2006.01.29 00:26:53 EST Journal: Chinese New Year's Eve In another 8 minutes comes the new Chinese year, one of 丙戌, a year of Dog. Today, being New Year's Eve, in accordance to the Chinese tradition, we made 年糕 (Nian2 Gao1; Year
2006.01.26 17:54:57 EST H.M., a man who cannot form new memory Henry M., referred to in the psychology community as "H.M.", was 27 in 1953 and suffered from epilepsy. He underwent an experimental treatment by Dr. William Scoville: to treat Henry's temporal lobe e
2006.01.26 16:37:49 EST HOWTO: replace ballast for fluorescent light fixture The ballast is a black-box that is about 2"x4"x8" that does some physics voodoo to heat-up the filaments in the fluorescent bulb so that electrons are boiled off, as well as acts as a voltage regulato
2006.01.13 21:53:30 EST The Best Blonde Joke Ever link.
2006.01.12 22:46:23 EST Wireless problems I had this weird problem with using the built-in IPW2200 wireless card on my Dell D600. After updating to firmware version 2.4 and ipw2200-1.0.10 with wpa_supplicant-0.5.0, the wireless stopped workin
2006.01.12 18:13:50 EST ID in CA; Green Ham; Pagan scouts Eggs and Green Ham. Scientists from National Taiwanese University's Department of Animal Science and Technology say that they are the first to produce pigs that are through and through green-fluoresce
2006.01.12 15:00:56 EST Mosquitoes rhymes with Fritos S forward this link from Straight Dope to me: Schroedinger's Cat: the Epic Poem
2006.01.09 17:17:10 EST Animal Rebels Just a few days ago, a cow made a grand escape from the slaughterhouse. According to the AP (it seems that they updated the article, and omitted the exciting parts), the 1,200lb heifer jumped a gate,
2006.01.07 03:18:09 EST Fvwm I've decided to give Fvwm a try. My config files are here. I guess I am getting bored with Enlightenment. It is customizable, but it has also tons of features/eye-candies that I don't need. For me, pr
2006.01.03 19:08:06 EST The new-year collection of interesting links A collection of the weird and funny. The official red button appreciation page. It is better experienced than read. link. Cat calls 911. A disabled man in Columbus, Ohio fell out of his wheelchair. Hi
2006.01.03 12:11:17 EST Tropical Storm Zeta Just found out that Tropical Storm Zeta was the last named in 2005 and the 6th recorded in December. What a record breaking year.
2006.01.01 22:09:15 EST Ich Habe Schwein Gehabt / The Proposition First post of the year! I did, in fact, have pork today. For "lunch" (actually, it was an "early afternoon" dinner), I enjoyed maple-glazed ham, macaroni and cheese, hopping johns, a salad, and miscel