http://blog.alltheinfo.org Open the Box Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:00:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm a big podcast fan. Originally, I was mostly into music podcasts like the amazing Coverville and the excellent Shifted Sound. Over the last few months I've been shifting to speculative fiction podcasts and postcast novels (podiobooks - in spite of my issues with the name). What ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/stack-overflow-and-joel-spolskys-fog-creek-software-management-training-program-reading-list/487/ This one is for my sister, who thinks Bacon might be the perfect food... Bacon Vodka Fry up three strips of bacon. Add cooked bacon to a clean pint sized mason jar. Trim the ends of the bacon if they are too tall to fit in the jar. Or you could go hog ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/bacon-vodka/486/ My company, e-Marketing Partner, is proud to announce the launch of Greeley Rewards. Greeley Rewards is a site where local merchants can provide discounts and savings to local customers. Check it out!Share This http://blog.alltheinfo.org/announcing-greeley-rewards/485/ In another wacky (I'm sure) global warming related weather incident, a freak lightning storm has started over 800 wildfires in Northern California. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was told late Sunday evening that the state had 520 fires, and he found it "quite shocking" that by Monday morning the number had ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/lightning-storm-starts-800-fires-in-california/484/ Comedian George Carlin died Sunday at age 71. My earliest memory of Carlin was back in Jr. High. One of my friends had watched his famous "Seven Words That Can Never Be Said on Television" routine. Of course, being kids in a more conservative time, we were totally fascinated ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/george-carlin-dead-of-heart-failure/483/ Dell Inc. will charge customers up to $50 for factory-installed Windows XP on some PCs after Wednesday, according to the company's Web site. The amazing floundering that is Microsoft Vista continues. A year and a half after it's release, the public is still not convinced. Even though XP is ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/dell-charges-for-downgrade/482/ Found this awesome basic physics quiz courtesy Lisa's Monday/Friday recap. Contrary to reports, didn't make me feel stupid. Scored 85%, and should have aced it, was just trying to hurry. Take the test and leave your score as a comment. C'mon, it's fun.Share This http://blog.alltheinfo.org/basic-physics-quiz-85/481/ This guy managed to catch a burglar on a motion activated camera. How cool is that.Share This http://blog.alltheinfo.org/catching-a-burglar/479/ Weather in Northern Colorado has been bizarre all spring. We haven't had the typical nice weather that makes spring in the Rockies so great. Today was just the cap on the spring weather. Six tornadoes were spotted in Northern Colorado. The biggest starting in Johnstown moving north through ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/tornadoes-in-northern-colorado/478/ A federal appeals court panel ruled on Tuesday that the United States discriminates against the blind because the country’s paper currency is the same size regardless of a bill’s value. This ruling, if upheld, could potentially cost the US economy $3.5 Billion in both printing costs and retrofitting of vending machines, ... http://blog.alltheinfo.org/us-treasury-discriminates-against-blind/477/