http://kradeleet.com a weblog about technology, music, politics, and /etc Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:38:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I took these pictures a few years ago at the height of my "tea phase". I had a few loose-leaf teas, and I was finding that tea strainers were unreliable: they leaked tea leaves, were too easy to overpack, and eventually broke after a few dozen uses. I set out ... http://kradeleet.com/?p=145 ©2009 kradeleet. Released under Creative Commons Non-Commercial Attribution License. http://kradeleet.com/?p=144 If the U.S. was a monarchy, what might we have called our leaders? George I (the Father) John I (the Advocate) Thomas James I (the Short) James II (the Unchallenged) John II (the Eloquent) Andrew I (the Sharp) Martin William I (the Sick) John III (the Successor) James III (the Accomplished) Zachary Millard Franklin I (the Faint) James IV (the Stingy) Abraham Andrew II (the Impeached) Ulysses Rutherford James V ... http://kradeleet.com/?p=143 Seriously, this isn't funny: I don't understand how commodity (or currency) traders can possibly figure out the direction of their holdings. Actually... I don't think they do. (See also) http://kradeleet.com/?p=142 Stealing a meme from Digital Poetics: Select three different, arbitrary time codes (in this case the 10 minute, 40 minute, and 70 minute mark), freeze the frames, and use that as the guide to writing about the film. No compromise: the film must be stopped at these time codes. What if, ... http://kradeleet.com/?p=141 I thought perhaps, I could gain a greater understanding of the direction of oil (and thereby gasoline) prices, if I added a news box for the term "oil" to my Google Homepage. Not so much. http://kradeleet.com/?p=140 http://kradeleet.com/?p=139 Whereas Expose Obama regularly made my blood boil during the election season with is left-field hyperbole and circular logic, now, post-election, it's just hilarious. The latest Obamaniacal vast left wing conspiracy? Decimating our military by forcing bigots to consider to choose not to enlist. From the latest EO emailer: The language and purpose ... http://kradeleet.com/?p=138 Factories of insanity playing on your vanityas they distort your sense of self Telling you what you need and how to succeed as they steal all of your wealth Probing your mind, trying to find how to scheme on you best From programmed schools with Devilish rules putting you to the test It's doing ... http://kradeleet.com/?p=137 http://kradeleet.com/?p=136