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• Viable Paradise : The Fantasy and Science Fiction Writers’ Workshop

  (tags: fiction scifi writing todo)

The above image will not be appearing in this NowPublic.com story. When I first saw the request, I was a bit flattered. Neat, I thought. Then I read the story and thought Hmm… seems to miss the point.

In the spirit of the Creative Commons license that I use for my Flickr’d photos however¹ I figured that it would be okay anyway as long as they gave the due attribution. And I followed that up with my rebuttal.

The photo will not appear on the site however because they require folks to register as users first.

Did I hear someone say Totally Weaksauce?

In any event, my rebuttal would go something along these lines:

Regardless of how many resources it takes to produce either vehicle, the H2 (on the road) produces far more CO tonnage than the Prius. The argument that you’re going to drive a mile-for-mile more environmentall-friendly vehicle in the H2 is a garbage argument. Especially when they start adding the “miles to the life of the vehicle” aspect in there. 300,000 mile life expectancy on the H2? Highly doubtful when driving habits are factored in.

That being said, my rebuttal should scarcely be taken as a pro-Prius argument. Between the Sudbury-mined nickel, the on-going debates about battery disposal², and the not-quite-resolved high-voltage hazards posed to first responders, it seems silly for me to bother mentioning drivers’ habits again. Those Priuses trucking along on the highway at 85mph with a single occupant? Yeah, those guys are getting their fuel economy returns in a big hurry.

As usual: walk if you’re close enough, public transport if you’re not, and ask your friends and co-workers about rideshare options.

1. Attribution-NonCommercial -ShareAlike 2.0. [↩]
2. Sorry, no citation here. Had one at one point but the link is long-gone and the only things I’m finding in the Google are pro-hybrid “battery bounty” stroke-fests. [↩]

• Neo-Ruins: Lithographs of post-apocalyptic Tokyo

  via Pink Tentacle

  (tags: art apocalypse research)

• Lucky Alan: Fiction: The New Yorker

  via kr8n

  (tags: fiction literature writing todo)

• 28 New Planets Found Outside Solar System

  @Slashdot

  (tags: research science)

Between yesterday and today we got everything else into the ground that we were planning on.  There were a couple of last minute changes (we added beets, switched from bush beans to celery, and then from celery to zucchini) but otherwise, everything went according to plan.  Sort of.

We’re biting the bullet and starting our carrots and beets from seeds.  We’ll see what kind of success we get with that but from what we’ve read, even a pair of amateurs like us will not have too much trouble.  So it’s all in the ground now.  Let’s see what happens!

(Complete photo set is up on Flickr.)

Before. During:

After.

UPDATE: Almost forgot… If you’ve got an extra 10 inches and the mood strikes you to go short, please consider donating it to LocksOfLove.org — the donations go to make wigs for kids with cancer.

(And the whole set is up on Flickr, of course.)

• Meet the Mazda3.14159265…

  via Autoblog: “…introducing the all new Mazda π…”

  (tags: automotive humor math)

• Radiation-eating Fungi

  via Slashdot

  (tags: biology science research)

• LOLPRESIDENT!!!

  via FARK.com (via Brooke)
  

  (tags: lolpresidents humor politics)

• Maple Moonshine

  via Seven Days (via Sooz)

  (tags: food maple Vermont)

In the spirit of thriving ambulothanatophobia:

55%

Via bEeZERs.

currently playing: Junior Boys “More Than Real (live)”

• Really Slick Screensavers

  The folks that brought you “Helios”…

  (tags: screensaver OSX graphics)

• LolCat Buildr

  (tags: lolcats humor cats)

• ImgRed.com - Image Redirection

  via LifeHacker: quickly embed an image w/o hotlinking

  (tags: tools web hack graphics)

• flickrSLiDR

  via LifeHacker: Embed Flickr Slideshows within Your Site

  (tags: Flickr blog)

Our man JDS over at False 45th has posted a few live cuts from the Burlington show back in April (previously…). Pretty exciting stuff. Especially since he is promising more.

The sound quality is excellent. He’s split the show up into individual tracks and has tried to cut out some of the chatter. (Remembering correctly from the show, there was a bit of it. But then again, there were only about 20 or so fortunate folks there. “Intimate” is definitely the way to put it.) At any rate — it seems like they may have been split up oddly (”Count Souvenirs” starts a few seconds too late, “The Equalizer” seems to cut off too soon) but what you get is golden. The recording of “Like A Child” is perfect.

Oh, and he’s using my photos. Which is always nice.

UPDATE: Yes…  It appears my downloads got corrupt and these recordings are not cut-off as sharply/abruptly/badly as I first suspected.  My apologies.

currently listening: Junior Boys “Like A Child (live)”