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Date: April 17th, 2007

The Ring

17 April, 2007 (22:11) | Humor | No comments

An older, white haired man walked into a jewelry store one Friday evening with a beautiful young gal at his side. He told the jeweler he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweler looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring. The old man said, [...]

More power to the shields Scotty!

17 April, 2007 (19:09) | Technology | No comments

[tag]Trekkies [/tag]everywhere are no doubt having wet dreams getting excited over this news
Magnetic “[tag]deflector shields[/tag]” could one day guard astronauts against dangerous space radiation, if experiments now underway pay off.
Exposure to energetic charged particles could put astronauts on lengthy missions at increased risk of cancer and even cognitive problems (see Future mars astronauts have [...]

The Right Hand Giveth and the Left Taketh Away

17 April, 2007 (16:53) | Business | No comments

[tag]Southern California Edison[/tag] Co. must be out to prove they are really Enron’s moral successor and they’re putting a [tag]green spin[/tag] on it at that. Why the comment about [tag]Enron[/tag]? Well,
Low-income families would get a chance to reduce their electric bills and help [tag]combat global warming[/tag] if Southern California Edison Co. wins approval from state [...]

Flights of fancy

17 April, 2007 (16:25) | Miscellaneous | No comments

Aaron Koblin is a visual artist who has done some marvelous work with FAA flight patterns. View the movie then visit his site for much more
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Flight Patterns
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Get yer drum on

17 April, 2007 (16:10) | Computer, Science, Technology | No comments

[tag]Robot[/tag] [tag]drummer[/tag]s - trés cool
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robot drummer
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Drum machines are too static - this machine interacts and that makes it a great teaching machine, at the very least.
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