Average price of crude oil per barrel
In 2000: $28.32
In 2010: $64.97
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Worldwide endangered species
In 2000: 11,043
In 2010: 18,351http://io9.com/5720871
See also, http://7billionistoomany.org /via @brixen
China's power consumption is measured in trillion kw/h, but the United States' power consumption is in quadrillion BTU. Unit mismatch. :(
In the past decade the global population increased by 862 million people. This is why we're fucked. http://io9.com/5720871
RT @MalabarFront: Four hours until the year of the Linux desktop. Can't wait!
New post - See you in hell, suckers! (My goodbye email on my last day at AT&T Interactive) : http://sbb.me/n49_1
RT @NaomiAKlein: Happy New Year tweeps I've got a feeling 2011 is the one where we fight like we mean it. Tell hard truths and bring backup
My favorite track from "Best of Bootie 2010" from http://BootieMashup.com is "Smells Like Rockin' Robin (Nirvana vs. Jackson 5)". So good.
@ATTCarolyn I don't have AT&T DSL. I have AT&T mobile phone service.
@kyleterry Does that work?
One hour, several modem reboots and "refresh signals", and two tech support technicians later, still no internet. PUNCH. PUNCH. PUNCH.
.@TWCableHelp I'm not at all happy with the shitty customer service/tech support I got today. I'm gonna be a w/o internet for a week. Help?!
After 1 hour on the phone tech support @att dropped my call. I wanna punch someone's neck right now. HULK SMASH!
When I asked to speak to phone tech's supervisor, he put me into hold limbo. No music. No message. Just 5 minutes of silence./cc @TWCable_LA
On the phone with Time Warner online tech support. The beginning and end of their support was "reboot your modem".
Fuck. And. You.
Twenty Oh Ten / 30 years old was a really good year for me. Twenty Oh E11even / 31 years old is going to be even better.
It sounds like protestors (anarchists amongst them) broke down the wall in Bil'in. /via @NaomiAKlein @ibnezra
In reply to:@sferik Oh man, that's so awesome.
In reply to:@sferik I don't know if it's new, but see also : https://github.com/500
I got some SPAM from 2003 today "Learn CSS, PHP for FREEEEE" : http://skit.ch/bnpa
RT @GregorMacdonald: Happy New Year. Global oil production peaked in 2005 at 73.718 mbpd and for the 5th year in a row has failed to exc ...
Kodachrome finally comes to an end : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/us/30film.html
@retr0h Come by Nerd Club sometime. We're there every Tuesday.
In reply to:@bmizerany Emacs keybindings work all over OS X. ctrl+a/e/k/d etc. Woot.