Quote of the day

"O life so dull and monotonous, how many treasures you contain! When I look at everything with the eyes of faith, no two hours are alike, and the dullness and monotony disappear.

The grace which is given me in this hour will not be repeated in the next. It may be given me again, but it will not be the same grace.

Time goes on, never to return again. Whatever is enclosed in it will never change; it seals with a seal for eternity."

Limewire rules

down below I have a post on hacking into security information using a dish.

well, now you can even find the top secret stuff on Limewire:from Gizmodo:

"President Obama isn't very excited about his fancy new helicopter, but that's not his fault—he just hasn't seen its super-neat blueprints yet, because he's not allowed to have Limewire.

Right, I'll back up for a second. The embattled chopper(s)—under fire for their cost and alleged foreign manufacture—have been trotted out by republicans as an example of government spending spun out of control. Just as that controversy seemed to be subsiding, reports surfaced that the blueprints and avionics package for Marine One have been leaked over a peer-to-peer network, to Iran. Oops?"

and no, I don't use limewire (I use Vuze)
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More information at StrategyPage:
Bitttorrent to the Rescue!

The Colonel

The story of a civil war vet who lost everything...by Mel Gibson.
;-)

WARNING: Put coffee down before viewing...

Happy Sword Swallowing Awareness Day

actually it was February 28th...

more stuff HERE>...X Rays HERE

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and for Math fans: Happy Square Root day: 3-3-09

Music interlude of the day

Another stem cell breakthrough

The BBC reports that "embryonic" type stem cells can now be made from adult skin cells...

Last year, they did it by using viruses; this time no viruses are used.

Headlines below the fold

It's nice to be king:
you can do your own investigations...

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Will E-Editions save newspapers?
you mean you want us to buy your ereader instead of using our own Kindle?

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Washington Zoo finds new Elephant Shrew...
and baby makes three...
old YOUTUBE film from the zoo:

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Obama will allow companies to fire health care workers for refusing to do abortions...
so much for "common ground"..

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But don't worry: the MSM is quick to publicize the really important things in Washington...

YUM!

Light Beer...

Stuff below the fold

TetrapodZoologyBlog has a discussion of the world's smallest snakes.


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Need vegetarian recipes for Lent?

EpiLog to the rescue..
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Booker Rising discusses Alex Haley's Scottish roots...
thereby confirming the oral tradition in the book.

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GeneExpression discusses that Estonians language is close to Finnish, their genes are actually Russian...

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and Laelaps discusses the sad story of Saartje Baartman , the so called "Hottentot Venus"...

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StrategyPage tells you how to hack into secret information:

all you need is a satellite dish (a one meter model will do), some knowledge of satellite communications (if you are of the geekish persuasion, you can become self-taught in these arts rather quickly) and familiarity with Linux, and tools (freely available on the Internet) for hacking Linux data feeds
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Nemo on LSD

"A brightly-coloured fish which bounces along the seabed has been hailed as a new species by scientists - who have dubbed it "psychedelica"."

Cousin Kevin's latest

Galerasin Colombia erupting again

but not the big one, thank God.

The problem with small eruptions is that people stop evacuating every small eruption, so the big eruption may end up killing people.

Photo from LaSemana... more on the travails of Narino LINK

Business productivity notice

also from TiaMaria

How to increase productivity

your email of the day from TiaMaria

Facebook take two

Cracked speculates on what do the in boxes/facebooks of your favorite movie bad guy/gal look like...

Recipe of the day

In between the political commentary and the meditations on the meaning of Lent, the Anchoress has posted the recipe for Irish Soda Bread...

YUM.

4 c sifted flour
1 1/2 tsps baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 c sugar
1 c raisins
2 tblspns melted butter
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups buttermilk

Mix dry ingredients. Mix butter, eggs and buttermilk. Stir into dry ingredients. Use a 2 qt pan (like a pyrex) because it works the best. Back at 350 degrees for 1.25 hours.

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Attention Virgil Fans

Virgil now is on facebook...

actually, someone has made a fake facebook page...hit LINK and then click image to enlarge...

and if you are really interested in the Aeneid, Stanford has lectures podcast at LINK

(headsup NotCot)

Clues for the clueless

Dustbury writes that Meno's ACE Hardware doorstops include instructions:

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Insert by wedging under bottom of door.

Craft item of the day

crochet a flower sweater for your poochie.


Hmm...somehow I don't think Puti, our killer watchdog, would let me put it on him...

(free registration required for link)

Gift Item of the day

a solar electric toothbrush...





it replaces the eco friendly twig that you are probably using...

(HeadsupWebecoist)