This, that, and the other.

Prop2 is having some out of office issues...I overheard her very upset on the phone, and I offered to help but she kept schtum about whatever was causing her grief.

I haven't heard from the bro since last Thursday... I hope he gets a letter off to me by tomorrow.

I downloaded regmon, to look into my freezes. It is amazing to see how active the registry is on a seemingly idle computer. I suspect it's a hardware issue, probably the power supply that's been dying slowly the last few months.

Remember that scrambled letter entry? This site will truly rearrange all the letters between the first and last in words in my journal. Some of them result in a more difficult translation. Want to try it on some page of your choosing? (use chewy caramel center option) (This is closer to my regular journal, I think.)

The 1911 encyclopedia Britannica.

Global warming may now be killing giant squid, rather than aiding their biomass domination. (Rather prematurely, Reuters then goes on to describe giant squid as "mythical".) ( Read more... )

The Worst Jobs in Science - Astronaut was one that surprised me. I did guess Livestock Masturbator, though. I will be using the term "fistula feeder" as an insult sometime soon.

Britain's National Maritime Museum presents Robert Hooke: The Man Who Knew Everything:

By the mid-17th century, much of what underpinned Western thought was being questioned and replaced by a new way of thinking based on experimentation and observation.

Robert Hooke emerged as one of the leaders of this new age. Born in 1635 in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, he was educated at home until the age of 13 and then at Westminster School. In 1653, he went on to Oxford University. His interests spanned a wide range of topics. Best known as an astronomer and instrument maker, he was also a skilled physician, surveyor, architect, anatomist and artist.

Among his incredible accomplishments is the illustrated book, Micrographia:

Robert Hooke was still in his twenties when he wrote Micrographia, yet in this prodigious volume revealed the immense potential of a single instrument, the microscope, and the many brilliant speculations of a multi-faceted mind. In it we are introduced to the living cell; to microscopic fungi and the life story of the mosquito; we find the two contrasting theories about the origin of the lunar craters posed for the very first time. We read the first sensible proposal for the origin of fossils, and an uncanny prediction of the artificial fiber industry in Hooke’s discussion of the spinning of silk by the spider. Elsewhere in his great book, gigantic insects populate the pages, and controversy and scientific argument pepper the text.

I give it two weeks until someone's spotted in a club in South Beach wearing these.

In the Herald: a perfect mix of the that paper's government, crime and high fashion reporting, all in one throwaway story. The photo is fantastic on so many levels. - via hatless ( Read more... )

I was telling mskaren911 a while back that I'd like to have some sea dragons. Here's some video of them.

Bodiless Dancer in Flash (has sound)

I've seen things... I've seen them with my eyes...I've seen things, they're often in disguise.

Heard from bro, he sounds like he's doing well. :)

Talked to mskaren911, and she's going to pick up the big brain, and set it to working properly over the course of this week and fix me up with a doctor's opinion about what's wrong. Hopefully, having her replace the power supply and maybe putting a fresh install of windows on a new primary hard drive will take care of any issues that could be rattling around in there. At the same time, I'm going to slap that new sound card in there, and toss the Astley drive o' doom out once and for all. it'll be nice to have a system on solid legs again, but I'll be out my desktop for probably a week while she makes time to take care of things. (I'm grateful that she's able to make the time and do the job that I can't!)

Quiet night on call tonight. I hope I don't jinx myself!

I hear Kev's got a lot of his vacation time coming at last... good for him! about dang time! He also reminded me that Age of Mythology is now $25. time to pick it up, I think.

Giving juliabee some new Newton piccies. Aww.. Newt looks sad. He's not, though.. just had a bath.



Unusual Xrays -Galleries include: objects, paintings, emergency room visits, mummies, reptiles and more.

Here is an incredible gallery of WWI Photography:

It was supposed to be The War to End All Wars. For over four years World War One raged on, leaving in its wake a toll of death and destruction such as the world had never seen. These are the images of that time, an eternal testament to all those whose lives were lost or forever altered by The Great War.

I spent most of my time in the Aviation Gallery, but will definitely go back to explore all the categories.

Check out this amazing photo of a German balloonist "bailing out." And here's a picture of the Red Baron - via !

Hey, a new Flash TV show! Smallville is good for something after all!

You have drunk 8323 pints of blood.

You are sire to 65 other vampires, including: LdySaphyre (6983 pints), MissV (2568 pints), Liliana (2553 pints), gilbella (1274 pints), mixedresults (1246 pints), Morgoth (520 pints), night_flyer (265 pints), wchmum (264 pints), Nathanael (257 pints), King of Ice (203 pints) Want to Join us? I'd like to have 100 by Halloween!

Some headhunter company from Ohio left a message on my answering machine. I wonder if they want to do something with me in Florida, or if they're mining outwards?

Hmm... I'm getting hits from Kuwait! (kuwait.army.mil ) looking at my image directory. I need to put a region poll in my bio page, I think.



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