The maps for bike routes in NYC are ridiculously bad. It took me 30 minutes to find a Google map. No addresses are apparent, so I can’t easily map to it from where I am.
What’s the best (safest) way to get from Prospect Heights to the West Side Greenway?
That’ll show Ahmadinejad! He’s all “I won,” and Twitter’s all, “Oh yeah? Check out these green avatars, buddy.”
He’s like, “Whoa. Touche.”
THE PRESIDENT: As one of those options, for us to be able to say, here’s a public option that’s not profit-driven, that can keep down administrative costs and that provides you good, quality care for a reasonable price — as one of the options for you to choose, I think that makes sense.
Q Won’t that drive private insurers out of business?
THE PRESIDENT: Why would it drive private insurers out of business? If private insurers say that the marketplace provides the best quality healthcare, if they tell us that they’re offering a good deal, then why is it that the government — which they say can’t run anything — suddenly is going to drive them out of business? That’s not logical.
Full text at LATimes.
Awesome. Let’s make healthcare a competitive market again!
It looks like Apple didn’t bother testing the battery percentage indicator in 3.0 with their own Bluetooth headset.
When the headset is removed from the charger, random numbers appear in place of the misaligned 0, like 7893.
Further evidence that absolutely nobody uses the thing.
We’ve had a run of interesting aviation news this year. And now, a Continental pilot died en route from Belgium to Newark. When the pilot fell ill, an announcement was made to the cabin asking for doctors to come forward. This Belgian cardiologist answered the call for help. I absolutely love this photo (by Nadav Neuhaus for the NYT). The doctor looks so cool and dispassionate, chin up, looking off into the middle distance, his body language saying, “No big deal, this is just what I do.” If I ever need a cardiologist, this is my guy.
You do realize the pilot died right? Peh… some cardiologist :)
I’ll be in Austin for a week, starting tomorrow. 99% of the recommendations I’ve received so far have been food-related.
Is there anything to actually see in Austin?
“The typical human foot is an anatomical marvel of evolution with 26 bones, 33 muscles and hundreds of sensory receptors, tendons and ligaments. ” -Vibram
I’m ordering a pair of FiveFingers right now. I’ve heard the benefits actually outweigh the looking-ridiculous-ness.
Photo by mbarsalou.
Saw these silly things being demoed when I was in Boston for the marathon. We asked the pitch man how they felt when running long distances. He didn’t know. He was working up to a mile.
There’s no possible way you can tell your feet, which have been cushioned by the soles of shoes your entire life, to suddenly go without any support. Sure it feels more natural, but it’s as if your feet have been floating in space the entire time, and now you’re asking them to stand up and walk.
FiveFingers are the new Crocs.
