These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/08/08 … please enjoy:
Moo-Less Chocolate Pie | Food Network
Not that I'm one to give away all my secrets, I figured I'd share with you what has become my favorite "healthy" desert. The amazing thing? There is no milk anywhere in the recipe, so your lactose intolerant friends can enjoy!
Religulous with Bill Maher | Meet In the Lobby
?This movie will make you laugh so hard you?ll pray for it to stop.? That?s the quote from Bill Maher, who?s teamed with director Larry Charles (Borat, ?Curb Your Enthusiasm?) to skewer religion with the documentary Religulous.
Loopy Vista pre-SP1 update fixed with pre-pre-SP1 update | The Register
Microsoft has today finally begun pumping out a Windows Vista service pack one (SP1) prerequisite update that had been put on ice, following complaints that it threw some computers into endless reboot cycles.
Frame a Pluto portrait | The Planetary Society
The New Horizons team is deep into the planning of the Pluto flyby, and again they don't have the time to devote to an exhaustive search for "Kodak Moments." Again John Spencer has invited public contribu
'Ruthlessness gene' discovered | Nature News
Selfish dictators may owe their behaviour partly to their genes, according to a study that claims to have found a genetic link to ruthlessness. The study might help to explain the money-grabbing tendencies of those with a Machiavellian streak ? from nat
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/04/08 … please enjoy:
Edwards would not accept VP nomination | MSNBC
Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said on Thursday he would not accept the nomination for U.S. vice president as he did four years ago. Declines to say whether he would endorse Clinton or Obama. Good for him!
Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt | ThinkGeek
Looks like we're the fools here. The Personal Soundtrack T-Shirt was originally an April Fool's Prank… but due to overwhelming positive response and hundreds of e-mails screaming to "make the damn shirt already" we're putting this item in to production
The Peril of Obama | The Atlantic
The glamour of Obama may be hard to resist, but could it get the country into trouble if he wins the presidency? At the risk of bitter disillusionment, perhaps Obama hopes to do for the country what his father?s image did for him: provide a noble lie t
Server room during a rain shower | Google Video
Server room floods during a storm. Sends shivers down my spine!
Ross Ching: Eclectic 2.0 | Rossching.com
This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. The entire movie was shot using a digital SLR still camera and pieced together using Quicktime Pro and Final cut Pro. Since it was shot on a still camera, all the raw footage is 1080p HD.
Outsourced Comcast Tech Goes Vigilante On Xbox Cheaters | dslreports.com
A Convergsys support technician outsourced by Comcast may have gone a little overboard in a quest for videogame vengeance. After getting packet flooded by some fellow gamers on the Xbox Live! service, the rep decided to use Comcast support systems to wage
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/02/08 … please enjoy:
Fla. Teens Believe Drinking Bleach Will Prevent HIV | Orlando News Story
A recent survey that found some Florida teens believe drinking a cap of bleach will prevent HIV and a shot of Mountain Dew will stop pregnancy has prompted lawmakers to push for an overhaul of sex education in the state. State lawmakers said the myths ar
McCain to Kid: "You Little Jerk; You're Drafted!" | YouTube
I might not agree with his politics, but that's all class.
If You Text in Class, This Prof Will Leave | Inside Higher Ed
Some professors threaten to confiscate students? cell phones if they go off during class. Laurence Thomas has his own approach to classroom distractions. If the philosopher at Syracuse University catches a student sending text messages or reading a news
Don Hewitt: "60 Minutes" legend | SeattlePi
Through questioning by moderator Steve Raible of KIRO/7 Eyewitness News, we found out that he told Dan Rather to "sock him [Abraham Zapruder] in the mouth," "grab his film" recording the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, make a copy, apologize t
Tooth Regeneration May Replace Drill-and-Fill | Wired
The next time your children get cavities, they might get tooth regeneration instead of fillings. That's because materials scientists are beginning to find just the right solutions of chemicals to rebuild decayed teeth, rather than merely patching their h
Memo: Laws Didn't Apply to Interrogators | washingtonpost.com
The Justice Department sent a legal memorandum to the Pentagon in 2003 asserting that federal laws prohibiting assault, maiming and other crimes did not apply to military interrogators who questioned al-Qaeda captives because the president's ultimate auth
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These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 03/31/08 … please enjoy:
Mad Magazine's Fold-Ins, Past and Present | The New York Times
Al Jaffee's fold-ins for Mad magazine, from the 1960s to the present, in interactive form.
Circuit City Tries To Install Navigation System, Causes $12,119 Of Damage To Your Car | Consumerist
Circuit City caused $12,119 worth of damage to VTECnical's 2007 Honda Civic while trying to install a Pioneer AVIC Z2 navigation system. Honda later declared VTECnical's car a fire hazard and told him it was unsafe to drive
Seder caters to blacks, Jews with collard greens, sans ham | Palm Beach Post
Besides the traditional bitter herbs and sweet wine, a Passover seder on Thursday will include unexpected treats: collard greens and sweet potato pie. The idea is to recall the shared struggles of Jews and African-Americans, said seder organizer Eunice B
Lightning Review: Electric Socks | Gizmodo
In honor of the upcoming Tahoe reader meetup on April 5th at Alpine Meadows, I'm going to be doing end of season review of some outdoor gadgetry that's been floating around the cabin. First up, these electric socks originally designed to keep North Atlant
Hachiko: The World's Most Loyal Dog | Gimundo
The most loyal dog of all. Hachiko the Akito's master, Ueno, died of a stroke while at university. Hachiko didn't realize that he was gone, and so the dog returned to the train station every single day to await his master.
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