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Pressure To Pump - The Economist

Posted by Rob on January 18th, 2008

Good piece today from The Economist about the actual hard challenges being faced by Saudi Aramco in pumping more oil out of the ground. Basically, they’ve been promising to ramp up production for over two years now and haven’t. More than a few people have suggested that they can’t.

It is not […]

20 Truths That No One Admits

Posted by Rob on December 18th, 2007

I don’t know that I absolutely agree with all of them, but there’s definitely more truth than fiction here.. worth reading.

20 Things That Are True But Nobody Wants to Admit
20. We all love a good musical. Admit it. You turn on High School Musical or Grease and next thing you know you’ve watched the […]

On A Personal Note

Posted by Rob on November 12th, 2007

I know I haven’t updated Less Urban in a while. It’s been a wild few months, and to be honest blogging has been the last thing on my mind. But I’m working my way back around to it.
In the meantime, I took K out to the beach over the weekend and proposed. […]

If you ever wanted concrete evidence that we in the United States are currently being led by the moron brigade, here’s the moment you’ve been waiting for:

As American motorists forked over a record average $3.21 a gallon — according to the most recent AAA survey — the House voted 345-72 Tuesday to approve a bill […]

Far And Wide Is The New Underground

Posted by Rob on May 6th, 2007

Let me tell you a story, boys and girls. Sit back and enjoy.
Once upon a time, a handful of powerful media companies devised a novel way to distribute high quality digital video, packaged onto an easy-to-use five inch disk. The technology was a leap over previous efforts; most people in the know figured […]