So, my regular readers (I found out recently that I actually have regular readers!) may have noticed I have repeatedly promised an indepth essay on capitalism, I have said at least once that it would be my next post, and I keep posting other stuff.
Well, it really is in progress. I've written a lot of it. But there is a lot more to go, and I decided not to start posting the finished ones until the entire thing is finished.
In the meantime - since I am saving each section in my drafts folder - I discovered a whole bunch of stuff I wrote, sometimes years ago, and for reasons I can't even guess at, I never posted.
I'm going to start posting those, while I work on my biggest writing project to date.
Oh, and by the way - if you read 5 Years Later and Not A Great Start to the New Year, and you were wondering if I was still in a bad place... noooo. I am not. Not even a little. A very very good place right now.
I don't want to get into it too much here - its very exciting, its very mutual, but its also very new and we all know my patterns. I can't be objective.
As far as I can tell thus far, there is real potential, and regardless of how it turns out I am having a hell of a fun time in the moment. If you remember, way way back, New Year's (2009); I honestly did not think it would be possible - I mean, literally, physically possible - to top that experience. Well, it turns out it is.
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11 February 2014
Motivated
Motivated by the discovery that I have a readership of at least one, in conjunction with being caught up on all the work I can get done (until the water pump is delivered), I am going to (finally!) get started on at least one of the two essays that have been waiting inside my brain
17 June 2013
The Common Thread
I was at a party yesterday, and I was talking about who knows what, and, I guess maybe because I have an "educated" accent, or whatever, I really have no idea why, she commented that she was surprised I hadn't gone into some field of science.
And I mentioned that I had been expecting to in high school, I had interned in microbiology and biotech labs, focused mainly on science classes in high school and college, got associate degrees in biology and earth science - but then, by random acts of fate, I had ended up doing semi-skilled manual labor which afforded me not only decent money, but an extremely flexible schedule and the ability to be my own boss.
I said I still satiated that side of my mind with plenty of reading, and occasional writing.
She asked where I wrote, whether it was just for myself - basically just this blog, and given the size of it's readership, yeah, pretty much just for myself.
and what topics I wrote about, and I tried to think of all the various things I've covered.
She asked what they all have in common.
Nothing really, other than I find them interesting. And I find of lot of things interesting. The world is a vast and complicated place. reality is fascinating. I really can not comprehend how so many people can willingly specialize, focus on just one area of human knowledge, when there is just so much else out there. I'm much more interested in understanding a little about everything than everything about a little.
So, yeah, my blog has no theme.
Probably why I will never be able to generate any significant readership. People subscribe to stuff that focuses on what interests them, and mine doesn't focus on anything.
She insisted that there must be some angle where a common theme could be found. She said that in what she did, there were always commonalities emerging, even when they weren't obvious at first.
We kept talking more, I elaborated slightly on a few posts, she suggested that maybe challenging preconceptions might be a consistent thing, and then I realized, duh! it's right there in the header of the blog.
Nothing inspires me to write - to really write, something in depth and well thought out, with perhaps hours of research and weeks of drafting in my head - like something where I find millions of people hold a particular piece of "common wisdom" which just happens to be completely wrong.
But I learned something recently:
People are stubborn.
I mean, like, really stubborn.
No surprise, right, but the extent of it is.
Its not just rejecting arguments that you don't already agree with. We humans have a tendency, even in the face of independent evidence or clear factual data, to believe our wrong beliefs EVEN HARDER when they are challenged.
That certainly isn't encouraging in terms of my chances of changing anyone's mind about anything!
Therefore, perhaps I should make this article:
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/06/10/the-backfire-effect/
mandatory reading before you can read any of the more potentially controversial things I've written.
Except of course that there is no way for me to enforce it.
Well, read it anyway. And be aware of it, not just when you're reading what I write, but all the time, in day-to-day life, and whenever you argue with anyone. You can go a long way to overriding your own cognitive biases, if only you are aware of them. You will make yourself smarter, and by so doing, be able to make your own life better in every way, forever.
You may still disagree with me on all sorts of stuff. But, at least if you approach it with a truly open mind, you will disagree for the right reasons.
And I mentioned that I had been expecting to in high school, I had interned in microbiology and biotech labs, focused mainly on science classes in high school and college, got associate degrees in biology and earth science - but then, by random acts of fate, I had ended up doing semi-skilled manual labor which afforded me not only decent money, but an extremely flexible schedule and the ability to be my own boss.
I said I still satiated that side of my mind with plenty of reading, and occasional writing.
She asked where I wrote, whether it was just for myself - basically just this blog, and given the size of it's readership, yeah, pretty much just for myself.
and what topics I wrote about, and I tried to think of all the various things I've covered.
She asked what they all have in common.
Nothing really, other than I find them interesting. And I find of lot of things interesting. The world is a vast and complicated place. reality is fascinating. I really can not comprehend how so many people can willingly specialize, focus on just one area of human knowledge, when there is just so much else out there. I'm much more interested in understanding a little about everything than everything about a little.
So, yeah, my blog has no theme.
Probably why I will never be able to generate any significant readership. People subscribe to stuff that focuses on what interests them, and mine doesn't focus on anything.
She insisted that there must be some angle where a common theme could be found. She said that in what she did, there were always commonalities emerging, even when they weren't obvious at first.
We kept talking more, I elaborated slightly on a few posts, she suggested that maybe challenging preconceptions might be a consistent thing, and then I realized, duh! it's right there in the header of the blog.
Nothing inspires me to write - to really write, something in depth and well thought out, with perhaps hours of research and weeks of drafting in my head - like something where I find millions of people hold a particular piece of "common wisdom" which just happens to be completely wrong.
But I learned something recently:
People are stubborn.
I mean, like, really stubborn.
No surprise, right, but the extent of it is.
Its not just rejecting arguments that you don't already agree with. We humans have a tendency, even in the face of independent evidence or clear factual data, to believe our wrong beliefs EVEN HARDER when they are challenged.
That certainly isn't encouraging in terms of my chances of changing anyone's mind about anything!
Therefore, perhaps I should make this article:
http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/06/10/the-backfire-effect/
mandatory reading before you can read any of the more potentially controversial things I've written.
Except of course that there is no way for me to enforce it.
Well, read it anyway. And be aware of it, not just when you're reading what I write, but all the time, in day-to-day life, and whenever you argue with anyone. You can go a long way to overriding your own cognitive biases, if only you are aware of them. You will make yourself smarter, and by so doing, be able to make your own life better in every way, forever.
You may still disagree with me on all sorts of stuff. But, at least if you approach it with a truly open mind, you will disagree for the right reasons.
29 January 2013
What to Read?
I have been writing since 2006, and if my blogs were a MS Word document (as they are, as a backup), they would take up about 350 pages.
And a whole lot of that is just little random tidbits from my life that I found interesting the day I was writing.
READ THIS FIRST:
The Common Thread (17 June 2013)
Before you read anything else here, you must read The Common Thread.
Then go on to read whatever you like...
July 2006
Chapter IV; In Which I Recommend That Everyone Get a Motorcycle
Aug 2006
Numero Ocho; In Which I Point Out That Republicans Are Not Conservative At All
Book 10; Tn Which I List My Favorite Bible Verses
Item 12; In Which Abortion is NOT a Matter of the Right to Life, & NOT a Women's Rights Issue
Heading 14; In Which Reparations Are Still Due
Sept 2006
Portion 17; In Which True Christians Stay Kosher
Feb 2007
Free Market VS. Democracy: (1-0)
Organized Protest: Civil Obedience
Jun 2007
Sexual Dimorphism, and Caveman Love
July 2007
Dr Cox on Love; Heterosexual ManLove; and Does Enjoying Performing Fellatio Make a Guy Gay?
Oct 2007
Unborn Humans and Social Conservatives; Mixing Emotion and Politics
Nov 2007
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, Why NASA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Apophis
Jan 2008
Buying a Home as an Investment
Feb 2008
Evil Will Always Win. But its OK
Education - Now, with References!!!!
Mar 2008
Average + Ordinary = Perfection; the (not so) Secret Formula to Happiness
Sept 2008
Anarchy VS Capitalism ... Anarchy=Capitalism
Dec 2008
The Root of the Problem (On economics and the creation of value)
Sex vs. Morality (Warren Was Right)
Jan 2009
A Little Perspective
Te Quiero
Feb 2009
FemDom vs. Feminism: Power Doesn't Come From Penetration
Travel and Work. And Hubris
Apr 2009
Gay Animals, Social Sex, and a Misunderstanding of Natural and Sexual Selection
June 2009
Capitalists, Libertarians, and Anarchists; Oh My!
July 2009
Race (Whites Still Winning)
Aug 2009
Slow Down. My Philosophy for Life also Applies to the Road
Sept 2009
Dec 2009
Apr 2010
Science!
