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Wednesday, November 29, 2006

No, No, No…

Philosoraptor is wrong. Do this! Push the lever! All the other rats are doing it!
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Antikythera Mechanism

Scientists used 3D X-Ray Tomography to look at a computer from the 3rd century BCE. (NY Times) Letter in Nature. How cool is that? A computer that’s thousands of years old, and more technically advanced than anything that would be seen for centuries.
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Demo-ing Office 2007

I realized today that the release of Office 2007 is upon us, and that someone had best familiarize themselves with it, because it won’t be long before we start getting questions on it. (And believe me, there will be screaming. A lot of people here are resistant to change. And this is a huge change.) So [...]
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Word of the Day

Well, actually last week’s word. But I was busy. steganography \steg-uh-NAH-gruh-fee\ noun : the art or practice of concealing a message, image, or file within another message, image, or file This is a lovely word. I learned it reading Simon Singh’s The Code Book.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Quizzy Goodness Gone Wild

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Corresponding

So, the basement is as done is it’s going to get. Other than cleaning (yetch) and straightening, we’re done until spring (or whenever we have another significant chunk of spare time.) Grandmom is getting settled in, and we’re getting into a routine (although Thanksgiving break threw that off). But being able to sit down and catch [...]
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Monday, November 27, 2006

Kitchen Toys

So the ridiculous shipping charges were for new kitchen toys, and I have to say that despite the insane prices I paid for shipping, I’m quite pleased with what I’ve received so far. I broke down and ordered a French rolling pin, because I like to make pies, and the design is supposed to be the [...]
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Categories: Food  

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! This year, I’m thankful for my family (and their willingness to assist us in home improvement projects) That my grandmother agreed to move in with us Pie with whipped cream Books But most of all I’m thankful for Michael.
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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Day Before Thanksgiving

I thought my day off was supposed to be, you know, a day off. Did: Open new grandmotherly checking account Get grandmotherly handicapped parking permit Visit Social Security Administration for address change etc Get stamps from post office Done: 1 apple pie 1 sweet potato pie 1 pumpkin pie (overdone) 2 batches of bourbon balls (For Christmas. The need to stew in their own juices.) To [...]
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Today’s Word

dolorous \DOH-luh-rus\ adjective : causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief
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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Addendum to the Pitt Game

(My brother sent me this several days ago, but I forgot about it.) Pat White is unimpressed by your growling I have to say that even listening to the game over the radio, the “growling” got annoying really quickly. Amanda says it was far worse in the stadium. But of course, that’s about all we’d expect of Pitt. :)
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How Healthy Are You?

Today, November 21, 2006, your RealAge is 31.6! What amused me was, “But you could be younger — in as few as 90 days.” How far back, precisely, am I supposed to regress. Because let me tell you, I do NOT want to be a teenager again, for any amount of money. http://www.realage.com
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Monday, November 20, 2006

Grammar Test

Easy. Your Language Arts Grade: 100% Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know “no” from “know.” Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes). Are You Gooder at Grammar?Make a Quiz
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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Note To Self:

Note shipping prices before placing order, moron. Paying more in shipping than the cost of the item (unless said item is a one or two dollar used book) is stupid.
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Friday, November 17, 2006

Random Bit

List of Fictional diseases
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Thursday, November 16, 2006

WVU vs Pitt

CRUSH! CRUSH! CRUSH! 641 yards! 446 Rushing yards to what? 0? ZEEEEEEEEEEERO! (ahem) You’ll have to pardon me, but I’ve grown up in Morgantown. My 6th grade teacher wore a BTHOP pin to school the week before the Pitt game. It’s always good to beat Pitt.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Today’s Word

From the OED, which almost never sends words I recognize: phishing • noun [mass noun] the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers, online. — origin 1990s: respelling of fishing, on the pattern of phreaking.
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Monday, November 13, 2006

Random Bits

1. Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma related to gravitational challenge: systematic review of randomised controlled trials 2. From the Civil War until about 1910, arsenic was the main ingredient in the embalming fluids used widely throughout the country… 3. The last U.S. WWI Veterans
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Whew–On Other Subjects

So things were done enough, and yesterday I brought my Grandmother back from my Aunt’s house. So she’s now here and moved in–although she still has a lot of stuff to go through before she’s settled in. To celebrate finishing the basement, we went to the movies and I finally got to see Batman vs [...]
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Saturday, November 11, 2006

Veterans’ Day

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month “It is well that war is so terrible; else we would grow too fond of it” – Robert E. Lee “A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.” – [...]
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