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This site is going down within the week…or so. It might come back later. It’s been fun. Thanks all.
-andy

TEST/Quick post.
Back to the real world after a 5 week hiatus for health reasons.
Back to work.
Back to living.
Back to remodeling and cleaning up the house.
Need to get a bid on flooring.
Played some videogames last night, that was pleasant diversion.
Reading some good books.
Will update later.

my net addiction appears to be back

i need to work on this…again

netbook is not helping

steph booked vacation today

going to see my parents, then to a dog friendly cabin –in the smokies

no connectivity and lots of trees and wildlife

can’t wait

With gift cards from Steph and my parents, for my birthday, I purchased an EEE netbook. So far I’m pleased. I’m still getting accustomed to the keyboard (it’s a little cramped), but otherwise it’s pretty nifty. I’m hoping use it for doing work research from the road and bed (it’s very tiny) and to take it to my parent’s for DVD viewing and picture sharing.) Nonetheless, I’ll write a detailed review, if I get time, later. Good machine, especially for what they’re charging.

from digg and npr:

All animals that fly on Pet Airways will be called “pawsengers” and have a pet attendant to ease their travel. Pet Airways takes flight in July with fares starting at $149 each way.

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Test post from digg -I think they fixed their software…
from digg and livescience:
White blood cells, the immune system’s “soldiers” for your body, actually crawl along your blood vessels to find their way to infection and injury sites, new research shows.

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I’m fascinated by reptiles, Komodos in particular.

from cnn international:

An Indonesian fisherman has been killed by Komodo dragons after he was attacked while trespassing on a remote island in search of fruit, officials said Tuesday.

Muhamad Anwar, 32, bled to death on his way to hospital after being mauled by the reptiles at Loh Sriaya, in eastern Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, the park’s general manager Fransiskus Harum told CNN.

“The fisherman was inside the park when he went looking for sugar-apples. The area was forbidden for people to enter as there are a lot of wild dragons,” Harum said.

Other fisherman took Anwar to a clinic on nearby Flores Island, east of Bali, but he was declared dead on arrival, he added.

Komodo dragons, the world’s heaviest lizards, can grow up to 3 meters (10 feet) in length and have a toxic bite that they use to kill prey such as buffalo, returning to feast when the animal succumbs to the poison.

Despite their ungainly appearance, the carnivorous reptiles can run as fast as a dog in short bursts, jump up on their hind legs, and kill animals with a blow of their powerful tails.

Attacks on humans are rare, but Monday’s incident is the latest in a series in which the monster lizards — which have forked tongues and fearsome claws –have killed or injured people.

Last month a park ranger survived after a Komodo dragon climbed the ladder into his hut and savaged his hand and foot. In 2007 an eight-year-old boy died after being mauled.

In June last year, a group of divers who were stranded on an island in the national park — the dragons’ only natural habitat — had to fend off several attacks from the reptiles before they were rescued.

Park rangers also tell the cautionary tale of a Swiss tourist who vanished leaving nothing but a pair of spectacles and a camera after an encounter with the dragons several years ago.

An endangered species, Komodo are believed to number less than 4,000 in the wild. Access to their habitat is restricted, but tourists can get permits to see them in the wild within the National Park.

All visitors are accompanied by rangers, about 70 of whom are deployed across the park’s 60,000 hectares of vegetation and 120,000 hectares of ocean.

Despite a threat of poachers, Komodo dragon numbers are believed to have stabilized in recent years, bolstered by successful breeding campaigns in captivity.

On Monday, a zoo in Surabaya on the Indonesian island of Java reported the arrival of 32 newborn Komodos after the babies all hatched in the past two weeks, the Jakarta Post reported.

I’m hoping to get an ‘update’ done over the weekend. Nonetheless, this blog is becoming irrelevant–it just feeds facebook. I think I might use it exclusively for video and status updates from my iPhone, just a place to document little pieces of my subconscious… kind of like Microserfs did. This will only further add to the ‘twitter’ing of the web and the eventual end of social networking. Glad to contribute.

Finally updated wordpress. The new admin interface is a major overhaul. However, I need to fix the broken things…over the weekend.

January/February Update-2.2.9

I’ve been too busy to blog much. Nonetheless, here are some updates to what I’m doing.

-Friends List
-Enemies List
-Consumption List
-Facebook
-Digg
-YouTube
-Xbox Live
-Twitter
-Pics

from digg and UPI

The coral reefs covering less than 1 percent of the Earth are disappearing at alarming rates as scientists struggle to learn why, a U.S. researcher says.

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from digg and yahoo news:
Scientists have found even more evidence that volcanism, not a space rock, may be the culprit behind the dinosaurs’ demise.

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from digg and msnbc:

I posted this because the Adam Walsh abduction terrified me as a child. I was born in Hollywood, Florida and shopped at the mall where he was abducted from. I was also the same age at the time and the story was in the national and local news for a longtime. As a result, we were barraged with ’stranger danger’ techniques and training all during our elementary education. It ranked up there with nuclear war or having a terminal disease on the childhood ‘fear-o-meter’. Nonetheless, I’m glad they closed the case.

Authorities in South Florida announced Tuesday that they’ve finally solved the 1981 killing of Adam Walsh, whose father later gained fame as the host of “America’s Most Wanted.” Hollywood police held a news conference to close the case of the abduction and homicide of 6-year-old Adam.

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When Google pulled out of its proposed search advertising deal with Yahoo last month, it was chief legal counsel David Drummond who made the announcement. He cited concerns of a “protracted legal battle,” but only now do we learn that the Justice Department was only three hours away from filing an antitrust lawsuit to block the deal.

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from digg:

AT&T is chopping 12,000 jobs, or 4% of its work force, citing economic pressures and a changing business mix. It will also reduce capital spending.

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found on digg:

Babies with a severe form of epilepsy risk having their diagnosis delayed and their treatment compromised because of a company’s patent on a key gene. It is the first evidence that private intellectual property rights over human DNA are adversely affecting medical care.

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We’ll see how long until this is pulled

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Okay, I’m back, updates are below. I’m going to try and keep up with doing a couple of updates a week.

On the home front, we still have some boxes (hidden in closets) to unpack, but we’re basically moved in and setup. It’s great. The house looks pretty good

Work is going well, albeit hectic and busy.  We’re starting a bunch of new projects, so I expect things to be really active during the winter…this was traditionally a slower time. Again, I’m blessed to be working with a great team of people.

Not much else is happening. I’m looking forward to playing with the new Xbox/Netflix update.  My iPhone is still an amazing device and the Otterbox is the best case…even Rottweiler proof. Our dogs are doing well. Ferndando continues to be ‘honored’ by being allowed in bed. We started a facebook group at work (ask me for details).  Steph continues to be a wonderful wife. My family is doing fine, despite a little scare.  Obama won the presidency.

Things are pretty good.  Woo hoo!

-Friends List
-Enemies List
-Consumption List
-Facebook
-Digg
-YouTube
-Xbox Live
-Twitter

In a desperate attempt to prevent his power from being turned off, a father chained himself to the meter outside his home saying his daughter, who requires a feeding tube and other electrical equipment, could die. The family owed $2,000 dollars in bills, and an anonymous donor has since paid off the debt after the father’s heroics.

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