Awareness of White Privilege VS Actually Working to Change It
Jan 2011
Be Healthy, My Friend
Be Healthy, part 2 (sub-section: Fat Management)
Oct 2011
Dramatically Reduce Unemployment - with no cost to government - by Instituting a 35 Hour Work Week
Jan 2012
Buying Bikes from Craigslist
March 2012
"Mad Max" Hypermiler Questions and Comments Answered
June 2012
Please Ride Your Bike in the Street.
June 2012
“A poor person never gave me a job”
July 2012
Adding an Overdrive (BW T-19 to ZF-5 transmission swap)
Sept 2012
Advertisements That Only Work Due to Ignorance and Stupidity
Dec 2012
The Last Big Question (the evolution of consciousness itself)
Comments from MMM Economics / Philosophy / Politics threads
Jan 2013
The Oldest Profession
What Does Our Gut Reaction to the Word "Rape" Say About Our Subconscious Beliefs About Women's Agency?
Feb 2013
Workouts for the Brain
Mar 2013
Obama = Bush Jr??? (hint: the answer is no)
Jun 2013
Trespassing in the Commune
Your Actions are (part of) Causing that Traffic Jam You're Stuck in*
Jul 2013
If I Were Elected King of the Country
Cops Shooting Unarmed Black Men
"Culture" and "Race" are not interchangeable
I am no longer writing as consistently as I used to, so instead of checking in occasionally, I'd recommend just subscribing to new posts with the box on the top right of the page.
And a whole lot of that is just little random tidbits from my life that I found interesting the day I was writing.
Mixed in among those there are a number of in-depth essays on a wide variety of topics. There has been no way to easily sift through all the random crap to find the good stuff.
Until now!
Wondering what to read next?
Of 200+ posts, these are (in my personal opinion) the top ~50 most interesting or useful
Until now!
Wondering what to read next?
Of 200+ posts, these are (in my personal opinion) the top ~50 most interesting or useful
READ THIS FIRST:
The Common Thread (17 June 2013)
Before you read anything else here, you must read The Common Thread.
Then go on to read whatever you like...
July 2006
Chapter IV; In Which I Recommend That Everyone Get a Motorcycle
Aug 2006
Numero Ocho; In Which I Point Out That Republicans Are Not Conservative At All
Book 10; Tn Which I List My Favorite Bible Verses
Item 12; In Which Abortion is NOT a Matter of the Right to Life, & NOT a Women's Rights Issue
Heading 14; In Which Reparations Are Still Due
Sept 2006
Portion 17; In Which True Christians Stay Kosher
Feb 2007
Free Market VS. Democracy: (1-0)
Organized Protest: Civil Obedience
Jun 2007
Sexual Dimorphism, and Caveman Love
July 2007
Dr Cox on Love; Heterosexual ManLove; and Does Enjoying Performing Fellatio Make a Guy Gay?
Oct 2007
Unborn Humans and Social Conservatives; Mixing Emotion and Politics
Nov 2007
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, Why NASA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Apophis
Jan 2008
Buying a Home as an Investment
Feb 2008
Evil Will Always Win. But its OK
Education - Now, with References!!!!
Mar 2008
Average + Ordinary = Perfection; the (not so) Secret Formula to Happiness
Sept 2008
Dec 2008
The Root of the Problem (On economics and the creation of value)
Sex vs. Morality (Warren Was Right)
Jan 2009
A Little Perspective
Te Quiero
Feb 2009
FemDom vs. Feminism: Power Doesn't Come From Penetration
Travel and Work. And Hubris
Apr 2009
Gay Animals, Social Sex, and a Misunderstanding of Natural and Sexual Selection
June 2009
Capitalists, Libertarians, and Anarchists; Oh My!
July 2009
Race (Whites Still Winning)
Aug 2009
Slow Down. My Philosophy for Life also Applies to the Road
Sept 2009
Dec 2009
Apr 2010
Science!
Awareness of White Privilege VS Actually Working to Change It
Jan 2011
Be Healthy, My Friend
Be Healthy, part 2 (sub-section: Fat Management)
Oct 2011
Dramatically Reduce Unemployment - with no cost to government - by Instituting a 35 Hour Work Week
Jan 2012
Buying Bikes from Craigslist
March 2012
"Mad Max" Hypermiler Questions and Comments Answered
June 2012
Please Ride Your Bike in the Street.
June 2012
“A poor person never gave me a job”
July 2012
Adding an Overdrive (BW T-19 to ZF-5 transmission swap)
Sept 2012
Advertisements That Only Work Due to Ignorance and Stupidity
Dec 2012
The Last Big Question (the evolution of consciousness itself)
Comments from MMM Economics / Philosophy / Politics threads
Jan 2013
The Oldest Profession
What Does Our Gut Reaction to the Word "Rape" Say About Our Subconscious Beliefs About Women's Agency?
Feb 2013
Workouts for the Brain
Mar 2013
Obama = Bush Jr??? (hint: the answer is no)
Jun 2013
Trespassing in the Commune
Your Actions are (part of) Causing that Traffic Jam You're Stuck in*
Jul 2013
If I Were Elected King of the Country
Cops Shooting Unarmed Black Men
"Culture" and "Race" are not interchangeable
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That's all for now.
I am no longer writing as consistently as I used to, so instead of checking in occasionally, I'd recommend just subscribing to new posts with the box on the top right of the page.
What to Read?
I have been writing since 2006, and if my blogs were a MS Word document (as they are, as a backup), they would take up about 350 pages.
And a whole lot of that is just little random tidbits from my life that I found interesting the day I was writing.
READ THIS FIRST:
The Common Thread (17 June 2013)
Before you read anything else here, you must read The Common Thread.
Then go on to read whatever you like...
July 2006
Chapter IV; In Which I Recommend That Everyone Get a Motorcycle
Aug 2006
Numero Ocho; In Which I Point Out That Republicans Are Not Conservative At All
Book 10; Tn Which I List My Favorite Bible Verses
Item 12; In Which Abortion is NOT a Matter of the Right to Life, & NOT a Women's Rights Issue
Heading 14; In Which Reparations Are Still Due
Sept 2006
Portion 17; In Which True Christians Stay Kosher
Feb 2007
Free Market VS. Democracy: (1-0)
Organized Protest: Civil Obedience
Jun 2007
Sexual Dimorphism, and Caveman Love
July 2007
Dr Cox on Love; Heterosexual ManLove; and Does Enjoying Performing Fellatio Make a Guy Gay?
Oct 2007
Unborn Humans and Social Conservatives; Mixing Emotion and Politics
Nov 2007
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, Why NASA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Apophis
Jan 2008
Buying a Home as an Investment
Feb 2008
Evil Will Always Win. But its OK
Education - Now, with References!!!!
Mar 2008
Average + Ordinary = Perfection; the (not so) Secret Formula to Happiness
Sept 2008
Anarchy VS Capitalism ... Anarchy=Capitalism
Dec 2008
The Root of the Problem (On economics and the creation of value)
Sex vs. Morality (Warren Was Right)
Jan 2009
A Little Perspective
Te Quiero
Feb 2009
FemDom vs. Feminism: Power Doesn't Come From Penetration
Travel and Work. And Hubris
Apr 2009
Gay Animals, Social Sex, and a Misunderstanding of Natural and Sexual Selection
June 2009
Capitalists, Libertarians, and Anarchists; Oh My!
July 2009
Race (Whites Still Winning)
Aug 2009
Slow Down. My Philosophy for Life also Applies to the Road
Sept 2009
Dec 2009
Apr 2010
Science!
Awareness of White Privilege VS Actually Working to Change It
Jan 2011
Be Healthy, My Friend
Be Healthy, part 2 (sub-section: Fat Management)
Oct 2011
Dramatically Reduce Unemployment - with no cost to government - by Instituting a 35 Hour Work Week
Jan 2012
Buying Bikes from Craigslist
March 2012
"Mad Max" Hypermiler Questions and Comments Answered
June 2012
Please Ride Your Bike in the Street.
June 2012
“A poor person never gave me a job”
July 2012
Adding an Overdrive (BW T-19 to ZF-5 transmission swap)
Sept 2012
Advertisements That Only Work Due to Ignorance and Stupidity
Dec 2012
The Last Big Question (the evolution of consciousness itself)
Comments from MMM Economics / Philosophy / Politics threads
Jan 2013
The Oldest Profession
What Does Our Gut Reaction to the Word "Rape" Say About Our Subconscious Beliefs About Women's Agency?
Feb 2013
Workouts for the Brain
Mar 2013
Obama = Bush Jr??? (hint: the answer is no)
Jun 2013
Trespassing in the Commune
Your Actions are (part of) Causing that Traffic Jam You're Stuck in*
Jul 2013
If I Were Elected King of the Country
Cops Shooting Unarmed Black Men
"Culture" and "Race" are not interchangeable
I am no longer writing as consistently as I used to, so instead of checking in occasionally, I'd recommend just subscribing to new posts with the box on the to right of the page.
