Webcam Update

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Tweaked the Live Webcam on the right column: Added local Doppler radar for Forsyth County, NC Changed to a different Eiffel Tower cam Added downtown Omaha (Nebraska) Added Lake Geneva, Switzerland Added NASA condensed video of sun’s corona activity for the past 48 hours Added live shot of planet Earth from geosynchronous-orbit satellite

Death Blogging

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Last Saturday, science fiction author and futurist Robert Anton Wilson posted the following on his blog: Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night Various medical authorities swarm in and out of here predicting I have between two days and two months to live. I think they are guessing. I remain cheerful and unimpressed. I look forward without dogmatic optimism … Read More

Google Searches That Lead To Me

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The blogger at Brilliant at Breakfast discovered that people who google the phrase "Nancy Pelosi breast size" get his site as one of the results, and that’s how they come to him (despite the fact that he never blogged about Nancy Pelosi’s breast size). So I wanted to see what searches people have done which lead them here.  Here’s a … Read More

Battle Fatigue And Xmas Photomoblogging

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It seems like this is National Let’s-Tell-Ken-What’s-Wrong-With-Him Week.  Everywhere I turn –at work and outside — people seem quite content to spread holiday cheer by inserting probes into me and giving me their amateurish psychological assessments, and acting contrarian simply for (it seems) the sake of contrarianism.  It’s beyond annoying, and I’m not sure why this is happening.  I see … Read More

Light Blogging?

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Well, I’ve exceeded my bandwidth for the month.  Or, more accurately, you’ve exceeded my bandwidth. Not quite sure why, but I’m inching up to 50,000 "hits" to my main page, and I’m averaging over 150 per day — so I’m pretty sure it’s not just me.  Anyway, I’m only alotted a certain amount of transfer bandwidth per month here at … Read More

Blogging Tool

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People who use Blogger, WordPress and other popular blogging websites might be interested in this. BlogMailr is a free service that allows you to post to your blog by email.  Simply email your post, and it shows up on your blog. I’m not sure how good it works — and if there’s functionality for pictures, etc.  It’s a new service, … Read More

Addicted To The Internets?

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According to a just-completed study from researchers at Stanford’s School of Medicine, one in eight people show signs of “problematic internet use.” I read this, and decided to blog about it, which means I’m probably one of the eight. Results from the telephone-based survey of more than 2,000 people found that: 13.7 percent found it hard to stay away from … Read More

“Sorry I Haven’t Posted In A While…”

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This is unique. A blogger went out and collected a bunch of apologies written by other bloggers explaining reasons why they have been lax in their blogging.  Some examples: "I’m sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. I’ve been so busy, but hopefully we’ll catch up on things. Anyway, my great-grandmother died today." [LINK] "I forgot my password…" [LINK] "bc I … Read More

Tribute: John Dennis Levi

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2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, over 2,996 volunteer bloggersjoin together for a tribute to the victims of 9/11.Each person will pay tribute to a single victim. We will honor them by remembering their lives. THE SEVENTH SENSE is proud to pay tribute to JOHN DENNIS LEVI ****************************************************** John Dennis "JD" Levi, age … Read More

It’s Not You

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Typepad is having problems today apparently.  Posting and commenting may be a little weird. UPDATE (3:30 pm):  Seems to have gone away — whatever it was.

Plan B

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Looks like the morning-after pill may become a reality after all, and will soon be available over the counter without a prescription. Don’t look now, but I think the abortion wars just kicked up a notch.

2996 Project: A Blogger Tribute To 9/11 Victims

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The 5th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, and the 2996 Project needs your help: The idea is simple, but powerful: have a special tribute for each victim of 9/11, with each tribute being created by a different blogger. We started 2,996 Project to coordinate the creation of the tributes, and that’s what this site is all about. Here you can sign … Read More

Ken Jennings Blog

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Ken Jennings, the dude who won 74 times in a row on Jeopardy!, netting a total of $2.5 million, has started a blog. Already, he’s created quite a buzz, mostly from a post last week about Jeopardy!: Dear Jeopardy!, Hey, I hope you remember me. It’s been a while since we talked. We were a bit of an item a … Read More