This story struck me as very strange. Something from a Sci-fi show… Many people are sick after visiting a possible meteor crater. Apparently the meteor hitting the earth can release nasty gases (from meteor chemicals reacting with something in the earth). When you hear that explanation it makes a bit more sense, and it doesn’t […]
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Surprising Art
On Monday we had a BBQ for ASSSoc. While we had that we were also making and selling badges. A man that works at the uni came to see what we were doing and I sold him a badge that said “be happy” with the chemical structure of serotonin on it for 50c (bargain!). He […]
Squabble – a Scrabble variation for Mac
My husband introduced me to this game the other day. It’s great! We love Scrabble. We own the board game and we play Scrabulous on Facebook. This variation reveals letters one by one and you have to make a word with them before the other person (or computer player) does. You can also steal words […]
Awful Grandchildren
Oh my goodness! Last night was both excellent and awful, not in that order. There we were, husband and I, sitting on the couch eating some Asian pastry things, watching You Tube videos and an episode of Battlestar Galactica. I got an unexpected call on my mobile from my father-in-law asking where we were. Holy […]
Combing PDFs – another handy Automator trick
Why install a program when you already have one installed that does the job. Mac OS X Hints tells you how to combine PDFs using Automator. I found this really handy this morning and just had to share. 🙂
Intelligence and Religion
I just read this article about Intelligence and Religion after being directed there by a journal entry of thespook. The initial polls shown are interesting. I find it curious that so many people find religion and science at odds with each other. I think any good scientist would recognise the danger of stating anything in […]