And a whole lot of that is just little random tidbits from my life that I found interesting the day I was writing.
Mixed in among those there are a number of in-depth essays on a wide variety of topics. There has been no way to easily sift through all the random crap to find the good stuff.
Until now!
Wondering what to read next?
Of 200+ posts, these are (in my personal opinion) the top ~50 most interesting or useful
Until now!
Wondering what to read next?
Of 200+ posts, these are (in my personal opinion) the top ~50 most interesting or useful
READ THIS FIRST:
The Common Thread (17 June 2013)
Before you read anything else here, you must read The Common Thread.
Then go on to read whatever you like...
July 2006
Chapter IV; In Which I Recommend That Everyone Get a Motorcycle
Aug 2006
Numero Ocho; In Which I Point Out That Republicans Are Not Conservative At All
Book 10; Tn Which I List My Favorite Bible Verses
Item 12; In Which Abortion is NOT a Matter of the Right to Life, & NOT a Women's Rights Issue
Heading 14; In Which Reparations Are Still Due
Sept 2006
Portion 17; In Which True Christians Stay Kosher
Feb 2007
Free Market VS. Democracy: (1-0)
Organized Protest: Civil Obedience
Jun 2007
Sexual Dimorphism, and Caveman Love
July 2007
Dr Cox on Love; Heterosexual ManLove; and Does Enjoying Performing Fellatio Make a Guy Gay?
Oct 2007
Unborn Humans and Social Conservatives; Mixing Emotion and Politics
Nov 2007
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, Why NASA Wouldn’t Have Stopped Apophis
Jan 2008
Buying a Home as an Investment
Feb 2008
Evil Will Always Win. But its OK
Education - Now, with References!!!!
Mar 2008
Average + Ordinary = Perfection; the (not so) Secret Formula to Happiness
Sept 2008
Dec 2008
The Root of the Problem (On economics and the creation of value)
Sex vs. Morality (Warren Was Right)
Jan 2009
A Little Perspective
Te Quiero
Feb 2009
FemDom vs. Feminism: Power Doesn't Come From Penetration
Travel and Work. And Hubris
Apr 2009
Gay Animals, Social Sex, and a Misunderstanding of Natural and Sexual Selection
June 2009
Capitalists, Libertarians, and Anarchists; Oh My!
July 2009
Race (Whites Still Winning)
Aug 2009
Slow Down. My Philosophy for Life also Applies to the Road
Sept 2009
Dec 2009
Apr 2010
Science!
Awareness of White Privilege VS Actually Working to Change It
Jan 2011
Be Healthy, My Friend
Be Healthy, part 2 (sub-section: Fat Management)
Oct 2011
Dramatically Reduce Unemployment - with no cost to government - by Instituting a 35 Hour Work Week
Jan 2012
Buying Bikes from Craigslist
March 2012
"Mad Max" Hypermiler Questions and Comments Answered
June 2012
Please Ride Your Bike in the Street.
June 2012
“A poor person never gave me a job”
July 2012
Adding an Overdrive (BW T-19 to ZF-5 transmission swap)
Sept 2012
Advertisements That Only Work Due to Ignorance and Stupidity
Dec 2012
The Last Big Question (the evolution of consciousness itself)
Comments from MMM Economics / Philosophy / Politics threads
Jan 2013
The Oldest Profession
What Does Our Gut Reaction to the Word "Rape" Say About Our Subconscious Beliefs About Women's Agency?
Feb 2013
Workouts for the Brain
Mar 2013
Obama = Bush Jr??? (hint: the answer is no)
Jun 2013
Trespassing in the Commune
Your Actions are (part of) Causing that Traffic Jam You're Stuck in*
Jul 2013
If I Were Elected King of the Country
Cops Shooting Unarmed Black Men
"Culture" and "Race" are not interchangeable
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
That's all for now.
I am no longer writing as consistently as I used to, so instead of checking in occasionally, I'd recommend just subscribing to new posts with the box on the to right of the page.
15 March 2012
My Green Living Projects
Remember the scene in The Jerk where Navin (Steve Martin) gets really excited because the new phonebooks has arrived?
Well, the new phonebooks are here.
The mini-documentary on my life that was filmed by Faircompanies.com several years ago now has a sequel.
In this one I talk about my truck mods and driving style that lets me get almost double the mileage my truck initially got, saving me a couple grand in fuel charges each year.
My last video with them is up to almost a quarter million views, but the company has gotten a lot more subscribers since then, so there is potential for this one to be even more popular.
If you have already seen it, this post answers the most common questions, comments, and criticisms I have gotten so far:
http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/mad-max-hypermiler-questions-and.html
I realized my various internet persona were diluting my potential to be a simple/green living spokesman when a couple people on the MMM (Mr Money Mustache) forums mentioned they had read my 12v solar project on Instructables, but hadn't realized it was the same person.
I am Jacob Aziza on Instructables, David Craig Hiser in the comments of YouTube, Bakari on MMM (and ERE) - as well as in real life. Occasionally stuff I've written online is credited to Lenard Simp or Robert Paulson as well. All me
Maybe its getting time to start branding myself with my real name consistently :P
Because, its only with an audience that my message can have any impact...
Well, the new phonebooks are here.
The mini-documentary on my life that was filmed by Faircompanies.com several years ago now has a sequel.
In this one I talk about my truck mods and driving style that lets me get almost double the mileage my truck initially got, saving me a couple grand in fuel charges each year.
My last video with them is up to almost a quarter million views, but the company has gotten a lot more subscribers since then, so there is potential for this one to be even more popular.
If you have already seen it, this post answers the most common questions, comments, and criticisms I have gotten so far:
http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/mad-max-hypermiler-questions-and.html
, I next went to the computer and electronics recycling center, then the Berkley Recycling Center, and finally the Berkeley Transfer Station which recycles refrigerators.
I try to avoid making a trip just for one stop.
Kirsten, who shot and edited the video, said she may end up making another one with some of the rest of the footage. I talked a lot about saving money and the freedom and time it buys you, how not buying into consumerism is good for both the environment and your own finances, and other random things on various topics. Like last time, I didn't prepare a script, I just sort of free-styled messages I'd like to share with the world.
So, anyway, this is just the latest in a series of eco themed internet media I have been a part of.
It is all spread out in various random places, and in many of them I used different pseudonyms.
Here are some others:
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, why NASA wouldn’t have stopped Apophis
This was the blog post that originally caught the attention of Kirsten of Faircompanies, which led to her asking me to blog for their site, and eventually to the video interviews. Out of 6 years of blogging, its one of my favorites still. I will eventually get around to moving it to this blogger server, and updating it (I have had the opportunity to have an in person discussion with several actual climate scientists since then!)
My green/environmental blog, on Faircompanies.com:
http://faircompanies.com/blogs/BioDieselHauling/
The original 3-part interviews with faircompanies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkFXgg2XnI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJc8973GURk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8msBy6bMM
Step-by-step instructions on how I did the truck mods:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Vehicle-efficiency-upgrades/
(this one won runner-up in the website's energy efficiency contest)
DIY small-scale independent (non-grid-istertie) solar system:
http://www.instructables.com/id/NON-grid-intertie-independant-solar-photovoltic-/
Saving energy without spending money upfront:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Not-your-average-save-energy-advice-use-less-en/
Rain-water fed self-watering garden box:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Large-Self-Watering-Planter-made-from-recycled-mat/
A bicycle is the most energy efficient mode of transport ever invented. But producing one takes resources. Buying one used is both cheaper and more eco-friendly. But if you aren't already knowledgeable about bikes, how do you pick the right one? Read my guide, thats how!
http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/01/buying-bikes-from-craigslist.html
This is where the ideas for all of my truck mods came from:
I try to avoid making a trip just for one stop.
Kirsten, who shot and edited the video, said she may end up making another one with some of the rest of the footage. I talked a lot about saving money and the freedom and time it buys you, how not buying into consumerism is good for both the environment and your own finances, and other random things on various topics. Like last time, I didn't prepare a script, I just sort of free-styled messages I'd like to share with the world.
So, anyway, this is just the latest in a series of eco themed internet media I have been a part of.
It is all spread out in various random places, and in many of them I used different pseudonyms.
Here are some others:
Global Warming vs. Fascism; or, why NASA wouldn’t have stopped Apophis
This was the blog post that originally caught the attention of Kirsten of Faircompanies, which led to her asking me to blog for their site, and eventually to the video interviews. Out of 6 years of blogging, its one of my favorites still. I will eventually get around to moving it to this blogger server, and updating it (I have had the opportunity to have an in person discussion with several actual climate scientists since then!)
