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Prop 8 “fails to advance any rational basis…”

Republican-appointed judge overturns government restriction on personal freedom. Shouldn’t conservatives be happier about this?

–Twitter

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/prop8-gay-marriage.html

I like this quote from the judge, saying that Prop 8 “fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite-sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. … Because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.”

–FB

I woke up to the steady drip-drip of water leaking from the kitchen light fixture….

I woke up to the steady drip-drip of water leaking from the kitchen light fixture. Such fun. It turned out to be a broken hose in the upstairs apartment's kitchen sink. Fortunately it's all linoleum, the light cover channeled the water onto the floor, and it was slow enough (and caught soon enough) not to spread to any furniture or walls, so we aren't out anything but a few paper towels.

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Ah, computer nostalgia! If you have a Gmail account and have been using computers long…

Ah, computer nostalgia! If you have a Gmail account and have been using computers long enough to remember monochrome monitors, go to Settings and then Themes, and check out the Terminal theme. It's almost perfect: Green on black, fixed-width font, even fake ASCII art for the borders and Gmail logo! The “High Score” theme has areal old-school Nintendo feel to it as well.

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Want to see what LA traffic looks like on a typical Friday evening? You…

http://maps.google.com/

Want to see what LA traffic looks like on a typical Friday evening? You can. A co-worker just pointed out that you can view statistical traffic on Google Maps in addition to live traffic. Enable Traffic, then look at the map key and hit “change,” and you can choose the day of the week and time.

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That was a surprisingly long earthquake. When it started, it was mild enough that I…

That was a surprisingly long earthquake. When it started, it was mild enough that I thought it was just someone walking heavily across the office. (I wonder how many small quakes I don't notice because of that?) After ~20 seconds, the shaking got stronger…and it just kept going. 60 seconds? 90? USGS rates it at 5.4 near Anza-Borrego.

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