July 2011
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#441: When Patents Attack! →
This American Life
Why would a company rent an office in a tiny town in East Texas, put a nameplate on the door, and leave it completely empty for a year? The answer involves a controversial billionaire physicist in Seattle, a 40 pound cookbook, and a war waging right now, all across the software and tech industries.
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My View at 11,000+ Ft (interactive 3D!)
From the top of the ridge you see here looking East-ish. We continued on to the other side (in the direction of the backpack) scaling our way down the snow-covered path. Really more like sliding our way down… Hidden lakes in the sky, baby - it was really spectacular.
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Uhh, do you date me?
Not unless you camp.* *see also: hike, bike, generally enjoy being outdoors, etc.
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Dads say the darndest things.
Me: Hey dad, should I lock the door behind me?
Dad: Um, the granola bars are in the car.
Me: Ok. (locks door)
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Tumbling Blue Hens
udelaware:
We want to know: how many Blue Hens are on Tumblr?
UD’s on tumblr! Let’s help them out, all you current students and alumni!
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#440: Game Changer →
This American Life
A professor in Pennsylvania makes a calculation, to discover that his state is sitting atop a massive reserve of natural gas—enough to revolutionize how America gets its energy. But another professor in Pennsylvania does a different calculation and reaches a troubling conclusion: that getting natural gas out of the ground poses a risk to public health. Two men, two...
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Read book. Ride bike. Try a new brewery. Look at...
Rinse and repeat.
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit
I heard Jefferson’s Quill read aloud
as fenceless golden fields
faded into memories,
Replaced by a snow-capped vista.
I heard it in God’s country
under a sea of sparkling sand crystals
strewn about in a perfect order.
And we looked at them,
I mean REALLY looked,
taking time with our dinner and
resting our heads where we pleased
because there was no reason to do
otherwise.
And I...
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I'll be somewhere along this line for the next...
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I’m sure I’ll be posting photos and stories along the way (when I’m not in the wilderness) so check back if you’re into that kind of thing!
Have a healthy July/August, friends.
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