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Off Topic: But very close to where I live
Tornadoes ripped through the city of Suffolk, VA (no, not Suffolk UK), yesterday. It is VERY unusual to have a tornado in this state. Suffolk, VA is about 30-40 minutes due West of where I live (in Virginia Beach). While these are fairly common out in...
Posted: Apr 29 2008, 09:07 AM by David M. Stein | with no comments
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We're Back - I'm Back!!!
The new BlogCastRepository is back online and back in the saddle again! This is definitely great news. The new site has a lot of new things going on and I'm sure if you poke around you'll be very happy. One very important new feature is the "Level...
Off Topic: Navy SEAL Awarded Medal of Honor today
Outstanding! Those of you that don't live near a Navy base or military life in general won't appreciate this unless you served. However, PO 2C Michael Monsoor, a well-respected and decorated Navy SEAL from ST3 sacrificed himself to save his teammates...
Posted: Apr 08 2008, 11:03 PM by David M. Stein | with no comments
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Off Topic: Banning the use of Killer Bots
This is a tough one . According to this article on Engadget , a group of people are pushing for a ban on the (future) use of robotic killing machines, or robotic solders to be more to the point. The argument is that they are too closely related to mindless...
Google Reader is the Bomb-Diggity
Even though I've been a HEAVY user of Google Reader for almost two years, I'm still finding just how fantastic it is and how much it saves me time and helps me in all sorts of ways. RSS has been around for a long time (in computer years), but for the...
Want to know what News I'm reading lately?
View the page formatted version at http://www.google.com/reader/shared/05448492817066241237 or get the RSS feed from http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/05448492817066241237/state/com.google/broadcast I update this every day so if you have nothing...
Posted: Mar 12 2008, 11:48 PM by David M. Stein | with no comments
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Higher Education gets Innovative
Wow! Apparently, The College of William and Mary , which is about 20 minutes from my house, is considering whether or not to provide a campus venue to host a controversial " Sex Workers' Art Show ". Amen to that! Imagine what that could do for enrollment...
Killing Yourself to Quit Smoking?
If you're like four people I know taking the prescription drug Chantix you may just be doing that. Read more here . Side effects are a *** sometimes. Share this post:
Posted: Jan 19 2008, 07:59 PM by David M. Stein | with no comments
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