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GREETINGS AND KINDEST FELICITATIONS, PEOPLE OF AMERICA, MY NAME IS BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND I WRITE TO YOU WITH GREAT SORROWNESS IN MY TIDINGS

Posted in General on Mar 8th, 2009 No Comments »

(written in response to Obama’s statement that “now may be a good time to buy stocks”, last week and 335 points higher on the DJIA)
GREETINGS AND KINDEST FELICITATIONS, PEOPLE OF AMERICA,
MY NAME IS BARRACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND I WRITE TO YOU WITH GREAT SORROWNESS IN MY TIDINGS. DUE TO AN UNFORESEEN ACCIDENT OF A CALAMITABLE [...]

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In case you hadn’t heard.

Posted in General on Feb 12th, 2009 2 Comments »

I think I should start putting these daily roundups online, instead of keeping them to myself.

Science
AIDS is cured!
Two years after a stem cell transplant from a donor with AIDS immunity,
HIV remains undetectable for this guy. Sure it’s impossibly expensive,
very dangerous, and not necessarily complete. So are all first steps.
Boy instinctively play with trucks, Girls with [...]

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Sitting in the conference hall for Convergence 08

Posted in General on Nov 15th, 2008 No Comments »

I’m on break from the Convergence 08 conference , a conference on emerging technologies in Artificial Intelligence, Nanotechnology and Biotech.
It’s an interesting format for a conference: the morning has scheduled speakers, and the afternoons are in unconference format – if you want to present or discuss something, you show up, pick a time slot and [...]

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This year’s voting stickers.

Posted in General on Oct 12th, 2008 No Comments »

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This makes it all very clear: the economic crisis in plain (but very entertaining) english.

Posted in General on Oct 4th, 2008 No Comments »

Things that are going on right now are very complicated. Anyone who thinks they completely understand is kidding themselves. That said, it is possible to get a general handle on things, though unfortunately, television and even NPR, until now, have got the problem ass backward. I want all my friends to hear this show. Because [...]

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This is truly heart breaking. Foreclosure Alley

Posted in General on Oct 3rd, 2008 No Comments »

This is both scary and heartbreaking. People just up and walk away. I hope they are ok, wherever they are.

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EDIT: Why congress WANTED to pass the gruesome financial bill.

Posted in General on Sep 28th, 2008 No Comments »

EDIT: I’m making a bit of a habit of retracting my words, but this time, I’m pretty happy about it. Congress didn’t pass the bill this time. Time will tell if the end of the world is actually at hand, but my gut feeling is that a bunch of people – average minded, decent, reasonable [...]

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It’s getting worse. >Three< hurricanes on their way to New Orleans, with another forming

Posted in General, non sequitar on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »

Crap! Now there are THREE hurricanes on their way to NOLA, with another forming on the african coast.

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Two hurricanes, headed towards New Orleans area

Posted in General on Aug 28th, 2008 No Comments »

This is the latest forecast as of 1:43 pm PST.

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TV: Britain from above

Posted in General on Aug 25th, 2008 No Comments »

I’m enjoying this gorgeous documentary series on satellites and satellite technology. It’s not just for Britainites or satellite buffs – it’s more about the amazing ways we can see our planet and use that image to optimize our lives.

Mapping Information – Britain From Above – BBC – Available from a torrent site near you [...]

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