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Scrubs Cast Helps Ted Propose to Anna
YouTube - Ted and Anna get engaged on the set of Scrubs
Totally adorable moment...way to go Scrubs!

Pope Benedict Encyclical - Spe Salvi - In Hope We Are Saved
"Spe salvi" Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Benedict XVI on Christian Hope
Papal encyclical attacks atheism, promises hope | International | Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - "Pope Benedict, in a new encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the 'greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice' in history."....Pope needs to take a look at his own house before passing judgment.
ADD - Frequently Asked Questions
Your fourth step is medication. If you and your doctor feel that you would benefit from stimulant medication, give it a try. If you do indeed have AD/HD, it will help your brain function as other non-AD/HD people's brains do. This does not mean that you will magically be cured. There is no cure, but medication will allow your brain to work normally while the medication is working. Remember, "the pill does not replace the skill or the will." Medication is simply a good tool to help you stay focused and on task. In addition, you need to learn skills that help you compensate for impairments caused by your AD/HD to improve performance and success.
James Fallows - "The" way vs "a" way (Japan v China)
Calibrating LCD HDTV
Cooking with Pooh
Really? That's the name of the cookbook?
5min - The Monty Hall Game Show Problem - Video
i-Hack - computer - internet - Search Google Like An Expert
36 Ways To Save Some Extra Cash Each Month
Overweight? Standing May Be Solution
"Scientists have found intriguing evidence that one major reason so many people are overweight these days may be as close as the seat of their pants. Literally. According to the researchers, most of us sit too much."

27 November 2007

My instant boob job from 36A to 36DD - and the effect it had on men (and women)
Men are boobs!...uh...INTO boobs.

Men are boobs!...uh...INTO boobs!
Scientific American: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids
Hint: Don t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort--not on intelligence or ability--is key to success in school and in life
Lysine - Elson M. Haas M.D. - HealthWorld Online
Lysine information page. All about lysine and the role it plays in your diet.
His260.01 Feb 19 Notes
Antislavery Literature: An Epistle to the Clergy of the Southern States

26 November 2007

Beer Turns Men into Women - Study Finds
Without lysine and vitamin C, wounds would not heal properly and our natural defense system would weaken. Lysine also helps assure adequate absorption of calcium.
Lysine aids in the manufacture of Carnitine, which is essential in the breakdown of fats into energy.
Reversing Heart Disease
BBC NEWS | South Asia | India
They wear pink saris and go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes.
Why Giving Away Your Services For Free Will Get You Business - FreelanceSwitch - The Freelance Blog
Vinapedia: Where you can learn all about wine
"We will pimp no wine before its time." Website of old Razorfish co-worker, Michael Mattis. He's a great writer, with a wonderful, if dry, wit...Given this current venture, was that a pun?

25 November 2007

America's Joyous Future

America's Joyous Future
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - The Official Blog - Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
Wow!
You Are Overpaying for Web Hosting- Don't Miss November Coupons | Web Hosting Guide
500 MILLION YEAR OLD CRUCIFIX, OLDEST EVER FOUND! - (eBay item 160185065478 end time Dec-06-07 18:52:20 PST)
OMG! We see what we want to see, (never mind the biblical timeline).
Famous for 15 megapixels: Most poignant, and silly, piece of art I've experienced for ages...
India's 'pink' vigilante women
They wear pink saris and go after corrupt officials and boorish men with sticks and axes.
Step Behind the Scenes
what to use instead of oink ?
Feature: Ensure a Fast Internet Connection When You Need It
Google.org
Philanthropic arm of Google.
America's Cheapest Family and HomeEconomiser - Getting You Right On The Money!
8 Lessons I Learned From The Cheapest Family In The Nation
Comment is free: Golden delusions
A new film, The Golden Compass, has been accused of promoting atheism to children..."not that there's anything wrong with that." ~ Seinfeld
Victoria s dirty secret | Presscue
A subcontractor for the top lingerie brand Victoria s Secret had six workers who protested against the slave-like conditions imprisoned on trumped up charges in Jordan, according to a US-based workers rights watchdog.
Paul Abrams: Rove: "Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely" - Politics on The Huffington Post
WTF?!
10 Universities Offering Free Science Courses Online
University to Teach 'Intelligent Design' as Myth | LiveScience
A course being offered next semester by the university religious studies department is titled "Special Topics in Religion: Intelligent Design, Creationism and other Religious Mythologies.''
NPR : Richard Dawkins Explains
Good interview. Gross asks some wonderful questions, and Dawkins doesn't miss a beat.

