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Expert On Anteaters Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters

by Luke Rodgers on November 13, 2008

Expert On Anteaters Wasted Entire Life Studying Anteaters

Obama, McCain, Palin, Biden, and… Chuck Norris?

by Luke Rodgers on November 11, 2008

From Google’s Top Searches on Election Day (part 1):
Top Political Personas
Obama
Palin
McCain
Tina Fey
Joe Biden
Chuck Norris
Cindy McCain
Bristol Palin
SNL Palin
Colin Powell

Havana before and after Castro

by Luke Rodgers on August 27, 2008

I try not to plagiarize Boing Boing too much, but they just post so many interesting things.
Havana Before Castro
Dr. Philip Zimbardo, architect of the famous Stanford prison experiment, is doing a new study on helpful behaviour.
Flickr set of food characters (…)

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Large Hadron Collider rap

by Luke Rodgers on August 9, 2008

It’s Saturday, and that means time for some more particle accelerator rap.

Del’s “nutty device”

by Luke Rodgers on July 31, 2008

The Nautilus

by Luke Rodgers on July 31, 2008

Some amazing footage of a Nautilus from a nighttime dive by paleontologist Peter Ward.

The magic of the free market explained

by Luke Rodgers on July 25, 2008

Great comic from Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling.

Using Wordpress as a CMS – Part 1

by Luke Rodgers on July 19, 2008

For those searching for a free, feature-rich and easily-extensible Content Management System (CMS), Wordpress is not to be overlooked. Not only is there a growing “literature” of blog posts and tutorials on how to use Wordpress as a CMS, but (…)

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