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Monthly Archives: June 2010

2010-06-29

Calopogon tuberosus

Calopogon tuberosus (grass-pink orchid) in a fen along the Pigeon River on a perfect summer day.

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2010-06-26

Reading the Landscape of America by May Theilgaard Watts

I just read Reading the Landscape of America by May Theilgaard Watts. It is an excellent popular introduction to understanding what you see as you walk and drive around the USA. Reading the Landscape of America contains good descriptions of succession and development in various communities, extending back to the last ice age. This helps [...]

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2010-06-22

Unpaid internships

This is a response to a misinformed editorial, ‘Government says unpaid internships may have to go: Why does it want to end a practice that benefits students?’ in the News-Sentinel. I submitted a version as a letter to the editor. I strongly disagree with the June 14 editorial arguing that companies shouldn’t have to pay [...]

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2010-06-09

Customizing Safari 5 Reader

This applies to all versions Safari 5.0, for Safari 5.1 see my new post. Safari 5 adds an excellent new feature: Safari Reader. This not only pulls the main text out of a webpage—as is done in bookmarklets such as Arc90′s Readability—it also consolidates an entire multi-page article. This greatly improves the legibility and interface [...]

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2010-06-02

Fort Wayne’s recycling rate

According to a Journal Gazette article, the recycling rate in Fort Wayne is currently 8.5%, down from 11% ten years ago. Only around 30% of people recycle anything. These numbers are embarrassingly low. According to the story, even Bloomington has a recycling rate over 30%, with Valparaiso’s rate even higher. It is odd that the [...]

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