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From the page: "WASHINGTON â€" Scientists say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people and objects invisible.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time they were able to cloak three-dimensional objects using artificially engineered materials that redirect light around the objects. Previously, they only have been able to cloak very thin two-dimensional objects.

The findings, by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, led by Xiang Zhang, are to be released later this week in the journals Nature and Science."

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Some really cool interactive drawings!

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Michael S. Kaplan gives some interesting insights of the problems in functioning as a global society. Regardless of how we hash it all out there will always be local differences and customs such as formatting which will likely never become standard.

Even seemingly as simply as formatting first and last names, when looked at in-depth - well it's still can be complicated.

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The four basic types of true tea are black tea, oolong tea, green tea, and white tea.

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If your a parent in the Greater Fredericton area, you've no doubt heard of the cool site FredKid.com.

In addition to many cool activities and listings on this site. One of the best parts is undoubly the Events calendar, which is updated on a regular basis with lots of fun family events going on the in Fredericton area for you and your kids.

On of the 'drawbacks' however is you have to constantly check the site for calendar updates. So I emailed their web master for a requst to allow users to add these events to their favorite calendar automatically.

I have, as of yet, got a reply :-(. However, I was able to find a nice work around to the problem, and have sucessfully created a google calendar of Fredericton events that is automatically updated whenever the FredKid.com calendar is updated.

You can find it at the link below and use the "Add to Google Calendar" link at the bottom to add it to you Google Calendar.

Or if you want you can add it to your favorite calendar app by subscribing to the ics link:

http://www.google.com/calendar/ical/9mkg0o49dv92g72j080k8rjrq50mq68u%40import.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics

Lots of the events are Free, so have fun!

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ColorQuiz is a free five minute personality test based on decades of research by color psychologists around the world. There are no complicated questions to answer, you simply choose colors with a click of the mouse! Your test results are completely confidential and we do not keep the results. Take the test now.

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ThinkHost offers green web hosting powered by renewable wind and solar energy, over a world-class outsourced network. Your carbon neutral account with us offers you top-level technology, while at the same time supporting a more earth-friendly future.

We provide unlimited domains, unlimited databases and unlimited emails. We offer affiliate services so you can earn money on referrals. And we support the community, with subsidized hosting for selected partners in progressive causes.

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The first step to getting more website traffic is Search Engine Submission. Getting your site included in the major search engines is vital. The big three search engines â€" Google, Yahoo! and MSN attract the most search traffic - almost 95% of all searches.

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From the page: "You might be wondering, how in the world can blogging possibly have anything to do with fishing? Well I have done both, and here I describe my view of each of these things, and perhaps even a basic philosophy of life and patience."

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Some cool jack-o-lanterns from Halloween 2007. I don't have the skills to create beauty like this, if you don't either at least we can watch the videos!

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http://kipi.isgreat.org for more Kipi looking beautiful at school, home, in town and around... the crown hanging from her neck and those gorgeous eyes.. always

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Found this link over at lifehacker. Thanks to geek news central for telling me about it.


I don't think I'd actually buy one of these, but it's a funny idea. It might lead to your lunch being thrown out instead of just stolen!

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Might have to be a geeky programmer to get this one!



Famous Last Words of a Code Monkey (Programmer)

It's not a bug - It's a feature.. Get it Now?

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So here's the deal, look at the image below, and then tell me if the lady is spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Hint: If you stare long enough it will look like she switches directions, but she doesn't ! She's always spinning the same way





Don't believe me? Get a friend to look at the picture with you and then have each of you shout out when it looks like she changes directions...are you shouting out at the same time?

Kinda interesting isn't it?

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Check out this video. It is an amazing waterfall creation that shoots water droplets and is designed to make various letters and images. I just hope they are reusing the water over and over for the nice effects. Simply beautiful, definitely worth checking out !

Whether it's the dramatic countdown, the striking thunderbolts, or the whimsical dolphins, you won't be disappointed. This method was innovated by Julius Popp in his machine: "Bitfall," which just as precisely created words that flashed by in the blink of an eye. This would surely make him proud...

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First, Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic!

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Best Resignation Letter Ever Dear Mr X, As a graduate of an institution of higher education, I have a few very basic expectations. Chief among these is that my direct superiors have an intellect that ranges above the common ground squirrel. Read the rest...

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ISP's have been experimenting with tiered bandwidth for a while now, though Comcast is going the extra step: download too much and say good bye to your account.

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Here's another one of those 'weird facts' lists. This time there are a few less then the last post i did about this stuff.

Who knows if they are all true, but regardless it is interesting that people have time to put these together.

...LOL, Of course, I guess I have the time to blog about it so what am I saying? Hope you enjoy them


* Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

* The average person laughs 13 times a day.

* Do you know the names of the three wise monkeys? They are: Mizaru(See no evil), Mikazaru(Hear no evil), and Mazaru(Speak no evil)

* Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

* German Shepherds bite humans more than any other breed of dog.

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Here's a cool article on why graphs are important, and why the type of graph you choose is important for the information you are trying to convey.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Graphs should "talk to you". You should be able to reach usefull conclusions that you can action on. Otherwise what's the point?

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From the page: "[It] Seems every google search I do these days returns results from someone's blog. Blogging can be very addictive. This audio describes the different types of blogs and how you start with simply reading them, then you try to make your own, before you know it your in to podcasts, vidcasts, and everything else until it consumes your life!"

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MediaWiki is the collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and other projects. It's designed to handle a large number of users and pages without imposing too rigid a structure or workflow.

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Here is a video demo of one of my first facebook applications. The "ultimate wishlist" is a gift registry that allows you to share your gift registry with your friends for any occasion, birthday,Christmas wedding/baby showers.

Share your wishes with all your facebook friends.

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From the page: "The little orphan, delivered by Caesarean section, was just six inches tall and, at 500 grams, weighed little more than a bag of sugar.

It looked like he, too, would face a tough fight for survival.

But staff at Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital in Buckinghamshire believe Rupert, as he has been named, will make a full recovery after his dramatic arrival.

At five days old, he is being kept in an incubator and has just opened his eyes."

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From the page: "After twenty-three years of cooking, cleaning and nurturing, I woke up this morning and realized that I had become a slave to my grown children. So I`ve decided to go on strike."

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It is as thin as a strand of spaghetti, small enough to fit on a 10p piece, and its bite is harmless.
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Introducing the smallest, and least scary, snake in the world.

The 4in long Leptotyphlops carlae was discovered in a patch of forest on Barbados.

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From the page: "Getting a great picture of your family doesn't have to be a painful experience, especially if you put a few simple photo tips to use."

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