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Mr. Rogers pop and lock
Made me smile....
CCleaner - Home
Windows registry and temp file cleaner. Seems to work well. No problems yet :)
Circuit City: Circuit City Orders All Stores To Destroy Issue Of Mad Magazine Parodying "Sucker City"

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Krill Oil - Ultimate Source of Omega-3
YouTube - Simon's Cat 'Cat Man Do'

Advice on Novel Writing
Daniel Nocera describes new process for storing solar energy
BookMooch: exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter
Trust Us, We're Experts | Center for Media and Democracy
YouTube - Beavis And Butthead - Candy Sale
There is something profound about economics in this stupid Beavis and Butthead clip, but I just can't put my finger on it...Dumbass.

YouTube - Dramatic Cat

AskMen.com - How To Survive Jail
I wouldn't last a day.
U.S. companies vulnerable to foreign buyers | Deals | Reuters
"The dollar has depreciated so much that America is on the sale rack," said Sung Won Sohn, a professor of economics at California State University.

"America has such an appetite for foreign goods -- Chinese imports and oil -- that U.S. dollars have gone overseas. Now, many Americans aren't happy that foreign companies are buying pieces of America with the money we gave them in the first place," Sohn said.
7 Universities Offering Free Courses Online | How To Split An Atom
An interesting conversation I had tonight. : reddit.com
Giz Explains: An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need
Twitter / MissRFTC: I am totally serious. My Ob...
Best twitter status so far.
Religion Science | Salon
Privacy: Face-Swapping Tech Keeps Your Privacy Online By Making You Look Horrifying
SoCal earthquake has everyone a-Twitter | Technology | Los Angeles Times
Lara Croft Arrested for Armed Robbery - Nobody Likes Onions Forums

The Real Lara Croft
How to Take Portraits - 19 Portrait Photography Tutorials
Researchers Synthesize Evolution of Language | Wired Science from Wired.com
Dozens blinded in India looking for Virgin Mary - Telegraph
"At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports."
Nature . The Good, the Bad, and the Grizzly ~ What to Do if You Encounter a Bear | PBS
CETO - CETO Technology
I don't get this yet.
Op-Ed Columnist - The Biggest Issue - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Amen. I was in a discussion recently where people were quoting college tuition costs. A thousand dollars per year seemed typical up until about 15 years ago.
The Paradox of Prayer - Glory to God for All Things
Or a more likely explanation is that prayer affects nothing but your perception and has no influence on an outcome, no matter how fervent the prayer.

This post is an excellent example of how the religious must often create convoluted rationalizations to maintain their faith. Human expertise in this rationalization process can help the religious justify any action. That is where my dispute with religion lies.

Beliefs guide behavior, so if the beliefs are unfounded, any behavior can be justified. Indeed, because beliefs guide behavior, using religion as a national moral foundation is a huge mistake. Religious beliefs are, by definition, a matter of faith; therefore, a moral code based on religion is always vulnerable to debate. The cultural wisdom brought from a religious tradition can be a guide but not the final authority on what is moral....But I'm getting way off topic :)
MAG-FED 20MM RIFLE - Anzio Ironworks
Holy firepower, Batman! That's a huge rifle. In the video, the recoil sends the sitting shooter sliding back a bit.
Fabulous Mag ::: Diets - Fabulous Body Survey 2008: The Results
Seven reasons why people hate reason - opinion - 23 July 2008 - New Scientist
Gordon Pirie Olympic Runner
Nukes Are Not the Best Way to Stop an Asteroid | Wired Science from Wired.com
"Nuclear weapons could be used to stop earth-bound asteroids, but in most instances, they are not the best option, said Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart during a public lecture this Wednesday in San Francisco....The venerable scientist explained that all but the largest heavenly bodies can be redirected by rear-ending or towing them with an unmanned spacecraft. But last year, NASA issued a report stating that using nukes is the best strategy to prevent a catastrophic collision with earth."
Incredible Fish Armor Could Suit Soldiers | LiveScience
"That doesn't surprise me that millions of years or hundreds of millions of years of evolution would be a good starting point for what we need for this day and age," said Leo Smith, assistant curator of zoology at The Field Museum in Chicago, who was not involved in the study. "[The armor's] been sort of fine-tuned during that time for different aspects."
Moldy cheese: Is it unsafe to eat? - MayoClinic.com
Diamonds May Have Jump-started Life on Earth | LiveScience
"In lab experiments aimed to confirm work done more than three decades ago, researchers found that when treated with hydrogen, natural diamonds formed crystalline layers of water on the surface. Water is essential for life as we know it. Also, the tests found electrical conductivity that could have been key to forcing chemical reactions needed to generate the first life."
Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins
Adventurer Steve Fossett 'may have faked his own death' - Telegraph
Star Trek Online Official Site
10-Most-and-Least-Expensive-Cars-to-Insure: Personal Finance News from Yahoo! Finance
Cuil
New search engine from former google employees.
Mind Hacks: Misdirected magic
Amen, I felt the same way about the Keith Barry's TED presentation, as wonderfully entertaining as it was.
HDTV Broadcast Reception - How Does HDTV Work - Popular Mechanics
How High Fructose Corn Syrup Makes you Gain Weight
Mise à nu . 2005 . Reynald Drouhin
another interesting one...NSFW.
Writer’s Digest - 101 Best Sites
Americana Photo Gallery by Long Dong at pbase.com
Kinda interesting...NSFW.
Our Team - Stanford Hospital & Clinics - Stanford University Medical Center
Webb Ranch Farm
Eating Less Meat And Junk Food Could Cut Fossil Energy Fuel Use Almost In Half
YouTube - Ski accident
Short but funny--if no one got hurt.

