June 2007
57 posts
Money: A free personal finance eBook library -... →
Weekend Project: Gigantic whiteboards on a budget... →
Things You Need to Know Before Buying A Solar... →
Frontsight Firearms Training School
Frontsight is running a promotion where you blog about them, and they give you a free 4 day course- and I couldn’t pass up that deal. I went there with some family a couple months ago and it was a lot of fun, and I learned a ton of stuff. I would highly recommend going there if you want to learn how to shoot better.
Front Sight Firearms Training
Ignatius Piazza - founder of Front...
Charitable Gifts Set New Record in 2006: Financial... →
Gaudiani said Americans give twice as much as the next most charitable country, … while France, with a 0.14 percent rate, trailed such countries as South Africa, Singapore, Turkey and Germany.
WatchDramatic Chipmunk - CollegeHumor video
MythBusters Results — Outcomes from all... →
Casa da Musica wins RIBA European award →
Australians repelled Iranian navy - World -... →
A BBC reporter, quoting sources, said the Australian sailors used colourful language to help hold off the Iranians. Commodore Gilmore said: “As Australians I think we all know our capacity to engage, to defuse by discussion and they indeed did that. “We might imagine what (language) was there - I haven’t delved into that. “The important thing to note is that it...
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Reuse of Plastic... →
I have talked to quite a few people who swear that reusing plastic bottles is dangerous…
Geni - Everyone's Related →
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act - Wikipedia, the free... →
“‘The first time I saw the Guggenheim Bilbao, I thought, “These poor...”
– Frank Gehry
Google Solar Panel Project →
Study: Inkjet printers are filthy, lying thieves →
Norton AntiVirus is A Virus →
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Apple - Trailers - WALL•E →
Pixar’s Next Movie
The First Domed City - New York Times →
Phoenix, even more than the other desert metropolis of Las Vegas, is the new American city. People come here because nobody has a past, and because houses are still cheap and because when the snow reached the roofline they finally said: That’s it! I’ve had it.
In Defense Of Sprawl - Forbes.com →
A Rat With a Whisk and a Dream - New York Times →
ABC News: U.S. Military Wanted to Provoke War With... →
Code named Operation Northwoods, the plans reportedly included the possible assassination of Cuban émigrés, sinking boats of Cuban refugees on the high seas, hijacking planes, blowing up a U.S. ship, and even orchestrating violent terrorism in U.S. cities.
AT&T willing to spy for NSA, MPAA, and RIAA →
WatchBambi Lives - CollegeHumor video
Bad shot and brave/dumb deer.
dooce: Only in Utah →
This is a small snippet from a radio news show here in Salt Lake City where the traffic reporter, Kristy Snow, is apparently high on cold medicine, and the result is really quite wonderful. This is what happens when you do those hard drugs!
Romney’s Run Has Mormons Wary of Scrutiny - New... →
Another case arose when George Stephanopoulos of ABC News asked Mr. Romney about a Mormon teaching that Jesus will come to the United States when he returns to reign on earth. Mr. Romney responded that the Messiah will return to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, “the same as the other Christian tradition.”
'Humongous fungus' takes toll on fir forest -... →
Most people walking by would never know the fungus lurks just below the ground’s surface, occupying its time in the quiet business of sending out shoestring-like tentacles called rhizomorphs and wrapping them around tree roots. Its sheer mass — it’s roughly the size of 1,600 football fields — makes Herman Melville’s fictional white whale Moby Dick seem like a...
For One Visit, Bush Will Feel Pro-U.S. Glow - New... →
“There are, to be sure, signs that the rest of Europe is tilting a bit more in America’s direction, narrowing the gap between “old” and “new” Europe that opened with disagreements over the Iraq war. France’s new president, Nicolas Sarkozy, wants to forget the acrimony that marked his predecessor’s relations with the United States, even appointing a pro-American foreign minister, Bernard...
Mozy →
This is a really slick free online backup program. It supports encryption, so you don’t have to worry about uploading your important confidential documents.
And if you sign up, you and I get an extra 250mb of storage. Pretty sweet.
Research deciphers 'déjà-vu' brain mechanics - MIT... →
“In this study, we have revealed that learning in the dentate gyrus is crucial in rapidly recognizing and amplifying the small differences that make each place unique,” Tonegawa said.
Report: little-known AV packages outdo those of... →
he winner of this antivirus sweepstakes was a product called Avira, which managed to detect and defeat 71 percent of the unknown malware. Right behind it was the equally-obscure NOD32, which swept away 68 percent of the threats. The more well-known commercial products fared more poorly. Norton Antivirus and McAfee tied at a mere 24 percent, while Microsoft’s OneCare did even worse by only...
dealnews.com →
Great web site to get good deals on stuff.
Curb Appeal: One Of My Best Investments Yet Or How... →