Saturday, April 15, 2000
SelfCare for...Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common occupational illnesses. Changes in the workplace, particularly the growing use of computers, have made this problem almost epidemic. You don't have to suffer with it. There are a number of things that you can do to help yourself avoid the problem, or to get relief if you currently suffer from it.
Sunday, March 19, 2000
Prism Kites I just got the Prism Spark 2. I hope to get out and prctice with it today, if windows lets me. I havent been posting lately because my Windows OS is a mess. I got it partially running in maintenance mode. It won't boot up at all in normal mode. I can't get to my email. I'm going to wipe Windows off my drive and reinstall it as soon as I'm sure I have all the necessary backups. Then I intend to go fly a kite! At least practice with my new Spark 2. It's higher peformance and higher tech than my pervious "beginner's" stunt kite. The video they furnished with the kite shows how to do several neat moves and even shows one of their kites being flown in a 360 degree circle around the pilot! Check out their site
Saturday, March 11, 2000
ACLU Feature: 03-09-00 -- ACLU Calls White House Report On Internet Crime Law Enforcement A Dangerous "Wish List"
A White House report on blocking Internet crime contains dangerous recommendations that would strip away basic privacy, free speech and free press protections, the American Civil Liberties Union warned today.
Saturday, February 26, 2000
Take Our Word For It, the weekly word-origin webzine Want to find the origin of a word or phrase? This site specializes in answering etymological questions. All in all a very entertaining read.
Sunday, February 20, 2000
Free samples, trial issues, demos, coupons, catalogs, trial periods, and product information. They bill themselves as "your source for thousands of free and trial offers, stuff you actually want from brands you love".
Tuesday, February 15, 2000
Shields UP! -- Internet Connection Security Analysis
Without your knowledge or explicit permission, the Windows networking technology which connects your computer to the Internet may be offering some or all of your computer's data to the entire world at this very moment! My friend Sabrina, who has a new weblog, told me about "Shields Up". You may be surprised at what "Shields Up" tells you.
Saturday, February 12, 2000
Real hack victims weren't big name Web sites Who really got hacked this past week? Did I hear you say Yahoo? Amazon.com? eBay? CNN? They were all hit by Denial of Service attacks. But they weren't the ones who were hacked.
ACME Labelmaker You also might want to try the Acme Labelmaker. They have many different fonts, effects and colors to choose from. And its all FREE!
ACME License Maker
Pretend you're in prison and make your very own automobile license! Try any state you want and in many cases, even different decades.
BLEEM!
For those that don't know what bleem is, here's a short run-down. Bleem! is a software program for the windows 9x platform that allows you to play many Sony Playstation games on your computer, often with enhanced graphics than the original. That sounds great, but does bleem! deliver on its claims? Find out.
Kooks Museum
WELCOME TO THE
FREEZE-DRIED
KOOKS MUSEUM.
Open for all time and
eternity, ceaseless,
all-knowing and
unchanging. The word "kook" was coined by the beatniks, as a pared-down version of "cuckoo," as in "going cuckoo." A kook is a person stigmatized by virtue of outlandish, extreme or socially unacceptable beliefs that underpin their entire existence. Kooks usually don't keep their beliefs to themselves; they either air them constantly or create lasting monuments to them.
Megalithic Mysteries - a photographic guide Need a picture of Stonehenge by night. Want to explore other mysterious megaliths from the comfort of your computer. This is the place to go.
Gallery of Regrettable Food 3.0 : 500 Snacks
None of this stuff resembles contemporary definitions of a ”snack” - when people want something small and tasty to get them through the afternoon, they generally don’t want jellied tongue entrapped in quivering aspic. But this is what they had back then. This is a glimpse before the Frito enlightened us all, and premade French Onion dip brought savory snacking to the humblest home. Read on, and count your blessings you live today.
