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A faint whiff of fresh-cut watermelon (and not some weird watermelon-scented perfume or body lotion...

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:28:54 -0400

A faint whiff of fresh-cut watermelon (and not some weird watermelon-scented perfume or body lotion or spritz - or so I believe) on the subway platform (for a couple of very fleeting seconds) this morning was odd, but not unwelcome.

this is in my basement. this is scary. you do not want to be in...

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:46:28 -0400

this is in my basement. this is scary. you do not want to be in my basement.

again, you never know what people are into

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:41:50 -0400

I am not into any of these. I’ll stick with my books. I have them to protect me from the IEEE poetry.

Top 15 documents downloaded for the month of June 2010 from IEEE

Smart Grids - the future or fantasy?

A 10-bit 100-MS/s Reference-Free SAR ADC in 90 nm CMOS

A 5-Gb/s ADC-Based Feed-Forward CDR in 65 nm CMOS

IEEE Recommended Practice for Software Requirements Specifications

Data Security in the World of Cloud Computing

A Dynamic Phase Error Compensation Technique for Fast-Locking Phase-Locked Loops

IEEE Standard for Information technology—Telecommunications and information exchange between systems—Local and metropolitan area networks—Specific requirements Part 11:

An On-Chip CMOS Relaxation Oscillator With Voltage Averaging Feedback

IEEE Standard for Electrical Power System Device Function Numbers, Acronyms, and Contact Designations

Demythifying Cybersecurity

A High-Resolution Low-Power Incremental ADC With Extended Range for Biosensor Arrays

Wireless home automation networks: A survey of architectures and technologies

Cloud Computing Research and Development Trend

MIMO techniques in WiMAX and LTE: a feature overview

A Sixth-Order 200 MHz IF Bandpass Sigma-Delta Modulator With Over 68 dB SNDR in 10 MHz Bandwidth

Good Times

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 22:43:04 -0400

Good Times

Yeoju Ceramics Expo

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:01:34 -0400

Yeoju Ceramics Expo

Photo

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:45:34 -0400

firemen bleed hydrant, or, blackberry pictures sure are lame

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:59:09 -0400

firemen bleed hydrant, or, blackberry pictures sure are lame

you never know what people are into

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Well, it just goes to show you, you never know what people might be into…

ScienceDirect Top 10 Articles across all subject areas January to March 2010

1. Tumor Self-Seeding by Circulating Cancer Cells

2. The Hallmarks of Cancer

3. Survival as a function of HbA”1”c in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study

4. Statins and risk of incident diabetes: a collaborative meta-analysis of randomised statin trials

5. Induction of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Mouse Embryonic and Adult Fibroblast Cultures by Defined Factors

6. Mutant p53 Drives Invasion by Promoting Integrin Recycling

7. Use of procalcitonin to reduce patients’exposure to antibiotics in intensive care units (PRORATA trial): a multicentre randomised controlled trial

8. Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression by MicroRNAs

9. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transitions in Development and Disease

10. Implication of unequal rivet load distribution in the failures and damage tolerant design of metal and composite civil aircraft riveted lap joints

bbldldllrlrrrggghh

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:16:32 -0400

(((note: 5.2 stars on IMDB. Please!)))

[Earl is on the phone with Chic, the locksmith, and Vic is listening on the other line]
Earl Keese: Hello, Chic? It's Earl.
Chic: Earl! Earl who?
Earl Keese: Hey, no jokes, will ya? I need the name of that locksmith you used that time. I broke a key off. I got two lunatics locked in my basement.
Vic: [makes unintelligible noises]
Chic: What? What did you say?
Vic: [disguising voice] I said blow it out your ass, wimp.
Chic: Is somebody on this line?
Vic: Just you and me, asshole.
Earl Keese: [to Enid] That bastard's on the phone!
Chic: Well you called me, didn't ya?
Earl Keese: Not you!
Vic: Me!
Earl Keese: Get off the line, Vic!
Chic: Who's Vic?
Earl Keese: He lives next door.
Vic: Nobody lives next door, Earl!
Chic: That's right!
Earl Keese: Christ.
Vic: Earl, have you been drinking?
Chic: What the hell is going on?
Earl Keese: Never mind, forget it!
Vic: And don't ever call here again!
[click]

(((note: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082801/)))

type slowly

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:43:12 -0400

I know you ALL want a USB Typewriter!

via: The USB Typewriter Makes Typing On iPad Even Slower on Gizmodo

(bonus Pavement points for the song title reference as the subject.)

Countdown... Twist Of Cain

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:26:08 -0400

Countdown... Twist Of Cain

late night intensity

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 23:41:03 -0400

late night intensity

Smack!

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:16:00 -0400

Smack!

Don’t mess with the skeleton bride!

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:10:03 -0400

Don’t mess with the skeleton bride!

Half.com recommendations for me. Weird.

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:38:00 -0400

Half.com recommendations for me. Weird.

Squirrel

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:57:05 -0400

Squirrel

my new favorite weather site

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:33:25 -0400

my new favorite weather site

Probably on the wrong mailing list, yet again.

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:38:54 -0400

(Although I might take that robot, that thing with the arrows, and the Chinese Michael Jackson release.)

Reuters - Handbook of Journalism

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:11:49 -0400

Reuters - Handbook of Journalism:

The Reuters Handbook of Journalism is now online.

Weather forecasters are often wrong.

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:36:34 -0400

Weather forecasters are often wrong.