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Monday, May 29, 2006
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Thursday, May 25, 2006
Dinosaur species named after Hogwarts
10:33 PM
Dinosaur species named after Hogwarts: "Cory Doctorow:
A dragon-like dinosaur unearthed in South Dakota has been named 'Dracorex hogwartsia' (Dragon King of Hogwarts) with the help of a group of kids at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. The name has received the blessing of JK Rowling, who says it will give her more cred with her 'science-loving family.'
The newly described horny-headed dinosaur Dracorex hogwartsia lived about 66 million years ago in South Dakota, just a million years short of the extinction of all dinosaurs. But its flat, almost storybook-style dragon head has overturned everything paleontologists thought they knew about the dome-head dinos called pachycephalosaurs.
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(Thanks, Daisy!)
(Via Boing Boing.)
Monday, May 15, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Colossal digging machine is world's largest
Colossal digging machine is world's largest: "
What you're looking at is the largest digging machine on the planet, built by German manufacturer Krupp. Pictured here very slowly crossing a road in Germany, the monstrosity weighs in at a whopping 45,500 tons and is over 700 feet long. Ripping through the earth like Star Jones through a sheet cake, it can move 76,000 .../
World's largest digging machine, via Neatorama
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(Via SCI FI Tech Blog.)
Tech Briefs: Palm OS back, dot-xxx dead, more
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Tech Briefs: Palm OS back, dot-xxx dead, more: "
Palm is expected to announce its newest Palm OS-based handheld next week, its first since October 2004. Said to be called the 700p, the new device will be the first Palm to connect to high-speed EV-DO networks since the company started designing organizers using Windows Mobile as well as its own operating system. It isn't yet known on which carrier the 700p will be available....
(Via SCI FI Tech Blog.)
Recipe for Tortilla Casserole (Hotdish) || kuro5hin.org
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Recipe for Tortilla Casserole (Hotdish) (Culture)
By Abominable Abitur
Mon May 8th, 2006 at 01:00:59 AM EST
What follows is the general outline for a dish that is the most comfortable of all my comfort foods.
It contains cheese, tortillas and some kind of meat, what more could you need?
Tortilla Casserole Stuff
Basic Ingredients for 1 pan:
Cheese - at least two cups (16 ounces = 1 pound = [454grams]), but I usually use three to four. I prefer to use a colby/jack mix or a 'mexican' mix that can be easily found in the cheese section.
1 can condensed Cream of 'Something' Soup - mushroom is standard, my mother uses cream of chicken (celery and broccoli aren't good). I've also seen a Squash Flower Soup by Campbell's that would "
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How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm - a practical guide (Science)
By luckbeaweirdo
Mon May 1st, 2006 at 06:13:48 PM EST
This is my personal account of curing my asthma and hayfever by deliberately infesting myself with the intestinal parasite hookworm.
It isn't for the faint hearted and for some should not be read while eating.
It involves a great deal of research, a trip to Cameroon and a lot of barefoot walking in open air latrines in west Africa.
If you have asthma, or know someone who has asthma (or for that matter Crohn's disease, IBD or colitis) and are suffering badly you owe it to yourself to consider this approach. Because although it sounds strange and is repellant it is founded on sound science and it has"
DOJ moves in dark of night to quash EFF wiretapping lawsuit
09:36 PM
DOJ moves in dark of night to quash EFF wiretapping lawsuit: "Cory Doctorow:
Kurt sez, 'Early Saturday morning, in the darkest hours of the night, the Department of Justice made good its threat to file a motion to dismiss our class-action lawsuit against AT&T, contending that AT&T's collaboration with the NSA's massive and illegal program to wiretap and data-mine Americans' communications (which violates the law and the privacy of its customers)--despite being front page news throughout the United States and the subject of government press conferences and Congressional hearings--is a state secret. The motion was accompanied by declarations by Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, Director, National Security Agency and John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence. We will vigorously oppose this motion. Donate to EFF and help stop the illegal spying!'
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(Thanks, Kurt!)
(Via Boing Boing.)
Rare diseases causes "wires" to grow out of sores
09:34 PM
Rare diseases causes "wires" to grow out of sores: "Cory Doctorow:
Morgellons disease is a rare illness (characterized by some as a delusion) that has struck South Texas -- it causes incredibly painful lesions that sprout little 'wires' of fiber, and never heal. It's painful and has no cure, and some victims commit suicide to escape the pain:
Patients get lesions that never heal.
'Sometimes little black specks that come out of the lesions and sometimes little fibers,' said Stephanie Bailey, Morgellons patient.
Patients say that's the worst symptom — strange fibers that pop out of your skin in different colors.
'He'd have attacks and fibers would come out of his hands and fingers, white, black and sometimes red. Very, very painful,' said Lisa Wilson, whose son Travis had Morgellon's disease.
While all of this is going on, it feels like bugs are crawling under your skin. So far more than 100 cases of Morgellons disease have been reported in South Texas.
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(Thanks, Cosmo!)
(Via Boing Boing.)
Space colony art
09:28 PM
Space colony art: "David Pescovitz:
According to NASA, 'A couple of space colony summer studies were conducted at NASA Ames in the 1970s. Colonies housing about 10,000 people were designed. A number of artistic renderings of the concepts were made.' Here are more than a dozen of them. Ah, the good ol' daze of Gerard O'Neill's High Frontiers and Timothy Leary's rallying call of SMI2LE (Space Migration, Intelligence Increase, Life Extension).
Link (via MAKE: Blog)
(Via Boing Boing.)
