Modulator 2010-03-15T07:07:04Z A gathering of thoughts on life, politics, economics, culture and...... tag:themodulator.org,2010://1 Movable Type Copyright (c) 2010, Steve Friday Ark #286 2010-03-15T07:07:04Z 2010-03-12T08:48:11Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3458 2010-03-12T08:48:11Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

ALERT: It is likely that we will have no internet access from late Thursday night through early Friday night... Normal boardings may not be completed until sometime Saturday. Please be patient.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Invertebrates

Dogs

In Memoriam

  • x

Didn't Make It

  • x

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

  • The 3rd edition, February, is up at xenogere
  • The 4th edition, March, will be hosted by TBD

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> Friday Ark #285 2010-03-11T17:15:53Z 2010-03-05T08:45:51Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3457 2010-03-05T08:45:51Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Invertebrates

Dogs

In Memoriam

  • x

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

  • The 3rd edition, February, is up at xenogere
  • The 4th edition, March, will be hosted by TBD

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> It's March, It's Near Spring... 2010-03-04T21:44:19Z 2010-03-04T21:32:16Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3456 2010-03-04T21:32:16Z ...I and the Bird #120 is up at Sand Creek Almanac. Brush off your wings and join Deb in welcoming spring with birds from her backyard, around the world and, yes, from dreams.... Steve steve@themodulator.org Bird Blogging ...I and the Bird #120 is up at Sand Creek Almanac.

Brush off your wings and join Deb in welcoming spring with birds from her backyard, around the world and, yes, from dreams.

]]> *&ck You, That's Why! 2010-03-02T07:22:55Z 2010-03-02T07:21:35Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3454 2010-03-02T07:21:35Z The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cMake it Rain - Bank of Americawww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Reform Maybe you still need to carry a credit card for some situations but you can minimize it's use, pay it off regularly, use cash instead of debit/credit for most transactions, you know, like that expresso from Starbucks. Really, do you enjoy giving the banks a cut of... Steve steve@themodulator.org Economics
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Make it Rain - Bank of America
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		Political HumorHealth Care Reform

Maybe you still need to carry a credit card for some situations but you can minimize it's use, pay it off regularly, use cash instead of debit/credit for most transactions, you know, like that expresso from Starbucks.

Really, do you enjoy giving the banks a cut of everything you purchase? Their execs love it when comes to bonus time. Your congress critters love it when it comes to lobbying payoffs. timothy, ben and the rest of the boys and girls in the executive branch love it when you use your credit and debit cards as they contemplate leaving their so-called public service positions for their payoff positions in the financial industry.

Via Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog.

]]> Friday Ark #284 2010-02-28T21:30:21Z 2010-02-26T09:44:51Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3453 2010-02-26T09:44:51Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Dogs

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

  • The 3rd edition, February, is up at xenogere
  • The 4th edition, March, will be hosted by TBD

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> Confluence of Economics and Biology 2010-02-25T05:31:35Z 2010-02-25T00:38:39Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3452 2010-02-25T00:38:39Z Both Alex Tabarrok and PZ Myers are into dominance themes. Go figure. Well, Alex's gate guards and PZ's hyenas do have a lot in common ...... Steve steve@themodulator.org Culture Both Alex Tabarrok and PZ Myers are into dominance themes.

Go figure.

Well, Alex's gate guards and PZ's hyenas do have a lot in common ...

]]> Quote of the Day: A Lesson From Counterculture Economics 2010-02-23T04:26:29Z 2010-02-23T04:24:42Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3451 2010-02-23T04:24:42Z We were going along really well. And then the crowds came in. All the people who were looking for something....[There were] too many people to take care of and not enough people willing to do something. There were a lot of people looking fo the fee ride. That's the death of any scene, when you have more drag energy than you have forward-going energy." From Blair Jackson's excellent Garcia: An... Steve steve@themodulator.org Economics We were going along really well. And then the crowds came in. All the people who were looking for something....[There were] too many people to take care of and not enough people willing to do something. There were a lot of people looking fo the fee ride. That's the death of any scene, when you have more drag energy than you have forward-going energy."

From Blair Jackson's excellent Garcia: An America Life, 1999, page 132 Paperback Edition

Garcia was referring to the Haight-Ashbury scene in the late 1960s. It was relatively small and crashed quickly under the weight of drag energy.

Larger societies, say continent spanning countries, will take longer to crash but the mechanism is the same and the results, well, they are likely to be much messier.

]]> Friday Ark #283 2010-02-25T00:37:31Z 2010-02-19T08:33:44Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3450 2010-02-19T08:33:44Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Dogs

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> The Cult of Birds 2010-02-18T23:28:45Z 2010-02-18T23:22:07Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3449 2010-02-18T23:22:07Z It is not just for bird cultists! I and the Bird #119, a fine edition, is up at Somewhere in NJ. Fly on over and enjoy!... Steve steve@themodulator.org Bird Blogging It is not just for bird cultists!

I and the Bird #119, a fine edition, is up at Somewhere in NJ.

Fly on over and enjoy!

]]> Friday Ark #282 2010-02-15T04:22:30Z 2010-02-12T08:51:50Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3448 2010-02-12T08:51:50Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Dogs

Other Vertebrates

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

  • x

Didn't Make It

  • x

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> Friday Ark #281 2010-02-06T18:52:04Z 2010-02-05T10:18:00Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3446 2010-02-05T10:18:00Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Dogs

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

  • x

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> From the Back 'o Beyond 2010-02-05T10:15:16Z 2010-02-04T23:33:44Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3445 2010-02-04T23:33:44Z It's I and the Bird #118 hosted by Ben Cruachan. Take along a few extra treats when you fly in to join the party!... Steve steve@themodulator.org Bird Blogging It's I and the Bird #118 hosted by Ben Cruachan.

Take along a few extra treats when you fly in to join the party!

]]> A Venerable Celebration of Creepy Crawlies 2010-02-04T18:55:19Z 2010-02-02T05:05:57Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3444 2010-02-02T05:05:57Z Circus of the Spineless #47 is up at Beetles in the Bush. You reward for crawling, jumping, eating or flying through the Carnival: a selection of entomohumor. Enjoy!... Steve steve@themodulator.org Invertebrate Blogging Circus of the Spineless #47 is up at Beetles in the Bush.

You reward for crawling, jumping, eating or flying through the Carnival: a selection of entomohumor.

Enjoy!

]]> Friday Ark #280 2010-01-30T19:00:52Z 2010-01-29T08:54:50Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3443 2010-01-29T08:54:50Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Dogs

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

]]> Friday Ark #279 2010-01-24T23:27:35Z 2010-01-22T08:59:22Z tag:themodulator.org,2010://1.3442 2010-01-22T08:59:22Z We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....? Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon! You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or... Steve steve@themodulator.org Friday Ark We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org. NOTE: Trackbacks seem to broken right now.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

Birds

Other Vertebrates

Dogs

Invertebrates

In Memoriam

Didn't Make It

Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

  • x

Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

For the Spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

For the Herp lovers: House of Herps. The monthly blog carnival devoted exclusively to reptiles and amphibians.

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

  • The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe last year is on hiatus an looking for a new sponsor
  • The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
    • has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

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