22 November 2007

Taking Marriage Private - New York Times
WHY do people--gay or straight--need the state's permission to marry? For most of Western history, they didn't, because marriage was a private contract between two families. The parents' agreement to the match, not the approval of church or state, was what confirmed its validity.
061015A Losing Faith
To the Best of Our Knowledge
Excellent NPR program.
JibJab | Funny Jokes, Animated Videos, Cartoons, Flash Movies, Hilarious Clips, Parody, Satire
IBM patent could pause your DVD movie for "a word from our sponsors"
Imagine this scenario. You've just received the latest Hollywood blockbuster in the mail from the DVD rental service of your choice. You've popped the popcorn, poured a tall glass of your favorite beverage, and settled back to watch the film on your flatscreen TV. 15 minutes or so into the movie, right as the action is building to a crescendo, the movie fades to a commercial. For the next minute, you're forced to watch the commercial as the fast-forward button has suddenly stopped working. The unhappy experience is repeated two or three more times before the movie ends. The only way to avoid the interruption is to pay another buck or two to the company you rented from.

That's the scenario envisioned in a patent application filed by IBM (and dug up by Zatz Not Funny!).
Scanner provides inside knowledge - Telegraph
Astronomers Find Enormous Hole in the Universe

21 November 2007

Solar toothbrush could make toothpaste obsolete
"The manufacturer, the Shiken company of Japan, is paying the researchers to investigate whether the brush, which causes a chemical reaction in the mouth, does a better job of eliminating plaque and bacteria than a conventional toothbrush."
YouTube - Napolitano: A Nation Of Sheep (onedollardvdproject.com)
And this on Fox...I'm so confused :)

Q&A: Talking with Stephen King - TIME
STEPHEN KING: So who's going to be TIME Person of the Year? TIME: I really don't know, there's a very small group of people who make that decision. STEPHEN KING: I was thinking, I think it should be Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan....And King proceeds to make a good argument for his position.
Freud's "Letter to an American Mother" of 1935
"Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness; we consider it to be a variation of the sexual function produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them (Plato, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, etc.). It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too."
Proud to Live in America
"Considering he managed to save $63,000 while earning minimum wage, I propose we should grant him citizenship and give him a show on CNBC to educate debt ridden Americans on how to save a few dollars."
Commission Junction - A Global Leader in Affiliate Marketing, Online Advertising and Search Engine Marketing
$132 994 from Adsense in 1 month
Iraq: Soldiers Get Innovative
MacGyver in Mesopotamia...Silly String, tampons, Saran Wrap: U.S. soldiers in Iraq get innovative.
How Do You Spot A Bad Scientific Argument?

20 November 2007

What "religious tolerance" really means
If, as Anarchists, we are necessarily against organized religion, then we must not tolerate religious tactics. We must exhort religious people to follow the precepts of their own minds, and to abandon churches and dogmas. But we must always keep in mind that our ultimate goal is not the replacement of one authority for another, but rather the end of authoritarianism. All our efforts must be directed towards that single all-encompassing goal.
8 Things You Don't Really Have to Do
Pharyngula: Cooties, girls' germs, and your precious bodily fluids
Thomas Paine's Common Sense - Text Version
People Have More Money Fantasies Than Sex Fantasies
Reddit 2012 - EchoPic

