The FAA has mandated an upgrade to the famous ‘Black Box’ - the flight recorder which has an almost techno-religious status. It details the downfall of life and rises from the ashes to tell the story.
My interest in this subject comes from a memory - a trip to the beach in Edmonds, Washington. One Saturday, [...]

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We finally made it - as a race of people, that is…
The mountain has been summited and a company is now selling energy efficient solar cells at inexpensive pricing and high output. This means there are more efficient and less expensive version to come, using a solar cell ‘printing’ technology developed by NanoSolar of California.
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Let’s all hope that this woman and her colleagues have good news for the 40 million people currently infected with HIV.
http://ibnlive.com/news/indian-doc-develops-enzyme-that-can-destroy-hiv/48654-17.html
Read up and spread the good word…

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It is cruel and unusual punishment that I told all my family and friends about writing a blog and then I got sick and haven’t touched it for a week or two. I have so much to chat about too. Birthdays, gardens, and a thousand thank yous to my friends and family for [...]

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This post is going to win me a lot of points with Lapster as his favorite “geek girl”, but I will loose a lot of my street cred.
I found this great strange map site. I think it is important to see a bread map of France or a map of Jack Kerouac’s travels.
My mom [...]

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Hi everyone, Lapster here with something scientific that deserves recognition. In the world of energy production, nothing comes close to being 100% efficient. The short concept behind that is that when you make one kind of energy (electricity, for example) you always disperse energy in the process. Hydro-electricity, the grand pappy of electrical generation here [...]

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Our new baby. We are so proud. I was lucky enough to find a $100 gift certificate to Crate & Barrel that was given to me in 2001. It came just in time. On Monday, Lapster starts his new job that will have us up at 6am every morning. For [...]

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There is a killer in our midst. HIV/AIDS is taking the lives of our children and corroding the fabric of our society. More than 1 million American men, women, and children are currently living with HIV/AIDS without regard for age, race, sexual orientation, creed, religion, or lack of religion. One of our most effective tools [...]

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What if, in this instant, the human population was evicted from Earth? What if we were all transported to a distant planet for re-education? What if we transcended this plane of existence, our bodies glowing translucent with an angelic brilliance, our souls transfixed with humor and graceful wisdom? What would then happen to the Earth?
This [...]

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In Russia, there are different rules regarding royalty payments. The economy is still slowly recovering it’s strength, buoyed by covert sales of concrete slabs from the Berlin Wall for display under the glass tops of fashionable coffee tables in Paris and New York. Unlike the West, Russia doesn’t pay quite as much when the royalties [...]

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