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Filled up at my local Shell station this morning.
Somehow I think they have the wrong person working as a copy editor for their pump displays

THANK <OU FOR$ SHOPPING WITH UW TODEY. $

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/28/technology/internet/28netflix.html
The biggest lesson learned, according to members of the two top teams, was the power of collaboration. It was not a single insight, algorithm or concept that allowed both teams to surpass the goal Netflix,……Instead, they say, the formula for success was to bring together people with complementary skills and combine different methods of problem-solving.
The [...]

This in a New York Times article today called Apple Races to Keep Ahead of Rivals:
“If they start making products people don’t want, and start losing users, then Apple’s strategy will run into problems,” said Benjamin Reitzes, an analyst at  Barclays Capital. “If they continue to have an aura where their products are seen [...]

In October I went to an interesting talk at the Cumberland County Beekeepers Association.  It featured a a retired Biologist (and beekeeper named Matt Scott) who spoke about “Bee Pasturage” and had a slide show that showed a number of the different examples.
He also shared a number of publications that he thought would be [...]

On Sunday, Feb. 8 (Tu Bishvat) the Little Lad’s Restaurant on 489  Congress St. Portland, ME is offering a free waffle breakfast to the entire Jewish community in honor of their becoming a kosher restaurant.

Buy Local – Keep Portland Maine Independent: portlandbuylocal.org
The Portland Buy Local campaign has been developed by business owners and citizens in an effort to educate the public about the importance of supporting Portland’s locally owned, independent businesses.
We believe the Portland Buy Local campaign is critical to our community and our way of life. Locally owned, [...]

I just subscribed to This Old House Magazine online and was greeted with this message after I checked out.
Subscriber’s Automatic Renewal Program:
You authorize This Old House Magazine to charge your credit/debit card or your PayPal account at the price above now and in time to renew your This Old House subscription, without interruption, before the [...]

How to do the Math with Google Earth Pallete Icons. How to select icons for your Google Earth map.

First Aid Advice Online with iFirstAid
Audio files of basic First Aid techniques. Knowing what to do can make the difference to a person’s recovery, and you could even save their life.

The stupid West Side stadium (from kottke.org)
The stupid West Side stadium
Amen. What a waste of good space. Plenty of room to build apartments to house all the creative types (who give the city the flavor that makes it great) who are being squeezed out by the investment banker types and rent decontrolling.

http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/007140.html

1) It will be the policy of this institution for all persons to apply the following steps to self-filter all communications and/or work-product that other human beings will see and/or interact with in any way:

Do good, conscientious work.
Think about other people who might be impacted by your work.
Make fixes to the work so that [...]

Thanks to RD for guiding me into the proper blogging software. Would have taken his advice to use MT, but my ISP has Fantastico (that comes with cPanel) and it installs WordPress (and a couple of others) with the push of a button.