19 November 2007

Religious believers and strong atheists may both be less depressed than existentially-uncertain people -- Riley et al. 98 (11): 840 -- QJM
Although controversial, it is often argued that religious belief is a cause of greater happiness.1 However, we have found in two separate studies that both theism and atheism are correlated with fewer reported depressive symptoms than the in-between state of existential uncertainty.
Make Windows XP run even faster. Here's how
Make Windows XP Run Faster!
HUGE Solar Powered Hot Air Balloon!
Sort of...but it's clever and may explain some UFO reports.
Overcoming Bias: Artificial Addition
PmWiki | Cookbook / FastCache
Howstuffworks "What if everybody flushed their toilets at the same time?"
Talking With Others May Make You Smarter
"We found that short-term social interaction lasting for just 10 minutes boosted participants' intellectual performance as much as engaging in so-called 'intellectual' activities for the same amount of time,"
NPR : Save the planet with chocolate
The True Cost of Taxing and Spending
"A family of four would pay $46,000 just for this war. This is an especially painful number to me, as the median household income of my constituency in Texas is just $43,000 a year. In other words, war has cost more than an entire year's worth of income from each middle class Texas family." ~ Ron Paul

18 November 2007

WLBZ2.com - Neil Diamond Reveals The Inspiration For Song "Sweet Caroline"
Neil Diamond held onto the secret for decades, but he has finally revealed that President Kennedy's daughter was the inspiration for his smash hit "Sweet Caroline."
YouTube - Professor Brothers - Bible History #1
NSFW account of Sodom and Gomorrah and Lot's wife....

A Doctors Disdain for Medical Googlers - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog
Can a patient ever show up at the doctor's office with too much information?
Stem cell breakthrough uses no embryos - Yahoo! News
Funny moments for Doctors | Bubblejive.com
The Informed Reader - WSJ.com : World War II Weapon: Monopoly With Real Money
In 1941, the British Secret Service asked the game's British licensee John Waddington Ltd. to add secret extras to some sets, which had become standard elements of the aid packages that the Red Cross delivered to allied prisoners of war. Along with the usual dog, top hat and and thimble, the sets had a metal file, compass, and silk maps of safe houses (silk, because it folds into small spaces and unfolds silently). Even better, real French, German and Italian currency was hidden underneath the game's fake money. Departing allied soldiers and pilots were told that if they were captured they should look out for the special editions, identified by a red dot in the Free Parking space. Any sets remaining in the U.K. were destroyed after the war. Of the 35,000 prisoners of war who escaped German prison camps by the end of the war, "more than a few of those certainly owe their breakout to the classic board game," says Mr. McMahon.

17 November 2007

Shigeru Miyamoto - Japanese Video Game Designer
Live Nintendo » Shigeru Miyamoto Biography | News, Reviews, Gaming Radio and more
SoftMall's Tutorials, Articles and FREE Tools
VOSHY - Videos - Best First Dance at a Wedding Ever
Study Concludes That Mammography Can Lead to Unnecessary Lumpectomies, Mastectomies and Radiation Therapy
Study Concludes That Mammography Can Lead to Unnecessary Lumpectomies, Mastectomies and Radiation Therapy

16 November 2007

Chuck Norris Supports Bible as Textbook in Public Schools
Chuck Norris Roundhouse Kicks Separation Of Church And State - Youtube
I thought Chuck was smarter than this...

Physical Activity
Riffly Live Demo
Stock Photography: Search Royalty Free Images & Photos | iStockphoto.com
When Are Photos Like Penny Stocks? When They Sell. - New York Times
How to Keep Your Job and Be a Part Time Photographer | Make Money Selling Your Photos
Car Salesman Arguments, and Complaints | A Former Car Salesman and His Crusade
You are not attractive...and neither is your girlfriend
Interview: Jasper Gerard meets Rowan Atkinson - Times Online
It's the Life of Jesus Christ...NOT John Cleese - YouTube

Mission Pizza & Pub
Master Your DSLR Camera, Part 1: Program Mode
Bush's outrageous neglect of Iraqi refugees. - By Fred Kaplan - Slate Magazine
Google as a password cracker
CalorieKing - Calorie Counter - Calories in Chipotle, Breads: Flour Tortillas (13")
So a Chipotle Chicken Burrito sans tortilla is 330 calories less that with.

