it’s cold outside, time to inflate the tires (1)
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We got a little concerned this weekend when the check engine light was flashing on the car’s dashboard. With the recent drop in temperature, I had an idea of what was probably causing it. Cold weather air contracts and brings the PSI down. Most standard-size car tires maximum PSI is around 44. You can find your [...]
UPS gears up for holidays with bike delivery (2)
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An ad from UPS for bike delivery personnel. Shipping giant United Parcel Service (UPS) will add a new weapon to its arsenal in the holiday shipping battle this year — bicycles. Jeff Grant, the company’s workforce planning manager for the Oregon district (that includes Vancouver, WA), says UPS plans to hire 28 bike delivery employees this season. In the Portland metro area, Grant says eight riders will be hired. I spoke with Grant via phone ...
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New book: Egalitarian and Hierarchical Impulses in Institution Building (1)
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Book: Organising and Disorganising: A Dynamic and Non-Linear Theory of Institutional Emergence and its Implications. Dr Michael Thompson. Triarchy Press, 2008. Via the author, the following description, of what I think should be a very significant book from a p2p point of view: “Following his previous seminal work in this area (see panel on right), Thompson revisits the fundamental principles of Cultural Theory, strengthening his arguments and developing new perspectives. He explains how there are ...
Figure out how much gas money you need with Cost To Drive (2)
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Filed under: Internet, Web services, web 2.0 Planning a road trip in the near future? Cost To Drive is a web application that can help you figure out how much cash to take out of the ATM before you hit the road. Sure, you could certainly get a rough estimate by dividing the number of miles you have to drive by your car's average mileage and then multiplying that figure by the average price of ...