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3/5/13 Gil's LotD crap: Colors

By gil on Tue, 03/05/2013 - 6:00pm

https://www.youtube.com/user/xsetpointer/videos Helpful Youtube videos.

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2/20/13 Gil's LotD: Babysitting co-op

By gil on Wed, 02/20/2013 - 6:00pm

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.

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2/17/13 Gil's LotD: NYC Subway Design Manual

By gil on Sun, 02/17/2013 - 10:00pm

http://thestandardsmanual.com/ The design manual created for the NYC subway by Vignelli.

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1/23/13 Gil's LotD: Distinguishing Bolts from Screws

By gil on Wed, 01/23/2013 - 6:00pm

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

By gil on Mon, 12/31/2012 - 6:00pm

http://blog.useost.com/2012/12/30/valett/ Rethinking the Scrabble point distribution.

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12/24/12 Gil's LotD: Signals and syscalls

By gil on Mon, 12/24/2012 - 6:00pm

http://lwn.net/Articles/528935/ Al Viro on how signals are handled during syscalls in Linux.

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12/14/12 Gil's LotD: Rubber rooms

By gil on Fri, 12/14/2012 - 6:00pm

http://scriptunasimages.wordpress.com/2012/11/23/inside-nasas-rubber-room/ NASA built a shock-proof rubber room underneath each launch platform.

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12/12/12 Gil's LotD: Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space

By gil on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 6:00pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy_Presents_Mr._Spock%27s_Music_From_Outer_Space Leonard Nimoy recorded an album in the 60s.

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12/11/12 Gil's LotD: World's Largest Ball of Paint

By gil on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 6:00pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VM1LmG0gtE The creator of the world's largest ball of paint reflects on the journey.

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11/24/12 Gil's LotD crap: Shipment and discharge of seamen

By gil on Sat, 11/24/2012 - 6:00pm

http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/86723.pdf The State Department's official guide on how to handle shipment and discharge of seamen.

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