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| Notice: GeekPress is back up and running, thanks to Paul! It's still a not-so-serious tech news blog, but the format is significantly looser. Diana, having given up programming for philosophy, has her own philosophical blog NoodleFood. More of her work can be found at DianaHsieh.com. |
| Jupiter storms |
| 2:27:22 am mst / 31 December 2000 found by paul / filed in science / source BBC News 36 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| NASA's Cassini spacecraft has come within 6 million miles of the planet Jupiter, providing dramatic photographs of the storms in Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere. |
| The pictures are spectacular. I especially like this one showing the shadow cast by the the moon Io. Check out more pictures here! |
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| