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58 Words : Posted 11.04.09

The smoke has settled, somewhat uneasily on the crazy spin cycle Pirate Bay got itself in, including charges against the owners, their web host threatened with fines if they don’t pull down the site, and the not-so-straightforward dealings of the company that supposedly bought TPB.
In light of aggressive campaigns of big Hollywood companies like Disney [...]

63 Words : Posted 11.04.09

Pronounced: Uhn-lee.
I came home a few months ago without a cellphone. I haven’t used one in a year at least. Deadly.
Oh how complicated life has become in the six years I’ve been away! While I was away I was baffled by groups like TxtPower and the things they stood for, I’m like, why, when telecommunications [...]

55 Words : Posted 11.04.09

Think old style black telephones.
Phenolic resins, originally known as Bakelite, was invented by Dr. Leo Baekeland in 1907, effectively the first plastic sold. Though it is not widely used in consumer products these days because of its labor intensive and brittle nature, phenolics is still widely used as an industrial component. These days, Interstate [...]

60 Words : Posted 11.04.09

Does anyone know if Word World is on local cable? My sister mentioned having seen word world; you know, those fun gang of animals made up of letters living in word world with mr. narrator …

Tyler loves this show and it would be great to be able to record this wile we’re here if it’s [...]

56 Words : Posted 11.03.09

I am a big supporter of the WIC Program (Women, Infant and Children Program), a federal agency which helps low income families lead healthy lives through nutrition counseling and stipend for basic nutrition needs for pregnant, new moms and children.
I was on WIC while I was pregnant and until the baby was around 15 month. [...]