Archive for January, 2006
Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Star Wars: Community | Putting Star Wars to the MythBusters Test
I love these guys. Their show is the only one that I miss now that we don't have cable or satellite.
Is it possible to drive a Podracer at 900 mph or more without a windshield or face mask? Could ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Tony Olsen’s Kayak Bytes
My father (Tony Olsen) has started blogging about his kayak building. If you're interested in that sort of thing, or just appreciate some cool looking woodworking, check it out.
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Shutdown the Internet
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2006
Google at work on desktop Linux | The Register
Goobuntu eh. I'd get excited about this if:
1) I thought it might actually be a real product
2) they planned to port all their windows software to Linux
3) google gives back to ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
Contagious obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses that may make us fat | Science Blog
There is accumulating evidence that certain viruses may cause obesity, in essence making obesity contagious, according to Leah D. Whigham, the lead researcher in a new study, "Adipogenic potential of multiple human adenoviruses in vivo and in ...
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Sunday, January 29th, 2006
Tunecore:
Posting this for Brandon to see.
TuneCore is a music delivery and distribution service that gets music you created (even cover versions) up for sale on iTunes and Rhapsody without asking for your rights or taking any money from the sale or use of your music.
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Waterfall 2006 - International Conference on Sequential Development
After years of being disparaged by some in the software development community, the waterfall process is back with a vengeance. You've always known a good waterfall-based process is the right way to develop software projects. Come to the Waterfall 2006 conference and see ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Bamboo® Pet Center - All Products - Grooming
Picked one of these up for Kaner this weekend. So far I like it and would recommend it to anyone with medium to large dogs.
Whether there is a stranger at your door or an unfamiliar dog approaches at the park, every dog ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Commemorative Coins - The United States Mint
Is it my imagination or does this look more like Palpatine than Franklin?
The United States is honoring the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, one of this Nation’s original scientists, thinkers and founding fathers, with two commemorative silver dollars from the ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
If I had the money, I'd pledge some .. but I spent it all on my Intel iMac. Har har har. The pot is up to over $4k, I'm thinking I should look into dual booting my machine.
Windows XP on a Mac
I am pledging $100 of my own money ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Heard a little bit of Bush's news conference in Kansas yesterday and thought this clip was funny. I got the clip from Monday's All Things Considered on NPR.org and edited out the boring bits about domestic spying.
http://lr2.com/media/BushBack.mp3
Bush's response to the question: "Have you seen Brokeback Mountain?" was: "I [h]adn't ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
iAttire
This is just too wierd.
No worries. No nonsense. These briefs have the free-moving ease you expect.
Hand-made of the softest white cotton knit, a blue waistband, and an easy access crotch.
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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
My good friend, Tony Steidler-Dennison, host of The Roadhouse Podcast, has joined up with the Podshow network. This is a great move on his part that will lead to more listeners and income.
To celebrate, he's offering up all his 2006 tip jar money to The Blues Foundation's HART Fund ...
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