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nedrylandJPon George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)

He did say he would never die, just "pass away."

nedrylandJPon George Carlin's "Soft Language" (2019)

I recommend consulting his early/middle material... 1967–1990 maybe. You're only really referring to his last 10–15 years or so.

nedrylandJPon Walkers in the city and everywhere

See also

Outside Lies Magic by John Stilgoe (1998)

nedrylandJPon Airbnb tenant refuses to leave for more than a year

This story is not from Fox News, it is from the LA local Fox broadcast network affiliate.

nedrylandJPon Working remotely can more than halve an office employee’s carbon footprint

Yes, and when he got there he put his feet up and closed his eyes.

https://youtu.be/0JQbeCAlF6s?t=61

nedrylandJPon Why We're Pulling Our Recommendation of Wyze Security Cameras

Aren't Amcrests just rebadged Dahuas with all the baggage?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahua_Technology#Cybersecurity...

nedrylandJPon Restoration of an IMSAI 8080

Backdoors are not secrets!

nedrylandJPon The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge

Here is a similar exploration in South Carolina. There is a fairly remote pedestrian bridge in Ridgeland, SC

* https://www.google.com/maps/@32.4592184,-80.9837102,343m/dat...

which I noticed while on an east coast trip. And here is a look, sort of, into why it's there:

* https://www.greetingsfromthepast.com/2019/05/juanita-m-white...

It wasn't looking great in 2021:

* https://www.blufftontoday.com/story/news/2021/01/12/cleanup-...

It does connect two neighborhoods but doesn't seem to create access to a school or anything.

nedrylandJPon The Mystery of the Bloomfield Bridge

According to this reddit comment[1] that I didn't dive farther into, the Rt. 2 bridge used to allow access from a westbound bus stop before Alewife station was built. Makes reference to the now closed Lanes & Games. Looking at MBTA bus maps I don't see any stop there now but I could be wrong.

[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/2ny6b5/whats_up_wit...

nedrylandJPon Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

Except in this example the iPad and the MacBook both have a hemi (M1) and nearly identical body weight (especially if you add a keyboard)

nedrylandJPon Abandoned railroad routes in North America

I also take interest in the scars you can see on satellite view. Besides the lines themselves there are many disused buildings. Like this MBTA station outside Boston which has had no service in 50 years, https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3801645,-71.2466532,3a,75y,2... or this long-defunct passenger depot in Homestead, FL https://www.google.com/maps/@25.4712072,-80.4890484,3a,26.4y... ... https://www.google.com/maps/@29.4488141,-82.21584,3a,75y,138... McIntosh, FL (discovered this one following old grade on the satellite view)

nedrylandJPon Magic Mouse 2 – A Terrible Design (2017)

I somehow still have 25 of these in a lab and yes, they are atrocious.

nedrylandJPon FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

"That's a note, right? You should fold it."[1]

[1]https://youtu.be/ppunAo8ckBc?t=174

nedrylandJPon Too many new papers may mean novel ideas rarely rack up citations

If it's still going "BOINK"... then we're good.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/70488