To whom it may concerns

Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005)

Boffins create zombie dogs | The Other Side | Breaking News 24/7 - NEWS.com.au (27-06-2005): "Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution."

*I'm not sure if I would want to survive this procedure*

bshort.org - photos: Polar Bear Sniffing

bshort.org - photos: Polar Bear Sniffing

Very Expressive picture of a polar bear by Brian (NYC)

Bus Day

LISNews.com | School Libraries Vandalized

LISNews.com | School Libraries Vandalized: "vandals opened up at least five fire hydrants overnight at the San Marin high school. The water flooded the floor of the library and damaged some books."

Is there some movement out there to destroy libraries??

"In Spokane Someone smashed at least two library computers, smeared ink on the floor and printed an insult directed at Ferris on the wall in the school library."

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com

Oddly Enough News Article | Reuters.com: "Norwegian Princess Leah's name was inspired by a character in a 'Star Wars' movie, the mother of the infant princess was quoted as saying Thursday."

Can you believe this??, Kind of makes the idea of naming our firstborn Chewbacca less sensational...

Library books found dumped in recycle bin

WAWS FOX30 Online - Jacksonville - Library books found dumped in recycle bin: "A Jacksonville man is outraged after he found hundreds of books from Duval County libraries in a dumpster for recycling."

What library throws away books?

*not that i want them!!

MOOG

moog

Mini-movie about Moog the man. Worth watching!

something for today, meaningless unsubstantiated 

conference

dinner conversation..

marsberg.. oh right the rotting of organs, and oh wait .. yes the bleeding....

from our vendor: "Who the Hell Are You?" (to room of 400)
later.. person in row behind me "Who the Hell are We?"

presentation went well... I think at least all the tech aspects worked.

flying back home now..



(relief)

the drink

just consumed 10% of a bottle of MD 20/20
feeling slightly warm.

posting ,blah

I started a new blog called myancestry.blogspot.com
nothing much there now, but it will serve as a journal of my researching activities.

Leaving for Nebraska in 2 days. not excited yet, I would like to see my Dad and his wife, but Nebraska is a big wide open space.

Kim said that there is a museum and a flea market that we could go to, so it might not be as bad as feared. Of course just hanging out with my Dad would be cool as well. I think it has been 2 years since I last saw him.

my life

Taking a genealogy course this emester, I'll let you know how it goes. I imagine that I am related to some incredibly un-famous, maybe somewhat interesting people.

New Scientist Technology - Self-cloning robots are a chip off the old block

New Scientist Technology - Self-cloning robots are a chip off the old block: "Hod Lipson and colleagues at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, built their self-replicating device using small mechanical building blocks that can swivel, and also attach themselves to one another using electromagnets."


I think I read a Tom Strong comic about this, and it ended up badly.

Cheating, or an Early Mingling of the Blood? - New York Times

Cheating, or an Early Mingling of the Blood? - New York Times: "In other words, his scientific expert argued, Mr. Hamilton had a twin that died in utero but, before dying, contributed some blood cells to him during fetal life. And those cells remained in his body, producing blood that matched the dead twin and not Mr. Hamilton. Or perhaps it was his mother's blood that got mixed in during fetal life."

E Ink

E Ink: "The Electronic Paper Display is reflective and can be easily read in bright sunlight or dimly lit environments while being able to be seen at virtually any angle - just like paper. Its black and white ink-on-paper look, combined with a resolution in excess of most portable devices at approximately 170 pixels per inch"

blog

What haven't I written in a week? Busy---so busy. ;)

I did manage to add blogrolling (see the right hand pane under the archives.
Essentially this is what I get from my aggreagtor bloglines. I don't know how interesting this might be to other people, but I thought I'd share.

p.s. blah.