I am sitting in a darkened office watching lightning explode across the sky and I'm realizing there are things about Florida that I am going to miss. Where else am I going to see such amazing thunderstorms or hurricanes or bright and sunny downpours ( Read more... )

This journal looks really interesting, why do all the nice looking science journals have to cost so much?

The San Francisco lan was amazing. I didn't enjoy the first day because I was sort of in a sleep deprived haze, but it definitely went uphill from there. I got to meet a bunch of people I knew FROM THE INTERNET, most of them were really cool. The guys hosting it were awesome and went as far as buying Steam accounts for people without Half Life so ( Read more... )

40 oz. is definitely way too much.

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Dear livejournal, So I bought these headphones on the recommendation of Dave and Matt and I feel like I have a whole new music collection. They're pretty awesome. Just thought you should know, internet.

I don't remember who I was talking to about it, but here's the video that attempts to prove intellignet design with a banana. Here's a rebuttal that's worth watching if for no other reason than to see how bananas looked before domestication.

I was reminded of these by the news that the British government announced that it will publish guidance for ( Read more... )

Health and Human Services made a tool to compare hospitals against a national average. So far it only has comparison based on heart attacks, pneumonia, and surgery, but I think they're supposed to eventually add other criteria ( Read more... )

This article's a little on the long side, but I thought it was pretty interesting.

( '...beekeepers cover this shortfall by feeding bees high-fructose corn syrup, or HFCS-the same substance manufacturers add to everything from soda to ketchup and the stuff many nutritionists believe is turning Americans into obese, wheezing, diabetic, cancer-ridden couch manatees.' )