Did the SHIFT bike ever make it to production?
Years ago, I found this press release about a design award winning bike from Purdue called the shift bike. Does anyone know if it was ever produced, and where to learn more about it if so? My googling...
View ArticleA book called "e"
BookFilter: I'm pretty sure the title is simply "e". It's the story of events at an advertising agency, told exclusively through emails. It was set in England, as I recall. Unfortunately, without...
View ArticleWhat is growing on my tree?
What are these red, spiky... "things" growing on the leaves of my linden tree? Link to pictures inside. Picture 1Picture 2 Just noticed them this (Memorial Day) weekend. They're just a few mm long, on...
View ArticleWhat should go in this part of my house?
What do I do with this space in my living room? It's perfect for the Christmas tree, but for the other 11 months of the year, it's just empty, and needs something in it. Here's another view, and as...
View ArticleUsing awk to export many files from one text file
How can I use awk (or something better) to cut a big file into groups of files, based on the occurrence of a pattern? I have a structure of folders on a server, that works out like this: Client A --Job...
View ArticleAnything neat for Kids in Chicago this weekend?
Taking 3 and 7 year old boys from Madison, WI to downtown Chicago this weekend (Dec 11-12). Anything seasonal that's worth checking out? The obvious destinations (Shedd, Planetarium) are on the menu,...
View ArticleFamily friendly to visit the black hills immediately after Sturgis?
Should we avoid vacationing in the Black Hills, SD area, right after the Sturgis rally? We (4 adults, 4 kids aged 3-8) are planning to arrive on August 14, the day the rally is ending. The plan is for...
View ArticleDog panting- pain or heat?
Family Dog is a 14.5 year old Dalmatian/Blue Heeler mix. Last summer she was diagnosed with spinal stenosis- a narrowing of the spinal column- basically, she has a "bad back", which causes her pain,...
View ArticleWhat's a movie with a good, but fake password hack scene?
Need a good movie or TV scene (available online or DVD) with unrealistic hacking.... the kind where parts of the password are obtained one bit at a time until at the perfect moment, the resource...
View ArticleIs there a good iOS/Andriod app for car mileage tracking?
I'm iPhone, wife is Android, and we both use both of the family cars. Is there a good service, with smartphone apps for both platforms (or web interface that plays nicely with a low-end Android device...
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