Entries from January 2005

Monday, January 31st, 2005

Chevy Van Repair Log

Window tinting: $200 – $700 by Formula One. Talked with Nikki. Rigsbee Auto Parts (Apex): 919 362 8397. Open 8-4 (M-F). 8-12 on Saturday. Call back at 4:30 p.m. to find out if they have the bulkhead. Called Maaco on 5100 Atlantic. Open 8:00 – 5:30 (M-F), 8 – 12 (S) (919) 872 6380. 11:00 [...]

Saturday, January 29th, 2005

Tool Wish List

Tool wish list: coping saw spokeshave drawknife Stanley #65 or #18 plane chisels mortis gage routing plane rasps and files Yankee 1446 eggbeater Millers Falls 'All Steel' miter box Superior Tools marking knife 'Disston Phila' (#9, #12, or #16 crosscutsaw) H. Disston & Sons' thumbhole rip saw Veritas WheelMarking Gauge Superior Toolworks St. Johnsbury Tool [...]

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

Woodworker Porn

I *heart* Lie Nielsen Toolworks. That, my friends, is art.

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

RALEIGH: free IHS seminar at Duke

http://www.theihs.org/duke/index.php Free your Mind: A seminar in ideas A Free Two-Day Event at Duke University Questions Addressed at this Conference: What do democracy and the marketplace have in common? What do people mean by a “marketplace of ideas,” and how does this relate to Duke? What is the value of popular culture? How do political [...]

Monday, January 24th, 2005

G.I. Jane

I have a thing for women in uniform. This picture especially, is all kinds of hotness.

Friday, January 21st, 2005

The sight of your Armageddon

Via Fight Aging: April Smith, a nurse who was recently hired as a fulltime fundraiser for the Methuselah Foundation, explains why she wants to fight aging: Since I've decided to take on this new challenge, I've gotten a lot of questions about “Why would you want to live longer?” “Aging is something that happens to [...]

Friday, January 21st, 2005

Elephant Dump

Via : BANGKOK (AFP) – Having taught Thailand's elephants to paint, dance and play musical instruments, their Thai handlers are now toilet-training the beasts, media reported. Handlers have installed giant human-style toilets at a camp in the northern city of Chiang Mai to try to rid the tourist attraction of unsightly droppings, according to the [...]

Thursday, January 20th, 2005

Gregg Vane's 1st year on calorie restriction

Via the CR-Society archives: http://lists.calorierestriction.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0404&L=crsociety&P=R13297&X=0C73E86EFFE53BD404&Y=archiveguest@calorierestriction.org Dear members of the CRSociety, I have recently completed my first year as a practitioner of CR. This message summarizes my results to date. I hope the information will be useful to those who have been on CR for a long time, as well as to the newcomers. I've organized [...]

Monday, January 17th, 2005

How to best help tsunami victims? Let them work in the U.S.

Via Marginal Revolution http://www.reason.com/hod/ww011405.shtml Remitting Disaster Let disaster survivors get back to work—in the USA Will Wilkinson How can the United States best help the millions of people who were rocked by the Indian Ocean tsunami? America's generosity has been impressive. The federal government has pledged $350 million; private, voluntary donations from Americans will soon [...]

Tuesday, January 11th, 2005

Animatronic Chimp Head

This is what I want for Christmas next year. Here's video. Only $129.00!