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Re: Sorry, No iPhones Today

John Markos O'Neill — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:26:03 -0000

How much is that giant one in the window?

Re: Why Editors Should Rule the World

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:42:19 -0000

I would say something like, "These cultural references imply that data analysis skills are not merely a useful set of tools, but a cohesive discipline called analytics."

Re: High School Books I’d Like To Revisit

John Markos O'Neill — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:34:54 -0000

Not so many high school books, but a few college ones.

Don Quixote: someone (Aubrey Bell, says Google) once said that a person should read Don Quixote as a youth, then in midlife, and finally again in old age.

War and Peace. Seriously. It's an amazing book, and I must admit I skimmed the ending.

I always meant to read Ulysses, but never did: we didn't read that one in college.

Re: Wishful Thinking

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 27 May 2008 19:52:37 -0000

Clinton, New York is beautiful in May.

Re: Need That Mornin’ Cup…

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:18:51 -0000

That double tall soy mocha . . . you know you want it!

Re: Need That Mornin’ Cup…

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:19:09 -0000

Hi Mom!

Re: Need That Mornin’ Cup…

John Markos O'Neill — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:19:08 -0000

I'd know that vest anywhere.

Re: Buried.

John Markos O'Neill — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:37:13 -0000

You have a rowboat!

Re: Juxtaposition

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:46:57 -0000

Is that a color photo of Cordova?

Re: Digital Patterns Get Portable

John Markos O'Neill — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:08:15 -0000

Hi Meta-Amy, on a copy of a picture of a Kindle displaying a picture of you!

Re: The invisible audience shows up — on Facebook

John Markos O'Neill — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:44:51 -0000

I'm happy to comment on your blog. However, I won't add you as a friend on Facebook. No offense intended: I'm reserving Facebook connections for people whom I've met in person.

Re: Obsolete skills

John Markos O'Neill — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:08:50 -0000

I was thinking about how the middle of generation X (born in the late 60s and early 70s) is a transitional cohort with regard to digital technology. Although we were children in a mostly analog world, and learned many of the obsolete skills in this list, we were exposed to microcomputers as children, too. We're natives of both the digital and pre-digital worlds.

How do you know you're part of this lucky group? Identifying obsolete skills include playing Space Invaders on an Atari 2600, and programming BASIC on a Commodore whose programs load from cassette.

Re: Bikes on Transit: The Bay Area Story

John Markos O'Neill — Mon, 01 May 2006 12:10:55 -0000

Folding bikes are permitted (folded) on BART during commute hours. Also, you can put a folded bike on the "luggage car" of Caltrain even when the regular bike car is full.

Of course, folding bikes don't do so well on the hills of SF!

Re: 800 Watt Hours A Day! The Most Efficient Modern House?

John Markos O'Neill — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 14:32:34 -0000

This bolsters the argument for an 80% reduction in energy use being possible. On the other hand, no dishwasher is unacceptable IMO (if we
didn't have one, I'd spend two hours a day washing little kid dishes). Also, a gas dryer is sort of cheating, isn't it. They should measure therms (of natural gas) as well as watt hours for a true measure of efficiency.

Anyway, this is a great proof of concept, above caveats notwithstanding. We use about 300-400 kwh a month so 800 watt hours a day would be an order of magnitude (>90%) improvement in efficiency for us.

I do notice that these green buildings tend to be freestanding houses, which actually tend to have a higher footprint/occupant overall than multiunit buildings.

Note: I posted a version of this comment at Peak Oil Debunked Google Group as well.