15 November 2007

"Star Trek: Voyager" (1995) - Trivia
Two Sneak Peeks Into Harry Potter 6
Did NSA Put a Secret Backdoor in New Encryption Standard?
How to Get Paid for your Flickr Photos | Make Money Selling Your Photos
Location Scouting With Flickr | Make Money Selling Your Photos
9 Words That Don t Mean What You Think | Cracked.com
Pssst! Wanna Go to College for Free?
Surfer dude stuns physicists with theory of everything - Telegraph

14 November 2007

America suffers an epidemic of suicides among traumatised army veterans - Times Online
More American military veterans have been committing suicide than US soldiers have been dying in Iraq...At least 6,256 US veterans took their lives in 2005, at an average of 17 a day, according to figures broadcast last night...Such statistics compare to the total of 3,863 American military deaths in Iraq since the invasion in 2003 - an average of 2.4 a day, according to the website ICasualties.org.
RAMBack :: Firefox Add-ons
Faculty Page - Physiology and Biophysics Graduate Recruitment Site - The University of Iowa
Old Reed College mate, Rob Piper.
LendingClub Moves From Facebook to Alums
Very interesting how lending could change with these peer-to-peer networks.
Animated sketch
Really cool idea.
Twitter downloads
Woman has 200 orgasms every day | News | News of the World
Who We Are - Lending Club
Rob Garcia, an older razorfish co-worker, it director of web marketing or something like that.

13 November 2007

Are Antimicrobial Soaps Breeding Tougher Bugs? - washingtonpost.com
7 Simple Tips That Will Turn You Into a Powerful Leader - Dumb Little Man
More than 1 million reported chlamydia cases set STD record - CNN.com
More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year -- the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday. "A new U.S. record."
YouTube - Android Demo
YouTube - Barack Obama's Speech at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner

12 November 2007

YouTube - Sam Harris at AAI 07 pt1 of 2

YouTube - Sam Harris vs Bill O'reilly on religion in 2004
Too brief, but Harris does get a chance to articulate his point that that irrational beliefs, no matter what faith, what religion, what culture, are still irrational beliefs, and these beliefs lead to behavior, and these behaviors can be good (charity) and bad (war).

YouTube - Sam Harris at Idea CIty
Excellent, brief talk on the major ideas of Sam Harris' book The End of Faith.

Now, Any Business Can Tap 53 Million Facebook Users (For Free)
Schools trying to stay ahead of staph infections - The Boston Globe
The infection is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact...Staph are also spread by contact with items that have been touched by people with staph, like towels shared after bathing and drying off, or shared athletic equipment in the gym or on the field...The students most at risk are athletes because many come in contact through the course of a game or practice, DeMaria said. He said athletes are also prone to getting superficial cuts during the course of play.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - A Fable About Following Your Dream

11 November 2007

Does your religion dance? / Behold, the most dangerous issue facing modern faith: Its inability to evolve, nakedly
Levine, a fairly conservative Theravadan Buddhist, admitted that even he had to seriously adjust some of those old rules to make them tolerable and digestible, particularly in regards to how poorly classical Buddhism valued women and the feminine principle (not to mention other rather impossible dietary and lifestyle restrictions), outmoded ideas that sort of make you wince and cringe and say no no no, Buddha couldn't really have meant that, could he?...

Ultimately, Levine is much like any other honest, modern Buddhist in that he will see these apparent snags and merely shrug, and then choose what rules and notions from the ancient texts work for him in the modern world. Arguably, the beautiful thing about Buddhism is that, by and large, it seems to willingly allow for this adaptation, welcomes it and encourages it, in the full understanding that, so long as clear, divine intent is in place, there can be no real threat to the Four Noble Truths, to the honest path. (Though there is no shortage of strict Buddhist sects who believe their version is the one true way.)...

