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2008-12-19T17:17:00.000-05:00

There is nothing more festive than shaped lights.

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2008-12-06T13:56:00.000-05:00

Cake at the german society christmas bazzar.

iPhone 2.2 new feature

2008-12-05T09:03:00.001-05:00

I just noticed this new feature when deleting an app.

Freshly shorn and bloody from Dad's old safety razor.

2008-11-27T12:46:00.001-05:00

Nellie!

2008-11-26T18:26:00.001-05:00

2008-11-21T10:52:00.003-05:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

2008-11-17T14:20:00.001-05:00

Puppies!
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World's Largest Piñata

2008-11-01T19:28:00.001-05:00

@ Broad & Washington

Capture

2008-10-23T17:30:00.000-05:00

2008-09-24T15:25:00.001-05:00

☠
muahahaha

CVS in stained glass

2008-09-23T17:35:00.001-05:00

They don't seem to merit it.

The face of a homeowner.

2008-09-22T14:02:00.000-05:00

Thank you for your support. Come and visit my new house!

Bridge to nowhere

2008-09-21T07:57:00.000-05:00

Chilling at The Farm

2008-09-20T17:39:00.000-05:00

Look at those insane clouds!

2008-09-09T09:33:00.001-05:00

LOVE logo rip off

2008-08-15T20:00:00.000-05:00

Lazors

2008-08-15T15:16:00.001-05:00

PWNED

2008-08-13T10:33:00.001-05:00

tinyurl.com/winpwntutorial

PositiveSpace says

2008-08-08T22:12:00.001-05:00

Bunny!

2008-08-02T17:04:00.001-05:00

Quote of the day

2008-07-22T16:58:00.001-05:00

"... Like a heroin addict with a poppy seed bagel."

Sent from my iPhone

Freak out!

2008-07-19T13:23:00.000-05:00

Intocable?

2008-07-18T07:41:00.000-05:00

Lounging on his perch

2008-07-13T17:18:00.001-05:00

2008-07-12T01:09:00.001-05:00

iPhone ringtones flowchart - And now it’s all this
This continues to work for the iPhone 3G and iTunes 7.7
Yay!

iPhone

2008-07-12T01:05:00.001-05:00

Just testing it out.

2008-07-06T10:34:00.002-05:00

I just watched the Hacking Democracy. I'm amazed at how fragile we have let our democracy become. I know that there are reforms underway to remove these insecurities, but I have two radical ideas for change:

Perpetrate a massive hack involving botnets, memory cards, corrupt elections officials and anyone else to give the victory in a major election to a write-in candidate: Mr. Election Fraud.
Or, marginally more positive, change the entire system so that all votes are inherently public and published for any to see. This would allow John Q. Public of Philadelphia to verify that his vote was recorded properly. It also allows any number of independent organization to count all the published votes themselves.

I think option two has some real weight behind it. What are the concerns that make private voting a necessity? Wikipedia says,

The key aim is to ensure the voter records a sincere choice by forestalling attempts to influence the voter by intimidation or bribery.
Secret ballot. (2008, July 5). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15:48, July 6, 2008, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Secret_ballot&oldid=223651522

I have never been asked to vote for anyone and I'm curious to see if this has happened at all in America in the last few decades. There is so much press and exposure that such cases would instantly be brought out into the open. I can see that in places like Zimbabwe people need secret ballots to avoid severe intimidation, but at the same time, they have such a big problem with poll fraud. Is it the reward of an industrialized nation to forgo secret ballots in favor of full disclosure? Here's my imagined public election:
Each voter is registered and votes at a polling place. This is to ensure one vote per voter like to does now. Then the vote is cast in a Internet connected machine. This can be done out in the open, or in private if there actually is the threat of intimidation at the polling place. That vote will then be counted four ways. The machine will record an encrypted vote. Two paper records will be given with unique numbers for each vote; one stays with the machine, the other with the voter. lastly, the vote is instantly published in the Internet with that person's name and vote number. That way the voter can go home and double check that his vote counted. There could even be machines set up by independent authorities outside a polling place to double check a vote.
I can also imagine a system where everyone has a GPG key that they use to encrypt their vote and only the election board can decrypt it. They could get a copy of their encrypted vote to check later. Only the voter or the election board could decrypt the vote, so the voter's indentity is sealed. This is still a secret ballot, but it would require everyone make a private GPG key. (PS. My public key is here.)
Well anyway, watch Hacking Democracy and get a little fired up.

FW:Koons dog

2008-06-15T20:43:00.001-05:00

On top of the met!

Ps1 in queens.

2008-06-14T14:47:00.001-05:00

Future garden.

2008-06-13T17:36:00.000-05:00

I'm on the Megabus to NYC from Philly. Like Boltbus owned by Greyhound, this is CoachUSA's attempt to get in on the Chinatown bus' cheap ride deal. They don't quite get it right. After leaving 30th St. Station, we crawled through Center City for 30 minutes. Then we stopped at 5th and Market for 3 more passengers and a smoke break for our driver. I'm standing in a rest area in NJ a full one hour in to my trip. We were kicked off the bus so they could refuel it and have another smoke break. We have 2 hours of driving left, and I am an angry blogger. Thanks for the free wifi though. Yeah!

