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Make Racecars, Not Lemonade: 24 Hours of LeMons
via SFist by Caroline on Crack on May 15, 2008
by Caroline on Crack (web) from LAistWhat do you do when you're a gearhead with lightning-quick MacGyver fixes, $500 to spare and the need for speed? Most likely you're racing a junker you rebuilt with zip-ties and duct-tape at the 24 Hours of LeMons in Altamont Motorsports Park located between Livermore and Tracy in Northern California. That's where I spent this past weekend, tagging...
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Gay Marriage Ban Overturned By California Supreme Court
via The Huffington Post | Full News Feed by The Huffington Post News Editors on May 15, 2008
... lesbian couples and gay rights groups sued in March 2004 after the court halted San Francisco's monthlong same-sex wedding march."Today the California Supreme Court took a giant leap to ensure that everybody _ not just in the state of California, but throughout the country _ will have equal treatment under the law," said City Attorney Dennis Herrera, who argued the case for San Francisco.
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How to Escape From a Black Hole
via Universe Today by Nancy Atkinson on May 15, 2008
According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, black holes are regions of space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. And in the 1970's physicist Stephen Hawking asserted that any information sucked inside a black hole would be permanently lost. But now, researchers at Penn State have shown that information can be recovered from black holes.(...)Read the rest...
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Having less power impairs the mind and ability to get ahead, study shows
via PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
New research appearing in the May issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that being put in a low-power role may impair a person`s basic cognitive functioning and thus, their ability to get ahead.
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The procrastination rituals of everyone from cattle ranchers to CIA agents.
via Slate Magazine by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
We already know plenty about how college students and office workers waste time: They check e-mail, send Facebook status updates, and—ahem—read online magazines. But what does procrastination look like for everyone else?[more ...]
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Does an absentee voter count if she dies before Election Day?
via Slate Magazine by Chris Wilson on May 15, 2008
At the conclusion of her victory speech in Charleston, W.Va., on Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton told the story of a supporter named Florence Steen, who passed away last Sunday. The 88-year-old South Dakotan had just voted for Clinton by absentee ballot, ahead of the state's June 3 primary. It's a touching story, but will her vote still count?[more ...]
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Sleep Deprivation Isn't a Badge of Honor [Sleep]
via Lifehacker by Gina Trapani on May 14, 2008
Developer David Heinemeier Hansson says that sleep deprivation isn't a badge of honor that shows how hard you work—it just makes you dumb and miserable. Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back and if you can't pay, he'll break your creativity,...
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TAXI!: Cabspotting is a project started by...
via Curbed SF by Jimmy Stamp on May 14, 2008
Cabspotting is a project started by the Exploratorium that continuously documents the routes of 10 Yellow Cabs as they travel through San Francisco. Their paths of travel map the city in a surprisingly detailed ghostly web, from which we're invited to draw certain socio-urban conclusions...or just stare at for a few minutes to kill time at work. The Exploratorium invites artists to use this...
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BB reader: "Two FBI agents just showed up at my door for taking photos in the Port of Los Angeles"
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on May 14, 2008
Hal says: I thought this would be in the vein of a lot of the "photography is terrorism" posts that have been on Boing Boing lately.I'm a professional stock photographer, and just this morning, I was greeted by two FBI antiterrorism agents who wanted to question me regarding shooting in the Port of Los Angeles two weeks ago. When I was down there, a private security guard in a pickup truck...
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And So It Begins
via SFist by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by Dave S Sweet! Another photo of mine posted on SFist. ;)Photo by Dave Schumaker/FlickrUntil they open up a Four Seasons on the Playa, or move the journey to Yerba Buena Park, we won't be going anytime soon. But for those of you rapscallions who are? More power to you. And if you haven't purchased your tickets yet, do it now.
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