Posts tagged “taxes”

• “Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said California will offer electric vehicle subsidies even if Donald Trump kills the $7,500 federal tax credit.” – via @crookedmedia
• Recent research found that men who improve their fitness are 35% less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer. – via Arnold’s Pump Club
• I recently purchased an Anker MagSafe Case with (what I thought) one of those cool little kickstand grips. I sort of liked the kickstand, but I found I couldn’t align the charging area easily (or at all) on anything but a MagSafe base. I also tested for a week, alternating days with my Spigen case, and discovered the Anker one was definitely both (a) getting unreasonably hot and (b) significantly draining my battery. The heat issue was bad enough, but the battery drain is not something I’d ever accept. My 13-mo old iPhone 15 Pro still regularly sticks over 80% charge after a day’s use. With the Anker case it would be down to 50% before 6pm. Obviously, your mileage may vary and IANAAT, but I’m going back to my Spigen case.
• Merging black holes may create bubbles that could swallow the universe. [Ed. note: The word ‘may’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.]
• Most Black Friday deals are pretty worthless, but here’s a good one. All Predictions Wrong — home of TMQ — is offering a 20% discount on all paid subscriptions.
• Anyone who is a fan of the doomed voyage of Ernest Shackleton and his crew aboard the Endurance [Ed. note: Dad!] has got to be thrilled right now. In addition to the epic book that was released a few years ago, and the Kenneth Branagh mini-series from a few years before that, there’s a new National Geographic special on Disney+ and now even a LEGO set!
• Nice to see the Florida Gators climbed all the way up to No. 33 after beating Ole Miss, one week after the win against LSU. The Gators are the highest-ranked 6-5 team, with all five losses coming to top-25 teams. – via @theathletichq
• The ugly math behind Florida’s low SAT scores: “Among all states, Florida students ranked fourth from last on the standardized exam used to gauge readiness for college. Among states where at least 50,000 students took the test, Florida ranked last.” – via @aspar1605
• Just want to confirm your household is safe for my kid: Is your family up to date on vaccines? Will there be raw milk served? Is there a gun in the house? – brilliant advice via @designmom
• Fun fact: The Portuguese garbage scow captain from Overboard (1987, Goldie Hawn) went on to become the Beverly Hills hotel manager in Pretty Woman (1990, Julia Roberts).

#80s movies #astronomy #california #cancer #cars #dailydavid #education #fitness #florida #florida gators #lego #lsu tigers #movies #ole miss #parenthood #pretty woman #taxes #tesla #tmq

• Only XKCD could produce such an emotionally-charged comic strip about the Mars rover Spirit. (How can you not feel badly about that poor little robot?)
• Where do all my taxes go? The New York Times has a great infographic that displays the recently-proposed 2011 US budget.
• You’ll find bunches of (mostly technical) fascinating links if you subscribe to my delicious feed; but in case you don’t and it’s the sort of thing that interests you, check out:
  • All About Cron Jobs
  • A Complete Guide to Regular Expressions
  • The Official Facebook PHP Guide
  • Create Nice 3D Ribbons With Pure CSS3
• Why the iPad will fail and help Windows 7 to succeed is required reading for anyone that is just blindingly stupid. It’s perfect for brilliant minds who also think the government is secretly poisoning us with fluoride and there’s really no hard evidence linking cigarettes with lung cancer.

#css #dailydavid #facebook #ipad #mars #nasa #new york times #php #taxes #tutorials #weblinks

Free Ride on Race Day

A kerfuffle about marathon traffic

#los angeles #los angeles marathon #marathon #politics #taxes #traffic