Today’s del.icio.us linkage

July 27th, 2005 - 05:00 | 2 comments

Blood substitute - "The product the chemists have developed is compatible with all blood groups, is stable for several months at room temperature and remains completely sterile." It can apparently be used in transfusions.
Crackpot index - "A simple method for rating revolutionary contributions to physics [or science generally]"
BBC NEWS | Blink and you really do ‘miss it’ - Certain brain regions actually switch off during blinking, apparently.
BBC NEWS | ‘Don’t panic’ over jellyfish - "You don’t stop your kids playing outside just because they get stung by a nettle or a bee or a wasp, so why keep them away from the beach?". Ok, he has a point.
Google’s new customizable home page - Newly-upgraded, with the ability to add your own feeds.
Think Better with Chewing Gum? - "Studies indicate that, for both kids and adults, mental tasks are completed up to 20% more effectively when we chew gum". Cool.
Download of the Day: CCleaner - I cleaned out 850mb in about three minutes. I never knew there was so much crap…(quiet, Ben)
Cerberus Blog - An Unavoidable Tragedy? - A surveillance officer discusses the shooting last Friday.
New Superman Logo - The official Superman logo for the new film.
Tricks of the Trade: Painter - How to prevent a ’skin’ forming on opened paint cans. Worth a try.
Playing on Your IPod - Interactive text-based games for the iPod. It’d be great to see the Hitchhiker’s Guide text game ported.
Zero-Waste in Seattle - Wouldn’t that be something if it actually happened.
How To Do Decentralized Energy - An interesting idea, albeit rather controversial!

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2 Responses to “Today’s del.icio.us linkage”

1 taz Jul 29th, 2005 at 10:56 pm

i have to say being stung by a jellyfish is NOT like being stung by nettles, its more like a painfull electric shock, it f**king hurts!
2 Andrew Jul 31st, 2005 at 12:57 pm

Where did you get stung? Country-wise, I’m not getting personal

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