It looks to me like Apple is moving Mac OS X towards an interface similar to their touch-only devices like the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. I would surely like to see a full-on Apple computer running OS X but in a touchscreen/tablet format. Perhaps with a bigger screen I could use it for one purpose I deem the iPad’s display too small: digital sheet music (for piano).

AppleInsider | Apple releases dev preview of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion with AirDrop, FileVault.

I do not totally understand but I do completely agree. In particular with the last quote, being succinct and direct:

no one should rejoice at the death or defeat of a human being.

via L’Hôte: fake MLK quotes, real MLK sentiment.

Connect this to a garden hose and you could simultaneously water your vegetables while defending them from animals.

The Sentry Project.

Neato.

“CANAL ST. CROSS-SECTION” (2009-2010).

An old article but important for Colorado homeowners who would otherwise do something to reduce their domestic water usage.

Water Wars Out West: Keep What You Catch! : NPR.

Useful info. I don’t ever recall seeing these symbols but that doesn’t mean they’re not there.

The Meaning of Care Symbols on Clothes Tags « Broken Secrets.

StrEat Chefs was at my work several times last year.

P.S. No relation.

Boulder’s StrEat Chefs trailer, started by Hosea Rosenberg, stalls out - Boulder Daily Camera.

(Update: Now find this project on PhilRW/phoneblast-asterisk.)

I recently wrote a few small Perl scripts to create an Asterisk AGI Application called PhoneBlast. It allows callers to add themselves to, remove themselves from, and send messages to an automated voice message broadcasting (PhoneBlast) list. I got the idea from Nerd Vittles and Ward’s TeleYapper applications, but I wanted users to have control of whether they were on the list or not through a double opt-in method.