reiver’s posterous

If everything has worked out, then the Posterous blog I created is working.  (The Posterous blog's URL is: http://reiver.posterous.com/ )  And this post has been propagated to my Tumblr blog.

In fact, I've created this post from my GMail account, instead of a web-based form.  And e-mailed my post into Posterous.  (Isn't that cool.)  There's some interesting possibilities with that!

There’s some people on Tumblr I really wish had commenting on their Tumble Blogs. (Maybe go use disqus to add commenting like so many other Tumblrs do.) Because there’s times where I’d like to comment on what people post.

That’s one of the complaints I actually have about Tumblr. Having a conversation isn’t easy. Don’t get me wrong, I love Tumblr. It does so many things right! But making it a little easier to have conversations would take Tumblr to another (better) level.

libert:

Build an analog TV station

via Hack a Day by Zach Banks on 9/2/09

With the transition to digital TV, the FCC has abandoned the old analog format. Luckily, you can take advantage of this and set up your own analog TV station. The FCC has a tool on their site to see what channels are open in your area to broadcast in. To broadcast, you need a TV transmitter, but cheap short-range models can be found on eBay or made at home [pdf]. Once you have a transmitter, you can pump in a video source, either your own content or videos from youtube. One group, OMGimontv is showcasing popular youtube clips on channel 14 in New York. On their site, users can vote for what clips they want to see. Although this isn’t as simple as making a radio station, it still has a lot of potential.

[via BoingBoing]

fuckyeahfacts:

August 2009 had 5 Saturdays, 5 Sundays and 5 Mondays, all in one month. This only happens once in 823 years.

Submitted by anelle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133629.htm

metousiosis:

ScienceDaily (Sep. 3, 2009) — Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) have traced the evolution of the four-chambered human heart to a common genetic factor linked to the development of hearts in turtles and other reptiles.

The research, published in the September 3 issue of the journal Nature, shows how a specific protein that turns on genes is involved in heart formation in turtles, lizards and humans.

“This is the first genetic link to the evolution of two, rather than one, pumping chamber in the heart, which is a key event in the evolution of becoming warm-blooded,” said Gladstone investigator Benoit Bruneau, PhD, who led the study. “The gene involved, Tbx5, is also implicated in human congenital heart disease, so our results also bring insight into human disease.”

From an evolutionary standpoint, the reptiles occupy a critical point in heart evolution.

Schiff Report: Gold, currencies, CNBC, & deficts make us rich?

http://reason.com/blog/show/134878.html

One of the often heard arguments for government health care is that the U.S. spends twice as much as other rich countries on health care and gets worse results. Try this thought experiment: Right now government (federal and state) payments already account for nearly 50 percent of all health care expenditures in the U.S. So if the goal of health care reform is to cut in half what we’re currently spending, why not simply outlaw all private insurance and out of pocket expenditures? Problem solved, right?

James Traficant on the IRS

(H/T J.H. Huebert)

(via macmankev, scrumptiouspie)

http://www.damninteresting.com/the-unfortunate-sex-life-of-the-banana

That’s damn interesting! (Although I already knew it before.)