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Today there is an article about how new research has refuted a previous study by a researcher who claimed that a certain bacteria found in arsenic-rich sediments in California’s Mono Lake does not require phosphorus like all other life forms do.  This is all good and well.  This is all normal and what is supposed…

Polyoyceryl-2-triisostearate; Polydecene; Hydrogenated Polyisobutene; Polyethylene; Polyglyceryl-10 nonaisostearate; Synthetic Fluorphlogopite; Ozokerite; Diisostearyl malate; Trimethylopropane triisostearate; Ethylhexyl palmitate; C10-30 cholesterol/lanosterol esters; Magnesium carbonate; Cera Alba (Beeswax); Calcium sodium Borosilicate; Disteardimonium hectorite; Caprylic/capric triglyceride; Octyldodecanol; Decyloxazolidinone; Synthetic wax; Parfum (fragrance); Irvingia gabonensis kernel butter; Hydrogenated vegetable oil; Hydrogenated coco-glycerides; Luffa cylindrica seed oil; Ethylhexyl hydroxystearate; Silica dimethyl silylate;…

Issue: when copying or moving files or folders using Windows Explorer a dialog box with the title “Item Not Found” appears.  It says: “Could not find this item” and then says “This is no longer located in” and then lists the path of the item being moved. The solution was suggested on the excellent sevenforums.com…

I recently got some “tech” clothes – clothes from a sporting goods store made with high-tech materials which have certain superior characteristics valuable to those involved in phyical activities and excercise. While they may have superior characteristics, there is one downside: they tend to get stinky very fast.  With my cotton or cotton-blended fabrics which…

Not long ago I received an amazing racing bike.  It is designed for high-milage riding and the first long trip I took on it was a blast although, near the end of the ride, my knees started to feel sore. I researched this and it turns out that sometimes just slight adjustments can make a…

I started running when I was about 16 and want to continue running my entire life.  I credit running, becoming vegetarian, and getting into yoga and meditation as the most transformative things in my life. I remember how I used to stick my key (and sometimes a 5-dollar bill) in my sock inside my shoe…

WHAT: Running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise”. After software upgrade, during boot the message displays: Waiting for network configuration… After an inordinate amount of time a new message appears: Waiting up to 60 more seconds for network configuration… After the system is finished booting and the user logs in, there is no network. WHY: Unknown.  Apparently…

www.colorpicker.com has one of the best color selection tools that I have seen either as a standalone application or on the web.

There is a popular belief that the Sun is extremely detrimental for skin and that it should be avoided at all costs.  Prominent speakers who appear to be basing their statements on medical facts claim that the Sun is extremely bad for skin. Unfortunately this is erroneous and bad advice to follow.  What matters more…

This is one of those really amazing shell commands which is very concise, powerful, and yes elegant. Let’s say you have a file of some text and want to view everything except the top n lines of file.txt, where n is any number.  The command simply is: awk ‘NR>n’ file.txt Where n is the number…