September 2007

This entry will be dead in a month

Gulp! DAMN. (1931 Ford Model A Coupe, with a bunch of good parts, in Baltimore.)

Posted on September 20, 2007 9:58 AM | link to this entry

Credit Freeze information

File this one under "What-if:" TransUnion is now offering credit freezes immediately for a fee of $10. The way I understand it, a credit freeze blocks access to one's credit report and score, making it impossible for an identity thief to open accounts in someone else's name. The other two credit rating companies have not changed their policies yet. Here's a page with info for each state, and here's the Maryland information. (via)

Posted on September 20, 2007 9:18 AM | link to this entry

Undercover

Undercover is a $49 MacBook utility that aids in recovery if the laptop is stolen. If the stories on the website are to be believed, the company is pretty involved in the recovery process—I wonder what customer service will be like with multiple thousands of stolen laptops. Related: Setting up firmware password protection via Apple.

Posted on September 19, 2007 2:00 PM | link to this entry

US Route 40

Interesting. From an entirely different post on another weblog, I found a link to the Wikipedia entry on US Route 40, which (back in the day) used to connect Atlantic City with San Francisco. I left a comment about making a road trip out of this route, and I think the idea merits further investigation.

Posted on September 18, 2007 12:46 PM | link to this entry

Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

From Metafilter this morning: An excellent post about the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay, which is the largest concentration of wooden steamship wrecks in this hemisphere. Here's the history behind it—some things never change.

Posted on September 14, 2007 10:32 AM | link to this entry

Buran

Tweaking my dual interest for airplanes and abandoned equipment, here are some photos of the Soviet space shuttle Buran, abandoned since 1989 at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Siberia. Here's a little more on the subject. (via)

Posted on September 13, 2007 2:34 PM | link to this entry

Leatherman Skeletool

Right on the heels of my gadget diatribe yesterday comes this: the Leatherman Skeletool, a $75 work of art that weighs in at 5 oz., perfect for carrying in a bag or pocket. I can testify to how important weight is, because I've got an original Leatherman and it weighs about 50 lbs., although I'd never give it up.

Posted on September 7, 2007 9:10 AM | link to this entry

Unnecessary Quotation Marks

The "blog" of "unnecessary quotation marks". I find this subject "annoying" and "irritating", so I'm happy that someone decided to "enlighten the rest of us". (via)

Posted on September 6, 2007 9:52 AM | link to this entry

In the Shadow Of The Moon

A new (award winning) documentary about the Apollo space missions, compiled from remastered NASA footage, with interviews of the surviving astronauts. The trailer alone gave me goose bumps. It's hard to even imagine what living through that time must have felt like. (via)