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Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered LSD, recently turned 100. At a symposium celebrating his birthday and LSD, some interesting facts were discussed ( Read more... )

For you automobile drivers out there, here's a useful little page on how to save gas:
http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/driving/articles/106842/article.html

The cool part is that they actually tested these often heard tips and give their results.

Jessamin and I saw Built to Spill yesterday. Great show! Next Monday night we are going to see the Decemberists. Unfortunately, the venue is owned by Clear Channel, but they own a crap load of venues, so it's almost unavoidable. When any of you Texans come up to visit, you should schedule it around a concert you might want to see, since there ( Read more... )

I just saw the movie Serenity last night. It was amazing. I can honestly say that my life has changed after watching it. It is based on the canceled tv show Firefly, which was a great show. If you all have the chance, you need to watch this movie.

An online book on reverse engineering software. It's intentionally kept general so as to not violate any copyright laws. http://www.acm.uiuc.edu/sigmil/RevEng/

I found the link to it through Make Magazine's website: http://www.makezine.com/. From their about page ( Read more... )

Jesse sent me a link to this site. It is awesome, beautiful, and hilarious. http://www.fuh2.com/ the home of the official Hummer H2 salute.

( click to see the NSFW Hummer salute )

This is a fun little flash clip. It alludes to an Austin poetry slam, so that might be where the sound clip came from. Watch and enjoy: http://www.christopherleestreet.com/ftp/random/dance_monkeys_dance.swf (another site with this file)

Here's some info on the poet: http://www.ernestcline.com/bio/If you loved that, you might grimace at this ( Read more... )

touch that brick while any of those devices is on and it will probably feel warm ( Read more... )

John Opitz, a professor of pediatrics, human genetics, and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Utah, testified before the President's Council on Bioethics that between 60 and 80 percent of all naturally conceived embryos are simply flushed out in women's normal menstrual flows unnoticed. This is not miscarriage we're talking about. The ( Read more... )

Alright, they don't actually produce the facts, but they have collected them and made it easy to compare different statistics from different countries. This could definitely be useful when writing or discussing politics or issues, if you're into that sort of stuff. http://www.nationmaster.com/