http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ In search of a summary description. en Vox Fri, 16 May 2008 14:24:20 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/dear-associated-press.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/dear-associated-press.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/dear-associated-press.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 May 2008 14:24:20 -0500 SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - Brian LaFave couldn't care less how high gasoline prices climb these days — he's parked his pickup truck and is refusing to buy gas for a month, possibly longer. "The goal is to not use one drop of gas for 31 days," LaFa... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/dear-associated-press.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00fad68875d40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> biking car-free bike commute stupid newspapers http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/summer-is-nearly-here.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/summer-is-nearly-here.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/summer-is-nearly-here.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 16 May 2008 10:40:43 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398a3799a0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398a3799a0003-50si" alt="It&#39;s okay, biking n00b. We know you are clueless." /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> You can tell because the lilacs are preparing to blossom and the Fearsome Fleet of Skinny Terror is back on the trail: In sillier news, the Bike Center opened today and somebody had the seriously clever thought: What if we set up the speech-giv... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/summer-is-nearly-here.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00fad68865a40004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> biking tragedy bike commute terror on the greenway http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/happy-national-bikewalk-to-work-day.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/happy-national-bikewalk-to-work-day.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/happy-national-bikewalk-to-work-day.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 14 May 2008 11:02:54 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22529945d8fdb00fad686ebe60005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00fad686ebe60005-50si" alt="Bike over Hiawatha" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Hooray! I guess I should have mentioned it BEFORE as a reminder, but there you go. Good bike news: I got free breakfast this morning because I am a bike commuter, plus the cafe was swarmed with other commuters and I loooove hearing people talk ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/happy-national-bikewalk-to-work-day.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00fa9674bb5a0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bikes national bike to work week http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/qotd-step-into-my-closet.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/qotd-step-into-my-closet.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/qotd-step-into-my-closet.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 08 May 2008 12:10:01 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf6112e0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf6112e0002-50si" alt="Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers &amp; More" /></a> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22529945d8fdb00d09e4c81b0be2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00d09e4c81b0be2b-50si" alt="See those freaking shoes all over the stage?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> How many pair of shoes do you have? Out of those pairs, how many do you wear more than a few times a year? Submitted by fightinggale. This, my friends, is a sad story. Once, I had hardly any shoes. I would wear whatever shoes I had until they... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/qotd-step-into-my-closet.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48d14d0650001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd pathetic fetish mad king thomas number of shoes http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/i-have-defeated-the-intertubez.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/i-have-defeated-the-intertubez.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/i-have-defeated-the-intertubez.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 11:34:14 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/pwm/?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398b923730003-50si" alt="Premium White Morsels" /></a> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f7509a0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f7509a0004-50si" alt="MKT Capture!ama May 07" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Okay. I am SO PROUD of myself. PAINFULLY PROUD. I finally got around to figuring out how to take a DVD and put it on Teh 'Tubez. Do you know what this means?! THIS MEANS MAD KING THOMAS VIDEOS EVERYWHERE! It has been a stain on my internet r... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/i-have-defeated-the-intertubez.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f756a90004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> video madkingthomas mad king thomas capture!rama premium white morsels triumphing over technology http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/awesome-things.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/awesome-things.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/awesome-things.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 07 May 2008 10:43:27 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf5c9330003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf5c9330003-50si" alt="I&#39;m Impressed - They Might Be Giants" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I crashed on my bike yesterday (don't worry, o parents of mine, I'm fine). I haven't actually fallen off my bike and hit pavement since Fall 2004 so I guess it's about time. I think I sort of might blame my PowerGrips, because usually my feet sk... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/awesome-things.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f761f00005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> biking they might be giants crashing caesar i'm impressed stupid cat tricks arnica gel http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/because-i-always-make-lists.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/because-i-always-make-lists.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/because-i-always-make-lists.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 May 2008 16:01:30 -0500 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f6bc6a0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f6bc6a0004-50si" alt="All New Square Foot Gardening" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Mad King Thomas show tomorrow night! Capture!rama at the Bryant Lake Bowl, 8 p.m. and only $6. We're premiering a little snippet of a big new project. Capture!ama is always relaxed so come down and see great local artists experimenting with fi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/because-i-always-make-lists.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f6c2050004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australia gardening miscellany couchsurfing madkingthomas mad king thomas http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippie-is-totally-going-to-take-down-the-man.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippie-is-totally-going-to-take-down-the-man.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippie-is-totally-going-to-take-down-the-man.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:48:31 -0500 I bought a spade last night because tonight is Meeting #2 of my community garden. I won't lie, the whole thing is terribly uncomfortable, but it is going to be awesome because I say so. I will meet new people and learn how to grow food and share... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippie-is-totally-going-to-take-down-the-man.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf38ee50002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> target rant gardening consumerism sucks http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippieartist-is-totally-destroying-all-my-cool-kid-cred.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippieartist-is-totally-destroying-all-my-cool-kid-cred.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippieartist-is-totally-destroying-all-my-cool-kid-cred.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:48:36 -0500 Spring! It's here. I know some of you are sweltering, but we had snow on Sunday so I think we deserve a little bit of sympathy. I rode to work for the first time in a while. I ride from work, but it's a much simpler enterprise to take the bus... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/my-long-repressed-inner-hippieartist-is-totally-destroying-all-my-cool-kid-cred.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00e398f516f80004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> bikes national bike month http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/mangocado-sandwiches.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(tara) http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/mangocado-sandwiches.html?_c=feed-rss http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/mangocado-sandwiches.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:48:26 -0500 DELICIOUS. What you need: Bread (probably some delicious wheaty sandwich bread with nuts in it) A mango An avocado Mayo Cardamom Lime Juice Cayenne Lettuce Mix together the mayo, cardamom, lime juice and cayenne. You don't need a ton of card... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://sparkling-robots.vox.com/library/post/mangocado-sandwiches.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22529945d8fdb00f48cf3392e0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> recipe mango avocado vegetarian sandwiches i'm obsessed with cardamom