May 2012
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Madison rated as 5th most bikeable city in US
Free Bacon on the Bike Path during Bike to Work Week 2010
This week is Bike to Work Week which is followed by Ride the Drive this weekend. A happy day for bikers in Madison.
The ranking puts Madison’s score (67) behind Minneapolis (79), Portland, Ore., (70), San Francisco (70) and Boston (69) in a grading system by Bike Score, which “is the only quantitative measure of...
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"I'm a happy old man. I'll cry my way to the end."...
A powerful collection of interviews between Terry Gross (NPR’s Fresh Air) and Maurice Sendak over the past 30 years.
Sendak said he never wanted children of his own. He lived for decades with his longtime partner, Eugene Glynn, who died in 2007. Sendak wrote his most recent book Bumble-ardy, while taking care of Glynn.
“When I did Bumble-ardy, I was so intensely aware of...
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You will be forever remembered, Maurice.
Not only famous for Where the Wild Things Are, but a local hero for his set design for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker (by far the best I have ever seen).
Maurice Sendak
1928–2012
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April 2012
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"If this is not the time to speak, when is the... →
Mona Eltahawy (center), a prominent Egyptian-born, U.S.-based columnist march in downtown Cairo to mark International Women’s Day in March.
I heard Mona Eltahawy being interviewed on NPR this morning about her essay, “Why Do They Hate Us?” which discusses the lack of women’s rights in Arab countries. After last year’s Arab Spring she is calling for the focus to...
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Give (Split) Peas A Chance
I had a bag of green split peas begging to be used. But I wasn’t in the mood for soup. But searching for split pea recipes left me a bit despondent. For non-soup recipe, twenty were for some version of split pea soup. But then I saw it: split pea hummus! And then (since we were out of bread-like items to dip in the hummus) a recipe for a quick flat bread. (We were also excited because...
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A follow up to getting Americans to start walking... →
Walk [Your City] is a Kickstarter project which seeks to transforms cities into healthier communities by “changing perception” of pedestrians and making use of “way finding” (physical orientation and the time it takes to walk from point A to B):
It is our belief that everyone should have the choice to be a pedestrian in their community. Walking is not scary, but in some...
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The science of a traffic ticket
Attention physicists, you can use math to help defend yourself in court:
After receiving a $400 ticket for allegedly running a stop sign, Dmitri Krioukov invoked the laws of physics to fight the charge. The University of California, San Diego physicist drafted a four-page paper in his defense, arguing that the police officer mistakenly thought he ran a stop sign due to a unique combination of...
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What would happen if we stopped walking?
I grew up walking or biking most everywhere. I lived in small towns that were walkable and never owned a car. Yet, hearing that “Americans now walk the least of any industrialized nation in the world” I am not surprised. Compared with my trips in Europe where pedestrians outnumber cars, in the States walking as a form of commuting is rare.
“We’ve engineered walking out...
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“You’d think that Wisconsinites would like Rick Santorum given that...”
– Steven Colbert
(Please note: that is not an accurate description (or image) of Colby cheese. Rather a Swiss cheese.)
March 2012
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Watch
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San Mateo Fair
1978
My dad (on drums) recently was given a “new” film projector and was able to capture his band’s performance from back in the day. There was no audio track associated with it, but rather some funky music. Enjoy.
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February 2012
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“Wisconsin looks like the Shire.”
– Robb
Journal article: Chronic Exercise Preserves Lean... →
I am not surprised, but as the saying goes, a picture says a thousand words. And these might just say millions!
January 2012
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December 2011
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