tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52349972024-03-08T01:08:25.503-08:00Roadkill & MiscellanyStuff I'm Surfing LatelyRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-18237640250971992852008-02-03T19:53:00.000-08:002008-02-03T19:55:23.229-08:00KittieDexRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-36285106352620186702007-10-01T19:28:00.000-07:002007-10-01T19:46:19.017-07:00Killer bacteria from outer spaceAs if cosmic rays and hard vacuum didn't make space dangerous enough, astronauts might have to contend with an unexpected threat: bacteria. Mice exposed to a strain of Salmonella typhimurium that spent 12 days in orbit on a 2006 shuttle flight were nearly three times as likely to die from the stomach bug than rodents infected with its earthbound ilk, a new study finds. Seems the microbes began toRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-79815982747409640752007-07-22T01:18:00.001-07:002007-07-23T02:04:05.153-07:00Water On The Brain: The Man with Only 50% Grey Matter An amazing tale of a French civil servant... <!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:C46E01F1-1F0A-42A2-81CD-F91228070A9C:1 CLIPMARKS.COM -->clipped from www.nature.com The man with a hole in his brain Scans reveal a fluid-filled cavity in the brain of a normal man.A serious case of water on the brain: scans revealed only a narrow rim of brain material.Three years ago, a 44-year-old man was admitted to Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1170657576890298932007-02-04T22:36:00.000-08:002007-02-04T22:43:41.176-08:00Google Desktop Search ErrorIf you get the error message "Windows cannot find..." when trying to launch a file retrieved by Google Desktop Search, it has probably been deleted. Google desktop keeps a record of deleted files. You can eliminate this problem by indicating in your preferences that you do not want deleted files to appear in your search results. There is no need to re-index your drive (as I learned today). Duh.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1160976934298423332006-10-15T22:28:00.000-07:002006-10-15T22:40:22.103-07:00Milton Friedman Choir - The Corporation The Milton Friedman Choir singing about Milton Friedman's definition of the Corporation. In his world view, the amoral corporation takes over the running of schools under theadvertising slogan "Choice."Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1160557134301643892006-10-11T01:37:00.000-07:002006-10-11T01:58:55.143-07:00Need Help with Outlook: View Reset ProblemI've looked everywhere and asked everyone so this is my last chance... that some anonymous surfer will come along with advice or find this in his search for the same thing. Anytime I sort by a field (ie by clicking the relevant column heading) it redefines the view applied to the folder and removes the existing field grouping.Eg: Let's say I created the view "Fave View" which is available for allRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1155804477969042252006-08-17T01:44:00.000-07:002006-08-17T01:48:08.553-07:00Google Music SearchArtist:Song:Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1154493440479287142006-08-01T21:35:00.000-07:002006-08-01T21:39:15.360-07:00Nine Nations on Soda PopHot on the web today was a map of the US showing the distribution of generic names for soft drinks.It struck me that there was some rough correlation to the "Nine Nations of North America"Note: Some people split the continent up slightly differently. Large parts of Ecotopia are claimed by the Cascadians and New England appears to be properly named Atlantica. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1150796050530846742006-06-20T02:27:00.000-07:002006-06-20T02:47:49.053-07:00Furl Spam: Out of ControlFurther to my last post on Furl Spam (Is the Times Spamming Furl?), Furl has totally lost control. 20 of the top 25 sites Furled today are Golf related spam. Has Furl just been completely abandoned to the elements? Furl lost the war to del.icio.us some time ago but still had a good following because of their ability to back-up pages saved. But if it's going to just become a repository for spam, Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149674118471625982006-06-07T02:52:00.000-07:002006-06-07T03:05:03.073-07:00Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland: MP3This is a recording of an amateur choir (Colibri) in Singapore performing JS Bach's Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. Again, the sound quality is poor but... well whatever. It's worth every penny you pay.
Nun-komm.zip (5Mb)
This concert was held in early December 2005 at the Kampong Kapor Methodist Church and was sponsored by Artyfakt.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149673840026726662006-06-07T02:47:00.000-07:002006-06-07T03:00:39.390-07:00Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren: MP3This is a recording of an amateur choir (Colibri) in Singapore performing JL Bach's Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren. The sound quality is poor but the price is good: free.
Uns-Ist-Ein-Kind-Geboren.mp3 (10.3Mb)
This concert was held in early December 2005 at the Kampong Kapor Methodist Church and was sponsored by Artyfakt.
I believe this will mark the world premier of this piece being made available Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149673632896469962006-06-07T02:38:00.000-07:002006-06-07T03:04:31.003-07:00Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio MP3This is a recording of an amateur choir (Colibri) in Singapore performing Camille Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio. The sound quality is poor but the price is good: free.
