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Random Linkage 2008-Oct-11 AM

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
  • DNA “fingerprints” may allow authorities to tie down suspect’s surname

    A study of 2,500 men found that on average there was a 24 percent chance of two men with the same surname sharing a common ancestor but this increased to nearly 50 percent when the surname was rare.

  • For those of you who both enjoy eating fungal stuff AND who live in or will be traveling to England, a rare truffle has been found in Britain which hasn’t been seen there in 100 years

    It is so rare the exact details of where it was found and by who will never be revealed to stop truffle hunters digging up the neighbourhood.

  • Rumors of Kindle 2 on the way from Amazon, for those of you that like to buy books in a format you don’t own so the distributor can disable your right to read it any time they want to switch the DRM settings
  • School bus racing (with video)

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-10 PM

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-10 AM

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-09 PM

Thursday, October 9th, 2008
  • (video) - Government officials are building a dog DNA database to help in tracking owners who don’t clean up after their pets
  • Bringing Linux tools to Windows

    Evolution, the default office suite installed on most GNOME-based Linux systems, has a working port available for Windows systems. As its Linux fans know, Evolution has a serious focus on supporting and adapting to open standards: Full iCal support, IMAP access (I got a Gmail account working in minutes), integration with Pidgin’s IM client, and support for GPG encryption. The big news for non-Outlook acolytes, however, is that Evolution can hook up to Exchange servers

  • Recycling information for CFL bulbs
  • (video) - Themesong from Shaft as done by a ukulele performance group
  • Arctic ice shelf growing instead of shrinking - reverse of 30 year trend?
    At the end of the 2008 melting season, much first year ice remains, which means that next year it will be two year ice. And we’ll have to wait until the end of next September to see how well the ice survived the global warming of 2009.

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-09 AM

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-08 PM

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-07 PM

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

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Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-06 PM

Monday, October 6th, 2008

Random Linkage 2008-Oct-06 AM

Monday, October 6th, 2008

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