Archive for September, 2005

Solar Tour

Friday, September 30, 2005 7:41

Visit homes with solar installations.

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Bloggers on the Housing-Bubble

Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:17

Article in today's SDUT about bloggers and housing bubble punditry. The Housing Bubble 2 The UCLA Anderson School has a report out on Californias economy. "Scratch the surface of California’s seemingly healthy economy and you’ll see an economy buoyed by a real estate bubble that could deflate at ...

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Congressional Corruption

Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:46

The 13 most corrupt members of Congress. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (San Diego): Cunningham, who has announced that he will not run for reelection, faces questions over his dealings with a defense contractor who allegedly overpaid him when he purchased Cunningham's house. Rep. Maxine Waters (Los Angeles): The report cites a ...

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Beautiful Launch Pictures

Friday, September 23, 2005 10:45

Dang it, I missed this missle launch last night! Full story at SignOnSanDiego. Click here for more pictures from SoSD. Here are some Flickr images. UPDATE I got an email from LAUNCH ALERT with more picture links: http://eichler.dnsalias.org/media/video/Minotaur/launch-.mov http://eichler.dnsalias.org/media/video/Minotaur/

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Switchfoot Advises Fans to Circumnavigate Copy Protection

Thursday, September 22, 2005 20:15

I went to high school with Switchfoot members Tim and Jon Foreman so I'm not entirely surprised to read Tim's forum post announcing his regret over Sony's new copy protected CD's which don't allow the importion of songs into programs like Windows iTunes. Let me first say that as ...

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Guide to weblog comments

Thursday, September 22, 2005 10:13

Some good advice for blog commenters. Leaving a comment on someone’s weblog is like walking into their living room and joining in on a conversation. As in real life, online there are some people who are a pleasure to converse with, and some who are not. Good blog commenters add to the ...

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Lightning hitting IB Pier last night

Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:17

I found this over on Livejournal under Thone Romblen's blog: "Over the last couple of years the ROADNet project has deployed multiple high resolution cameras throughout San Diego county that automatically take photos at pre-specified rates. These photos are transmitted to a real time database here at SIO via ...

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Get rid of your old TVs and monitors for free — Enviro Fair 2005

Friday, September 16, 2005 4:38

North County residents can safely discard their old or broken TVs and monitors this Saturday, September 24, 2005.

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What is the Perfect Society?

Monday, September 12, 2005 9:55

Craig sent us: www.perfectsociety.net local san diego film-makers embark on seeking the answer to "what is a perfect society and how do we achieve it?" Peculiar little site, interesting idea, amatuer, but it sure looks like they're having fun: here's the trailer (Windows Media Format).

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KPBS Hurricane Relief Bake Sale Friday

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 9:16

A pal sends this, they will be promoting it on the air on KPBS and contacting local bakeries to make donations. Be sweet and help Hurricane Victims! Come to the KPBS Hurricane Relief Bake Sale Friday, September 10th ---KPBS Lobby 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join KPBS in raising funds for the ...

Barista Battle 2005

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 6:13

Espresso competition

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Big Girls Go Burlesque

Wednesday, September 7, 2005 5:00

David Moye sent us: Big Girls Go Burlesque On Friday A plus-sized Blues diva and fat activist has a titillating way of helping ladies and gents get over their body issues -- a burlesque show and concert featuring big girls like herself. Singer Candye Kane is ...

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Rocket from the Crypt Calls It Quits

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 19:00

Arguably one of the best bands to ever call San Diego home has announced that its Halloween show will be its last: On Halloween night in San Diego, Rocket from the Crypt will be playing our farewell show. After 16 years of scars and ear damage all in the name ...

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Rancho Penasquitos Fire

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 18:36

This is not what you want to see when you are heading out for lunch on a lazy Labor Day... Here's the Union Tribune article. Aw! Looks like some 14 year old kid started it. From the Union Tribune. More pictures and some maps here.

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Local way to help with Katrina

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 17:41

Here are 2 immediate disaster relief opportunities that I received via a coworker and the SD Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters. If you have any contacts to help address these needs, please directly contact the numbers listed below. Opportunity ...

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BrownTide.com: Like The Onion, but for San Diego

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 15:02

This is kinda fun. The world, and San Diego in particular, can always use a bit of wacky satire. In that spirit, Neal sent us: San Diego's Brown Tide Hello, Although we aren't bloggers at BrownTide.com, we respect folks like you who generate fresh insight, information and other content on a ...

San Diego Bloggers Added August

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 10:47

2005-08-30 Mrs. Z (Atom)2005-08-30 SanDiegoInteractive.com (Atom)2005-08-29 Schlueterica (Atom)(RSS)(+)2005-08-26 cornerstone life (Atom)2005-08-24 Ryan Wentzel (Atom)(RSS)2005-08-11 PodPoet (...

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Katrina Evacuees Thankful for San Diegan’s Generosity

Tuesday, September 6, 2005 8:51

Private citizen and San Diego businessman David Perez makes a difference when he charters a plane to take 82 evacuees to San Diego Sunday afternoon. Via voice of san diego. What ever happend to to the concept of "the buck stops here"? Very compelling commentary about government denial. ...

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JournalCon, San Diego

Sunday, September 4, 2005 13:17

JournalCon 2005: Welcome Bloggers, Journalers, Diarists and Web Writers! It's that time of year again...the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming, and people throughout the blogosphere are wondering "Hey, when's JournalCon??" Well, wonder no more....the info is here! Save the Date! October 21-23, 2005 Westin Horton Plaza San Diego, California More here!

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