Bottom line: It is through the creative impulse, through imagination and our deep need for mystery, that the gods can truly dance, remain fresh, stay alive and vital and interesting. It is only through our ability to reinvent them and honor them in new and miraculous ways that humanity will keep afloat and vibrant. The gods are, after all, our creation. Why not let our creation tango?
A Real Genetic Headscratcher. In the Pipeline:
The knockout mice [mice missing this entire DNA sequence] turned out to do something very surprising indeed. They were born normally, but then they grew up normally. When they reached adulthood, though, they were completely normal. Exhaustive biochemical and behavioral tests finally uncovered the truth: they're basically indistinguishable from the wild type. Hey, I told you it was surprising. This must have been the last thing that the researchers expected.
Wall Street Executive: "I'm worried about a recession, not a normal one, but a very bad one, the worst since the 1930s"
Mr. Melcher, a market bear, had some pretty discouraging words. "What I think is not good for the country, but good for me." he says. His basic advice to the country's roughly 80 million stock players: "Run for the hills." The worst is far from over. An investor's stock portfolio now, he believes, should be only about half of what it might normally be...Is the world coming to an end? I asked our bear. "I don't think so," he replied, "but as I mentioned, the ingredients are in place for the worst kind of a recession, which means it's the wrong time to own stocks."
Killer Bean Forever - Animated Movie by Jeff Lew
Microsoft is readying its Flickr competitor | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
blogs | Performancing.com
What happened to this site? Used to be pretty cool. I miss Nick Wilson.
Shoes at Zappos.com - The Web's Most Popular Shoe Store! Our shoe store features dress shoes, casual shoes, and athletic shoes for men and women!
MRSA - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus - Research
Leaked: The SNL iPhone Sketch that Never Aired
Colbert's Truthiness - Voted Top Word By American Dialect Society
Messages From Our Troops To The Families They Can Barely Remember | The Onion
Usual bad onion taste here...but I couldn't resist.

10 November 2007

Report: Many U.S. Parents Outsourcing Child Care Overseas | The Onion
WTF!?
Taco Bell Launches New 'Morning After' Burrito | The Onion
"Only side effects are weight gain, bloating and gas--the same as all other Taco Bell products."
Stupid F@%&ing Mistake Ruining Whole F@%&ing Day | The Onion
Uh...not suitable for children, this f@%&ing podcast.
The Engineer, the Manager...and a Hot Air Balloon
What Love Means - Kids Explain The Mystery
Gagfilms.com
2007 Screenwriters Strike - Explained!
Why are they striking? What do execs think? This is what I've found so far.
Plague blamed for biologist's death - USATODAY.com
An Arizona-based wildlife biologist likely died of the plague. He probably contracted the disease when he performed an autopsy on an plague infected mountain lion.

10 November 2007

TV Land strike - Matt Davies Blog
Perfect illustration of the Hollywood Exec's position in the writers' strike.
Pretty women scramble men
Psychologists in Canada have finally proved what women have long suspected - men really are irrational enough to risk entire kingdoms to catch sight of a beautiful face.
JumpBox | Server Software Made Simple | JumpBox Inc.
Alpha Five Version 8 - Web Application Development Software
A friend is using this relational database for a project at work.
Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters | The Onion - America
HILARIOUS video from The Onion. It's all bullshit!
Gabby Hyman -- Freelance Writing and Editing
Gabby is co-worker from some years back who has just launched a website for promoting his freelance writing career, which is already well developed. Gabby is about the best writer I have ever met. While he does "journeyman" writing extremely well, he has the kind of mind and sense of humor that is a good fit for The Onion. I wish he blogged...Perhaps he does under a pseudonym.
Researchers successfully simulate photosynthesis and design a better leaf
YouTube - Why We Fight
Excellent explanation of the the writers' strike.
Unheathly Restaurant Food - Surprise Winners
Spectacular Yo-Yo Tricks at the International YoYo Competition 2007
The First Annual 20 Worst Foods In America - Men's Health
A couple of these entries are really shocking to...example: The Chipotle chicken burrito has gobs of fat.
Playmates in the Wild - Polar bear and dogs?
Economy Rankings - Doing Business - The World Bank Group
Robots: HRex Robot Can Conquer Any Terrain with Manic Thrashing
Norman Mailer dead at age 84 - Yahoo! News
Curvy mothers have brainier kids - being-human - 10 November 2007 - New Scientist
CURVIER women may have smart children because hip fat contains polyunsaturated fatty acids critical for the development of the fetus's brain.
Kew girl, cue boy. What next?
YouTube Releases Multi-file Uploader, Raises File Limits to 1 GB
OANDA, The Currency Site: Foreign Exchange Services and Trading
Using Currency Futures to Hedge Currency Risk
Hedge (finance) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
How Hedging Substantially Reduces Foreign Stock Currency Risk
Oil discovery rocks Brazil - CNN.com
Whoa! How will this impact oil prices. Will strengthen or weaken our relationship with Brazil?
mum look what I can do