Randy Pausch, noted CMU prof, succumbs to cancer
His famous last lecture started a movement that led to a book. His death from pancreatic cancer is very sad. He leaves behind a wife and three kids. Pausch was 47.
Fun (and Fraud Detection) with Benford’s Law | Data and the Web
Totally fascinating.
Genetic Cause of Statin-Related Muscle Pain Found - washingtonpost.com
Knol: a unit of knowledge
Cancer center issues warning on cell phone use - Jul. 23, 2008
Magic Tricks Reveal Inner Workings of the Brain | Wired Science from Wired.com
YouTube - Ron Paul on the Housing Bill 7/23/08
I don't know who is right about the bailout, but I sure wish we were not encouraging irresponsible loan practices by insuring mortgages. Remember the Savings and Loan debacle? McCain does.

Business Roundtable: Taking Stock | Newsweek Inside Business | Newsweek.com
"What worries me is the complete lack of accountability by Fannie's and Freddie's executives, as well as Wall Street investment bankers also now being insured by taxpayers. We've created the worst form of socialized capitalism--private gains combined with public losses. These executives and bankers are among the best paid in all of corporate America. Their organizations are treated as if they're giant investor-driven private sector entities as long as they're healthy. But when they start to go down the tubes they become public entities with public responsibilities, and the rest of us have to bail them out."
Tough Choices: How Making Decisions Tires Your Brain: Scientific American
So using your decision-making muscles causes fatigue so that subsequent decisions may be affected (use of simpler, inferior analysis for decision). So is rest (not making decisions for "a while") the only cure?
Natural Treatment for Clinical Depression
I like these approaches because even if they don't work, they couldn't hurt, and probably help in other ways.
20 Most Incredible Light Phenomena [pics] : Environmental News Blog | Environmental Graffiti
APOD: 2008 July 22 - Happy People Dancing on Planet Earth
I love that I watched this again...It will make you smile...Thank you, Matt and Melissa.
Sexy Optical Illusion Video
SFW (depending on your work). Cool illusion.
TED Talks - My Favorites
Little exercise goes a long way for older adults
R. Buckminster Fuller's SYNERGETICS
Facts about the Moon - by Joel Stottlemire - Helium
Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests
I totally love what people are able to create in this contest. Below is one of my favorites. Think the theme is to take a classic painting and insert a Star Wars character into it.
mental_floss Blog » How Ex-Presidents and Prime Ministers Make their Money
On the Benefits of Ancient Diets

"Among lifestyle interventions it is only dietary changes that has been shown to lead to regression of atherosclerosis....THE KITAVA STUDY...IN CONCLUSION, the virtual absence of cardiovascular disease in Kitava further emphasizes the potential of its prevention....Among the analysed cardiovascular risk factors, leanness and low diastolic blood pressure appeared to be the most important modifiable ones in this population. Our findings are supported by clinical experience by three medical doctors working in the Trobriand Islands since the 1960s."

How I got a Windows Vista refund from HP | equiliberate
BBC NEWS | Health | Drug for deadly prostate cancer
Works to stop production of sex hormones throughout the body (including from the tumors themselves).
101 Reasons Freelancers Do it Better - HR World
Most Environmentally Friendly Sport Utility Vehicle Pedal 4 WD - comedt's Car Blog
Study: The Effects Of Serotonin On Spirituality
"Basically, those with a higher concentration of serotonin receptors will therefore most likely show a stronger inclination towards spiritual acceptance."
Top Form Secrets: Fat Can Save Your Life
"In the absence of high levels of carbohydrates, fat is good."
How to Maximize Your Memory
Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Near Elementary Schools
YouTube - Geico commercial
I totally love the kid in this commercial. What a riot!

