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TV Turnoff Week!
Apr. 24th, 2007 09:13 amIt's TV Turnoff Week! Turn off your TV this week and do something else. Enjoy the outdoors. Call a friend. Do something.
Hm, I already don't watch TV, maybe I should turn off the computer. :-P
Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
keithlard for the head's up.
Hm, I already don't watch TV, maybe I should turn off the computer. :-P
Thanks to
keithlard for the head's up.Letter to the Editor, Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Yoinked fromsomeone on my friendslist, but now I can't figure out who! meig.
Daylight exacerbates warning
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs
Yoinked from
meig.Supermarket 2.0
Apr. 2nd, 2007 08:00 pmFound by jrtom, it's Supermarket 2.0 (in the style of Web 2.0).
I loved "people who buy red wine, cereal, and chocolate also buy..."
Um, and if you don't get Web 2.0, um... I'm only starting to get it myself... Um, wikipedia it?
jrtom, it's Supermarket 2.0 (in the style of Web 2.0). I loved "people who buy red wine, cereal, and chocolate also buy..."
Um, and if you don't get Web 2.0, um... I'm only starting to get it myself... Um, wikipedia it?
Evolution of a Delete
Feb. 15th, 2007 10:11 amHistory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Checkerboard_Nightmare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ugly_Hill
Latest
http://starline.livejournal.com/262017.html
http://www.halfpixel.com/2007/02/15/delete-wikipedia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Starslip_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#more_webcomics_stuff
And my own contributions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sir_Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington#Articles_for_deletion.2FStarslip_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Starslip_Crisis
Most of these haven't been webcomics that I personally read, but I do not like the vindictiveness and arbitrary nature of the process. If this were a contract, the webcomics would have grounds to grieve, and would probably win.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Checkerboard_Nightmare
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ugly_Hill
Latest
http://starline.livejournal.com/262017.html
http://www.halfpixel.com/2007/02/15/delete-wikipedia/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Starslip_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents#more_webcomics_stuff
And my own contributions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sir_Nicholas_de_Mimsy-Porpington#Articles_for_deletion.2FStarslip_Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review#Starslip_Crisis
Most of these haven't been webcomics that I personally read, but I do not like the vindictiveness and arbitrary nature of the process. If this were a contract, the webcomics would have grounds to grieve, and would probably win.
"Teething Bling"
Dec. 10th, 2006 11:56 pmYes, that's really the title of a google ad I saw today. It's for jewelry for mothers, who want the jewelry to be baby-safe.
Cheesiest product ever
Dec. 9th, 2006 10:43 pmIf you know a couple that's just too cutsey for words, get them a pair of Smittens. Just be careful, they may actually *use* them and then you'll have to go find a barf bucket. The scariest part is, I can actually make these...
What's wrong with this picture?
Dec. 8th, 2006 08:45 am
I can think of two things that are biologically, anatomically wrong. What can you spot?
found by
jetherealETA: Snopes has a rudimentary article on it, but no actual information is contained.
ETAA:Sending the following comment to Snopes.
My comment regards the below article about a purported photograph of a "fetal footprint".
http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/footprint.asp
I am surprised the article does not contain further information. For example, any fetus is located within the mother's womb, which is itself composed of many layers. It would be shocking if the fetus's foot could be made out through the placenta. And the mother also has abdominal muscles which are located between the surface of the skin and the placenta, which should further "blur" the appearance of any fetal appendages. Lastly, the positioning of fetuses in the womb usually places the feet facing upwards and towards the back of the mother.
Even though the history of the image is unknown, the probability of it being real is nil. If it were real, then the mother should be in the ER, not sitting around having her photograph taken for kitchy political statements.
Female electronics consumers
Dec. 6th, 2006 09:37 amThis Washington Post article starts off with some really disgusting bling, but it gets more interesting from there, talking about how they're increasing the appeal of electronics to female consumers, and the results of that.