9 November 2007

War on Photography
Study's Punch Line: Humor at the Office is Serious Business | LiveScience
There's an Ernest Hemingway quote we relied on for our title" "It always seemed to me that in those who make jokes in life the seeds are covered with better soil and with a higher grade of manure."
evil pumpkin guy
Near-panic atmosphere as US Federal Reserve chairman testifies before Congress
Sums up a very shitty U.S. economic position. What do we do? Convert our U.S. dollars to Euros? I think Buffet has already done some currency hedging, and some American biz deals are being done in Euros to avoid currency risk.
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Pudding Air Travel Redemption
YouTube - How to Create a High-Def speaker for under a buck.
I'll have to try this...Would it really work?

8 November 2007

YouTube - Wingsuite mountain swoop
This is CRAZY!!!
guardedly optimistic: if taglines were honest
The Republican Party: We care about children. Until they're born.
YouTube - Super spiderweb
Break.com - Free videos, pictures, and comedy for guys
The videos on this site seem less degraded in quality than youtube, etc.
Schoolboy Julian saves man with MythBuster's moment
The_End_of_Faith - Wikipedia
The only angels we need invoke are those of our better nature: reason, honesty, and love. The only demons we must fear are those that lurk inside every human mind: ignorance, hatred, greed, and faith, which is surely the devil.
AIDS Vaccine Seemed to Increase Risk - New York Times
In a puzzling and potentially troubling development, an AIDS vaccine tested in a closely watched trial might have increased the risk among vaccine recipients of becoming infected with H.I.V
Energizer "D" Battery Exposed page 1
HavenWorks.com ;-) NEWS HAVEN INFORMATION REFERENCE SOURCES FACTS
Apex of modern web design--not!
70401_Doonesbury.gif (GIF Image, 600x800 pixels)
Doonesbury on how funding the Iraq war does (or doesn't) support our troops. Brilliant.
CleanCode.jpg (JPEG Image, 1652x1275 pixels) - Scaled (40%)
NPR: 24 Hours of Air Traffic Never Looked So Beautiful
5 Awesome Sci-Fi Inventions (That Would Actually Suck) | Cracked.com

7 November 2007

Herbal Elements Video
Remember the Herbal Essence shower commercials with the "organic experience" for women....Here's the male version.
Economic Wargames
Advice to potential grad students
Written by a former college prof of mine.
Curing Insomnia Without the Pills - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog
The behavioral strategies for better sleep are deceptively simple, and that's one reason why many people don't believe they can make a difference. One of the most effective methods is stimulus control. This means not watching television, eating or reading in bed. Don't go to bed until you are sleepy. Get up at the same time every day, and don't nap during the day. If you are unable to sleep, get out of bed after 15 minutes and do something relaxing, but avoid stimulating activity and thoughts...So-called sleep hygiene is also part of sleep therapy. This includes regular exercise, adding light-proof blinds to your bedroom to keep it dark and making sure the bed and room temperatures are comfortable. Eat regular meals, don't go to bed hungry and limit beverages, particularly alcohol and caffeinated drinks, around bedtime...Finally, don't try too hard to fall asleep, and turn the clock around so you can't see it. Watching time pass is one of the worst things to do when you're trying to fall asleep.
Pizdaus, the House of Pics We Like
World Map of Australia
It makes sense when you look at the map...totally. What a kick.
BBC NEWS | Health | Gaze 'key to facial attraction'
You can alter your attraction to the opposite sex simply by looking straight at them and smiling, research suggests...A study of hundreds of volunteers at Stirling and Aberdeen Universities found averting the eyes even a fraction can make you appear less attractive...In the Royal Society's Proceedings B journal, they say the direction of gaze plays a role alongside a symmetrical face or healthy skin.
Meaning of "Object-Oriented Programming" According to Dr. Alan Kay
Vagaboo.com -- Study Abroad Information for Students by Students - Main - Chile
PmWiki install.
2007 Open Source CMS Award
Space Shuttle Runs Out of Black Ink
the computer printer on board the shuttle Discovery has run out of black ink. So Commander Pam Melroy asked mission control to please send up new messages in BLUE, since there is no place to pull over and pick up fresh ink cartridges in orbit.
reCAPTCHA Mailhide
Identity Theft: How To Freeze Your Credit Report
etree.org | md5sum.exe
md5sum Instructions - Windows
Charles Darwin: Religious belief
How to Win at Monopoly - a Surefire Strategy
Review: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox 360 on GamePro.com.
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: "Woonerf" - Anarchy the Key to Safe Streets?
Study: Certain stents are safer -- OrlandoSentinel.com
People with drug-coated stents were less likely to die or suffer heart attacks within two years than those treated with plain metal devices....But the new study showed "bare" stents had higher rates of death and heart attacks at two years after implantation than devices dipped in medicine.
Main Page - One Wiki to Rule Them All, the Lord of the Rings Encyclopedia
Lord of the Rings Online Wiki - a Wikia wiki