Lime In Seawater May Reduce CO2 To Pre-Industrial Days - Study | Scientific Blogging
Wow, this is a scary thought. Seems to address the symptom and not the cause. A semi-last resort option. They can't reliably predict what such a large scale change would do to the ocean ecosystem, though the claim is it would "positive."
World's cutest envelope openerFrinko: a world of FUN !
Yes...it's true.
YouTube - First Moon Landing 1969

NickScipio.com: POD Archive - 2008-04-21
Billiant! Now I get it.
Epilepsy Study Incriminates Aspartame in Medications
Good Mood: The New Psychology of Overcoming Depression
How your behaviour can change your children’s DNA - Times Online
Think Progress » George W. Bush Sewage Treatment Plant renaming qualifies for November ballot.
Read the comments. Hilarious o.0
Mr. Lee - Projects and technologies for cats and pets
Fascinating. Guy put GSP and camera on cat. Traces it's roaming and takes pictures along the way. VERY cool...though I wonder what the cat looked like with crap attached. He probably has a picture somewhere.
BBC NEWS | Health | Human blood vessels grown in mice
"A mixture of "progenitor" cells, taken from blood and bone marrow, made cells lining the vessels, and also those surrounding the lining."
JibJab - Funny eCards, Birthday Cards, and More at JibJab
Microsoft Vista Home Basic Tip: Running older software applications in Vista - Software Tips, Tricks, and How-tos at CNET.
Baby Turtle Eating Strawberry - Great Picture!
Prescription medication information - Online Medical Encyclopedia
Drug3k - Prescription drug information for consumers. Looks like a cool site. Best part is it allows consumers to share drugs they are using and share their experiences while using the drugs like side effects, successful or non-successful treatment outcomes, etc. Very interesting idea.
An Austrian in Grad School: Confronting the Mainstream - Robert P. Murphy - Mises Institute
Turtles
Just because it's cute...
Goats climb trees | Oddity Central
Is this for real?


Americas 10 Most Walkable Cities – Walk Score and New Urbanism - thedailygreen.com
New tab switching added for Firefox 3.1 - Mozilla Links
If You are Nuts About Health, Try the Top 6 Healthiest Nuts
Science news videos from Scientific American
Learning is about finding ways to write to the hard drive of our mind, and karaoke is just one method :)
8 Bad Words

Theories about persuasion
Excellent information about persuasion theories.
To Trust or Not to Trust: Ask Oxytocin: Scientific American
Xbox 360: Turn Your Xbox 360 into a Streaming Netflix Player
20 Everyday Items If They Were Designed for Batman | Cracked.com
Low-carb and Mediterranean-style diets took off more pounds than a low-fat diet
Funded by Atkins Foundation. They need independent source of funding to gain credibility.
Firezat Inc.
Christian Ziemski's wikidPad Page
Yosemite Hikes: The best places to take your feet in Yosemite National Park
FTP AutoSync for WikidPad-- The Glass is Too Big
BasKet Note Pads
Looks like a great note taking application, currently for linux. 2.0 port to windows is planned. Keep watching...or use your linux box!
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity - WikiSummaries, free book summaries
Pathologists Believe They Have Pinpointed Achilles Heel Of HIV
Disheartening news: A pacemaker can be hacked -- chicagotribune.com
YouTube - Jim Rogers: Fannie and Freddie ... let the patient pass away
Interesting...Rogers says we just doubled our national debt from 5 to 10 trillion dollars in a single weekend by bailing out fannie mae and freddie mac.

Longevity: An Anti-Stress Pill that Prevents Your Body from Aging
Postbulletin.com: Teens herald the death of e-mail - Mon, Jul 14, 2008
All cancer deaths could be eliminated within 7 years, officials predict
DailyTech - The Quest For Immortality: Self Assembling Tissues
Lets Get Rid of Darwinism - Olivia Judson - Evolution - Opinion - New York Times Blog
TIME EXPLAINED (v2.1) - Science Forums
In search of a beautiful mind - The Boston Globe
What a tragedy...
Speed Up Your Torrent Downloads, Get a Seedbox | TorrentFreak
70 Beauty-Retouching Photoshop Tutorials | Tutorials | Smashing Magazine
YouTube - Feist on Sesame Street
Feist counts to four on Sesame Street.

