(Also reposted from my geekgal.vox.com account — hint, hint)
In California, you apparently have a legal right to sunlight.
Thus, a man won a lawsuit against his neighbors that requires them to cut down their redwood trees. Why? The trees are blocking his solar panels.
Oh, the irony…
Reposted from my geekgal.vox.com account, which you really ought to join (it’s free!) if you want to keep up with Sara updates; like our decision to put most Sara photos behind Flickr’s “friends & family” security, vox.com lets me do the same on a per-blog entry, per-photo basis.
She said “Hi, Momma” (I had just said it, so she was mimicking me, but still… Awwwwwww!) It’s not the first time she’s said it, but it was just cute in the context of her sitting there “reading” her book.
Reposted from my geekgal.vox.com blog (Dept. of Redundancy Dept.):
I love technology as much as the next geek, but when my potted plants start having the capacity to call me and demand to be watered or provided with better light (more here; don’t miss the newsreel and sample audio from an unhappy moss), I’m going to have to relocate them all to… a quiet porch somewhere.
Found on: Twitter.com (User Pothos, via Botanicalls)
Clearly, CNN is employing a former TheOnion wonk because lately their top headlines have read more like TheOnion stuff than Corporate News Network (er, well, yeah). It was funny, at first, like the “Being Declared Dead Ruins Life” one I blogged last week…but now I feel dirty, like I’m being used. Why?
What in the hell is this headline doing on CNN’s top news stories? The story itself is notable, I’m not discounting that, but who uses the word “teeny” except a child or a love-struck parent of a newborn?
It’s bad enough to read what some parents and child care providers are doing, but to hear a “veteran teacher” talking this way to 4 and 5 year olds? Sigh.
And while a little different, in that the teens involved did bear a small bit of responsibility (skateboarding where they shouldn’t have been), this 17-year-veteran of the Baltimore PD also needs a refresher course on proper conduct.
I rode 14.89 miles with Justin and his BIL, David, this afternoon, and am feeling great. See the ride’s stats from my Garmin Forerunner 305+heartrate strap at http://tinyurl.com/2xaywq; you can compare my heartrate to Justin’s (his stats, here). He’s in far better cardiovascular shape than I am right now.
