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Welcome to Manatee Bay

The homepage, writings and CV of web developer Dave Edelhart.

The Compressable Manatee  

Watching the Watchmen  
I have a theory about great works. As a rule, great works are worthwhile because they take advnatage of the strentgths of their medium; this means that as a rule, cross-adaptation is bound to be disappointing -- especially for those that appreciated the original, but even for those who come into the derivation fresh, the sense of compromise will always be present. 
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Suwanee River Dredging  
(Another contribution from Stan Meeks)
An economic analysis meeting was recently held in Suwannee, FL, the notes are available online at the Suwannee FL Yahoo Group.
 
Suwannee Riverkeepers, Inc. (non-profit) was not notified of this meeting, although the Suwannee Riverkeepers core group’s resistance to dredging the Suwannee River is well know and dates back to Friends of the Great Suwannee Reef; an-anti dredging group that was formed in 1996 by George Anderson (Anglers Marina- now George Anderson Park).
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Madam Kamikaze  
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/17/china.mistress.contest/index.html -- A "China's Next top Mistress" contest goes horribly wrong...
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Goodbye, Stacey's  
The greatest, largest bookstore in SF -- and a great resource of technical books -- closes in a month.
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Blown Away  
The latest Vim Diesel movie claims the future will "Blow you away". It seems to me this is not the first thing to make that claim. Here's an ongoing list of things that according to their official marketing will blow you away. Products such as shotguns that literally blow you away are not eligable
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Skank of America  
I had my card frozen, yet again, because I went shopping out of my usual circles (WalMart, if you must know.) I understand the premise behind fraud protection, but it seems like the "Freeze and Wait" policy is the worst possible way to manage it. 
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Penguins Adapt to Shrinking Icecaps  
The Telegraph, a British newspaper, shows Penguins displaying remarkable adaptive behavior.

The Rhino Whisperer  

Taken at Safari West, a genuine, very wonderful safari in Napa last Summer (Thanks Kristen!)

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Pillow Fight 2008
Manatee Fishers Catch Jail Time
The Original Chicken Fight
Green Rice
ERTH first
What the Hell Kind of Park Job is That? Four Days in a Prius
I Gave
Cool screen grab of the day
Dirty Florida Dredging Project diverts public funds for Benefit of Land Developers