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  1. Now *that's* a cynical boss! http://bit.ly/1GESm
  2. @mrcadman "an atomic powered airplane": http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... 89 flight hours with a hot reactor on board.
  3. From 1963, "Nuclear Battery Powered Aerospace Devices"--when "atomic" was cool: http://bit.ly/uHC34
  4. @camilabersani "Problems: managing, fixing, and solving" from "The Hacker's Diet": http://bit.ly/8BLf5
  5. Complete video of the Augustine Commission hearing from 2009-06-17 available at http://bit.ly/wuTzU
  6. Review of "The Hyperinflation Survival Guide" by Gerald Swanson posted. http://bit.ly/un1T9
  7. Today's walk: 0:51 4.36 km 80 m ascent, 22.8° C, abbreviated due to moderate to heavy rain and this: http://www.twitpic.com/99oo3
  8. Today's walk: 1:00 5.16 km 100 m ascent, 23.8° C, partly cloudy. http://www.twitpic.com/951je http://www.twitpic.com/951ky
  9. This week's four new pages of the 1930 Allied Radio Catalogue posted http://tinyurl.com/dde2su That essential component: empty wooden boxes!
  10. Today's walk: 1:02 5.02 km 87 m ascent, 19.9° C, partly cloudy. http://www.twitpic.com/8z5hd
  11. Arrrrr! Review of Peter T. Leeson's "The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates" posted: http://tinyurl.com/mh7bsp
  12. @joshuacarpoff Depends upon which cities you include in the list. Quito is 2850 m above MSL, 0°15" S, La Paz is 3640 m, 16°30′S.
  13. Today's walk: 1:09 5.65 km 125 m ascent, 29.3° C, partly cloudy. http://www.twitpic.com/8uhdo http://www.twitpic.com/8uhfd
  14. Wow--213 followers! We'll see how that holds up after I ruthlessly prune the spammers.
  15. New puzzle on Fourmilog: "Farthest from the Centre of the Earth" http://www.fourmilab.ch/fou...
  16. Today's walk: 1:02 5.36 km 56 m ascent, 27.6° C, partly cloudy. http://www.twitpic.com/8rduh http://www.twitpic.com/8rdwm
  17. For more on what happens when you cross The Man and challenge his funny money, see: http://bit.ly/178Cau
  18. E-gold yields in the face of The Man. "How do I get my money out of e-gold?" Try it: http://www.e-gold.com/unsec...
  19. Today's walk: 1:17 6.46 km 148 m ascent, 28.7° C, partly cloudy. http://www.twitpic.com/8oceb http://www.twitpic.com/8ocfy
  20. Fixed weather satellite imagery download for Earth and Moon Viewer; it's up to date once again. http://www.fourmilab.ch/ear...