The Area Code Rating System: Why 1-10 Just Isn't Enough - Put Up Your Dukes
Wholesome Wear - The Slimming Swimmer
QuickTime Compatibility
Backpacker Magazine - Make Your Gear Last Forever
Matthias Zeller Memento · Using Blackberry Curve 8310 GPS with Google Maps
SPOT SATELLITE PERSONAL TRACKER AND MESSENGER [SPOT-SM SPO] : ManVentureOutpost.com, Make Everyday A ManVenture!
GPS work when out of range? - BlackBerry 8300 Series Smartphone - BlackBerry Curve - BlackBerry® Support Community Forums
Using the GPS for People Tracking
"Are My Testicles Black?"
A misunderstanding of the gonads.
SPOT Satellite Messenger FIRST LOOK - EQUIPPED TO SURVIVE (tm)
Spot Messenger > Home
Henry Cowell California State Park
CMH Vacation Services
CMH Heli-Hiking_No Intrawest
MAYBE IT'S ALL THAT HIGH-FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP - Los Angeles Times
Google Trends
PmWiki | Cookbook / Content
PmWiki | Cookbook / FastCache
The Brights' Net - Home Page
Victus Terra ∞ food of the earth: What the hell do I eat?!?
Faith2Truth
Calvin and Hobbes - The ends justify the means...
Rick Steves' Europe: Sound of Music Debunked
Rick Steves - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Civil Liberties Union : Senate Passes Unconstitutional Spying Bill And Grants Sweeping Immunity To Phone Companies
Free Video Chat and Video Conferencing from ooVoo
15 Killer Web Apps That’ll Rock Your World | Nethackz.com
Best Free Firewall | Gizmo's Tech Support Alert
Health & Nutrition by Michael R. Eades, M.D. » Statin panic
Health & Nutrition by Michael R. Eades, M.D. » Nominees for the Reckless Award
Eades explains very clearly why the advice by a pediatric organization to give kids with high cholesterol a statin drug is unsupported by research and, therefore, irresponsible.
YouTube - The Dollar is Doomed and the Fed's Days are Numbered

Rare Microorganism That Produces Hydrogen May Be Key To Tomorrow's Hydrogen Economy
Pictured: The surfer who kept his cool in the face of a volcano | Mail Online
BetaNews | Google releases its data encoding format to compete with XML
Main Page - OpenSim
Firefox 3 features you probably dont know » Feel Firefox
Seva Foundation: Compassion in Action
WikidPadDocswikidPad
Army medic made famous in Iraq photo dies - Military- msnbc.com
Cases - Tim Russert's Death Offers a Lifesaving Lesson - NYTimes.com
Fake Car Stereo will Deter Thieves | Walyou
AsmXml - A Fast XML Parser
Why men need to have more sex...
I laughed hard at this one.
11 Powerful Firefox 3 Add-ons That Can Replace Standalone Applications
GettingThingsDoneOnwikidPad
wikidPad : wikidPad
wikidpad | Google Groups
wikidPad - wikidpad | Google Groups
Driven - Unfortunately placed ads
How To Digiscope | eHow.com
Ultimate Fares
Cholesterol Screening Is Urged for Young - NYTimes.com
"The nation's pediatricians are recommending wider cholesterol screening for children and more aggressive use of cholesterol-lowering drugs starting as early as the age of 8 in hopes of preventing adult heart problems."

Appalling! And they admit: There is NO research to support such a recommendation. In fact, Gary Taubes' thorough review of the scientific literature found found no support for the belief that blood cholesterol levels influence heart disease risk.
Political Irony - Why they haven't attacked US again
How to write a novel in 100 days or less
Advice to writers by Vonnegut
intro
noCMS - The alternative (to) Content Management System
Comparison of the best wiki software: how to choose a wiki engine?
Review: Dokuwiki - Sacrificial Rabbit
wiki:dokuwiki [DokuWiki]
YouTube - Watch Christopher Hitchens Get Waterboarded (VANITY FAIR)

News: News and Events: LiU in English: www.liu.se
SEOmoz | The Evil Side of Google? Exploring Google's User Data Collection
SEOmoz | Reddit, Stumbleupon, Del.icio.us and Hacker News Algorithms Exposed!
Hands Free Safe Drivers Video
Laugh at High Gas Prices With a 282-MPG VW | Autopia from Wired.com
Where The Hell Is Matt? - Videos
I can't believe I watched the whole thing...but I did...and with smile....Great job, Matt!

DirtGetsWet » Now that is Subtle
Remember everything. | Evernote Corporation
This looks like a very cool service. Indexes text in images.
My Bird Watching List
An Online Notebook | Wanderings
SDSURF News - Standard Mileage Rate Change Effective 07/01/08
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced that the standard mileage rate has increased to 58.5¢ a mile for business miles driven after June 30, 2008. Therefore, effective for travel after June 30, 2008, a claimant may be reimbursed for business use of a privately owned automobile at the not-to-exceed approved rate of fifty eight and one half cents ($.585) per mile. Please check with your sponsored research administrator regarding those grants and/or contracts which may require more restrictive reimbursement rates. SDSU Research Foundation’s adherence to the approved IRS mileage rate will ensure that we do not create a situation where funds provided in excess of the approved rate become taxable income to the traveler and therefore subject to withholding tax
Selecting a Note-Taking Program
Open Source Windows - Free, Open-Source software for Windows XP and Vista
Toodledo
Toodledo :: Compare Toodledo
| Planet Granite |
Youth competition in Sunnyvale.

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