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also: and I really like this one: and: Think of all the other benefits too.  People who are vegetarian have much better blood circulation and hence enjoy many health benefits including better sex. Also, people who do not eat animal flesh are much less prone to kill other beings meaning our planet would be a…

So much of the Mars missions is about astrogeological research.  I just read a very interesting article about scientists with the US Geological Survey who are part of teams that work with the rovers on Mars. The descent phase of the Curiosity rover offered an important opportunity to survey the landing area in greater detail…

Today I logged into my sonic.net account and realized that they are offering a free domain plus free web hosting.  They will actually allow you to pick a domain name and waive the registration fee for the first year.  The hosting will continue to be free.  The hosting plan has a 10GB transfer limit and…

      NASA’s Curiosity rover has, after a tricky process, successully landed on the surface of Mars.  It gives me hope to think that our species, with its intelligence and capacity to achieve great accomplishments, will also be able to achieve solutions to the serious crises our Earth is facing right now due to…

So cute!

I almost completely forgot about this. I created a site a looonnngg time ago on Tripod. I can’t remember how long ago but I’m pretty sure it was either before or just during the advent of Web 2.0. Tripod actually got bought later by Lycos, and Lycos still runs it. I created my site with…

The Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 SCH-i905 like pretty much all embedded devices has a special maintenance mode which is like a mini OS which enables various maintenance functions to be performed, such as flashing updates to the device. This maintenance mode is referred to as the “recovery”. The stock recovery is the recovery system that…

“Tethering” is a feature of a mobile data device like a smartphone by which the device acts as an access point allowing other computers locally to connect to the internet through its mobile data (such as 4G) connection. One would think that, if a device such as a smartphone, is capable of providing such a…

Rental bikes are now a booming business in San Francisco, mostly with tourists. Not long ago I had the opportunity to closely examine one that was parked outside a cafe I was at. It looked like a very good bike, not something cheap. Here are the specs I noted: bike model: Fuji Sunfire 2.0 19″…

I was at this restaurant a while ago and they served these amazingly delicious little hors d’oeuvre wrap things which are called maing kham. I wanted to create this post about it for reference purposes. Want to experiment with different recipes and ideas. The ones I had had cashew, prawn (which I no longer eat),…