You might enjoy: Let me Google that for you

For all those times when someone asks you to look it up and the answer is a simple Google query:
let me Google that for you

It gives you an easily emailed link to Google results for a particular search.  Slightly snarky, yes.  But so worth it.

Triathlon Plan 2009

Since my rookie season last year, I’ve made some changes to this year’s plan and gear.  Yes, there is more tri-gear.  Now I know what I need, versus what looks cool on Jarrod Shoemaker.

You might enjoy: News Blogs

And now to prove how much I am a snarky, elitist hypocrite, a sampling of lovely blog postings from news sites:

• Unchecked protectionism of cows – NPR’s MonkeySee: The War On Openness Becomes The War On Stinky Cheese
• The FBI apparently hasn’t read a map – CSMonitor’s Little Bill Clinton: On trail of Somali teen jihadists, FBI visits Atlanta Liberian community
• Even an Ad Guy was offended – AdAge’s SongsforSoap: Contextual Ads About Death are a Bad Idea
• No.words. – The Onion A.V. Club’s The Hater: How To Work Out Like An Indie Rocker

My foot tastes terrific, thanks.

News?

I know that there have been newsroom cuts, layoffs, buyouts and other things at the Boston Globe.  The changing business of news has affected many newspapers in this way.  What saddens me is that instead of the remaining staff focusing on putting out good, quality news stories, they are pressed into things like blogging about mascots.  I would rather a thinner paper (or online offering) with reporting about news: the city council, public works, the doings on Beacon Hill.

An example of news blogging gone wrong: investigating the departure of a mascot from Out of Luck – Celtics Blog.

If it looks like a duck…

I know that the NTSB and FAA are simply doing their jobs in their typical thorough manner that I appreciate.  Something about having to send off the organic material for DNA analysis is very amusing.  What are the alternates to bird strike? A hitchhiking mouse family? A woodchuck-chucker?  Pigs in Space?

The National Transportation Safety Board said an examination of the Airbus A320’s right engine revealed evidence of “soft body damage” and that “organic material” was found in the engine and on the wings and fuselage. Samples of the material have gone to the Agriculture Department for a complete DNA analysis, the board said.

via Jetliner probe finds possible bird remains – The Boston Globe.