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Water, Water, Everywhere, Or Not.

Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.

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Wrecknology

The Urban Dictionary defines “wrecknology” as, “A piece of technology designed to prevent another piece of technology from working or to reduce its usefullness significantly.” Yes, they misspelled “usefulness.” But the misspelling fits the definition like my cell phone fits … Continue reading

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Genome Phenom

A scientist recently built the first man-made genome. The little sound you hear is your DNA adjusting to that information. Continue reading

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Proof in the Pudding

You get a call on your free Internet phone service. RING “Hello.” “Hey, it’s me.”

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Important Information

It’s amazing what you can learn if you hang around Jeff. This week, he told me that there are companies who will “appraise” your website domain name and give you an accurate value. These valuations come with little certificates that … Continue reading

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Diamonds Can, Indeed, Be A Girl’s Best Friend.

Or her worst enemy. Or her parents, grandparents, brother, sister, cousin, whatever. Diamonds, in essence, are just carbon, squeezed by heat and pressure into a hard rock and sold for too much money to those guilted into the purchase. You … Continue reading

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Men and Women

I recently read an interview with Dr. Louann Brizendine in The New York Times, and it cleared up some pretty serious questions I had about men and women and why we are from those different planets. Dr. Brizendine is a … Continue reading

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Pluto is demoted and I’m not feeling so good myself.

So Pluto is no longer a planet. So does this mean Plutonium is no longer an element? How about Pluto, the Disney dog? Will he be reduced to the lowly level of a cat, an opossum or, worse, Mel Gibson? … Continue reading

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