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2008-06-03T19:51:00.001-05:00

Museum mile 2008

2008-06-02T09:35:00.003-05:00

I love that Semicolon.
I just sought wikipedia for the proper usage; and now I know how it rolls.
You should learn too.

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2008-06-01T12:19:00.001-05:00

We had breakfast at the famous tom's restaurant.yum eggs.

2008-05-28T17:52:00.005-05:00

Squirrel in the house

A few weeks ago, Val and I heard some racket coming from in the wall.

Upon further investigation, we found this dude:

That's the young squirrel that had fallen down the chimney space from the attic. I almost got him with Val's butterfly net, but he got out of reach.

A few weeks and a party later I com into the kitchen to see his scurry away under the counter. The next day I found my butter in this state:

That does not make me happy,
So I put together a little DIY humane trap:

If you can see, the trap is baited with tortilla chips and later peanut butter. When Little Squirrel steps on the board, it pulls out the lid support, and the block keeps it closed. Brilliant! But it didn't work.

Today, I noticed bait missing and nothing was tripped. I decided to get a little more aggressive. I went to his hideout by the window and took away the insulation. He ran out and led me on a good long chase though the basement. Eventually he went for his old getaway, the chimney, but I cut him off. He was stuck in a dead end against the wall. I got in there with the net and pinned him against it. It took a little persuasion to get him to fall into the net, but it was done.

He's a bit hard to see, but there's the squirrel seeing the light of day for the first time in weeks. And here he is running away

Goodbye Squirrel! It was fun, but don't come back!

Brooklyn

2008-05-26T10:30:00.000-05:00

We waked across the brooklyn bridge yesterday. 125th anniversary.

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2008-05-24T22:28:00.001-05:00

Butterflies at the natural history museum

Know It Alls

2008-05-24T21:26:00.000-05:00

@ Green Rock Tavern with my corrupt vid in background.

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2008-05-24T11:48:00.001-05:00

It is just like being in scotland. Well sort of.lots of unicorn tapestries.

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2008-05-23T12:55:00.001-05:00

Its like i am at the beach.slept late now catching some rays.

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2008-05-20T08:44:00.001-05:00

Wow is this place fancy.central park rocks!

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2008-05-19T08:42:00.001-05:00

Made it.took the long route through central park.squirrels!

2008-05-14T23:15:00.003-05:00

Phrases that make me uncomfortable:
Amway Christian Fellowship
Multi-level marketing
downline
Ponzi scheme
Isagenix
"make money, quickly and easily"
What do you say to a family member thats asks you to be in a pyramid scheme?

Look at Val!

2008-05-10T14:18:00.001-05:00

Best Val pic Ever!, originally uploaded by eagleapex.

She's so cute! Have fun in NYC.
-Chris

2008-05-05T22:13:00.002-05:00

Thanks to Yahoo's Random link link. Give it a spin!

4th and manton

2008-04-25T08:00:00.001-05:00

Huh?

No Access

2008-04-24T16:59:00.000-05:00

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2008-04-17T21:15:00.000-05:00

as promised... courtesy of the Italian Market!

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2008-03-19T19:23:00.001-05:00

Cant be good

Dr. Seuss' Frida Khalo

2008-03-19T17:52:00.001-05:00

C. Neri on South Street

2008-03-15T12:38:00.000-05:00

An embarrassment of riches.

2008-03-09T22:22:00.000-05:00

Procrastinators' Holiday Bazaar

2007-12-22T11:41:00.001-05:00

Our stuff on a table. Buy it!

2007-12-11T21:47:00.000-05:00

Polite Design Inc Holiday Greetings 2008
Watch the short to see where the little man from the previous post goes. Thanks Anonymous!

2116 locust.polite design.fun window art

2007-12-10T13:41:00.001-05:00

Coppuccino!

2007-12-07T08:53:00.001-05:00

Goes along very well with curryoke.

Home

2007-12-06T18:32:00.000-05:00

In case you didn't know, we are home now in the City of Brotherly Love

Stuck in paris without our luggage.

2007-10-25T07:21:00.001-05:00

Our flight from paris was canceled.our luggage is with security waiting for our flight tomorrow.we have to fly through atlanta so we won't get home till 10 pm.

Curry karaoke club closed

2007-10-23T15:48:00.000-05:00

So after wandering for an hour in a very empty and industrial part of glascow my dream of curryoke was shattered.so we eat thai.

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2007-10-23T08:03:00.000-05:00

Fort williams where the happy routes train would have left from.missed it by a weekend.ready to come home!

