Published on Thursday April 21, 2005 .
My NPR addiction started when I switched my alarm from buzz to radio. I figured I would be less likely to snooze the radio if something was on that wasn't just annoying, and I chose KQED because I didn't want to listent to Howard Stern on Live 105.
The radio did a pretty good job of getting me to wake up and not hit snooze 500 times. The problem was, I'd gradually wake up, but once I was listening to what they were talking about, I found I ended up staying in bed even longer than when I was just just using the snooze button.
Apparently I'm going to need to get a radio for my bathroom, and for the first time, I wish the iPod had a radio tuner.
I guess I should get out of bed now...
What to Do if Your Car Has Been Towed from Private Property [in San Francisco] And How To Get Your Money Back - Plus Penalties
A handy article about, but what I find most interesting about this is the use of a blogspot blog to publish a single article. (via Ernie)
Published on Thursday April 14, 2005 .
Morford's recent article (Earth To Humankind: Back Off) combined with the linked article about "The Long Emergency" aren't exactly uplifting reads, to say the least. After reading them, I had one little idea that would make a small difference: how about we stop mass distribting physical media? No more packaging, no more CDs or DVDs, etc. For these things that can be distributed in a purely digital form, why not make that the primary distribution method now, instead of before it's too late even for that?
I know, it's a crazy idea, but I can't help but wonder how much material must go into those industries.
Craigslist Housing / Google Maps mash-up
I love maps, and I love craigslist, so of course I think this is awesome, but I can't help but feel a little jealous that I didn't come up with this hack first. Of course, it'd still be nice if there were pictures of the neighborhoods each of those apartments were in... 
My recent addiction to NPR KQED combined with the fact that I actually owed taxes for the first time this year actually makes me feel older than the fact that I just turned 25.