From a committee at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste. Marie.
12.31.2004
100 things (the UK) didn't know this time last year
Although some of this stuff is overly British and undecipherable, there are some gems - BBC NEWS | Magazine.
12.30.2004
12.29.2004
Google Search a Specific Website
This is probably not new, but I've learned how to search a specific site with Google.
In the search box type: site:webaddress searchterm. For example: site:mikeray.blogspot.com president will pull up all posts containing the word "president". I may be late coming to this, but I'm fired up.
The BitTorrent Effect
I've mentioned BitTorrent to several of my friends & discussed it with some of my students. This article is about the guy, Bram Cohen, who wrote the program - Wired 13.01.
12.27.2004
Colorado Man Says His Internet Christmas Lights Were Faked
Talk about a great hoax, this guy was everywhere. I went & "controlled" the lights myself - TheDenverChannel.com.
12.26.2004
12.25.2004
12.23.2004
Festivus celebrated in public display
In one of those "open forums" on public property, this one in Lakeland, Florida, someone finally erected a sign celebrating Festivus - The Ledger.
12.22.2004
New German 30-acre Solar Power Facility
I know I'm a solar power nut.
I know that this is one thing that really puts me in with the hippies. I don't care!
I don't want solar power because I'm worried about burning fossil fuels.
I want solar power because it's FREE!
There is a power source blasting the earth constantly and we don't use it!
People are stupid. - Link
12.21.2004
AP removes its poll from BCS ratings
One step towards returning to a (slightly modified) world where USC would be playing Michigan in the Rose, Auburn would be playing in the Sugar, Oklahoma would be playing in the Fiesta, and Va Tech would be playing in the Orange. Cal & Texas would be desirable opponents and Utah, Louisville & Boise would probably get stiffed. The voters would decise, just as it should be...Did I say that out loud? - CBS SportsLine.com - more info.
Washington Nationals back on.
The city council reversed itself after some wrangling. I understand the desire not to spend public funds on something like this. But don't say you will, say you won't, then have to say you will.
Oh yeah, it is D.C. - Link
Smith bicentennial renewing debate over Mormon founder
What? Joseph Smith was just making it up? You're kidding. Link
12.19.2004
Giant Sinkhole Devours Florida Boulevard
We thought we had a problem here at the GateTree - Yahoo! News.
12.18.2004
The Urban Legends Top 25
It covers all the current wackiness people accept as fact.
Reinforces Rule #1: People are Stupid - Link
12.17.2004
A different sort of hero
Neighbors complained about this man's diesel truck being in the driveway, so he moved the truck and he painted his house a brilliant shade of fluorescent green.
12.16.2004
A hero remembers the Battle of the Bulge
This hero & his platoon of 18 held off several hundred Germans and delayed the offensive by 24 hours. Leaves me speechless. CNN.com
12.14.2004
Alek's Christmas Lights Webcam
When it's not 'slash-dotted' you can control the thousands of xmas lights at a home in Lafayette, CO - Link.
A Nation of Wimps
We're weak because most kids never have it hard or are allowed to fail - imagine that - Psychology Today.
12.13.2004
12.12.2004
Ukrainian Update
Pro-western, pro-reform candidate Viktor Yushchenko was indeed poisoned , with Dioxin. The new Ukrainian presidential election has been set for December 26th.
12.11.2004
From the Pantheon:
Chef Alton Brown of Good Eats
in an automotive mag, of all things. Excellent article.
12.09.2004
12.06.2004
HG Wells & Scifi
A book reviewer who admits what we already know, scifi is often much better than 'fiction'. New Statesman - Books
The Freedom Haters
A Wash. Post note by your average columnist. But even she is appalled by leftists who think the freedom movement in Ukraine (where blue meets green on the Risk board) is some CIA plot. That gives the CIA too much credit and is insulting to people struggling to avoid a return to Russian (Soviet) domination. (washingtonpost.com)
12.05.2004
IBM to Quit Making PCs
I guess people will really look at me weird when I accidentally say, "IBM-compatible", just like the other day when I said "record store" - Wired News.
12.03.2004
Italian doctor who fooled Nazis
The trick of prescribing Jews with a mysterious illness terrified the Nazis and saved 45 Roman Jews - BBC NEWS .
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