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Charity Shenanigans

mattlary — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:03:37 +0000

I saw the following on Facebook this morning:

Starbucks goes (RED).

Join us for World AIDS Day. On Dec 1, buy any hand-crafted beverage and we’ll give 5¢ to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa.

5¢ is better than nothing; but really, this campaign will help Starbucks more than it will help AIDS research- maybe a better campaign would be the following:

On Dec 1, skip Starbucks, and give the $5 you would spend there to the Global Fund to help save lives in Africa

Here’s the link where you can donate: http://www.theglobalfund.org/en/donate/

Results

mattlary — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 18:17:41 +0000

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Go To Considered Harmful!

mattlary — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:06:51 +0000

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Can’t Wait

mattlary — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:24:27 +0000

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Citius, Altius, Fortius

mattlary — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:37:06 +0000

Calin and I watched this this morning and thought it was hillarious:

Rochester Google Maps now have Transit Info

mattlary — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:44:38 +0000

It looks like Google added transit information to Rochester’s google maps recently. They’re not very useful yet, but at least you can click on a bus icon and see which routes serve that stop. I also noticed that the locations of a couple of the stops are off, and you can’t edit their locations like you can with addresses. It would be nice if they put the schedules and routing in there too; perhaps that’s coming next.

Click here to see my stop in front of Thomson Reuters. (It’s off by a bit like I mentioned)

Red Cross Disaster Relief Funds Depleted

mattlary — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:15:48 +0000

Many news outlets are reporting today that the American Red Cross Disaster Relief fund is out of money, and that they’re in particular need because of flooding in the mid-west.

The good news is, you can donate right here- plus, many employers will match gifts made to non profits (West does this, contact me or check out thePoint if you want to know how).

Pensive Insomnia

mattlary — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:37:25 +0000

I can’t get to sleep again- I almost wrote a rant about Christian Evangelicals and Liberal Christians, but decided not to. You’re welcome.

Victory

mattlary — Tue, 27 May 2008 14:10:31 +0000

I love the smell of `kill -9` in the morning; Smells like… Victory

You Should Watch This

mattlary — Mon, 19 May 2008 01:54:36 +0000

I usually don’t post about politics, but everyone should really watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU