The break down of who is most affected by the flu itself is sobering. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
October 2009
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What Really Goes on When the House Convenes
Gotta love this photo of Connecticut House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk (standing on far right) making an impassioned plea against a Democratic-written budget last month. Seems like a picture of a normal debate on the floor of a State House of Representatives, right? But look closer at colleagues Rep. Barbara Lambert, D-Milford, and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport,...
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If You're Upgrading To Windows 7, You Might Like...
I ran across this tool today and I’m pretty impressed. Ninite is a simple and free web-based tool that installs the latest versions of multiple software applications on your computer, allowing you to run the setup process for each of them at the same time. You run it right from their web page, and it doesn’t install any of its own software. Very nice little time saver. This comes...
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Finance Your New Lamborghini!
I chuckled when I saw this story today. Evidently, for the first time, you can now purchase one of Lamborghini’s $345,000 sports cars on credit. According to Cars.com’s Kicking Tires, here’s how the financing terms work: “The offers include 5.9% for a 12-year term. Yes, 12 years. If you have really good credit, including a credit score of more than 740, you can get 0%...
Easy PB&J Jar
See and download the full gallery on posterous As an expert PB&J sandwich maker, I say the Easy PB&J Jar is genius!! Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
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Fenway Flavor
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The Average Internet User
The average internet user in the U.S. spent 68 hours online in September. [Nielsen via Mashable] See and download the full gallery on posterous Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
Just Try Not To Smile When You Watch This!
Check out this Southwest Airlines flight attendant giving pre-flight instructions.. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
Eagles v. Buccaneers - 10/11/09
My first NFL game. Picture perfect weather. On a side note, the Eagles won 33-14. Posted via email from Wayne Robinson | Comment »
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Telegraph to Texting to Twitter - Communication...
Just read an excellent article by Ellen Gibson in this week’s Business Week about how Twitter, Facebook and other newer forms of social media face some of the same sort of skepticism today that older forms of communication did when they were first invented.
A few examples from the book:
Socrates objected to writing, partly because the new “invention” eliminated the need to...
Checking The Unit Price
Do you ever notice the unit price of the items you buy at the grocery store? It’s amazing how much things cost in terms of standard measures of weight (i.e., quart, gallon).
For example, this 1/2 oz bottle of Zicam I saw at the local Safeway this week was selling for $14.49. That means it would cost almost $1,000 for a quart of it!!
I’m having trouble coming up with anything...
This Is Unfortunate Ad Placement
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September 2009
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I Could Just Loop This Over and Over
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Corn Maze at Dusk
My brother-in-law is operating a corn maze/pumpkin patch on our farm this fall, and I took a pre-opening tour of the maze. At around 1.5 miles long, its kinda spooky at night (that little dot in the middle is the moon)!
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August 2009
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How To Turn $1 into $0.08
Great chart from zerohedge.com that a guy named Sean W. Malone put together. Download the full-size image for best effect..
The irony is that the dollar’s steep descent since 1900 coincides almost perfectly with the founding of the Federal Reserve (in 1913), which was created with the express purpose of protecting the currency.
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