short notes:
will brady's ruminations
2005-09-17
  alternative energy
Next time somebody tells you to "piss off" they may be asking to recharge their batteries | According to a recent article in National Geographic, all kidding aside, researchers have developed a prototype battery that
...produced about 1.5 volts, the same as a standard AA battery, and runs for about 90 minutes. Researchers said the power, voltage, and lifetime of the battery can be improved by adjusting the geometry and materials used.
Certainly, some more work needs to be completed before you can discreetly soak yourself in order to keep your mP3 player working while working out | Next question, how about sweat?
 
  humor in the face of adversity
John Strain is right | You need a little humor some time to get you through bad times | With that in mond, here's two pictures [one appropriated from John the other sent from family in Michigan | They reflect rather divergent perspectives |

     
 
2005-09-16
  combatting fraud
Mortgage Fraud Blog seems to me to provide a real public service, identifying both real estate scammers [like former Colonial Realty partner Jonathan Googel and Fairfield County scumbag Andrew Kissel] and sleazy fraud schemes | Obviously not afraid to name names | This is the kind of business news reporting that the mainstream media ought to be covering |
     Thanks goes to Rachel M. Dollar, the editor of Mortgage Fraud Blog, who works tirelessly at compiling this pithy weblog |
 
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Hurricane Katrina: John Strain from Covington, LA. continues reporting his observations. From my end, here's a page of useful Katrina Links. Not that you can drive anywhere but WDSU's Causeway Camera is STILL NOT operating.
blogs I read regularly
POV
[thoughtful reads]
  • Always Victoria
  • American Digest
  • Angry White Kid
  • Atypical Joe
  • Billmon
  • Celebrity Cola
  • Charlie's Diary
  • The Common Man
  • Corrente
  • H Kent Craig
  • Kathryn Cramer
  • Crooked Timber
  • Digby's
  • Drub
  • Eramosa River Journal
  • Esoterically
  • Feral Scholar
  • Fouroboros
  • J-Walk Blog
  • Steve Gilliard
  • Happy Scrappy
  • Kangaroo Court | after 6-22-05
  • Kangaroo Court | before 6-15-05
  • Kestrel's Nest
  • James Kunstler's ~ Clusterfuck Nation
  • John Lott's ~ Deltoid
  • Just an Inkling
  • Andrew Phelps
  • No Milk Please
  • Mike Power
  • Mickey Z
  • Mixing Memory
  • Moon of Alabama
  • Neurotwitch
  • Nightmare Hall
  • Panopticist
  • Paper Frigate
  • Pax Nortona
  • queer bohemian
  • Rayz' Journal + Rants
  • Ron's Log
  • John Scalzi's ~ Whatever
  • Stuart Savory
  • Space Coast Web
  • Pam Spaulding
  • Stop Sleeping
  • John Strain
  • That Colored Fella
  • Towlerroad
  • Truck and Barter
  • Turnspit Daily
  • UltraSparky
  • Venture Chronicles
  • Verbumlogos
  • Wilson's Blogmanac
  • Wood s Lot
  • Joseph Young

  • [opinion]
  • American Prospect
  • Blogcritics.org
  • Scott Bidstrup
  • Calder.net
  • Noam Chomskey
  • Countercurrents
  • Chris Elliott
  • In The Fray
  • Jim Hightower
  • Human Nature Review
  • Molly Ivins
  • Lawrence Lessig
  • Orcinus
  • Mike Palacek
  • Jerry Pippin
  • ratical.org
  • Andrew Sullivan

  • [manifestos]
  • Abolition of Work
  • Class War
  • The Cluetrain Manifesto
  • Wark's A Hacker Manifesto
  • Earth Charter
  • A Call to Economic Justice
  • The Inner Apocalypse
  • Media Revolt
  • An Open Source Constitution
  • Shrinking the Freedom of Thought
  • The Social Phenomenon of Blogs

  • [openly gay]
  • Atypical Joe
  • Butch Jax
  • Drub
  • Eramosa River Journal
  • queer bohemian
  • Pam Spaulding
  • Andrew Sullivan
  • Towlerroad

  • [eclectic]
  • Blog Tower
  • Boing! Boing!
  • Defective Yeti
  • Kikuchiyo News
  • Progressive Blog Alliance
  • Wilson's Almanac
  • ZudFunk's Blogroll

  • [discussion]
  • Every Human
  • TPM Cafe
  • The Wisdom Project


  • REGIONAL
    [connecticut]
  • Connecticut Weblogs
  • Flying Turkeys' Almost Connecticut
  • [NYC metro]
  • Gothamist

  • HEAR
    [internet radio]
  • Wilson Almanac's Radio Bandwidths

  • [news sources]
  • Air America
  • AlterNet
  • Counterpunch
  • Counterterrorism Blog
  • Crooks & Liars
  • Cryptome
  • Free Speech TV
  • Focal Point
  • The Gadflyer
  • Google News
  • The Guardian
  • Indymedia UK
  • My Way
  • National Geographic
  • Official Wire
  • Online Journal
  • Media Monitors Network
  • Public Radio International
  • The Raw Story
  • Indybay, San Francisco CA
  • New Hampshire Gazette
  • Sploid
  • Village Voice
  • WAMC - Albany NY
  • WPKN - Bridgeport CT
  • World News Network
  • Z Magazine

  • [man bites dog approach]
  • BuzzFlash
  • The Daily Howler
  • Morons

  • [information geeks]
  • The Agonist
  • Grey Literature Report
  • Resource Shelf

