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February 2008

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Feb 27
2008

∞ Zero Pollution Motors is looking to produce an air-powered car for sale in the United States sometime in late 2009 or early 2010. Running on both compressed air and a traditional gasoline engine, which would kick in at speeds above 35 mph, the six seat vehicle at a cost of $17,800 could cover 800 to 1,000 miles and reach a top speed of 96 mph.

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Feb 26
2008

Pachelbel Rant

∞ Local lawmakers are considering a resolution for TDOT to determine if the Knoxville Parkway, otherwise known as the Orange Route, should be a toll road.
But wait, there’s more…

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Details of Great Fountain Geyser: Yellowstone National Park, September 2003

Mustard Spring in B&W: Yellowstone National Park, July 2006 Here’s a color photo of Mustard Spring taken during our visit in 2006 showing the yellowish colored deposits around its crater for which it is named.

∞ Background information on the demise of HD-DVD. Is Microsoft to blame? (via Twitter / Faruk Ates)

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Glide

Glide

Glide by Robby Edwards

DOMAssistant, the modular lightweight JavaScript library, with CSS selectors and AJAX

DOMAssistant, the modular lightweight JavaScript library, with CSS selectors and AJAX

Feb 25
2008

Sprague Lake, Mirrored

Sprague Lake, Mirrored

Sprague Lake, Mirrored by Robby Edwards

PdfMeNot.com – a nicer way of linking to PDFs

PdfMeNot.com – a nicer way of linking to PDFs This should be useful

Inside the Sculptor’s Studio: Mount Rushmore National Memorial, September 2003 This is the sculpture Borglum used as a reference for the presidents on Mount Rushmore. If I remember correctly, the scale is one-twelfth of Mount Rushmore. Basically, that means one inch here is one foot on Mount Rushmore.

Caprocks: Theodore Roosevelt National Park, South Unit, September 2003 Some examples of the caprock formations that can be seen throughout Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The rock on top is harder and more resistant to erosion than the rock below it.