Daily Archives: July 5, 2008

Maintenance window

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’m having some maintenance done on the site this evening, hopefully including an upgrade to Movable Type 4.12 and a new look with a few new features. As such, you may not be able to see much on this page … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Holiday weekend link dump

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Some links to get you through the weekend… A look back at a time when the US knew how to make the US look good. Don’t cut your kid’s hair. Pay for a real haircut, save yourself the angst. Look … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Can you drive 55?

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’m not sure if the country is emotionally ready to discuss this in a rational manner, but like it or not, it’s out there. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., asked Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to look into what speed limit would … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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RIP, Jesse Helms

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

Former Senator Jesse Helms is dead. Former Sen. Jesse Helms, who built a career along the fault lines of racial politics and battled liberals, Communists and the occasional fellow Republican during 30 conservative years in Congress, died on the Fourth … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Now that’s a prank

Posted on July 5, 2008 by Charles Kuffner

I’d never heard of this before, but it’s very cool. t was probably the most ingenious student prank of all time. In June 1958, Cambridge awoke to see a car perched at the apex of an inaccessible rooftop, looking as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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