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Greatness around the corner.

January 31, 2012

When I was younger, I always had this notion that someday I would accomplish something great, my whole life was ahead of me and greatness was just around the corner.

Great accomplishments are overrated.  I prefer to “go with the flow.”

How about you?


Cartoon shared from Calamities of Nature.

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Sustainable

January 23, 2012

Sometimes the overuse of words make them unsustainable and actually reduces their impact.

 

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2012 – and the Mayans.

January 3, 2012

2012 - Only 354 days left until the end of...

Funny thing, I didn’t see anything in the last few days about the apocalyptic predictions for 2012, not that I really watched that much of the traditional media end-of-the-year lo0king back, looking forward tripe.

(Cartoon is from XKCD – A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.)

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Smart Phone Touchscreens!

December 14, 2011

Calamities of Nature, irreverent webcomics by Tony Piro
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Smart Phones ;)

December 13, 2011

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A creative commons cartoon from xkcd.com.

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War of the wind turbines.

November 15, 2011

Wind energy doesn’t quite live up to it’s hype.

These turbines creep me out.  The remind me of War of the Worlds. Al Gore, You've doomed us all.  Don Quixote of La Mancha

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About the comic from xkcd:

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Dark Age Supernova

March 12, 2011

Europe, mired in the dark ages, has no record of a star that exploded as a supernova in 1054.

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Calamities of Nature, irreverent webcomics by Tony Piro

“I’m Sorry” just doesn’t cut it, sometimes.

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Calamities of Nature, irreverent webcomics by Tony Piro
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Whether it’s weather or climate – it’s all in the accuracy of the models and the accuracy model assumptions and data that the models are fed.

If the assumptions and/or data are off, what can be said about the results?

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I just couldn’t resist sharing this one, especially since the author encourages use of his cartoons.

Maybe we need an eyecatching image to draw people to our site -  something that's exciting and cutting edge, and which represents all the endless possibilities that make the internet so powerful....Calamities of Nature, irreverent webcomics by Tony Piro
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