My green/environmental blog, on Faircompanies.com:
http://faircompanies.com/blogs/BioDieselHauling/
The original 3-part interviews with faircompanies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkFXgg2XnI8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJc8973GURk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF8msBy6bMM
Step-by-step instructions on how I did the truck mods:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Vehicle-efficiency-upgrades/
(this one won runner-up in the website's energy efficiency contest)
DIY small-scale independent (non-grid-istertie) solar system:
http://www.instructables.com/id/NON-grid-intertie-independant-solar-photovoltic-/
Saving energy without spending money upfront:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Not-your-average-save-energy-advice-use-less-en/
Rain-water fed self-watering garden box:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Large-Self-Watering-Planter-made-from-recycled-mat/
A bicycle is the most energy efficient mode of transport ever invented. But producing one takes resources. Buying one used is both cheaper and more eco-friendly. But if you aren't already knowledgeable about bikes, how do you pick the right one? Read my guide, thats how!
http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/01/buying-bikes-from-craigslist.html
This is where the ideas for all of my truck mods came from:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/
It isn't my project, but I am a member. I haven't been active for about a year, but I do have a lot of old posts there. I highly recommend it for anyone who owns a car.
This site hosts my fuel mileage log from when I first began trying to optimize efficiency:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/em-fuel-log.php?vehicleid=2486
This isn't my project either, its another forum I am a (currently active) member of, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever earns or spends money on anything, ever:
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/forum/index.php
It is basically about how any middle class American can become financially independent simply by opting out of the consumer culture and making some small lifestyle changes - and investing all the leftover cash that results. A significant side-effect is having a much smaller negative impact on the world.
It isn't my project, but I am a member. I haven't been active for about a year, but I do have a lot of old posts there. I highly recommend it for anyone who owns a car.
This site hosts my fuel mileage log from when I first began trying to optimize efficiency:
http://ecomodder.com/forum/em-fuel-log.php?vehicleid=2486
This isn't my project either, its another forum I am a (currently active) member of, and I highly recommend it to anyone who ever earns or spends money on anything, ever:
http://www.mrmoneymustache.com/forum/index.php
It is basically about how any middle class American can become financially independent simply by opting out of the consumer culture and making some small lifestyle changes - and investing all the leftover cash that results. A significant side-effect is having a much smaller negative impact on the world.
I realized my various internet persona were diluting my potential to be a simple/green living spokesman when a couple people on the MMM (Mr Money Mustache) forums mentioned they had read my 12v solar project on Instructables, but hadn't realized it was the same person.
I am Jacob Aziza on Instructables, David Craig Hiser in the comments of YouTube, Bakari on MMM (and ERE) - as well as in real life. Occasionally stuff I've written online is credited to Lenard Simp or Robert Paulson as well. All me
Maybe its getting time to start branding myself with my real name consistently :P
Because, its only with an audience that my message can have any impact...
22 January 2012
Welcome
Blog.
What a funny word.
Hi, I'm Bakari Kafele.
You may remember me from such blogs as:
http://apps.biodieselhauling.org/blog/
http://neapolitanblog.blogspot.com/
and
http://www.myspace.com/pyrococcus_furiosus/blog
If so, you may have noticed that I have content scattered all over the place, none of which is well organized or easy to find or read.
Well that is all about to change.
For anyone who doesn't know who I am:
I'm Bakari Kafele. I already said that.
I often use the name Jacob Aziza when I am writing on the internet. I also sometimes use the name David Craig Hiser. And Lenard E. Simpleton (or sometimes just Lenard Simp)
We are all the same person, (like Tyler and his best friend, except that I have always been aware of it.)
I'm just a random ordinary guy.
I live in an RV which is partially solar powered, both for the environmental benefit and the major cost savings.
Living with me are girlfriend Jessica and non-human roommate Fushi, who also goes by the name Chairman Meow.
I run a small independantly-certified-green moving, hauling and handyman business BioDiesel Hauling, using my biodiesel powered truck. I've been doing this for over 5 years, beginning immediately after I finished 4 (simultaneous) associate degrees.
Before that I held over 30 jobs in my lifetime, including biology lab tech, bicycle messenger, private security officer, armored truck driver, carnie, factory worker, fundraiser, liquor store cashier, bicycle mechanic and gigs as a TV commercial actor, ditch digger, medical test subject, "adult" actor, and election polling place supervisor.
Currently, in addition to BioDiesel Hauling, I am in the Coast Guard Reserve, and I still take occasional shifts with the BikeStation where I used to work.
I am vegetarian, I drive a motorcycle with a very small engine, and I am very opinionated on just about everything. I also go through phases where I really enjoy writing, although I have been out of that phase for over a year now.
My old blogs have several years of content, some of which (at least in my own narcissistic opinion) is pretty good, so to begin with, I will be reposting old content which most likely no one has ever read (MySpace anyone?) to here where it will be more accessible.
I realize I will probably never get a huge following, since I have no real theme and no motivation to seek publicity, but if you happen to want to subscribe, I've made it easy with the top boxes in the right side bar.
Enjoy.
What a funny word.
Hi, I'm Bakari Kafele.
You may remember me from such blogs as:
http://apps.biodieselhauling.org/blog/
http://neapolitanblog.blogspot.com/
and
http://www.myspace.com/pyrococcus_furiosus/blog
If so, you may have noticed that I have content scattered all over the place, none of which is well organized or easy to find or read.
Well that is all about to change.
For anyone who doesn't know who I am:
I'm Bakari Kafele. I already said that.
I often use the name Jacob Aziza when I am writing on the internet. I also sometimes use the name David Craig Hiser. And Lenard E. Simpleton (or sometimes just Lenard Simp)
We are all the same person, (like Tyler and his best friend, except that I have always been aware of it.)
I'm just a random ordinary guy.
I live in an RV which is partially solar powered, both for the environmental benefit and the major cost savings.
Living with me are girlfriend Jessica and non-human roommate Fushi, who also goes by the name Chairman Meow.
I run a small independantly-certified-green moving, hauling and handyman business BioDiesel Hauling, using my biodiesel powered truck. I've been doing this for over 5 years, beginning immediately after I finished 4 (simultaneous) associate degrees.
Before that I held over 30 jobs in my lifetime, including biology lab tech, bicycle messenger, private security officer, armored truck driver, carnie, factory worker, fundraiser, liquor store cashier, bicycle mechanic and gigs as a TV commercial actor, ditch digger, medical test subject, "adult" actor, and election polling place supervisor.
Currently, in addition to BioDiesel Hauling, I am in the Coast Guard Reserve, and I still take occasional shifts with the BikeStation where I used to work.
I am vegetarian, I drive a motorcycle with a very small engine, and I am very opinionated on just about everything. I also go through phases where I really enjoy writing, although I have been out of that phase for over a year now.
My old blogs have several years of content, some of which (at least in my own narcissistic opinion) is pretty good, so to begin with, I will be reposting old content which most likely no one has ever read (MySpace anyone?) to here where it will be more accessible.
I realize I will probably never get a huge following, since I have no real theme and no motivation to seek publicity, but if you happen to want to subscribe, I've made it easy with the top boxes in the right side bar.
Enjoy.
28 August 2009
Status Messages
- Aug 28, 2009
Status Messages
My Gmail-integrated-chat status message is sort of my version of twitter. Character limited blurbs of what’s going on, interesting facts and quotes, links to various stuff.
For some reason there are still some people who don't use gmail as their primary personal email client. So they don't get to see any of my status messages.
Not to worry! I have been collecting them for about the past 10 months:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2008/11/green-dime
To pull a man out of the mud, a friend must set foot in that mud - Rabbi Nachman
"In my day, television was called 'books' "
Eat Drink and Be Merry, for tomorrow we die
if you can read this, thank a teacher
poor and happy
do you deserve to be a citizen? http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13442226/ or http://usgovinfo.about.com/blinstst.htm
I want to cuddle her fucking brains out
I consider cuteness an unnecessary bonus. Fucking jackpot, man.
Set Status Here
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51170
http://www.balkanbeatbox.com/
http://toomuchonline.org/
You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/15/world/fg-shoe15
No one can cut you off if you choose to slow down and let them in
http://www.jonentine.com/reviews/sf_examiner.htm
Dinosaur Rap
"I think presumptuousness and judgementalness are major traits of your personality"
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. - Georg Hegel
Spare The Air Day, Tomorrow September 5
I can not think of any clever or informative status messages
1/3 of Americans did not vote.
"The impact to the environment, human health, and animal welfare would be enormous if everyone would just cut back on the amount of meat they eat. If 5 people are each vegetarian 20% of the time the impact is the same as 1 person 100% of the time." (stolen from a customer's status message)
Buy Nothing Day, this Friday. X-mas is about compassion and humanity (and Jesus), not buying lots of crap
Geekfest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A man is as young as (the woman) he feels
An enemy of socialism cannot write in our newspapers - but we don't deny it, and we don't go around proclaiming hypothetical freedom of the press where it doesn't exist, the way you people do - Fidel Castro (Playboy, 1967)
Lets allow love to kindle even when its a bad idea. Maybe we end up burning the whole fucking house down and losing everything we own and having to sleep in the street. Maybe. I prefer the risk to curling up in the cold on the floor indoors because I'm too afraid to light the fireplace.
