Entries from November 2003

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

"We The Living" returns to theatres….

Courtesy of Miss Liberty's Film and TV Reviews: Contact: Duncan Scott Duncan Scott Productions, Inc. 17010 Sunset Blvd. Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 Phone: 310 454-9460 AYN RAND MOVIE RETURNS TO THEATERS Los Angeles, CA – Oct 21, 2003. Moviegoers as well as fans of novelist/philosopher Ayn Rand will soon have a rare opportunity to see [...]

Sunday, November 30th, 2003

Direct drive, chainless, folding, recumbent bike (German, experimental)

http://home.arcor.de/da-ckel/ddb/ddb.htm Inspired by Thomas Kretschmer's original design.

Friday, November 28th, 2003

Office Space action figures

If they don't already exist, I think that there could be a market for them. Milton, Biker Neighbor, Lumbergh, Peter, etc. Along with accessories like “Cubicle”, “Cantankerous Volvo”. “Barren Apartment”, “F***IN' Copier', etc. —- Mike Judge, the director of 'Office Space', also created “Beavis and Butthead”, and “King of the Hill”. He has a degree [...]

Friday, November 28th, 2003

Tool cases

I don't care for blow molded tool cases that most retail power tools ship with. My preference would be for foam padded (like the foam on back pack handles), zippered pouches, with backpack style handles. I would also like tool rolls that consisted of a large sheet of cordura fabric covered with a big sheet [...]

Thursday, November 27th, 2003

Why women live longer

http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030930.wwomen0930/BNStory/National/ Why women live longer Canadian Press Ottawa — If men dropped their risky ways and bad habits they would live just as long as women, suggests a major new report on women's health. The study by the Canadian Institute for Health Information rejects the widespread assumption that women live longer because of an inborn [...]

Wednesday, November 26th, 2003

On democracy:

: Democracy lasts until the AARP discovers they can vote themselves medication and diapers.

Wednesday, November 26th, 2003

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Tuesday, November 25th, 2003

Stainless steel dinnerware?

At some point, I plan to buy some dinnerware, and in keeping with the philosophy of Durable Living, I plan to “buy it once, keep it forever”. Therefore, ideally, I'd like to find some stainless steel dinnerware. However, it has proven surprisingly hard to find on the web. Most of the stuff I found seems [...]

Saturday, November 22nd, 2003

The definition of “bad day”

…bad day. (Not for squeamish!) Hossein Barkhah of Iran dislocates his elbow attempting to lift 157.5 kilograms in the snatch category in group A of the men's 77 kilogram weight class at the World Weightlifting Championship in Vancouver, British Columbia, November 18, 2003. REUTERS/Lyle Stafford Courtesy of Die Puny Humans.

Friday, November 21st, 2003

Buy a piece of Ethan Hawke

[This is an example of how regulations hurt innovation, and harm consumers. The costs of an IPO are huge, due to the regulatory requirements. If there were no regulations, we would see a lot more innovative financing methods like this one.] http://money.cnn.com/2003/11/17/news/companies/hawke_ipo/index.htm Buy a piece of Ethan Hawke Producers of 'Billy Dead', new movie starring [...]