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Saturday, 11 March 2006

Consensus Web Filters

Kevin Kelly has a great piece on what he calls consensus web filters—that is, site which rely on their readers to submit & rank items of import. This is a category which will become only more important with time; the ability to filter out items in which one is interested out of the millions generated daily is highly useful.

The Baker Bun Run

Back when I was at Austin College, I lived for three years at Baker Hall. One of our dorm traditions was the annual Baker Bun Run, in which the fellows would run a lap around the campus dressed in nothing but their boxers (a relic, I imagine, of the streaking phenomenon of the 70s). I never participated, considering such things beneath my dignity, but now that I’m older I really wish that I had. It would have been fun, and harmless. And—in keeping with my tweed-tie-and-sweater-vest persona—I could have worn boxers with a tie, and nothing else. It would have been amusing, and it would have been an amusing memory, but due to my reticence it’s naught but a regret now.

Yankees are Insane

A Yankee has posted text messages found on a cellphone. How can any human being write such drivel? You know, it galls me on a daily basis that they beat us in the war.

Negative-Calorie Foods

At last, a simple listing of negative calorie (or negative BTU, for those of us still hewing to a sane standard) foods is available at http://life.currenttoday.com/index.php/2006/03/12/negative-calories/. Interestingly, one could make a good Lenten diet from the listed foods.


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