Here’s an interesting visualization of cartoonist Dan Meth’s ratings of the movies in various film trilogies. Do you agree with his assessments?
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Watch Where You Step!
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It’s Daylight Saving Time Again
…which means it’s time to post the official photo of what the first day of daylight saving time feels like:
For those of you who commute by car, be careful out there tomorrow. That missing hour of sleep tends to lead an increase in car accidents.
Maybe someone can answer this question: Why don’t we stay on daylight saving time permanently and not go through a disorienting time change twice a year?
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U.S. Politics as an Airplane
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What Place Names Mean
Accordion City’s other name, Toronto, is a native word for “meeting place”. Chicago is supposed to mean “stink onion”, in reference to the marshland onions that grew there well before the “El” and Wrigley Field. The Atlas of True Names presents the world with its place names translated into their meaning, turning the Sahara into the Sea of Sand, Paris into the City of Boatmen, Hong Kong into Fragrant Harbour, Grozny into “The Awesome” and Great Britain into Great Land of the Tattooed.
I’ve posted a collage of maps from the Atlas of True Names below. Click on them to see them at full size:
The best way to come out of a freak accident is freak survival. Cem Tokac of Turkey was struck by a truck that was crossing a railway track while a train was closing in. The train struck the truck, which was then push right into Tocak, who was standing by the tracks. He fell between the wheels of the truck, which is how he didn’t get pulverized.
There are a few more details and a video in this article.
Today, Friday, March 6th, marks yet another day for Coffee and Code. It’s also a milestone: for the first time, there’s more than one Coffee and Code event!
The Southern California Coffee and Code takes place today at the Starbucks in Tustin Marketplace (2959 El Camino Real, just off the I5 and Jamboree). It’s hosted by Denny “mrdenny” Cherry, a Microsoft MVP, SQL Server guy and Senior Database Admin and Architect at Awareness Technologies.
Meanwhile, across the continent, the Toronto Coffee and Code will also take place today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at The Roastery in the 401 Richmond Building:
As you might expect, the Toronto Coffee and Code will be hosted by Yours Truly. Hope to see you there!