Talisker distillery

2007-10-22T11:44:00.001-05:00

Portree on the isle of sky

2007-10-20T09:03:00.001-05:00

2007-10-19T09:07:00.000-05:00

So Inverness today. We landed here with no reservations but that wasn't a problem. They have a wonderful tourist info center that I am bloggingfrom right now. We got a lovely room in a guest house a few minut up the hill. This morning we took a cruise of Loch Ness and then explored the castle ruins. No Nessie sightings of yet. Then we went on another cruise in the other direction to look for dolphins but no luck. Dinner and stuff this evening and then off to Skye tomorrow. Good times!
Keep checking for Val's cameraphone posts!

Urquhart castle.

2007-10-19T06:01:00.001-05:00

Loch ness!

2007-10-19T04:55:00.001-05:00

Rosalyn chapel shrouded in mystery.

2007-10-17T17:21:00.000-05:00

War monument never finished. best view!

2007-10-17T17:18:00.000-05:00

Mary king's close. Can you say haunted

2007-10-17T17:15:00.001-05:00

The laird and dog in lasswade 1st haggis

2007-10-14T14:08:00.001-05:00

Butterfly and insect world

2007-10-14T14:05:00.001-05:00

Art museums and bus between free

2007-10-14T14:02:00.001-05:00

Kinder eggs!!

2007-10-12T17:28:00.001-05:00

Fish n chips at jekyll and hyde

2007-10-12T17:26:00.001-05:00

Bagpipe and Drum jam in Edinburgh

2007-10-12T14:11:00.001-05:00

These guys ROXOXR!

2007-10-11T10:55:00.001-05:00

Thoughts on trip so far... People drive like nuts,no old cars,Feelings about americans split,hipsters and prep abound.

Making tartans.

2007-10-11T09:44:00.001-05:00

View from Edinburgh castle

2007-10-11T04:19:00.001-05:00

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2007-10-11T02:05:00.001-05:00

Notre Dame

At the airport leg o liberty bell

2007-10-09T16:53:00.001-05:00

Goatse Liberty Bell

2007-10-09T12:51:00.000-05:00

No drunk train riding.

2007-10-08T20:10:00.000-05:00

Creepy

2007-09-11T17:51:00.000-05:00

I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com)

2007-09-08T22:06:00.000-05:00

I Am Making a Difference (Ftrain.com): "hybrid bulldozer"

2007-08-26T17:11:00.000-05:00

This take-off of Robert Indiana's LOVE was found in the ING Direct Cafe.
Sigh

Street Spaceman

2007-08-20T16:08:00.000-05:00

Invaders!

2007-08-19T18:05:00.000-05:00

Ressurect Dead
Have you seen those tiles on the street? Well this site has all the info. I'm waiting patiently for the documentary.

2007-08-19T13:04:00.001-05:00

Buy My stuff!
I'm selling my childhood on ebay: a collection of 42 Goosebumps books by R.L. Stine and fan club stuff. The stuff makes it awesome. Bid now or death!

Electro tradition

2007-08-07T12:35:00.000-05:00

I pushed this button for my grandma.

2007-08-07T06:33:00.000-05:00

One of my Flickr images got into this online tour guide of Philadelphia. See it here in context:
Philadelphia - Historical Background
Hooray for CC!

2007-08-01T15:59:00.000-05:00

Internets?

Goldberg Varaition 1 on two(2!) guitars

2007-07-21T21:08:00.001-05:00

Brilliant!

Batman hole

2007-07-03T15:32:00.000-05:00

to Rittenhouse and Gotham City

AtomFilms: Ocularist

2007-07-02T21:08:00.000-05:00

AtomFilms: Ocularist

@Gleaner's

2007-06-09T11:00:00.001-05:00

Crazy chair

2007-06-03T12:47:00.001-05:00

@Target. Yay!

Google Reader (46)

2007-05-18T06:44:00.000-05:00

"Thyme goes well with heart"

From Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog

Kaiten Camera » Japan Probe

2007-05-13T19:27:00.000-05:00

Kaiten Camera » Japan Probe
Sushi Camera!

Boing Boing: Mystery animal attacks child, kills dogs in New Jersey

2007-04-10T19:38:00.000-05:00

Boing Boing: Mystery animal attacks child, kills dogs in New Jersey

It's the Jersey Devil!

2007-04-01T16:36:00.000-05:00

The past wasn't really black and white!
Marcella and Elibia: 1943 | Shorpy
It's awesome to see this color photography by Jack Delano from 1943. Seeing the past so perfectly represented here makes the life your great grandma lived seem more real and plausible.

"Look, wax paper! They still sell that today! And that lunch box is pretty cool. An dungaree overalls look awesome."

Thank you Shorpy.

FW: Weave kill

2007-03-28T08:34:00.001-05:00

Huge cache of food bank leftovers found in desert - Give and Take - MSNBC.com

2007-03-24T15:31:00.000-05:00

Huge cache of food bank leftovers found in desert - Give and Take - MSNBC.com
So, I had a hand in that story getting around. I posted the flickr page to BoingBoing and MSNBC picked it up. I'll just pat my own back. Ha.