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June 17, 2007
From
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They think it is clever, I guess.
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This is the first in a series…
June 17, 2007
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href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070608-afirst-look-at-firefox-3-alpha-5-gran-paradiso.html">Firefox
3 (
href="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/3.0a1/releasenotes/">Gran
Paradiso) should be available in beta form in late July 2007…
June 16, 2007
Problem:
Flyaway cat hair.
Backgound: Cats require brushing. If the
cat has long hair, and the humidity is low, brushing the cat will
release cat hair into the lower layer of the atmosphere. This
hair will get on your clothes, the sofa, the carpet, and it will go
places it is not wanted, such as…
June 16, 2007
Problem:
Flat tire, wheel won't come off.
Backgound: This problem came my way today.
A friend had a flat tire, but was not able to get the wheel
off.
The solution...
Solution:
Turn on computer. Google "remove stuck car wheel". Find
advice: loosen lug nuts by 4 or 5 turns. Drive car back and…
June 16, 2007
How do you think it feels?
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June 15, 2007
I
suppose this is good, although it is too little too late. It
would be a lot better to prevent these casualties in the first place.
href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070615/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_mental_health;_ylt=AkK1R.ayIAt68x7AdfLqKR.s0NUE">Army
plans to hire more psychiatrists…
June 15, 2007
This
would be a good time to raise the gas tax. Seriously.
In fact, it should be raised using a ratcheting mechanism.
Whenever the nationwide price of gas goes up, that should
become the new price. If the wholesale price goes down, the
difference would be replaced by a tax increase. That way…
June 14, 2007
This
is kind of a rambling rehash of an old
href="http://corpus-callosum.blogspot.com/2004/03/multidrug-resistant-tb-lessons-about.html">post.
But it turns out to be topical now. What is more it
illustrates some interesting points about evolution: some obvious,
others subtle. One thing is…
June 13, 2007
I
used to read computer magazines a lot. I would chuckle when I
picked up a copy of PC Magazine, or whatever, and it had, it large red
type: XXX releases the Fastest Desktop Ever!!!
Next month someone else would be making the Fastest
Laptop Ever!!!
What, you think they are going to start making…
June 13, 2007
HT to
href="http://markmaynard.com/index.php/2007/06/06/theo_jansen">Mr.
Maynard for pointing this out. (He also pointed out
the Corner
Brewery,
which is an even more remarkable invention.)
The creator is
rel="tag">Theo Jansen:
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June 10, 2007
This is not
exactly news, but it is nice to have some specifics that put the issue
in perspective.
href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-execpay10jun10,0,3379172.story?coll=la-home-center">CEOs'
compensation can significantly impact shareholder value
By Kathy M. Kristof, Times Staff…
June 10, 2007
I am
not skilled enough to do this, but maybe someone out there is.
What I want is a utility that will take a bit of html, such
as for the sidebar in a blog, generate a image file that looks just
like the html would if it were rendered on a web page, then find all
the links and map them to that…
June 9, 2007
Why
is it that recovering persons with alcoholism should not drink
near-beer (beer with little or no alcohol)?
...Hank
had been dry for several weeks thanks to a radical withdrawal program,
but a simple walk past Pete's Tavern on any given night almost erased
his will to abstain. During the…
June 8, 2007
Does
this...
(nuclear football)
contain one of these...?
(alcohol analyzer)
Seriously.
It never occurred to me before, but shouldn't it
be required that the President stay 100% sober at all times?
Apparently not...
This unkind photo was published by Britain's #1 quality website,…
June 7, 2007
Amy Goodman has a good article on Truthdig. The
reason I like the article is that it provides follow-up to an issue
that was in the headlines, briefly a couple of years ago. It
has largely been ignored by the media since then.
href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/…
June 6, 2007
"You can't handle the truth!" ranted Jack Nicholson in
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men#Trivia">A
Few Good Men. I never saw the movie, but
I saw the commercials.
Several months ago, Seed
Magazine (a darn good publication) published an
article entitled
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June 4, 2007
These kinds of images were making the rounds a couple of years ago.
Kind
of cute. But now, at least a few people in Vermont are taking
it seriously:
href="http://www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=oddities&articleID=2690258">Vermont
secessionist movement gains support…
June 4, 2007
href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070402/toronto_survey_070402?s_name=&no_ads=">Baghdad
was ranked the world's least enticing city with a score of 14.5.
"Least enticing." That is one way to put it.
June 3, 2007
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an interesting drug. Rarely prescribed, but interesting.
It is older than what we typically give today. It
is an antidepressant with a twist.
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order to understand why it is interesting, you need to…
June 3, 2007
I am working on my next post, the one about amoxapine. But sssshhhh, I'm using Kubuntu. Heresy, I know, but what do you expect? It's Sunday.
May 31, 2007
I
wrote about a similar topic a bit ago, it which a relationship was
found between
href="http://scienceblogs.com/corpuscallosum/2007/04/depression_and_pain_in_retired.php">chronic
pain and depression in retired pro football players.
Now, there is an NTY article that reviews some findings…
May 31, 2007
This is a photo of Horseshoe Bend, in Arizona. It was
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Horseshoe_Bend_1_md.jpg">one
of the featured images on Wikipedia. It is from a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_featured_widescreen_desktop_backgrounds">selection
of…
May 30, 2007
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about amitriptyline, one of the oldest
antidepressants on the market in the USA. It also used to be
the
most widely-prescribed antidepressant.
I've decided to not…
May 28, 2007
Fast
Company
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amusing and interesting
href="http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/96/open_boss.html">article
on
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopathy">pychopathy.
Being a business-oriented magazine, they ask "Is your boss a…
May 28, 2007
I am
on call today, so I am about to go in to the hospital for a full day of
work. But while drinking my coffee I encountered an article
that I need to get back to. Maybe some of you could take a
look at it too, if you have subscriber or academic access to Science.
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May 28, 2007
Sustainable
living could use more inventions like this.
href="http://www.lcsun-news.com/news/ci_5998479">Eye on
Research: Researchers develop low-cost, low-energy desalination process
Sun News Report
Article Launched: 05/27/2007 12:00:00 AM MDT
NMSU
report
A low-cost water…
May 27, 2007
I
read this (Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson) when I was in fifth or sixth grade. It was a little
paperback book on my Dad's bookshelf. So it was quite a shock
to see it included as an "honorable mention" on the list of the "
href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=7591">Most
Harmful…
May 27, 2007
Who
are these people, and what are they doing? They are
Democratic congresspersons, sheepishly "caving in". Not only
did they cave on the timeline for withdrawal of military and mercenary
forces in Iraq, they failed to heed this warning:
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May 25, 2007
Tax cuts for the Howells. No reproductive rights for Ginger
and Mary Ann. Funding Cuts for the Professor.
May 24, 2007
I
noticed the incidental coincidence of these two news items:
href="http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-zuska24may24,1,6736477.story?coll=la-news-science">Joseph
Zuska, 93; Navy doctor developed treatment for alcoholism
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