I said I was going to try an LED lamp in our track-lighting fixture. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, and I suspect it’s because the track lighting is on a dimmer switch. Just as compact fluorescents must be designed to handle dimming, I think LED lights must, too. But perhaps I’m wrong. I’ve asked the place [...]
Archive for June 16th, 2006
Letter To Mayor: NYC Needs Greenway Director
Via StreetsBlog, we find this information about the amazing Chicago bike plan, and via that, we learn of Chicago’s amazing Millennium Park bike station. This only reinforces the urgency of this letter I faxed to Mayor Bloomberg yesterday: Dear Mayor Bloomberg, I have lived in New York City for six years now, and moved within [...]
Proud Of Our Democrats
Perhaps it should have come faster, but I’m proud of our congressional Democrats for voting last night to strip Rep. William Jefferson of his seat on the Ways and Means Committee. It’s interesting to note that, fearful of charges of corruption, it’s Republicans who were most defending Jefferson, a Democrat, by vociferously complaining about constitutional [...]
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