Bicycle!
Terror Experts Warn, Next 9/11 Could Fall on Different Date
One year left http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-more-year.html
http://www.utne.com/mind-body/Get-Radical-Get-Some-Rest-Vacation-Time-Off.aspx
They are starting to get desperate http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/14/us-usa-pilot-idUSTRE50D12320090114
The next President of the United Stateshttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGy7QIsFa0GL5stCOQtYsdTlKkSt0eMbr46CpU3snAa_7XjGvt1RlBKhIiEjhWJUVSNZpRm5Ev9Am51kBxbePR7K0i_qQxzMhJevEXJOdcRo9hixNiCAIh6e_STlUWuJ51gz7EbiQ7PQ/s1600/barack-obama-beach-450x688.jpg
How much you can do depends on where you believe your limits are. You can do a lot more when you don't know that you can't
I work hard, and I play hard. Wait, no... I don't work hard at all
if jerks like us would start driving cars like normal people, maybe we could have 70 degree winters every year
"It's good to be open minded, but not so much that your brains fall out"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Militant Agnostic - I don't know, *and you don't know either!*
I wonder if penguins feel inadequate for not being ok without a partner in life?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/ethics/
solution to credit crunch: don't live beyond your means
Goodnight
I never give compliments. I merely make statements and observations of truth
I'm _far_ more humble than you motherfucker
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Is-Poverty-the-Problem-Or-Is-Wealth.aspx
In order to make a solar panel or wind turbine, you have to mine for the iron ore to make the steel, and drill for oil to make the plastic parts
But I was young and foolish then... ... I feel old and foolish now
I had to work 5 whole hours today!
No one should ever work 5 hours in one day
Good morning
The island of Guernsey is less than 10 miles across, and nearly every adult owns a car. http://gubbinsexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-to-do-about-parked-cars.html
Your lifestyle is excessive and unsustainable
A life not enjoyed is a life wasted
Work all day, party tonight, date tomorrow ;)
In a pure free market, if a comet is coming, everybody dies http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/global-warming-vs-fascism-or-why-nasa.html
$1/2 million cap on tax payer money to CEOs. Pobrecitos http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08halfmill.html?_r=3&
"so... due to your heroic deeds fixing our wiring, my roommate has insisted that i go on another date with you"
Large truck + sharp turn off of freeway + gobs of rain + people braking suddenly up ahead for no apparent reason = hydroplaning + fishtailing + adrenaline + a nice little test of my reflexes
Everyone is pro-democracy until the people vote for a law they don't like. Overturning prop 8 in court = fascism.
11:34. Guess I'll get dressed. Good lord I love being self-employed.
http://inequality.org/inequality-data-statistics/
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2006/10/how_the_web_prevents_rape.html
I don't play devil's advocate. I mean, I'm not playing. I really _am_ the devil's advocate. Seriously. The devil is totally awesome. You should check him out sometime.
I discovered the jelly bean machine accepts pennies. Uh oh. So much for rationing...
In Texas, owning 6 or more dildos is a felony. If you own 5 or fewer, you are merely a hobbyist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUl6x1YXpg
The net worth of America’s wealthiest 1 percent now exceeds the net worth of the entire bottom 90 percent. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/fy2010_new_era/Inheriting_a_Legacy1.pdf
I was doored on my skates today for the first time ever.
"There are worse things in life than getting your heart broken. It sucks but it's a good honest kind of hurt. Makes you more human"
Censorship at its best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJR7QlRhM4
I just got pulled over and given the breathalyzer for driving too slow!
Former BikeStation employee shot by Israeli military http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_11907109
$450million from tax payers directly to the personal accounts of those most directly responsible for the credit crises - including $6.5million to a single AIG executive: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/16aig.html?_r=1
I do enjoy my job, but I don't like having to do anything for hours every week. I'd rather do other things with that time, like, you know, talking to my friends. I guess I could charge them... but then I'd probably have fewer friends.
4.5 Million Americans are on unemployment (the most in 26 years); only 1/3 of the unemployed receive benefits
21.75 MPG in the 5500lb truck!!!!
The comments after the article are from the generally progressive readers of Mother Jones; we really are going to go the way of the yeast in a beer barrel - drowning in our own waste because we are incapable of not breeding: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/03/tiniest-baby-booms-monster
"Because the typical farmers market is supplied by dozens of different farms, each transporting its crops in a separate van or truck ... locally grown produce might actually represent a larger carbon footprint than the same volume of produce purchased at a chain retailer, which gets its produce en masse, via large trucks." - http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/02/spoiled-organic-and-local-so-2008
"People are people, and I still love them (especially the women)"
"Big Brother is not only watching, he is recording it all for later. And thanks to Congress, there’s not a damn thing we can do about it."
"Human kindness can be a renewable resource"
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1407952648?bctid=1657909722
"Prior to the 1980s, conservatives were fiscally conservative- they were unwilling to spend more than they took in in taxes. But Reaganomics introduced the idea that virtually any tax cut would so stimulate growth that the government would end up taking in more revenue in the end. In fact, the traditional view was correct: if you cut taxes without cutting spending, you end up with a damaging deficit. Thus the Reagan tax cuts produced a big deficit; the Clinton tax increases produced a surplus; and the Bush tax cuts produced an even larger deficit. The fact that the American economy grew just as fast in the Clinton years as in the Reagan ones somehow didn't shake the conservative faith in tax cuts as the surefire key to growth." - Francis Fukuyama
screw mutant fruit
"With just 5% of the world's population, America holds nearly 25% of the world's reported prison population. Our prison population has quadrupled since 1984, and most of the increase comes from people being imprisoned for drug offenses--mostly minor and nonviolent."
Only 5 billion years until the sun expands and engulfs the Earth.
Make the most of them.
Gay animals even more common than we thought: http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_gay_animal_kingdom/
Infant male prairie voles (a normally monogamous specie) which are injected with a single dose of chemical which disrupts oxytocin fail to ever bond with a mate as adults.
29 to 68% of the offspring of monogamous bird species are the results of feathered infidelities.
She's like the character in a movie who comes into the lonely/forlorn/nerdy/hopeless protagonist's life all of a sudden, and complete turns his outlook around, changes his life permanently.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/how-are-corporations-going-green,7598/
Happy 4500millionth birthday, Earth
"In any case, I need another installment of the soap opera that is Bakari's all natural biodiesel dating frenzy. The Bold and the Biodiesel? General Handyman?"
24mpg http://www.instructables.com/id/Vehicle-efficiency-upgrades/
1100sq ft RV for multimillionaire trailer trash
http://www.andersonmobileestates.com/
Ty, your comment provided me the motivation to actually write this: http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/03/gay-animals-social-sex-and.html
Total # of deaths from "swine" flu: 8
Total annual deaths from regular old human flu: 500,000
"I have no idea why anyone went to the movie in the first place, let alone rent it." - Paul Haggis, writer/director of Crash, on its being Netflix's most rented video for the past 4 years
Average US passenger vehicle fuel economy peaked in 1987
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/energy/i/cafe_standards.htm
Yesterday I did some thing most unusual... Cleaned :)
War predates vertebrae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY9LNEJNrZs&feature=related
Females in more than 80 species eat their mates http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=ELahVSsrmA8
Slavery predates vertebrae http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=7jsX0_mwTX8&feature=related
% of Americans who believe in: ..
Astrology - 40%
Creationism - 50%
ESP - 60%
Magnetic Therapy - 70%
Bike-ari
lots of stuff to get rid of http://www.biodieselhauling.org/Salvage.html
me = tired
May is bike month. Its not too late to sign up: http://www.youcanbikethere.com/user/register
Didn't meet my goal, but did better than last year 1:11:31 and am in MUCH less pain than last year! :)
"I saw your truck on 580 this morning as I was heading in to Instructables, and I thought, "I should check out that website." Now, I'm reviewing entries in the efficiency contest, and here's your truck again!" - CEO of instructables.com
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits reunion show!!!
I think I have swine flu. It is getting back at me for making fun of it on my blog.
Counter-protest http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/04/counter-protest-not-that-theres.html
"It would be zero emissions if it weren't for the tire smoke" http://www.commutercars.com/videos.html
*26.8 mpg* in a commercial truck!!!
"This is the reason your headaches didn't go away: that's pronounced _analgesic_ not 'anal'gesic. The pills go in your mouth."
Winner! http://www.instructables.com/contest/earthjustice/?show=WINNERS
The Obama Reality Show: http://www.hulu.com/the-obama-administration
conservative morality http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html
Walmart forces major manufactures to provide earth friendlier products, brings green to the lower classes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25walmart.html
In a nationwide survey of Americans, atheists were ranked lowest of all groups in terms of trustworthiness, sharing America's vision of society, and approval of who their children marry - lower than Muslims, recent immigrants, and homosexuals.
http://journey.totheendofthenight.com/oakland
The human side of evil http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343
"sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie." http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/101-5-mpg-my-2003-ninja-250-a-8686.html
goodnight everybody. I'll put that link back up tomorrow in case you missed it
I just ate food which I GREW MYSELF!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etzs3Cc8pxI&feature=related
we parked 160 bikes at the first annual Uptown Unveiled festival
Haircut ordered by President of the United States http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/229295/colbert-report-adventure-quest?current_video=230466
The richest dozen Americans hold roughly as much wealth as the entire lower 50% of the population
http://blog.okcupid.com/
http://www.cafepress.com/BioDH
Downieville!!!!!!!
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17372-gallery-domestic-robots-with-a-taste-for-flesh.html
Oakland has the nation's cleanest tap water. Why are you still buying it in bottles?
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
A 7 year old told her mother that a boy in her class asked her to play doctor. "Oh dear, what happened honey?" asked her nervous mother.
"Not much," said the little girl, "He made me wait 45 minutes, then double billed the insurance company."
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/07/cheese-eating-healthcare
She's so hot she's making me sexist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I
I was probably the best dressed guy there.
Imagine that!!!
ME!?!?!?!?!
I have $5 left in the bank.
"What happened?"
"we grew up"
"but you're still playing it"
"hmm... well... I guess _they_ grew up."
another instructables contest: http://www.instructables.com/id/Large-Self-Watering-Planter-made-from-recycled-mat/
Even I think other entries are better than mine... but vote for me anyway:
A "hands-free" cell phone contributes about as much to safer driving as a dashboard beverage holder contributes to safer drinking and driving.
NASCAR saving gas http://ecomodder.com/blog/dale-earnhardt-jr-hypermiles-to-victory-in-nascar-racing/
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/computerized-rat-brain-spontaneously-develops-complex-patterns
Notice any similarities? http://tiny.cc/hp2009 and http://tiny.cc/hp1955 Where does it stop?
Old-school Bakari-style rant-essay: http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/04/race-whites-still-winning.html
The number one killer of Americans under 40? Car accidents. Every time you get in a car, you may die.
people who should be natural allies against the elite, instead focusing on fighting each other: http://www.anarchistnews.org/?..q=node/8794
http://www.utne.com/Media/Tao-of-War-Photography.aspx
I do measure up to the myth though ;-)
http://www.salon.com/comics/..knig/2007/06/20/knig/index...html
Using a cellphone (even w/ handsfree) produces accident rate equal to DUI
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/19distracted.html?_r=1
My ex says I like to talk, and don't spend enough time asking questions. I think that's probably a valid criticism.
The average new car has around 250 horsepower. For comparison, my 2.5 ton truck which is capable of hauling another 3 tons at freeway speeds and up San Francisco hills has under 170 horsepower.
I just got home from singing Bohemian Rhapsody while wearing a bright blue sparkle shirt in Oakland's most famous gay bar and I wonder why people mistake me for gay
today marks 3 years of biodiesel powered hauling and delivery
Slow down http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/slow-down-my-philosophy-for-life-also.html
3 jobs, 4 truck problems repaired; long day - all finished now! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3n5LMNplE
BART strike Monday!! Which means no BikeStation either :( On the other hand, since traffic will be terrible, this is the perfect time to start riding your bike to work :)
Whole Foods CEO is campaigning against national healthcare http://www.alternet.org/story/141961/why_you_should_boycott_whole_foods http://www.careerjournal.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html
Safeway, Lucky's, and Albertson's are unionized. Trader Joe's and Whole Foods aren't.
http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2009/07/i-am-capitalized-and-you-are-not.html
Why does everyone think necrophilia is sick? They didn't think it was sick beforehand. When she was "alive"
Tap water standards are higher than bottle water standards, yet bottled water costs approx. 2000 times more. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/07/bottled-waters-can-you-taste-difference San Fransisco and the East Bay have some of the nations cleanest tap water.
"Of course, everyone - regardless of race and sex - will hit occasional bumps on the road. And everyone, white men included, has put out some sort of effort to get where they got. But when the folks on the smoother road go faster and further, let’s not pretend it’s because they’re better drivers."
http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2008/02/top-7-reasons-to-learn-lojban.html
"Middle class people put a tremendous amount of focus on addressing issues of language and protocol, but addressing one’s racist conditioning is more about communication than language, more about self-awareness than protocol, more about humility than expertise." http://www.anarchistnews.org/?..q=node/9455
The future of transportation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=hdJrUuoU53s
If you are going to be stopped more than 1 second, it takes more fuel to idle than to start http://www.iwilltry.org/b/projects/how-many-seconds-of-idling-is-equivalent-to-starting-your-engine/
Shut your engine at every red light.
People are like elephants. Some of them are just jerks.
http://laughingsquid.com/never-go-to-work-by-they-might-be-giants/
For some reason there are still some people who don't use gmail as their primary personal email client. So they don't get to see any of my status messages.
Not to worry! I have been collecting them for about the past 10 months:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2008/11/green-dime
To pull a man out of the mud, a friend must set foot in that mud - Rabbi Nachman
"In my day, television was called 'books' "
Eat Drink and Be Merry, for tomorrow we die
if you can read this, thank a teacher
poor and happy
do you deserve to be a citizen? http://www.nbcnews.com/id/13442226/ or http://usgovinfo.about.com/blinstst.htm
I want to cuddle her fucking brains out
I consider cuteness an unnecessary bonus. Fucking jackpot, man.
Set Status Here
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=51170
http://www.balkanbeatbox.com/
http://toomuchonline.org/
You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/15/world/fg-shoe15
No one can cut you off if you choose to slow down and let them in
http://www.jonentine.com/reviews/sf_examiner.htm
Dinosaur Rap
"I think presumptuousness and judgementalness are major traits of your personality"
Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. - Georg Hegel
Spare The Air Day, Tomorrow September 5
I can not think of any clever or informative status messages
1/3 of Americans did not vote.
"The impact to the environment, human health, and animal welfare would be enormous if everyone would just cut back on the amount of meat they eat. If 5 people are each vegetarian 20% of the time the impact is the same as 1 person 100% of the time." (stolen from a customer's status message)
Buy Nothing Day, this Friday. X-mas is about compassion and humanity (and Jesus), not buying lots of crap
Geekfest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A man is as young as (the woman) he feels
An enemy of socialism cannot write in our newspapers - but we don't deny it, and we don't go around proclaiming hypothetical freedom of the press where it doesn't exist, the way you people do - Fidel Castro (Playboy, 1967)
Lets allow love to kindle even when its a bad idea. Maybe we end up burning the whole fucking house down and losing everything we own and having to sleep in the street. Maybe. I prefer the risk to curling up in the cold on the floor indoors because I'm too afraid to light the fireplace.
Bicycle!
Terror Experts Warn, Next 9/11 Could Fall on Different Date
One year left http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/01/one-more-year.html
http://www.utne.com/mind-body/Get-Radical-Get-Some-Rest-Vacation-Time-Off.aspx
They are starting to get desperate http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/01/14/us-usa-pilot-idUSTRE50D12320090114
The next President of the United Stateshttps://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQGy7QIsFa0GL5stCOQtYsdTlKkSt0eMbr46CpU3snAa_7XjGvt1RlBKhIiEjhWJUVSNZpRm5Ev9Am51kBxbePR7K0i_qQxzMhJevEXJOdcRo9hixNiCAIh6e_STlUWuJ51gz7EbiQ7PQ/s1600/barack-obama-beach-450x688.jpg
How much you can do depends on where you believe your limits are. You can do a lot more when you don't know that you can't
I work hard, and I play hard. Wait, no... I don't work hard at all
if jerks like us would start driving cars like normal people, maybe we could have 70 degree winters every year
"It's good to be open minded, but not so much that your brains fall out"
http://www.whitehouse.gov/
Militant Agnostic - I don't know, *and you don't know either!*
I wonder if penguins feel inadequate for not being ok without a partner in life?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/ethics/
solution to credit crunch: don't live beyond your means
Goodnight
I never give compliments. I merely make statements and observations of truth
I'm _far_ more humble than you motherfucker
http://www.utne.com/Politics/Is-Poverty-the-Problem-Or-Is-Wealth.aspx
In order to make a solar panel or wind turbine, you have to mine for the iron ore to make the steel, and drill for oil to make the plastic parts
But I was young and foolish then... ... I feel old and foolish now
I had to work 5 whole hours today!
