Sylvester!

broderic on January 8, 2014

On this cold, cold morning, how about dancing beatniks?

Scene straight out of ‘Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.’

Pure Pleasure

broderic on March 13, 2013

My soundtrack for the rowing machine. It keeps me going.

I started on this disk which is right on the swing era. The big bands can make you move, because they were always meant to make you dance.

My cadence has a little swing to it.

I’m eventually going to make it back around to the beginning. Maybe I might have already rowed around the world.

Link of the Day [10.25.11]

broderic on October 25, 2011

With winter quickly approaching and autumn finally settling in, I was thinking about making my home a little more energy efficient. I plan first to get a storm door for the front entryway, because I believe my front door is like a hole in the wall and it lets out a lot of the heat. Then I thought about a new programmable thermostat add it so that
I can control when and how much my furnace or AC goes off. I wondered how easy this would be to do. But then I got to thinking it would be nice to have a connected thermostat to check in on during the day.Well, some dudes are trying to change the thermostat industry. Looks promising. Maybe I should get a job with them.http://www.nest.com/

Blogger Testing

broderic on October 14, 2011

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via ThinkProgress » Yglesias by Matthew Yglesias on 10/13/11


Prior to the Carter administration, the Civil Aeronautics Board basically set airfares throughout the country. This sharply diminished price competition and induced airlines to compete on the basis of offering high-quality service. Then came deregulation, and both prices and quality fell sharply. It turns out that what tourists really want is to get where they’re going, and what firms want is to pay less money to send their workers around the world. Glen Whitman cites the decline of the young attractive flight attendant as an example of this dynamic in action, but I think Megan McArdle is right to say that anti-discrimination laws and union protections are the bigger story here. One way to look at this kind of issue is just to look at long-haul first class service. Even though it turns out that most travelers prefer cheaper flights to better flights, that’s not a universal preference and airlines do offer the option of paying more money for better service. People flying first class generally get much nicer seats, better food, shorter lines, and more attention from flight attendants, but they’re subject to the same labor market regulations, contract provisions, and norms as everyone else.

 
 

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