6 November 2007

Access Network Security Cameras with Google
Repair CDs With A Microwave!!! Video
Totally hilarious! But...Why did I find it so funny?--I was belly aching over this one.
What Religion Is Your Bra?
Notice the picture of the atheist.
TheMishMash.com: 16 Headstones That Make You Go Hmmmm...
20 Things You Didn't Know About Living In Space | Space Flight | DISCOVER Magazine
Our Servers Won't Go Down on You Either
Patient's vision: Treating cancer without chemo | Seattle Times Newspaper
Interesting article on how a tinkerer found a potential cancer tumor killing technique, which also happens to make water burn.
Stewart Will Pay Striking 'Daily Show' Writers for Two Weeks
It's official: Google announces open-source mobile phone OS, Android
Don't Click Here: The Art of Hyperlinking
Colorization Using Optimization
Colorize your B&W photos. Interesting. I feel like Ted Turner.
Jedi training...it's real! - ABC News
Earth Clock - Celsias
Unique Results from Swedish Study of HIV vaccine - Startpage - ki.se
A Swedish HIV vaccine study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet (KI), Karolinska University Hospital and the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) has produced surprisingly good results. Over 90 per cent of the subjects in the phase 1 trials developed an immune response to HIV.

5 November 2007

NASA - International Space Station
Absolutely awesome!! Do the tour! It's a kick to see the scope of the station, how the crew lives, what activities the are doing.
Study: New heart pill beats Plavix - Yahoo! News
A new blood thinner proved better than Plavix, one of the world's top-selling drugs, at preventing heart problems after procedures to open clogged arteries, doctors reported Sunday. But the new drug also raised the risk of serious bleeding.
ryanvarick.com - Backup with rsync
ryanvarick.com - Wikilog
PmWiki blog or notebook. Nice features, and he's tracking his improvements and additions here.
eHow | How To Do Just About Everything!
How to Best Absorb Coenzyme Q10
McGrath Video Laryngoscope - Dad's New Toy
Introduction and Overview - Peter
Online Typing Courses
FREE ONLINE TYPING COURSE
Solar Powered USB Charger - Cheap And Easy To Make! Video
Solar Powered USB Charger
Many surnames began as insulting nicknames
Please Give Your Windows XP Administrator A Password - Dashken's I-Blog
Some of you may already know that Windows XP (like Vista) comes with a hidden Administrator as well. Although it's not visible in Control Panel > User Accounts, it doesn't mean it's not there. The bad news is by default no password is needed to login as Administrator in any Windows XP system if the system owner didn't set a password for Administrator.

