Category Archives: Internet

The things one finds online

Posted on 22 January 2009 by dlhitzeman

Tech Item of the Day

It may seem odd, but a group of Virginia Tech grads recently established an online farmer’s market, seeking to replicate the ideas of the local food movement online.

Unfortunately, as cool as this idea might seem on the surface, it specifically violates the ideals of the local food movement. Local food is, you see, local. The idea behind the movement is to buy food from local producers, people less than 100 miles from where you live and when it is in season. […] Continue reading →

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One of the worst things I’ve ever found on the internet

Posted on 30 November 2008 by dlhitzeman

As if I needed any help wasting time on the internet, now I found this… Now it’s found you too! -=DLH=-

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Political maps

Posted on 26 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

My favorite daily email, Very Short List, sends this link to one of the coolest political map sites I have ever seen. If you want to spend some time trying to figure out how people will vote in the upcoming election, this website is definitely a resource for your quest. I find the most interesting thing about the site is the obvious changes in demographics that have occurred with American voters since the 1840s. […] Continue reading →

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Technology trying to kill us

Posted on 25 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

Well, the Large Hadron Collider is off the hook from killing us until next spring, so the tragic collapse of the Internet may beat it to the punch. […] Continue reading →

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Digital heart failure

Posted on 22 September 2008 by dlhitzeman

Before you wonder: yes, I know better. I discovered my first and, I hope, only casualty of the power outage that occurred the week of 14-19 September 2008: my 500Gb Western Digital NetCenter network attached storage device failed somewhere between … Continue reading →

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