Saint-Saens-Christmas-Oratorio.zip (11.5Mb)
This concert was held in early December 2005 at the Kampong Kapor Methodist Church and was sponsored by Artyfakt.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149474402858363402006-06-04T19:24:00.000-07:002006-06-04T19:26:54.986-07:00Lab Rat Brain OnlineOnline quarrelling is also addictive, in precisely the same way Tetris is addictive. It appeals to the "lab rat" part of your brain; the annoying, irrepressible part that adores repetitive pointlessness and would gleefully make you pop bubblewrap till Doomsday if it ever got its way.Charlie Brooker, The GuardianRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149219144550652782006-06-01T20:31:00.000-07:002006-06-01T20:32:24.780-07:00Dubya Quote of the DayOK this quote is over a year old but I only just saw it and it struck me as ridiculously funny...This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous...Having said that, all options are on the table.President George W. Bush, February 2005Source: Petrodollar WarfareRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1149065359145115152006-05-31T01:47:00.000-07:002006-05-31T01:55:02.570-07:00Fat BugsScientists have identified a key microbe in our guts that helps us glean more calories from food. The discovery backs the idea that the type of microbes in our gut help to determine how much weight we gain, and that seeding the intestine with particular bugs could help fight obesity.
Samuel Buck of Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and his colleagues focused on one microbe called Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1148960993143255302006-05-29T20:41:00.000-07:002006-05-29T21:39:18.696-07:00Is The Times Spamming Furl?The popular social bookmarking systems - Furl, Digg & del.ici.ous amongst others - tend to have a lot of the same "top urls." However Furl is unique in that it is the only one that regularly has listings from Times Select which is the New York Times paid for subscription service.And it's not just the odd Times Select listing now and again. Today, there are 4 Times select listings in the top 25 - Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1148625383496151672006-05-25T23:35:00.000-07:002006-05-25T23:36:23.506-07:00Penis PanicKoro is one of a number of names for a hysterical condition known medically as Genital Retraction Syndrome, whose victims become convinced that their genitals are disappearing into their bodies. It can be contagious, sparking off "penis panics", such as the one that overtook Singapore in 1967 in which thousands of men became convinced that their penises were being stolen; it was contained by a Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1148540397120609922006-05-24T23:58:00.000-07:002006-05-25T00:01:26.306-07:00AdviceAdvice is a form of nostalgia.Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.- Everybody's Free to Wear Sunscreen I'm just saying'...Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1148024988609169202006-05-19T00:48:00.000-07:002006-05-19T00:49:48.616-07:00Church Sign Generator
Get Your Own HereRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1147271973668957742006-05-10T07:38:00.000-07:002006-05-10T08:14:23.070-07:00Lasse Gjertsen: CreativeThe art of beat box revived.
Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1146639902202560642006-05-02T23:57:00.000-07:002006-05-03T00:05:02.213-07:00Voting with Their FeetIf you're interested in the Singapore Elections, Yawning Bread's photo-essay has captured an interesting aspect apparently lost on local media:PAP's Rally at Hougang (1 May) Worker's Party Rally the night before (April 30)Interesting. No comment... I'm just sayin'.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1141805512840881582006-03-08T00:07:00.000-08:002006-03-08T00:12:39.990-08:00Odds AreOdds of asteroid hitting the earth in 2036 that releases more energy than 100,000 Hiroshimas: 1 in 15,000
Odds of getting killed in a plane crash this year: 1 in 441,000
You have 30 years to mull this over.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1141176973964510142006-02-28T17:36:00.000-08:002006-05-10T07:54:41.813-07:00TwinsTwo parents of mixed race and the resultant twin girls are... black and white. MoreRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1139992411052834012006-02-15T00:19:00.000-08:002006-02-15T00:33:31.063-08:00Ashoura: Worse than Thai Pussam?I have a collection of photos on my site of the Thai Pussam procession. It's pretty gruesome. But as it turns out, there is one religios practice which, at least visually, seems even more horrific: Ashoura (see also: Ashura). Don't click if you're squeemish. Apparently most participants make a small cut on their head, and then beat the wound with their palm to keep the wound open and bleeding. Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5234997.post-1138153942918551132006-01-24T17:52:00.000-08:002006-01-24T17:52:22.930-08:00Starbucks EconomicsHow to get a short in a North American Starbucks:Here's a little secret that Starbucks doesn't want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it. Ask for it in any Starbucks and the barista will comply without batting an eye. - Tim Harford, SlateFYI: In Asia it's still available on the menu.Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14352122299331556088noreply@blogger.com0