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Entries Tagged as 'Interestingness'

Just Do It: My Turkey Anxiety

November 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Food, Glorious Food

I admit it, I have Turkey Anxiety. I’ve never actually cooked a complete Thanksgiving meal, and in fact I very, very, very rarely cook at all. David handles most of the day to day stuff, although I have a few things that I make for the two of us. We never entertain, because the house [...]

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Image of the Day: Jupiter and Venus and Meteor, Oh My

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek Out!

Another glorious image of Jupiter and Saturn, taken in Chile:
Night skies over Chilean mountain top observatories can be dark and clear, with glorious cosmic vistas. In this recent example, the plane of our Milky Way galaxy stretches parallel to the horizon, the galactic center’s star clusters, dark dust clouds, and glowing nebulae hovering in the [...]

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Starshine, Moonshine, Planetshine, Earthshine Monday

November 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Geek Out!

Every once in a while, something will appear in the night sky that will attract the attention of even those who normally don’t bother looking up. It’s likely to be that way on Monday evening, Dec. 1.
A slender crescent moon, just 15 percent illuminated, will appear in very close proximity to the two brightest planets [...]

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Test Again

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Moblog, The Never-Ending Bloga, iPhone

And this is a test of the Wordpress app for iPhone. After setting up the improved Light Saber app, which allows custom characters and visialisations.
I decided I was a Lemurian named Gi-Ginn 3-Ak’bal.

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WordPress 2.6 Easter Egg

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Geek Out!

I didn’t know about this, but have to pass it along to David:
Via WordPress 2.6 Easter Egg:

Edit a post.
Scroll down to the revisions section of the page and click the latest revision.
On the next page, scroll down again and select the same revision for comparison.
The Matrix has you..

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