No one should ever work 5 hours in one day
Good morning
The island of Guernsey is less than 10 miles across, and nearly every adult owns a car. http://gubbinsexperiment.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-to-do-about-parked-cars.html
Your lifestyle is excessive and unsustainable
A life not enjoyed is a life wasted
Work all day, party tonight, date tomorrow ;)
In a pure free market, if a comet is coming, everybody dies http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/global-warming-vs-fascism-or-why-nasa.html
$1/2 million cap on tax payer money to CEOs. Pobrecitos http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/fashion/08halfmill.html?_r=3&
"so... due to your heroic deeds fixing our wiring, my roommate has insisted that i go on another date with you"
Large truck + sharp turn off of freeway + gobs of rain + people braking suddenly up ahead for no apparent reason = hydroplaning + fishtailing + adrenaline + a nice little test of my reflexes
Everyone is pro-democracy until the people vote for a law they don't like. Overturning prop 8 in court = fascism.
11:34. Guess I'll get dressed. Good lord I love being self-employed.
http://inequality.org/inequality-data-statistics/
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/everyday_economics/2006/10/how_the_web_prevents_rape.html
I don't play devil's advocate. I mean, I'm not playing. I really _am_ the devil's advocate. Seriously. The devil is totally awesome. You should check him out sometime.
I discovered the jelly bean machine accepts pennies. Uh oh. So much for rationing...
In Texas, owning 6 or more dildos is a felony. If you own 5 or fewer, you are merely a hobbyist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUl6x1YXpg
The net worth of America’s wealthiest 1 percent now exceeds the net worth of the entire bottom 90 percent. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/fy2010_new_era/Inheriting_a_Legacy1.pdf
I was doored on my skates today for the first time ever.
"There are worse things in life than getting your heart broken. It sucks but it's a good honest kind of hurt. Makes you more human"
Censorship at its best: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyJR7QlRhM4
I just got pulled over and given the breathalyzer for driving too slow!
Former BikeStation employee shot by Israeli military http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_11907109
$450million from tax payers directly to the personal accounts of those most directly responsible for the credit crises - including $6.5million to a single AIG executive: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/16/business/16aig.html?_r=1
I do enjoy my job, but I don't like having to do anything for hours every week. I'd rather do other things with that time, like, you know, talking to my friends. I guess I could charge them... but then I'd probably have fewer friends.
4.5 Million Americans are on unemployment (the most in 26 years); only 1/3 of the unemployed receive benefits
21.75 MPG in the 5500lb truck!!!!
The comments after the article are from the generally progressive readers of Mother Jones; we really are going to go the way of the yeast in a beer barrel - drowning in our own waste because we are incapable of not breeding: http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/03/tiniest-baby-booms-monster
"Because the typical farmers market is supplied by dozens of different farms, each transporting its crops in a separate van or truck ... locally grown produce might actually represent a larger carbon footprint than the same volume of produce purchased at a chain retailer, which gets its produce en masse, via large trucks." - http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/02/spoiled-organic-and-local-so-2008
"People are people, and I still love them (especially the women)"
"Big Brother is not only watching, he is recording it all for later. And thanks to Congress, there’s not a damn thing we can do about it."
"Human kindness can be a renewable resource"
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1407952648?bctid=1657909722
"Prior to the 1980s, conservatives were fiscally conservative- they were unwilling to spend more than they took in in taxes. But Reaganomics introduced the idea that virtually any tax cut would so stimulate growth that the government would end up taking in more revenue in the end. In fact, the traditional view was correct: if you cut taxes without cutting spending, you end up with a damaging deficit. Thus the Reagan tax cuts produced a big deficit; the Clinton tax increases produced a surplus; and the Bush tax cuts produced an even larger deficit. The fact that the American economy grew just as fast in the Clinton years as in the Reagan ones somehow didn't shake the conservative faith in tax cuts as the surefire key to growth." - Francis Fukuyama
screw mutant fruit
"With just 5% of the world's population, America holds nearly 25% of the world's reported prison population. Our prison population has quadrupled since 1984, and most of the increase comes from people being imprisoned for drug offenses--mostly minor and nonviolent."
Only 5 billion years until the sun expands and engulfs the Earth.
Make the most of them.
Gay animals even more common than we thought: http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_gay_animal_kingdom/
Infant male prairie voles (a normally monogamous specie) which are injected with a single dose of chemical which disrupts oxytocin fail to ever bond with a mate as adults.
29 to 68% of the offspring of monogamous bird species are the results of feathered infidelities.
She's like the character in a movie who comes into the lonely/forlorn/nerdy/hopeless protagonist's life all of a sudden, and complete turns his outlook around, changes his life permanently.
http://www.theonion.com/articles/how-are-corporations-going-green,7598/
Happy 4500millionth birthday, Earth
"In any case, I need another installment of the soap opera that is Bakari's all natural biodiesel dating frenzy. The Bold and the Biodiesel? General Handyman?"
24mpg http://www.instructables.com/id/Vehicle-efficiency-upgrades/
1100sq ft RV for multimillionaire trailer trash
http://www.andersonmobileestates.com/
Ty, your comment provided me the motivation to actually write this: http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/03/gay-animals-social-sex-and.html
Total # of deaths from "swine" flu: 8
Total annual deaths from regular old human flu: 500,000
"I have no idea why anyone went to the movie in the first place, let alone rent it." - Paul Haggis, writer/director of Crash, on its being Netflix's most rented video for the past 4 years
Average US passenger vehicle fuel economy peaked in 1987
http://uspolitics.about.com/od/energy/i/cafe_standards.htm
Yesterday I did some thing most unusual... Cleaned :)
War predates vertebrae http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY9LNEJNrZs&feature=related
Females in more than 80 species eat their mates http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=ELahVSsrmA8
Slavery predates vertebrae http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=7jsX0_mwTX8&feature=related
% of Americans who believe in: ..
Astrology - 40%
Creationism - 50%
ESP - 60%
Magnetic Therapy - 70%
Bike-ari
lots of stuff to get rid of http://www.biodieselhauling.org/Salvage.html
me = tired
May is bike month. Its not too late to sign up: http://www.youcanbikethere.com/user/register
Didn't meet my goal, but did better than last year 1:11:31 and am in MUCH less pain than last year! :)
"I saw your truck on 580 this morning as I was heading in to Instructables, and I thought, "I should check out that website." Now, I'm reviewing entries in the efficiency contest, and here's your truck again!" - CEO of instructables.com
Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits reunion show!!!
I think I have swine flu. It is getting back at me for making fun of it on my blog.
Counter-protest http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/04/counter-protest-not-that-theres.html
"It would be zero emissions if it weren't for the tire smoke" http://www.commutercars.com/videos.html
*26.8 mpg* in a commercial truck!!!
"This is the reason your headaches didn't go away: that's pronounced _analgesic_ not 'anal'gesic. The pills go in your mouth."
Winner! http://www.instructables.com/contest/earthjustice/?show=WINNERS
The Obama Reality Show: http://www.hulu.com/the-obama-administration
conservative morality http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html
Walmart forces major manufactures to provide earth friendlier products, brings green to the lower classes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/25/business/25walmart.html
In a nationwide survey of Americans, atheists were ranked lowest of all groups in terms of trustworthiness, sharing America's vision of society, and approval of who their children marry - lower than Muslims, recent immigrants, and homosexuals.
http://journey.totheendofthenight.com/oakland
The human side of evil http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343
"sometimes there's a third, even deeper level, and that one is the same as the top surface one. Like with pie." http://www.hulu.com/watch/28343
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthread.php/101-5-mpg-my-2003-ninja-250-a-8686.html
goodnight everybody. I'll put that link back up tomorrow in case you missed it
I just ate food which I GREW MYSELF!!!!!!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etzs3Cc8pxI&feature=related
we parked 160 bikes at the first annual Uptown Unveiled festival
Haircut ordered by President of the United States http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-collections/229295/colbert-report-adventure-quest?current_video=230466
The richest dozen Americans hold roughly as much wealth as the entire lower 50% of the population
http://blog.okcupid.com/
http://www.cafepress.com/BioDH
Downieville!!!!!!!
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17372-gallery-domestic-robots-with-a-taste-for-flesh.html
Oakland has the nation's cleanest tap water. Why are you still buying it in bottles?
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs."
A 7 year old told her mother that a boy in her class asked her to play doctor. "Oh dear, what happened honey?" asked her nervous mother.
"Not much," said the little girl, "He made me wait 45 minutes, then double billed the insurance company."
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/07/cheese-eating-healthcare
She's so hot she's making me sexist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I
I was probably the best dressed guy there.
Imagine that!!!
ME!?!?!?!?!
I have $5 left in the bank.
"What happened?"
