Fidgets by Jeff

obama revisited

2006-12-07T20:07:00.000-08:00

A discussion of Obama's popularity and his ability to erase race. Glen Ford sees race as one of the central issues facing America.

" Obama's appeal extends across the political and pundit spectrum; indeed, finding anything approaching critical coverage of the freshman Senator is next to impossible. So what's going on here? Glen Ford of the Black Agenda Report joins us to talk about it."

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3001
http://www.fair.org/audio/counterspin/CounterSpin111706.mp3

2006-08-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

Lieberman in a nutshell

2006-08-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

2006-08-05T13:14:00.000-07:00

Threatened Food Traditions

2006-07-23T15:47:00.000-07:00

Just discovered Renewing American Food Traditions project to honor and renew threatened American food traditions. They have several publications:

getting cozy

2006-07-17T22:28:00.000-07:00

Neocons and the VOM (Voice of the Martyrs) sittin' in the tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g. Now how to make them embarassed?

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RealMPG

2006-07-16T08:41:00.000-07:00

"Bogus mileage tests are the cornerstone of car company compliance with government MPG standards. Since 1985, car companies have generally been required to meet fleet MPG averages of 27.5 for cars, and between 19.5-22.2 for trucks [†1]. Real world MPG is far lower, at about 21.7 for cars and 16.3 for trucks."

"The U.S. would have imported about 20 percent less foreign oil in 2005 if automakers met federal fuel efficiency or miles per gallon (MPG) standards based on real world driving conditions. That reduction is equivalent to more than 1.3 times the amount of oil imported from Saudi Arabia in 2005, or about two million barrels of oil per day. For consumers this translates into 33 billion gallons of gasoline saved that year."

Fuckers.
Read this, then sign this.

bird conservation success stories

2006-07-03T09:13:00.000-07:00

raining lunch for spring

2006-05-27T17:16:00.000-07:00

zucchini
maitake mushrooms

aprox. equal parts. just chop and fry with garlic, plenty of olive
oil, salt, and pepper. make lots and have alone with fork for
lunch. best to put zucchini in after mushrooms to keep them nice a
crisp.

2006-05-22T19:52:00.000-07:00

just got back from a work trip to st. albans, north of london, see lame-ish photoset. good times were also had hanging out in chicago with katie and fam as well as the original aaron clark.

conservation

2006-05-19T23:55:00.000-07:00

In comparing the energy performance of compact (small) and large single-family houses, we find that a small house built to only moderate energy-performance standards uses substantially less energy for heating and cooling than a large house built to very high energy-performance standards.
-Small is Beautiful from the Journal of Industrial Ecology

Published in the journal Food Policy, the study found that the transportation of food over long distances -- anywhere outside a 12-mile radius -- can cause more harm than the growing of food with non-organic methods.
from grist article

also check out this eco-video blog

Nature Conservancy Podcast

2006-03-23T19:47:00.000-08:00

Nature Stories is a great new podcast with nature soundscapes and a focus on people's view of the "natural world" exploring the cultural dynamic of nature. It is quite enjoyable. Speaking of soundscapes, have you heard SpaceMusic? Travel with TC's bad english to Paris, Cypress, dinner, or off to space while listening to ambient space music (perfect while working).

what's up in portland?

2006-03-05T11:02:00.000-08:00

rain, wind, and spring in that order.

winter birding

2006-02-11T18:11:00.000-08:00

sauvie island:
double-crested cormorant
great blue heron
bald eagle
canadian goose
sandhill crane
trumpeter swan
lesser scaup
northern pintail
mallard
northern shoveler
red tailed hawk
northern harrier
american kestral
western scrub jay

smith & bybee lakes:
pileated woodpecker
dawny woodpecker
american robin
american coot
red fox sparrow
sooty fox sparrow
golden-crowned kinglet
ruby-crowned kinglet
common merganser
belted kingfisher
black-capped chickadee
ring-necked duck

non-bird notables:
beaver
rabbit
unidentified snake

tHE aDVENTURES OF aCTION iTEM

2006-02-01T17:08:00.000-08:00

Belize photos

2006-01-27T22:31:00.000-08:00

I've create a photoset on Flickr with some of my photos from Belize!

El Pilar Mayan Ruin in VR

2006-01-19T21:53:00.000-08:00

Over the next week or so I'll be posting photos that I took in Belize, where I was for ten wonderful days. First, is a Quicktime VR of El Pilar, a mostly unexcavated Mayan ruin in western Belize. It may take a while to load, but it should work. Let me know if it doesn't. What's next? Toucans, Black Howler Monkeys, beaches, jungle and more.

UPDATE:I fixed the link, so it should load in Quicktime now. I recommend saving the file to the desktop and opening it from there.

World Cell Coverage map

2006-01-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

(Warning Large PDF)
I'm looking into using my phone while in Belize and found a world map of GSM cellphone coverage.

2005 news round up, raw style

2005-12-29T11:15:00.000-08:00

One of my favorites for breaking news, The Raw Story, has a list of there top ten news stories for 2005. For example, check out this story, which only just saw: FEMA, La. outsource Katrina body count to firm implicated in body-dumping scandals.

google doodle

2005-12-23T12:03:00.000-08:00

Anyone else notice google's holiday doodle cartoon?

2005-12-19T21:00:00.000-08:00

"Merry Christmas to all and Happy Holidays to Bill Orielly"

2005-12-17T13:13:00.000-08:00

just do it

2005-12-17T13:03:00.000-08:00

Katrina Diaspora Map

2005-12-09T20:07:00.000-08:00

wind turbines and bird death

2005-12-04T08:59:00.000-08:00

This was news to me.