I’m sorry but I just couldn’t resist.

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This is one of the best ideas I have read in a long time and it really addresses the important issues for true reform in our government. I believe he was also responsible in part for creative commons. Larry Lessig just might be my new hero.

Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig Bets ‘Wikipedia’ Approach Will Transform Congress | Threat Level from Wired.com

Trent Reznor has been a fan of the BitTorrent for quite some time and made a big splash today by actually uploading his music himself to the major BitTorrent sites. He also put it under Creative Commons which is really cool. I use this as a chance to do a little promotion for the Creative Commons. Every musician should at least understand the options out there for their music when it comes to copyright. People love forward thinking artists!

Practice What You Preach: Nine Inch Nails Gives Away New Album

Warrantless wiretapping explained by Snuggle the Security Bear - Boing Boing

This wiretapping thing has gone crazy.  I can’t believe that our government let the telecoms get away with this.  It is really pathetic.  If you don’t know what I am talking about then just listen to snuggle the security bear.

The Ultimate PO Box, Post Office Box and Mail Forwarding Service | Earth Class Mail

I really want a paperless life.  I have been struggling for along time to try and convert everything I do into my computer.  It is just the way I work.  It is so much easier to stay organized in my computer and when I move around I can bring everything with me.  It is then backed up on TImeMachine and Mozy (everyone should have offsite backup).  No fear of ever losing my stuff.

I really wish I could afford this service.  I find it so exciting as to things that will be coming in the future.  Which reminds me that I just did my taxes today on TurboTax which as a company is a little deceiving about pricing (they introduce the state tax price halfway through and its more expensive.)  Overall though it is really slick especially if you use it for years in a row because the import all of you previous tax info.  This year they were even able to import my W-2s of of some server.  It should get easier and easier for Americans to do their own taxes as these tools keep getting better.  Sorry for the “rat hole”.

Door to Door Organics - Serving the Denver Boulder Area with Organic Grocery Delivery of Produce & Organic Food

I love me some produce.  The best way I think that anyone can stay healthy is to eat lots of fresh foods.  I heard a commentator on NPR talk about only eating food that rots.  Not rotten food, thats a whole different diet, but fresh foods with no preservatives.  I recently also heard someone of the radio talking about the French and how they eat fatty foods, smoke, and drink and live way longer then out very own diet crazed country.  Anyways, I think the best way to get fresh produce is in preplanned boxes.  I found the one above for Denver but I know there is several similar options in Chicago. 

There are a bunch of great things about boxes.  Usually the companies that put them together tend to support organic and local items as much as possible.  And when you support local you tend to get seasonal items as well.  The produce tends to be fresher, the box service I belonged to in Chicago guaranteed picked in the last 24hrs.  It is also less wasteful.  Just think of all the produce that goes to waste at a normal grocery store.  Farms can sell everything they grow and make sure all of it ends up in somebodies kitchen.

I will say that getting all of that produce means that you have to find time to cook again.  If you can’t find time to cook, then you can’t find time to live.  Let’s not forget how important food is to our happiness.  As always, you are what you eat.

Tags: Health, Food

I just heard that Oscar Peterson died.  He is one of my favorite musicians of all time and that really makes me sad.  Time to find that Oscar Peterson Christmas album. 

Tags: jazz, music

Chairs in Spot
Originally uploaded by nollenbe

They are already doing it. We had our first real snow last week and my fellow Chicagoans have already broke out their lawn chairs to save their spots. If you are not familiar with this practice, my fellow citizens shove out their spots and then claim the public space for themselves. It is totally crazy. I do give them props for multi-use of the chairs though.