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Mercury News: “In the latest step toward bringing back North America’s largest bird from near-extinction, three endangered California condors raised in captivity are scheduled to be released Saturday at Pinnacles National Monument, south of Hollister. Over the next several weeks, four other condors also will be released at Pinnacles, an expanse of rocky outcroppings 80…
...Read MoreLive Science: An important seismic event imperceptible to humans has begun in the Pacific Northwest as predicted, according to the government agency Geological Survey of Canada. The chance of a major earthquake is 30 times higher now for a roughly two-week period, but the odds are still remote, scientists say. The event is called episodic…
...Read MoreGiving Firefox 1.5 Beta 1 a test run on the Mac. So far it looks nice. Extensions are broke of course but that’s to be expected with beta-ware. Tags: FireFox
...Read MoreYahoo! News: On a day when President Bush declared “there is recovery on the way” in New Orleans, officials made a ghastly discovery of more than 40 bodies inside an evacuated hospital. It was not immediately clear how the patients died. One hospital official said at least a few of the patients were dead before…
...Read MoreYahoo! News: A German brewer has concocted what he says is the world’s strongest beer, a potent drink with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent that is served in a shot glass. “Everyone who has tried it is enthusiastic. It tastes like a quirky mixture of beer and sherry,” said Bavarian brewer Harald Schneider. Schneider,…
...Read MoreYahoo! News: “The ethnically divided Bosnian city of Mostar has agreed to erect a new symbol of unity — a statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee, worshipped by Muslims, Serbs and Croats. A group of enthusiasts came up with the idea of honoring the childhood hero of the city’s ethnic groups in 2003, on…
...Read MoreSome of the worlds largest and oldest trees have been saved the saw after a federal judge issued an injunction and questioned the lumber companies reasons for not cutting the trees when originally given permission. Mercury News: “A federal judge halted the Bush administration’s bid to keep logging 2,000 acres in Giant Sequoia National Monument,…
...Read MoreReuters: The Wikipedia, which has surged this year to become the most popular reference site on the Web, is fast overtaking several major news sites as the place where people swarm for context on breaking events. Traffic to the multilingual network of sites has grown 154 percent over the past year, according to research firm…
...Read MoreJeremy Zawodny makes ME want to try Yahoo! Music Engine. Jeremy Zawodny’s blog: I have a Yahoo-issued laptop that I use at work and quite a bit at home. But I also have a really nice Dell PC as my home desktop. Both have YME installed. If I add five Meat Loaf tracks to my…
...Read MoreI use multiple keyboards at my desk. I have to. One is for the PC, one is for the Mac, and the third is to the Linux server. Unfortunately I haven’t yet found a KVM that works with the linux server. To fit all this hardware (monitors, keyboards, towers, speakers, laptops, printers, and what not)…
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