Recent content by Commonwealth

I know its the wrong season, but I'm starting to think about golf already and I'm hoping I could get a few answers here. Spent the past four years at UVM and grew up in western MA, so I'm looking for some recommendations for relatively nice courses in the greater Boston area. I will be working...

I just had my hard drive wiped, and I reinstalled Google Chrome. Does the newest version of Chrome only have the bookmarks bar on the "New Tab" page? I'm having trouble - it was never like this. Here is when I have the new tab page - notice the bookmarks bar. Before, this was attached to the...

I know there's threads on this before, but I'm just looking for some helpful workout tips to get my legs in shape for the season. Obviously, core and leg strength are crucial for skiing, so what does everyone do to get ready for the season? Right now, I do 75 crunches, 1:30 minute plank, 75...

And I thought 495 at rush hour was bad. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic "The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to the capital, and compounded by road maintenance work that began...

"Ah jeez, that was rough...." Although I gotta say, he handled it pretty well.

What an asshole.

I mean come on! That's why dogs are infinitely better than cats (I'm looking at you, gato). You know he doesn't want to jump into the water to get that ball but he wants to please his owner so much that he's willing to sacrifice his dignity and a little pain by bellyflopping in his little life...

Holy shit. Its funny, because there is one of these fat kids in every crew. The one that just does the worst, most embarrassing shit ever. And I love how they peace out after he's done.

So, I have a slight grasp on the whole buy organic/local thing. I understand a few of the benefits (fair trade, support the local economy, healthier, less energy) but I'd like a greater overview (without doing any research). However, as a broke college student I can't justify it all the time...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Town_(2010_film) I am VERY excited for this movie. Damn. I love Ben Affleck. Oh, and Blake Lively, too.

LCD Soundsystem as a sample? I like it. Thoughts?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/29/facebook.job-seekers/index.html?hpt=C1 CNN) -- Justin Gawel says there's nothing too incriminating on his Facebook page. "There are a lot of pictures of drinking [but] nothing naked or anything -- at least I don't think so," he said jokingly. Even so, the...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nB7L1BIDELc&feature=player_embedded# Awww, kinda cute if you think about it. Except the only artists I actually recognized were Drake and Avril Lavigne. Who was everyone else? We Are The World, FTW.

So I rode the gondola up with a younger couple at Stratton the other day, and they were telling me about a gymfest center in Brattleboro (I'm pretty sure they were affiliated with it). They said there was a 20 x 20 foam pit, in-ground tramps, etc. I don't remember the exact dates, but I think...

I want to splice stereo speakers into a headphone jack to plug into my laptop - will I be able to splice both speakers into the same jack? The speakers look similar enough to those, and I want to be able to place them around my room and have them plug into my laptop via a headphone jack...