And not everyone lived through it. Here’s my weather blog entry, for what it’s worth. We skirted behind the front, and arrived at the intact cabin (as far as we can tell, it’s dark out!) safe and sound. Wadena was flattened, and two people were killed at two other locations in the state.

Who said: ‘Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.’ Click here to find out and read a whole bunch of other famous programming quotes. While you’re geeking out, have a look at The Top 10 Ways to get screwed by the “C” programming…

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Did you know that YouTube has a video editor? It’s new. Click here. And finally, a solar airplane exists. I still want my jet pack.

Amazon now owns the patent on social networking. Here. When is this insanity going to stop? Apple admits mistake over “Ulysses” app.

In a moment of astonishing stupidity, Italian prosecutors are taking up a case against geologists who failed to predict a somewhat severe earthquake. The scientists had investigated a series of low magnitude quakes, and indicated that these quakes did not mean that a larger quake was coming. Then, a few weeks later, the 6.3 mag…

Paula Begoun is the bestselling author of “The Beauty Bible” and “Don’t Go To The Cosmetics Counter Without Me.” We’ll examine the science behind some popular beauty products, and find out what real research says about makeup myths. Submit a question for Paula to live@skepticallyspeaking.com for a chance to win a copy of “Don’t Go…

Check out this thing. It’s called the “em chart” and it allows the quick application of the formula that you use to calculate relative “em”‘s … a measure of space in HTML. Web designers who use this sort of technique are making web page that scale properly when the user changes the size of the…

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And check out today’s picture. It’s … different.

Here’s one theory: Earlier this week, Pickle Monger pointed us to the very, very bizarre story of Alvin Greene winning the South Carolina Democratic primary despite being broke, unemployed, holding no campaign appearances or rallies, and having raised no money. No one knew who the guy was, basically, until after the election happened… which is…

Or, not… There is what appears to be a very good FOSS alternative:

Quiche Moraine has a new look, but hopefully the same feel. We liked our old look but it was not working for a lot of our readers. So, we have dropped the Magazine Format and gone to a minimalistic bloggy format. I’d love to know what you think of it. Also, Stephanie Zvan has a…

You Might Be a Conservative Christian If… You think Benny Hinn and other faith healers are actually curing people by the hand of God, but you have no problem seeking medical attention at the hospital or clinic and popping prescription pills, then later you testify to others that “God healed me”…even while continuing the medication.…

This is the Gariep (aka Orange) River sinking into the granite bedrock just before plunging off the cliff at Augrabies Falls, in the Northern Cape of South Africa.

A very cooly and heavily illustrated chapter from the book Evolution: The Story of Life by Douglas Palmer is available for free download from the National Center for Science Education . CLICK HERE for the download. Visit the NCSE web site here.

What should we do about a case of Internet Identity theft? Here’s the story: There is an individual of some reasonable degree of fame. I shall call him Guy-1. There is this other individual who is not famous. Guy-2. Both are similar in many respect, including, as far as I can tell, their political views,…

… while you are cleaning your pistol and watching Hulu.