  • [media watch]
  • blogdex
  • columbia journalism review
  • Conservative Web Watch
  • Dart Center - reporting on trauma & violence
  • cjr's "Who Owns What"?
  • Media Whores
  • SpinCity
  • Video Vote Vigil


  • RANTS
    [political blogs]
  • America Blog
  • American Future
  • Lefty Blogs

  • [for all other political blogs]
    WEBPAGE DESIGN
    [comment]
  • Design Observer
  • Jason King Design
  • Mandarin Design
  • Panopticist
  • [typographic tools]
  • Linotype's Font Explorer X
  • Typo Generator
  • [photography tools]
  • Photoshop Tips & Tricks
  • [geek links]
  • CSS Zen Garden
  • Lee Fleming's Resources
  • Software Tips & Tricks


  • OTHER BLOGS
    [personal perspectives]
  • a maze!
  • Buzz Stuff
  • Retarius' Cavalcade of Fun
  • Curmudgeon Report
  • H Kent Craig
  • Dale Hobson
  • The Gay Deceiver
  • Michael Nobbs
  • Nascence
  • F-Train
  • Path to Freedom
  • surangama
  • Unquiet Mind
  • Wolf Angel
  • ySang's Loneliness is Tough
  • V-2-dot-org
  • A Yobbo's View
  • [unique lives]
  • Life at TJ's Place
  • Island Dave's View
  • Other Stream
  • Pound
  • Querylily
  • V-Star Vid's Global News
  • Tricker's very personal life
  • Threes' not Compamy

  • [blog cataloguers]
  • Blogarama
  • Technorati
  • Truth Laid Bear

  • GOV
  • Reason Public Policy Institute
  • State + Locals Govs

  • LAW
    [legal resources]
  • FindLaw
  • Law.Com
  • Law Guru's Law Library
  • JURIST: Legal Dictionary
  • Scruffy's State Statutes
  • Univ of Houston's Law Guides Pages
  • The Connecticut Law Blog

  • [law & philosphy]
  • distributive justice
  • DeNovo
  • Legal Theory
  • Law Dork
  • Punishment Theory
  • regulations.gov
  • Volokh Conspiracy

  • [intellectual property issues]
  • Creative Commons

  • [liberty interests]
  • Agonist's USA Liberty Watch
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Canadian Civil Liberties Assn
  • Center for Democracy + Technology
  • Electronic Frontier Foundation
  • ALA's "Patriot" Act Updates

  • [rights concerns]
  • Center for Constitutional Rights
  • Human Rights Watch
  • People for the American Way
  • Prison Legal News
  • Southern Poverty Law Center

  • Stanford Center for Internet and Society
  • [rights of disabled persons]
  • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
  • Mouth Magazine
  • Center for Public Representation
  • Developments in Mental Health Law


  • IN THE HEAD
    [psychotropics]
  • Ecologia Cognitiva | Portugese
  • [ex-patients/survivors]
  • Kangaroo Court | Archives pre 1/1/05
  • Lunatics' Liberation Front
  • MadNation
  • Mind Freedom's 1st Person Accounts
  • Psychiatrized
  • Psych Survivor Archives [CA]
  • Songs of the Survivor

  • [psychiatric clients' rights]
  • Bazelon Center
  • Center for Public Representation
  • Law Project for Psych Rights
  • Dendron/MindFreedom

  • [self-help/recovery]
  • National Empowerment Center
  • Mark Walton [CA]
  • Natn'l MH Self Help Clearinghouse

  • [mental health info sites]
  • Mental Health Matters
  • Psychiatric Drugs
  • Ctr for Mental Health Services [USA]

  • [caring professionals]
  • Peter Breggin
  • John Grohol
  • Hooper's Forensic Psychiatry


  • FREE TIME
    [bodybuilding]
  • A to Z Fitness
  • Better Body
  • FitLike [UK]
  • Hardcore Bodybuilding
  • Testosterone Nation

  • [archery/bowhunting]
  • Archery World
  • Bowsite
  • Bowhunting.net
  • Bowmasters
  • Bowyers & Fletchers Guild [UK]
  • Hunting Society's Archery Links
  • Principles of Archery
  • Primitive Archer

  • [distractions]
  • Weirdsmobile

  • [firearms/hunting]
  • Firearms: Technical + Training Manuals

  • [outdoors/orienteering]
  • The Backpacker
  • Adirondack Hiking Trails
  • Go take a hike!

  • [travel]
  • Hobo Traveler
  • VagaBlogging
  • Bonobo Land
  • Wetass Chronicles


  • REFERENCE
    [Literature]
  • Poem Hunter

  • [encyclopedae, etc]
  • About
  • Dictionary Search
  • RefDesk
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Project Gutenberg - 2004
  • Nation Master [stats]
  • Questia
  • Wikipedia

  • [atlases, maps]
  • U S Census Bureau Maps
  • USGS Land and Map

  • [documents]
  • Bill O'Rights
  • Magna Carta
  • Unversal Declaration of Human Rights

  • [weather]
  • Foote's Forecasts
  • NOAA National Weather Service | USA
  • Weather Channel
  • The Weather Underground

  • [translators]
  • Bablefish Translation Service


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    work at a maximum security psychiatric facility, also active in historic preservation, open space preservation, rural community planning, development and sustainable growth efforts | If there's something here you have a question about, write me |