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Mister Yuck is GREEN!
Month: February 2013
I found this calendar page of “lesser known holidays” and, after discovering my own birthday is also National Hot Cross Buns Day and also National Neighborhood Day (9/11), I wanted to note these for when she arrives. Now we’ll also have a little fun fact about her birthday, which I am told almost certainly won’t come on the date she is expected, which is sort of in the middle of this list:
Tuesday, April 23rd 2013
Laboratory Day
A Mad scientists Favourite Day
Wednesday, April 24th 2013
24 Hour Comics Day
A day to not only celebrate, but to engage in the creation of comics. Try to create your own full 24 page comic book in 24 consecutive hours.
Astronomy Day
It should be called Astronomy Night, have a look up at the stars tonight
Plumber’s Day
If you are a plumber, today is your special day
Thursday, April 25th 2013
World Penguin Day
Today is dedicated to our fine feathered swimming friends, the penguin
Friday, April 26th 2013
Landscape Architecture Day
Today in 1822 Frederick Law Olmsted was born, he is the father of landscape architecture
National Pretzel Day
Eat your heart out on pretzels, but be sure not to choke.
Shuffleboard Day
Get out and play a round of Shuffleboard today
Saturday, April 27th 2013
World Tapir Day
Write an Old Friend Today Day
Compose and eMail or letter to someone you haven’t talked to in awhile
Sunday, April 28th 2013
Great Poetry Reading Day
Why not read some poetry
Santa Fe Trail Day
Tuesday, April 30th 2013
Hairstyle Appreciation Day
Tell someone their hairstyle looks great
Wednesday, May 1st 2013
Save a Rhino Day
If you see a rhino in need, save its life and it will grant you three wishes
Thursday, May 2nd 2013
Roberts Rule of Order Day
I second that motion
Space Day
Learn something about outerspace today
Saturday, May 4th 2013
Kite Day
Get outside and fly a kite today – weather pending!
National Weather Observer’s Day
Sunday, May 5th 2013
Cinco de Mustache
Grow the best Mustache posible and compete with your friends for their adoration.
National Hoagie Day
Stuff yourself silly with a good ol’fashion Hoagie Roll.
Monday, May 6th 2013
Nurses’ Day
Tuesday, May 7th 2013
International Tuba Day
Listen to some Polka music and enjoy the sounds of one of the biggest brass instruments
Wednesday, May 8th 2013
National Teacher Day
No Socks Day
Put on some sandles and go sockless today.
Thursday, May 9th 2013
Lost Sock Memorial Day
Take a moment of silence for all the lost socks and their loved ones.
Friday, May 10th 2013
Golden Spike Day
Think about a world without a transcontinental railroad
Saturday, May 11th 2013
Eat What You Want Day
Better than meat day and vegetarian day combined… eat what ever you want today
Sunday, May 12th 2013
Another Kite Day
Limerick Day
Wednesday, May 15th 2013
National Chocolate Chip Day
Put chocolate chips in everything today, your cookies, coffee, everything
National Receptionists Day
Be extra nice to your receptionist today
Straw Hat Day
Break out the straw hats today and wear them with pride
Thursday, May 16th 2013
National Sea Monkey Day
Order some Sea Monkeys and watch them grow
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Life in a Networked Age
A global network is too large and complex for a bureaucracy to manage. It would be too slow, expensive, and inefficient to be of value. Further, even if one could be built, it would be impossible to apply market dyanmics (via democratic elections) to selecting the leaders of that bureaucracy. The diversity in the views of the 7 billion of us on this planet are too vast.
In terms of markets, a global marketplace is too unstable. Interlinked, and tightly coupled markets are prone to frequent and disasterous failures. Additionally, a global marketplace is easy for insiders to corrupt and rig, as we saw with the 2008 financial melt-down. Given instability and unmitigated corruption, markets will fail as a decision making mechanism.
So, what’s going to replace bureaucracy and markets?
We don’t have digestible names for them yet. However, let’s just call them few to many (F2M) systems and P2P systems. F2M systems are run by a few people and delivered to a great many people. In contrast to broadcast, these systems are interactive and smart. Many use software bots to gather and process data 24/7.
P2P systems allow ad hoc interaction between indepedent individuals. Every node in this type of system is an equal to any other. They are not dependent on each other.
Both types of systems have value. Both have problems. Both are immature. As we move to an information based global economy, we’ll see these systems increasingly dominate the playing field (to the detriment of bureaucracy and markets).
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Is Nextdoor the next Facebook?
Is Nextdoor the next Facebook?
Chris Tackett Living / Culture February 14, 2013, treehugger.com
Yesterday, I noted that the sharing economy is here to stay. An underlying theme to a lot of the businesses seeing success in that area is their focus on connecting users to their neighb …
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A Quick Guide to Serif Fonts
Zolani Stewart, designmodo.com
Even if you’re an experienced designer, it’s never a bad time to refresh your memory a little with the structure of serif typefaces, a few recommendations and a little history. Yes, there’s history. It’s painless I promise. Humanist and Old Style …