Monday, February 07, 2000
Intel's "Willamette" heats up GHz race The race to -- and past -- 1 gig heats up in two weeks.That's when Intel Corp. will lure developers to Palm Springs, Calif., for some winter golf and the semiannual Intel Developer Forum, where the company will unveil the latest in its processor technology.
Sunday, February 06, 2000
Nori©: The Original Nasal Passage Cleaner,
is available for the price of US$49.50 plus shipping & handling.
It's simple. Pay them $49.50 for this special teapot thing so you can pour salt water in your nose. Hmmmmmm, I don't think so!
dave bastian dot com • free fonts
Hey! Fonts, fonts, and more fonts! Wait, it gets better: they're FREE! Absolutamente Gratis! Gee whiz! Don't say I never gave you anything, Pepe!
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: An Encyclopedia in Eighteen Volumes.
NEW YORK: PUTNAM, 1907–21.
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000.
Tube Worms Live Up to 250 Years
In the Deep, Long Worms Live Long -
10-Foot-Long Creatures Estimated to Live Up to 250 Years. Researchers at Pennsylvania State University say they have determined that some giant worms that live 1,700 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico range in age from 170 to 250 years old.
Friday, February 04, 2000
Toys and Games with a glowing appeal
H20 Glow is a bioluminescent ( glowing) chemistry set that allows one to create bright blue glowing tap water. It uses our natural NanoLight® protein and our NanoFuel® chemistry, just the way the animals do in the ocean. It comes with instructions, and when our final packaging is complete, an educational worksheet for kids. Amaze and entertain your friends.
News Release - Nanotechnology
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia and other Department of Energy national laboratories will venture further into the truly tiny realm of atomic and molecular maneuvering following an announcement of a "National Nanotechnology Initiative" by President Clinton today from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.
The initiative would increase overall federal funding for nanoscience and nanotechnology R&D by 84 percent to $497 million beginning in fiscal year 2001. It would increase the funding at DOE from $58 million to $96 million in fiscal year 2001 (66 percent more than in 2000).
IBM reports quantum mirage effect in atom-scale ICsScientists here at IBM Corp. reported the discovery of a method to transport information on the atomic scale using the wave nature of electrons instead of wiring. The phenomenon, called "quantum mirage," might enable data transfer in atom-scale integrated circuits without the use of conventional interconnects, suggested IBM.
Sunday, January 23, 2000
ABCNEWS.com : Scientists Reconstruct Feast of King Midas
By analyzing residues in the cauldrons, bowls and urns found inside what is believed to be King Midas’ tomb, scientists have figured out what mourners ate and drank at the funeral feast.
Birds may be singing in their sleep, ENN Daily News -- 12/21/98The article may be over a year old, but it's too cool not to post.
Birds dream about singing while they are asleep, say researchers from the University of Chicago. In fact, dreaming helps the birds "rehearse" what they learned during the day, the scientists say.
Millennium Bug Found By Australian Entomologists
It's the moment the world has been waiting for. Taxonomists at CSIRO Entomology have announced the discovery of the "real" Millennium Bug. Head of the Australian National Insect Collection, Dr Ebbe Nielsen, reports that the bug, a small water strider, is harmless to computers. "It feeds on flies and other small insects, not files," he says. The bug's actual scientific name cannot be made public until international procedures for scientific naming are complete, but both its scientific and common names will be the "Millennium Bug".
Hubble Heritage Project: Galaxy NGC 4214 Newly released images obtained with NASA'S Hubble Space Telescope in July 1997 reveal episodes of star formation that are occurring across the face of the nearby galaxy NGC 4214. Located some 13 million light-years from Earth, NGC 4214 is currently forming clusters of new stars from its interstellar gas and dust. In the Hubble image, we can see a sequence of steps in the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters. The picture was created from exposures taken in several color filters with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. NGC 4214 contains a multitude of faint stars covering most of the frame, but the picture is dominated by filigreed clouds of glowing gas surrounding bright stellar clusters.
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