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Last July I posted asking about storage and backup. I still don't have a good solution, but am thinking offsite backup is the way to go. I got a few responses then, but no consensus.

What is your backup solution?

Poll Backup

If you have any other comments, more data is better!

Dear Lazyweb,

I've been thinking: there are a lot of wonderful foods out in the world. While sometimes our supermarket is out of something regular, I realized thare are a lot of things they usually do have that I've never even tried (or at least haven't cooked myself).

I want to fix this. Do you know of any recipes involving any of the following?

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Yesterday we had a guest lecture at work from Daniel Vlasic, who has done some very cool tricks with multilinear algebra to transfer performances from one actor to another, including a dancing hand directing a humanoid ( Read more... )

I just joined and got checked out at the most basi level at Boston Community Boating! Ski season may be over, but a summer of sailing on the Charles awaits!


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We have a stainless steel shelf/counter unit that came with our apartment. It is generally great, but its top surface with a fine-brushed finish scratches easily, given that the unglazed bottom "foot" of a ceramic bowl is significantly harder than stainless steel. Compounding this is the fact that the steel is shiny, so minor blemishes show up ( Read more... )

If you search Google Images for normal distribution, the number two hit is this god-awful ugly blob:


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I just discovered that Ray and Charles Eames, of Eames Lounge Chair and LCW (and much more) are the same people behind the 1977 short Powers of Ten. Awesome!

I've been scouring the web for amazing dining chairs. Outside of the classic and expensive Hans Wegner Wishbone chair, I've found surprisingly few dining chairs that look practical, comfortable, well-built, and interesting. I finally found a few interesting ones, but none seem to be in production. One is Monica Förster's Antelope chair link. But no ( Read more... )

It's wet in Bedford. Here's the supermarket parking lot.


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