ARD-Buffet - Teledoktor: Speichelsteine - And the good Teledoktor has something to say about it too.
An interesting comment on what blogs are and how they differ from previous forms of communication: Blogs are an instance of "publicy" - the McLuhan reversal of "privacy" - that occurs under the intense acceleration of instantaneous communications. Our notion of privacy was created as an artifact of literacy - silent reading lead to private interpretation of ideas that lead to private thoughts that lead to privacy. Blogging is an "outering" of the private mind in a public way (that in turn leads to the multi-way participation that is again characteristic of multi-way instanteous communictions.) Unlike normal conversation that is essentially private but interactive, and unlike broadcast that is inherently not interactive but public, blogging is interactive, public and, of course, networked - that is to say, interconnected. This characterization applies equally to diaries, link hubs, and every other variation on the blog theme. However, this classification only considers the topic from the direction of communication, not its outward form. But perhaps form is truly irrelevant - certain characteristics inevitably emerge, but the exact form of blogs is as diverse as the programmers of the software (and the users who modify the templates and thus the presentation). The way we communicate probably says far more about what makes blogs what they are than the way we present that communication visually. Here you can find the original article.
A collection of links to Bjørn Lomborg's book The Sceptical Environmentalist. This appears to be a fairly useful link collection that presents a wide range of opposing views. Here's the original article.
hobbythek - Fragrances of the Orient: Incense and Myrrh
Myrrh is an ancient remedy for inflammations in the mouth and throat.
A website dedicated to flight simulators for Mac OS X. A bunch of links and info on the topic. Unfortunately, it stops with news in 2001, so they're more like olds. Is there anything newer on the subject?
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OpenMCL - Powerful Common Lisp with native code compiler for Macintosh and Linux PPC under GPL
Polaroid Dust & Scratch Removal - Excellent software for removing scratches and dust streaks from scans.
And another thing about Lomborg: here is Scientific American's response to criticism of their issue that dealt with Lomborg's theses. As for the status of Lomborg's book: Many people claim to have scientific arguments when they do not: creationists, ancient astronaut theorists and the like. Being able to cite the scientific literature does not automatically confer validity on one's argument, nor does it make the argument genuinely scientific.
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There are more pleasant problems to have. Really.
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Speichelsteine - Removal of salivary stones through fragmentation
Interesting pages about camera technology for making medium format stereo images. Price-wise, though, it's a bit more hefty than with 35mm film.
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... organized and firmly in the hands of Rotterdam. It was on TV, so it must be true. I always knew there had to be a mafia behind it. Surely also behind these blinking pins, the climbing, fat Santa figures and similar atrocities. The Christmas mafia. Organized crime against good taste. And the Dutch are to blame. How perfectly it all fits together.
X-Plane - Flight simulator for Mac and Windows