Car Talk Landscape Architecture Puzzler

This week’s Car Talk puzzle as described by Ray:
This puzzler is from my horticultural and mathematical series. It was sent in by Daniel Reiss. And, of course, I couldn’t resist the temptation to mess with it a little bit.
Here it is.
An eccentric billionaire decided to interview landscapers for his newly constructed estate. Part of the [...]

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Barack Obama is Following Me!

I don’t know why I find this semi-quasi-amusing.  I’m sure “he” follows everyone who follows “him”:
Hi, Jane.
Barack Obama (BarackObama) is now following your updates on Twitter.
Check out Barack Obama’s profile here:
http://twitter.com/BarackObama
Best,
Twitter
Yes, I am now also following CNN on Twitter.  I changed my mind after my previous post.  For now…
And yes, Hillary is below Barack in [...]

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Microblogging After the China Earthquake / Twitter

‘We just had a massive earthquake. Still alive though…’ said inwalkedbud in Chengdu on Twitter shortly after the quake struck. 
This quote was taken from a BBC article.
I first signed up for a Twitter account after reading a news story about a US student who was in a foreign country Twittering a simple message along the lines of [...]

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Austin Hailstorm Aftermath

It has hailed 3 or 4 times in the past month here! Crazy!
Last night’s freak hailstorm was the worst (so far???). I saw golf ball-sized hail outside my door right before the power went out. There were reports of hail even as big as softballs. Just think, F=ma! Force equals mass times the acceleration of [...]

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For Mom: Links to Battle of Kruger

The Battle of Kruger
Ha, Kay! Mama loves this video! For you, Mom!
After The YouTube Video Comes The Kruger Documentary – from Huffington Post

There is a moment of foreshadowing at the end of “Battle at Kruger,” the eight-minute African safari video that has drawn more than 30 million views on YouTube.
David Budzinski, a tourist [...]

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