Category — General

New Scientist Terror attack hit male birth rate – News:
Catalano thinks high levels of stress hormones in pregnant women could be to blame. The phenomenon might be an evolutionary mechanism designed to cull the weakest males when times are hard. “It’s not in the interest of the herd to have small, weak males around,” he says.

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or more likely… it isn’t , but let’s do some sociobiological speculation to entertain people.

http://www.media-file.net/hhgg/zaphod.mov

http://www.openwheelers.com.au/videos/Top_Gear_Ariel_Atom_2_Full_segment.mpg

We do stuff.:
We have really smart people who are always thinking up totally cool shit. We have a meeting room with a big, round, expensive table.
When you hire us for marketing and consulting projects, we spend lots of time sitting around the table having meetings.

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nice pseudo website.

New Filibuster Chart Puts the Lie to Republican Claims:
People For the American Way has developed a chart compiled from Congressional Research Service data that lists the judicial and executive branch nominees filibustered prior to the Bush administration. Twenty-six of the filibusters – more than three-quarters of the total – were initiated by Senate Republicans.
You can view the chart here (pdf).

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it is not like you did not already know this, but that’s the case.

Inside the Alfred Dome:
The building was made of reinforced concrete with blown-in vermiculite insulation. 2/3 of the building nestled into the hillside to take advantage of the earth’s insulation.

Presenters, Abstracts, and Papers:

Internet Research 6.0 is coming together quite well.

Clamptite:

This little-known tool has a cult following. It transforms any old wire into the tightest clamp you can imagine. Unlike a hose clamp there is no limit to the diameter you can tie together. You can bundle bamboo into scaffolding, or twigs into fencing, make brooms from twigs, repair handles, and tie stuff down incredibly secure. Works great as temporary clamping for odd-sided things. Ranchers and farmers rely on cheap baling wire to band anything that doesn’t want to move. Fishermen and sailors substitute stainless steel wire to make clamps for pumps and sumps. Also perfect for drip irrigation projects. I’ve found it takes a bit of skill to tie a clamp neatly, but it ends up far tighter than a hose clamp.
– KK
ClamTite Clamp Maker
$24
Available from
Gempler’s

Stainless steel versions (good for boaters)
$40-$70
Available from Clamptool
Clamptool.com
(This site also has the best step-by-step instructions on making the clamps.)

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i want it.

Deep space vagina:
Really interesting review of a very interesting book (which I’ve added to my Amazon list).

snip

i’ll prolly read this eventually. it is the sort of title that piques my interest.

Annenberg / CPB:

Foreign Language

free foreign language stuff.