"we grew up"
"but you're still playing it"
"hmm... well... I guess _they_ grew up."
another instructables contest: http://www.instructables.com/id/Large-Self-Watering-Planter-made-from-recycled-mat/
Even I think other entries are better than mine... but vote for me anyway:
A "hands-free" cell phone contributes about as much to safer driving as a dashboard beverage holder contributes to safer drinking and driving.
NASCAR saving gas http://ecomodder.com/blog/dale-earnhardt-jr-hypermiles-to-victory-in-nascar-racing/
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2009-07/computerized-rat-brain-spontaneously-develops-complex-patterns
Notice any similarities? http://tiny.cc/hp2009 and http://tiny.cc/hp1955 Where does it stop?
Old-school Bakari-style rant-essay: http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2013/04/race-whites-still-winning.html
The number one killer of Americans under 40? Car accidents. Every time you get in a car, you may die.
people who should be natural allies against the elite, instead focusing on fighting each other: http://www.anarchistnews.org/?..q=node/8794
http://www.utne.com/Media/Tao-of-War-Photography.aspx
I do measure up to the myth though ;-)
http://www.salon.com/comics/..knig/2007/06/20/knig/index...html
Using a cellphone (even w/ handsfree) produces accident rate equal to DUI
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/technology/19distracted.html?_r=1
My ex says I like to talk, and don't spend enough time asking questions. I think that's probably a valid criticism.
The average new car has around 250 horsepower. For comparison, my 2.5 ton truck which is capable of hauling another 3 tons at freeway speeds and up San Francisco hills has under 170 horsepower.
I just got home from singing Bohemian Rhapsody while wearing a bright blue sparkle shirt in Oakland's most famous gay bar and I wonder why people mistake me for gay
today marks 3 years of biodiesel powered hauling and delivery
Slow down http://biodieselhauling.blogspot.com/2012/03/slow-down-my-philosophy-for-life-also.html
3 jobs, 4 truck problems repaired; long day - all finished now! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs3n5LMNplE
BART strike Monday!! Which means no BikeStation either :( On the other hand, since traffic will be terrible, this is the perfect time to start riding your bike to work :)
Whole Foods CEO is campaigning against national healthcare http://www.alternet.org/story/141961/why_you_should_boycott_whole_foods http://www.careerjournal.com/article/SB10001424052970204251404574342170072865070.html
Safeway, Lucky's, and Albertson's are unionized. Trader Joe's and Whole Foods aren't.
http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2009/07/i-am-capitalized-and-you-are-not.html
Why does everyone think necrophilia is sick? They didn't think it was sick beforehand. When she was "alive"
Tap water standards are higher than bottle water standards, yet bottled water costs approx. 2000 times more. http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/07/bottled-waters-can-you-taste-difference San Fransisco and the East Bay have some of the nations cleanest tap water.
"Of course, everyone - regardless of race and sex - will hit occasional bumps on the road. And everyone, white men included, has put out some sort of effort to get where they got. But when the folks on the smoother road go faster and further, let’s not pretend it’s because they’re better drivers."
http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2008/02/top-7-reasons-to-learn-lojban.html
"Middle class people put a tremendous amount of focus on addressing issues of language and protocol, but addressing one’s racist conditioning is more about communication than language, more about self-awareness than protocol, more about humility than expertise." http://www.anarchistnews.org/?..q=node/9455
The future of transportation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?..v=hdJrUuoU53s
If you are going to be stopped more than 1 second, it takes more fuel to idle than to start http://www.iwilltry.org/b/projects/how-many-seconds-of-idling-is-equivalent-to-starting-your-engine/
Shut your engine at every red light.
People are like elephants. Some of them are just jerks.
http://laughingsquid.com/never-go-to-work-by-they-might-be-giants/
27 April 2009
Bakari's introduction!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Bakari's introduction!
[from the joint blogging project started by my friend Beth, at http://neapolitanblog.blogspot.com ]
My first step is to figure out this new interface.If you are reading this apparently I figured it out.
I have been told to write a short bio.
Hello all!
My name is Bakari Kafele (ok, I just misspelled my own name and had to erase and retype it - twice! Maybe should be getting ready for bed instead of typing) but I often go by Jacob Aziza on the internet.
I am not really a writer. I am just some guy who writes stuff sometimes. I don't have any sort of schedule or goal, and no interest in becoming better or more coherent. I do think I occasionally have a sensible idea or two, and enjoy sharing those ideas. Also, this is my one form of self-expression; about as close as I come to art.
I have done a lot of different things for income over the past decade; bicycle messenger, lab assistant, armed security guard, medical research subject, factory worker, carnie... the list is at least 30 long. I have finally settled, running a small independent certified green moving hauling and handyman service, as well as working part time for a non-profit bikeshop.
I consider myself an environmentalist. I lean towards liberal, but I think in some ways fascism is the only way to deal with the tragedy of the commons. I am a businessman (with an econ degree) who opposes capitalism. I live in an RV. I have a big truck, a small motorcycle, 3 and a half bicycles, a good pair of skates, and a wheelchair. I was married for almost 7 years (in practice at least, legally only for the last 2 of them), and started dating for the first time in my life at the age of 28. I have a cat named Fushi who is sleeping on my lap as I write this. Sometimes I call him Chairman Meow.
I started blogging as a way to keep me away from the Craigslist RnR and discussion groups, where I was reading and posting compulsively for a while. Sometimes I get ideas stuck in my brain. Then I have to write them down in order to get them out of there.
I have opinions on lots of stuff. I try to be objective. I try to shake up universally accepted but totally unfounded assumptions. If not for being totally obscure and unknown, I bet I could generate a fair amount of controversy, but it is always for the sake of stimulating thought, and almost always something I really do believe to be accurate.
I may add to or change this in the future. Or I may not.
23 April 2009
On Becoming a Twit
- Apr 23, 2009
On Becoming a Twit
I notice a good number of people have set to follow me.
I have absolutely no intention of becoming a Twit.
I signed up to Twitter so I could follow other people.
Ok. I'll be honest. So I could learn more about one specific person. And I figured while I was here why not follow all of my friends?
The best way to learn of the various things going on in my life and mind would be my blog. I only update it once or twice a month, but when I do they are (usually) much more in depth, (or, to look at it another way - you have to read more than 140 characters, but I only write once or twice a month).
You can sign up for it using the little box in the corner, and it will email you when there is something new.
For short blips there is my Gmail-integrated-chat-status-message. Surely you are using gmail by now? Add me to your chat list and there you will get my random character limited thoughts and quotes and updates and such.
22 December 2008
The term "I told you so" comes to mind
- Dec 22, 2008
The term "I told you so" comes to mind
I would like to point out that in January of this year, I wrote about houses not being a sound financial investment.Popularly "sub-prime" is thought of as referring to lending to people with poor credit history. In fact, 61% of sub-prime borrowers had a credit rating high enough for a traditional loan. The middle class tend to be at least as guilty of living beyond their means as the working class. 21% of those making over 100k a year say they live paycheck to paycheck.
At the time I wrote the blog an unprecedented number of people were deliberately buying houses grossly out of their means using interest only loans (which would never be paid off, by design) on the assumption (by both the consumer and the bank) that the housing market would continue to climb at the rate it was forever.
That climb, however, was driven mainly by that very speculation, valuable only due to popularity.
This summer, 6 months later, so many people were defaulting on their loans that it affected the entire credit industry, and by extension, the entire economy.
I have an associates degree in economics. How is it that I was able to see this, yet no one in the dozens of banks and credit institutions, nor the rest of the financial sector was? Or perhaps were they just confident that friends in the white house would help out with tax payer money?
Stay tuned for the coming of my more direct predictions.
11 December 2008
A brief addendum to the free software blog
- Dec 11, 2008
A brief addendum to the free software blog
I just discovered a website which allows bloggers to easily add a feature so that readers can receive email updates when a new entry is posted, rather than using RSS feeds or randomly checking for new entries.
Alternatively, it can be used by readers to receive emails, even if the author hasn't set it up.
I just added one to my biodieselhauling server based blog (http://apps.biodieselhauling.org/blog). See, there it is, right at the top of the page, on the left!
for authors:
http://www.shootthebreeze.net/blogalert/myAlerts.php
If you can not access your source code, see if you can add a "custom script" to your side bar items.
for readers:
http://www.shootthebreeze.net/blogalert/
pretty straight forward, just do it once for every blog (or other RSS item) you want to follow
Its free.
Enjoy!
I just added one to my biodieselhauling server based blog (http://apps.biodieselhauling.org/blog). See, there it is, right at the top of the page, on the left!
for authors:
http://www.shootthebreeze.net/blogalert/myAlerts.php
If you can not access your source code, see if you can add a "custom script" to your side bar items.
for readers:
http://www.shootthebreeze.net/blogalert/
pretty straight forward, just do it once for every blog (or other RSS item) you want to follow
Its free.
Enjoy!
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