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 Laugh till you hurt my friends.

Now off the shelf components allow you to build your own "open source" Fab@Home. Anyone can download the plans at http://www.fabathome.org.

See the article at sciencedaily.

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…and I, for one, welcome our new Primate Overlords :) 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022201007.html

This little video does a great job of looking at "weapons" from many angles. It also does a great job of blending the old school with the new school stuff.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0220/p03s01-ussc.html

http://apple.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/15/1456208&from=rss

Few things left:
1. DRM has to go away… completely.
2. Discounts for full album purchases. (This is probably already available)
3. Track and allow me to redownload music (essentially keep a backup of my online purchases)

I refuse to buy restrictive music from any online store and really don't like CDs.  I did buy a few recently (RHCP - Stadium Arcadia and Incubus - Light Grenades)  Both fantastic albums BTW, but the first thing I did with them is RIP them to get them on my iPod.  Just plain old MP3 files and completely DRM free so I can do whatever I want with them.  I don't even know where one of the CDs is anymore.

In the spirit of this Hallmark holiday I bring you an interesting and lengthy history of the diamond.

Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond?

It was either this or we could talk about St. Valentine’s Day massacre - Wikipedia

There are definitely some people who get too distracted by their cell phone or iPod while trying to do something else and end up doing something stupid or reckless but have we really come to this? There's a bigger issue at play here and that is the question of when government becomes too pervasive. When does the idea of punishing the masses for the faults of the few go too far? I would say this is one of those cases but others may disagree with me..

Men of the Square Table Funny, entertaining and yeah its a bit macho.

For all of the video game geeks out there. The animation on this is really well done. I was quite impressed.

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By Zeus! | The Guardian | Guardian Unlimited
After a break of 16 centuries, Greek pagans are worshipping the ancient gods again - despite furious opposition from the Orthodox church.

Hard to believe sometimes how big of an impact the Roman Empire may have had on the world.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/dna-tests-for-chinas-legionary-lore/2007/02/02/1169919531024.html

Just because nobody has stirred up any heated debates on here recently, and I happened to have had this topic on the conversation in the last week or so, I figured I would post several links to pages that give advice on washing your keyboard in the dishwasher. First though, I will say that I have done this many times (5+ is a guess), and I have never had a problem with it. I have mostly done it with my IBM Model M keyboard, which is from 1987, but I would be confident in using just about any wired keyboard. The Bluetooth/RF keyboards might work, but, I haven’t tried. In my practice, I have always made sure to use the top shelf, no soap, and nothing else in the dishwasher. In addition, I have never used the heated drying, prefering to let it air-dry for several days. Two days is probably the minimum, however, I have personally always left them to dry for somewhere in the 4-5 days range. (Who doesn’t have at least one extra keyboard lying around?)
And, well, here are the links. Feel free to search more yourself. And, when I get the courage up, I might think about dishwashing the MBP, its keyboard is a little gross….

http://plasticbugs.com/index.php?p=263
http://www.rabidhardware.net/index.php?id=9
http://computerhelp.mwsi.net/Hardware/31CleanKeyboard1.htm
http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/10/23/keyboard-in-the-dishwasher/
http://episteme.arstechnica.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/34709834/m/96300096063
http://jamesholden.net/2005/06/11/howto-dishwasher-your-keyboard/
http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/31/your-keyboard-might-be-dishwasher-safe/

I'm sorry but there are some absolutely ludicrous statements in this interview with Bill Gates. Especially his comments on Mac OS X.The guy is delusional. I think he's had his head buried in the sand for too long…or maybe somewhere else…

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16934083/site/newsweek/