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The US 50 States Redrawn Based On Population

January 27th, 2010 Greg Smith 2 comments
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A map of the 50 states redrawn based on population has fascinated me. Mainly because the state of New Mexico gets obliterated into 4 other new states. It looks like Albuquerque and Rio Rancho get put into Llano Estacdo or “Staked Plains“.

It’s a suggestion by fakeisthenewreal.org to improve the electoral college system.

Rather than replacing a time honored system that, after all, has only broken down three times in over 200 years, the organization of the states should be altered. In 2000, the Census Bureau determined the United States population to be 281,421,906, distributed in 50 states and one federal district. The states ranged in population from to 493,782 (1) to 33,871,648 (2). This Electoral Reform Map redivides the territory of the United States into 50 bodies of equal size – 281,421,906 divided by 50 is 5,616,997. This map shows one possible way to redraw the fifty states (3).

Alton Brown On How To Carve A Turkey

November 25th, 2009 Greg Smith No comments

I’m the official turkey cooker and carver this year and therefore interested in Alton Brown’s video on YouTube on how to carve a turkey. His suggestion is to place the turkey on a cutting board, using a towel as traction, and to cut out each of the main parts of the turkey.

Found on Serious Eats.

Let The Ass Kicking Begin

September 6th, 2005 Greg Smith Comments off

Ooohhhhh, now they’re going to get it. Better yet, I liked the suggestion I heard to just fire everyone at FEMA (of course, I’m talking management here).

President George W. Bush pledged on Tuesday to review what went wrong in the initial response to Hurricane Katrina but resisted any immediate probe and lawmakers launched an investigation of their own.

I understand that he wants to place blame later, but he always looks like he’s trying to cover something up when he avoids doing something like a “probe.”

Video Organization

July 4th, 2004 Greg Smith Comments off

Since getting a DV camera last year I now have quite a few DV tapes and I’m not exactly sure what is on them. I’m looking for a program to organize and catalog the video from the tapes. I will be trying out a few and posting my review on my webstie. If you have a suggestion for your favorite program please let me know.

[Update:] I have a list of 6 programs so far. They are: iDive, iView MediaPro, iVideo, Movie Archive, FootTrack & CatDV Pro. If there is one I’m missing let me know.