12/14/13 Gil's LotD: Private islands
http://tynan.com/island If you know where to look you can find affordable islands.
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Bacon
I smoked homemade bacon. This has been on the bucket list since around 2007 when I first saw this blog post (later posted as a LotD in 2010 after the reboot). I also sourced some advice from this article in the LA Times.
You Can't Touch Mormon Jesus
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4/16/13 Gil's LotD: Adjective order
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/1155/what-is-the-rule-for-adjective-order The adjective order in English is surprisingly complicated.
3/10/13 Gil's LotD: Floating islands
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/06/national/06island.html?_r=0 America's dangerous floating islands.
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3/5/13 Gil's LotD crap: Colors
https://www.youtube.com/user/xsetpointer/videos Helpful Youtube videos.
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2/20/13 Gil's LotD: Babysitting co-op
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Babysitting_Co-op This babysitting co-op makes for an excellent example of how monetary and fiscal policy work.
2/17/13 Gil's LotD: NYC Subway Design Manual
http://thestandardsmanual.com/ The design manual created for the NYC subway by Vignelli.
1/23/13 Gil's LotD: Distinguishing Bolts from Screws
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/legal/informed_compliance_pubs/icp013.ctt/icp013.pdf The Federal Government's official document on distinguishing bolts from screws.
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12/31/12 Gil's LotD: Scrabble distribution
http://blog.useost.com/2012/12/30/valett/ Rethinking the Scrabble point distribution.