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Dear Netflix,
Do you think that you could add a feature for the ‘Queue’ page that would show whether or not you’ve shipped a movie to me before?
This will help me remember whether I’ve seen it or not, instead of waiting till it shows up.
Thanks,
Me

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CycleU has something called an indoor Time Trial. Basically they have seven computrainers setup and networked together so you all race against each other.
Projected onto a big screen is the course, including an elevation profile. Below that is a little bar section that shows your relative progress in regards to everyone else. […]

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Alright.
So I was riding home this evening, around 5 so it was still light out.
There’s this part on the Burke where it splits up into two skinnier one-way paths that are about 3-4 feet wide. In the middle is a little grassy/muddy trough that is about 2 feet wide or so depending on where […]

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Much more than a trainer, the RealAxiom is a cycling simulator, bringing the feel and view of the road inside by pairing a state-of-the-art electromagnetic resistance trainer with your PC. Your PC communicates with the trainer, varying the amount of resistance, reflecting real world conditions as you ride through different courses. New features include a […]

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Even the famous Tanjung Puting national park in Kalimantan is being ripped apart by oil planters. The orangutan is likely to become extinct in the wild. Sumatran rhinos, tigers, gibbons, tapirs, proboscis monkeys and thousands of other species could go the same way. Thousands of indigenous people have been evicted from their lands, and some […]

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A Surly guy writes:

The new part was that this evolutionary mishap made the mental leap to attempted murder. He gunned the motor after I was back on the right side of the street… and hit me. Full-on ran me down. Wow.

I can see where people who read this kind of thing would be scared to […]

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velo-city is a sustainable rapid mobility system for the City of Toronto. velo-city is a high-speed, all-season, pollution-free, ultra-quiet transit system that makes people healthier. Using an infrastructure of elevated cycle tracks velo-city creates a network across the city. The elevated bikeways are enclosed in tubes to provide protection for all […]

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I suppose I’m gloating a bit here, but I’ve determined that I have quite a nice work setup going on.
What you’ll see there is 2 20″ LCD monitors, the 40gb iPod, a pair of Shure E2c’s (which you’ll just have to trust that one of those cords is indeed that).
What you can’t see are […]

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Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Hardware - Natural® Ergonomic Keyboard 4000
Picked up this gem last week. I’ve had about 50hrs on it now and I totally love it. The selling point for me was the reverse tilt on it (so the back tilts up a bit), much like my beloved Logitech New Touch. […]

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The invention is a battery comprised of an electrical current collector constructed of carbon or lightweight graphite foam. This foam exhibits a sizeable increase in surface area for chemical reactions to take place and eliminates the need for heavy lead plates found in traditional batteries. The graphite material resists corrosion and sulfation build-up, thus contributing […]

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