Author: Snapping Links

“Among other things, they said, a science adviser should be someone who will remind the next administration what science can and cannot do.” kinda scary.

(tags: politics science)

agree with this commenter: “This is awesomely meta.”

(tags: science academia society blogosphere funny)

from the comments: “The automated excerpt would be fine, if it included pictures, and included the first paragraph rather than first X characters.” I might actually grab this one for myself, as I absolutely rely on excerpts!

(tags: wordpress to-do checkback)

“To what extent am I entitled to attach context-dependent social expectations to a corner of the Internet that I control?” a damn fine question, and a tricky one. I have shifted back & forth over that particular line, and I don’t know if I’ve found the ri

(tags: blogosphere writing society philosophizing)

bleh.

(tags: money misc_tech)

go her! I have fond memories of watching C ride in Tacoma, years ago. (the john-deere-tractor-green kona.) also, there’s a Pierce Co bike map?

(tags: local tacoma bicycling)

for OlyBlog?

(tags: reference blogosphere local olympia to-read usability psychology)

“the gasoline crisis is taking the highest toll, as a percentage of income, on people in rural areas of the South, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming and North and South Dakota” (having driven thru the dakotas, I can believe it.)

(tags: eco society politics)

“A Q&A with Olympia, Washington, city manager Steven Hall and public works director Michael Mucha” from last December. (since then, they’ve decided on the Safeway site for the new city hall.)

(tags: olympia local eco politics)

🙂

(tags: funny arts blogosphere)

EPIC FAIL FTW? 😛

(tags: inspiration psychology society academia)

“Ziploc bags” — just did that with the scary, scary cable drawer. (also, little cards to label which cable is in each bag)

(tags: home productivity)

from the movie Maxed Out…which made me cry.

(tags: money politics society)

via dylan. thinking abt posting this to olyblog, too. very cool!

(tags: garden reference misc_tech)

had to do some SERIOUS searching to find this. doesn’t include Oly, but at least it ought to be with a week or two accuracy.

(tags: garden reference)

I’ve seen something like this in the ikea catalog. nice to know I could do it myself.

(tags: home)

yeah, I should be stretching more.

(tags: exercise bicycling reference)

“an oral history, speaking with scores of people involved in every stage of the Internet’s development, from the 1950s onward”

(tags: interwebs history web_dev to-read)

Cook’s Illustrated recommends (just barely) Columela, Lucini Italia, and Colavita.

(tags: food reference)

heh.

(tags: funny productivity home)

photos from our friends Steve & Paula, world travelers extraordinare! (now teaching English in Turkey, apparently heading next to the Czech Republic.)

(tags: travel photography)

IOW, we are totally screwed.

(tags: security accessibility web_dev usability society)

my favorite meal to cook these days is steak or chicken with Johnnies seasoning salt on cast iron, plus a huge salad. extra-perfect for game night, as I can keep playing while taking 2-minute breaks to sear, turn, etc., plus the gang loves it.

(tags: food reference)

ye gods & little fishes. but in a good way.

(tags: photography web_dev reference weird)

the recipe book is pretty genius. (could also be used for D&D?) and we’ve used binder clips as chip clips for years now.

(tags: productivity home kitchen recipes)

I don’t have lemon zest, but I do have asparagus at home, so I think I’m going to make it tonight anyway!

(tags: recipes veggies)

I need to find a copy of this poster that isn’t beat to sh*t. Really. Seriously.

(tags: personal gifts gaming arts)

“Credited with increasing bike use in the city […] the lift [in Trondheim, Norway] is used on average more than 50 times a day, carting cyclists up the 20[%] gradient.” THAT is a clever idea. Harrison hill, I’m looking at you….

(tags: bicycling urban_studies)

One thing I find interesting about this piece is that it includes pricing for all the infrastructure changes.

(tags: portland bicycling urban_studies local olympia ena)

that looks surprisingly like the basic structure of our living room.

(tags: home)

I thought of this during our last D&D game when C mentioned the drinking hall with the axe-throwing contest. 🙂

(tags: funny gaming)

fascinating

(tags: travel checkback reference)

nice conceptualization. this weekend we cleaned out a bunch of drawers.

(tags: productivity home)

interesting review of techniques for making the urban landscape more bike-friendly. (some annoying mannerisms, a deep hatred for autos, but good stuff if you can ignore those things.)

(tags: bicycling urban_studies)

“Democratic candidates who appear on the Report receive a statistically significant “Colbert bump” in campaign donations, raising 44 percent more money in a 30-day period after appearing on a show” (via alykat)

(tags: politics weird funny tv)