4 November 2007

It's A Fat World After All | Autopia from Wired.com
If there's a sadder commentary on the state of American society, we can't think of it -- we've grown so fat we sink the boats of It's A Small World.
Journalism of the obvious
GrandCentral: The New Way to Use Your Phones
Vitamin C and Heart Disease
Statins Inhibit Coenzyme Q10 Synthesis
Since coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) and cholesterol are both synthesized from the same substance, mevalonate, statin drugs (Lipitor, Zocor, etc) also inhibit the body's synthesis of coenzyme Q10. This is not a "side effect," of statins, but a direct, inherent function of the drugs.
Vitamin C beats statins in cholesterol - heart disease - Health Supreme
If we had simply eaten our fruit (lots of it) or taken our vitamin C, as Pauling recommends, we would have eliminated the cause of heart attacks - degrading arterial walls - and on the way we would also have lowered our cholesterol. Naturally, cheaply and definitely.
Vitamin C Foundation :: View topic - time-release vitamin C
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."
Antioxidant vitamins and coronary heart disease ri...[Am J Clin Nutr. 2004] - PubMed Result
The results suggest a reduced incidence of major CHD events at high supplemental vitamin C intakes. The risk reductions at high vitamin E or carotenoid intakes appear small.
Why the Pauling Therapy May Not Work
NEJM -- Lp(a) Lipoprotein, Vascular Disease, and Mortality in the Elderly
Among older adults in the United States, an elevated level of Lp(a) lipoprotein is an independent predictor of stroke, death from vascular disease, and death from any cause in men but not in women. These data support the use of Lp(a) lipoprotein levels in predicting the risk of these events in older men.
Lp(a): At a Glance
The Vitamin C Theory of Heart Disease

3 November 2007

The Economics of Sugar Daddying - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Breastfeeding study dispels sagging myth | Science Blog
Nursing mothers needn't worry. A new study shows that breastfeeding does not increase breast sagging.
Huge Penguin Gathering
Home Sales and Home Prices: What the Media Isn't Telling You
Number Of Inhabitants Per Medical Doctor
New Brain Cells Listen Before They Talk
Newly created neurons in adults rely on signals from distant brain regions to regulate their maturation and survival before they can communicate with existing neighboring cells--a finding that has important implications for the use of adult neural stem cells to replace brain cells lost by trauma or neurodegeneration.
Grey Ghost Press, Inc. - FUDGE
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Art of Computer Programming - Donald Knuth, Volume 4
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2 November 2007

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella - by Annie Leibovitz
Kinoki Detox Footpads - JREF Forum
Inbox Humor: Six Phases of a Project
Burton MacKenzie: Why my forefathers became Breast Men
LOL!
Prime Numbers Infinite - Euclid Proof
Brilliant yet simple. Maybe even I could understand math :)
Burton MacKenzie: Prime Motivation
2300 years ago, Euclid was able to prove that there were an infinite number of prime numbers.
Rudy Giuliani, socialized medicine, national health insurance, healthcare, prostate cancer | Salon.com
Giuliani claims he might not have survived prostate cancer under "socialized medicine," yet he was covered by a government-provided plan.
Friendship | oomsa
That's what little brothers are for.
ABC News: Stars in Wonderland
Gorgeous images, done by Annie L.?
Colleges and Universities that Offer Free Courses Online -- Education-Portal.com
Earth view into funnel cloud from above
A pint of beer is better for you after a workout than water, say scientists | the Daily Mail
Their research has shown that a glass of beer is far better at rehydrating the body after exercise than water...A pint of beer is better for you after a workout than water, say scientists | the Daily Mail]]: Based on the studies, the researchers have recommended moderate consumption of beer - 500ml a day for men or 250ml for women - as part of an athlete's diet.
[adult swim] | Adult Swim Video
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1 November 2007

ABC News:
Dutch researchers used magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, to take a peek at the brains of 2,000 healthy individuals with an average age of 63....What they found was that as many as 7 percent of the subjects had signs of stroke. Nearly 2 percent had a benign brain tumor, and nearly another 2 percent had a brain aneurysm.
Online Copywriting 101: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet
Oil from a stone - Oct. 31, 2007
Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters
PaperBack
NPR : Ex-Drug Officer Shows Users How to Avoid Arrest
Cognitive Fitness: 10 Debunked Myths - Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains
Death & glory: A story of ants, ageing and altruism - Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech
No mights about it, you are a redneck if... | oomsa
Looks closely at the construction of this tank top/bra...

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