29 Feb 2012
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Check out this really cool story about a few dedicated scientists who saved a really big bug that was thought extinct. Will ordinary Janes and Joes, going about their days, agree to spend a little extra effort and money to preserve an animal … Continue reading
29 Feb 2012
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David Thomas Jones December 30, 1945 – February 29, 2012
29 Feb 2012
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I recently posted on the antiquity of the Saltire. Continuing in this vexillological vein, I thought I’d post on the history of the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom. In 1606 James VI King of Scots inherited the English crown … Continue reading
29 Feb 2012
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Leap years occur in years divisible by 4 unless the year is divisible by 100. However, years divisible by 400 are leap years. From Wikipedia: The leap day was introduced as part of the Julian reform. The day following the … Continue reading
28 Feb 2012
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It’s always interesting to pull up Google Analytics and see where you are coming from. Quite the international audience. The top 10 cities are: Denver San Francisco New York Chicago El Paso Ottawa Rome Toronto Manila Bangkok
28 Feb 2012
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Radiohead is in the middle of their “King of Limbs” tour and here are a couple of new tunes that they have been performing, “Identikit” and “Cut a Hole.”
28 Feb 2012
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Remember if the GOP had been in charge, the US would no longer have an auto industry. “What is it about working men and women do they find so offensive?” — President Obama quoting the late Senator Kennedy
28 Feb 2012
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Good job! via reddit
27 Feb 2012
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Here is a fun fact. The Flag of Scotland or the Saltire or St Andrew’s Cross, is the oldest continuously used sovereign flag in the world, having been in use for nearly 1200 years. Legend has it that in 832 AD, … Continue reading
26 Feb 2012
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For nine years from 1959 to 1968, the I-10 Freeway was constructed across El Paso to be part of the new Interstate Highway system just created by the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956. Here are some excerpts … Continue reading
