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Curiouser and Curiouser

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

I’ve been on a science adventure over the past couple days, trying to figure out if my diet Mountain Dew is really diet. It tastes way too good to be, and was making me suspicious! My childhood best friend was diabetic, and whenever she ordered a diet softdrink in a restaurant, she would test it [...]

My del.icio.us bookmarks for October 27th

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

These are my links for October 27th:

One Brick Volunteer Home Page – After each volunteer event — which typically lasts only 3 to 4 hours — we invite volunteers to gather at a local restaurant or café where they can get to know one another in a relaxed social setting.
Scientists seek to make energy as [...]

links for 10-25-2008

Monday, October 27th, 2008

MeetWays – Meet me in the middle.
“Find a point of interest between two given addresses.” Like say, your house and mine, or home and work. Neato!
(tags: gis)

Google Geo Developers Blog: Geocoding… in Reverse!
Here’s the tech behind MeetWays, for the GIS geeks.
(tags: gis)

Time Off to Vote for Employees — A State by State Survey
“With the election [...]

Daydreaming at the winery

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The weather’s been gorgeous & not wanting to waste it, I went to VirginiaWine.org and picked a winery that was having an event on Saturday. One 1.5 hour drive later, we were at Sharp Rock Vineyard with a bottle of wine and barbecue lunch, listening to bluegrass picker Jason Ring. We sat on the grass [...]

Shift Happens

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

We watched this this morning at work, and then discussed “so what are we going to do about it?”

It is astounding. We are living in a changing world. DID YOU KNOW what that means?
(Some of these statistics are slightly out of date. An updated version is here but it didn’t grab me quite as much).

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