May 2005
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<a title="Rwandan genocide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide">Rwandan Genocide</a>. Saw “Hotel Rwanda” last night, and had to read up on some of the history of the 1994 genocide of almost 1,000,000 Rwandans.≡ 31 May 2005
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<a href="http://shufflehacks.blogspot.com/">Shuffle Hacks</a>. Dedicated to hacking, modding, and pimping the hoo-ha out of the iPod shuffle.≡ 27 May 2005
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<a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2005/05/27/howto_convert_canned.html">HOWTO convert canned Guinness to popcicles</a>. [Boing Boing]≡ 27 May 2005
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Small Group Season Finale.
Tonight, we had our last Small Group before the summer break. We ate some food at Applebees and John and Corrie had a sort of hot apple crisp and ice cream dessert that was sizziling as it was served. Good times as always.
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<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/Film/news/story/0,12589,1491784,00.html?=rss">CS Lewis film saves Disney from Christians</a>.
Film: A conservative Christian group has decided to end its nine-year boycott of Disney - thanks, in part, to the forthcoming film version of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
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<a href="http://www.bartelme.at/articles_detail.asp?detail=38">Creating organic desktops</a>. From Bartelme.≡ 26 May 2005
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Google AdSense Hijacked. Google AdSense site hijacked in the Google serps… oh the irony - JenSense.com This is a good one. I think Jan said it well:
When you decide to hijack a site in the Google serps, it makes sense to do one that will benefit you in some way, while not raising yourself too high on the search engine’s radar.
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<a href="http://www.cafepress.com/shop/geeks/browse/Ne-25_N-3807_bt-2_pv-geekcheat.11507711">vi reference mug</a>. You gotta love it.≡ 25 May 2005
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<a href="http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7973283/">Explosion Causes Massive Power Outage in Moscow</a>.
No word yet on what caused the explosion, or when power could come back up. At least 43 trains and 40,000 metro passengers are stuck underground and there was city-wide gridlock as a result.
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<a href="http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html">How to abuse Amazon's image processing system</a>.
Many wacky things can be done by customizing the URLs of images loaded from Amazon.
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/25/business/25device.html">FDA meets with Guidant</a>.
With regard to faulty electronics on the 1861 Ventak Prizm 2.≡ 25 May 2005 -
≡ 25 May 2005
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≡ 24 May 2005
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Theo Jansen and his beach animals.
Kottke pointed me to a recent speaker at GEL, Theo Jansen, and his presentation on his beach animals.
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≡ 24 May 2005
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Cheap Gas Prices.
On the subject of Google Maps and using it’s API in cool ways, I found this link on Slashdot today on using gassbuddy and Google Maps to show visually which places near you have good gas prices.
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Rent a Crowd.
A former politician in southern India has reportedly launched a “rent-a-crowd” company to recruit people to cheer at party rallies.
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≡ 23 May 2005
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50 Fun Things to Do with Your iPod. Kottke has posted a compilation of ~50 things that you can do with your iPod. One thing I’m always impressed with, is that Kottke does a good job at picking a topic, doing a little bit of research, and then writing a blog entry about it. Some of it is actually useful. This iPod bit is more-so fun and interesting, and less-so useful and practical. But still, I dig his style. Blog Entry Actual Page≡ 16 May 2005
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≡ 16 May 2005
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Chisago Lakes Spring Pops. On Friday, we went to the Chisago Lakes Spring Pops Concert which was at the Chisago Lakes High School in Lindstrom, MN.≡ 16 May 2005
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≡ 11 May 2005
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Mandy’s Birthday. We had a few people over last night to celebrate Mandy’s Birthday. Mandy is still recovering from having her wisdom teeth removed, but somehow managed to choke down some cake! JoAnne does bake a marvelous cake.≡ 11 May 2005
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≡ 10 May 2005
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Mother’s Day. Here’s some pictures from Mother’s Day in Willmar. Mandy, Brian, Jill, and myself made the trip. We spent the day at Uncle Art and Annette’s place and ate tender steak, asian salad, and sweet cookies. Mandy and I gave Grandma a book of norwegian jokes, thinking that they would be right up her alley. I came to find out, after my grandma started reading the jokes out loud to the group, that a lot of them were raunchy and sexual. Oops. Happy Mother’s Day Grandma!≡ 10 May 2005
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Chi-Town.
Spycams on Patrol. “Chicago’s two-fisted street cops have a new kind of backup: a citywide crime-fighting surveillance network.”
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Wisdom Teeth. Mandy got 3 wisdom teeth pulled on Friday. Thanks to Chloe, JoAnne, Brenden, and Nicole for taking care of her until I got home from work. Also, thanks to JoAnne who made us a whole bunch of great cheesy broccoli noodle soup. Brenden was being very kind to Auntie Mandy by wiping her face and wishing her well. He was being a good helper. There’s one picture below, of that that.≡ 8 May 2005
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The Virgin. Last night, Esther had her spring violin recital at the McPhail Center For Music in Minneapolis. The recital was for students of Mary West and the level of skill displayed was astonishing. Kids from 3rd or 4th grade, on up through high-school seniors played things that didn’t seem natural. I was very impressed, and it’s been a long time since I’ve listened to music with that high of quality. Esther did a wonderful job, although she said afterwards that she was nervous about the fact that she wasn’t playing her own violin (it’s getting repaired), and instead, was playing May West’s.≡ 5 May 2005
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≡ 3 May 2005
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Camp Lebanon Spring Cleanup. Last Saturday, a group of 30-40 of us from First Baptist went to Camp Lebanon to split wood, rake leaves, clean fire pits, and clear out some thick marshy areas. Unfortunately, I didn’t bring my camera, so there aren’t any pictures to show.≡ 3 May 2005
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≡ 2 May 2005
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Exploding German Toads. My dad sent this link to me from the BBC. Evidently some toads in Germany are catching an unknown disease, which makes them swell up to 3 times their normal size. They swell so much that they explode, propelling their entrails up to 3.2 ft (1 meter). Danish radio also reports that the exploding toads have also crossed the border north into Denmark.≡ 2 May 2005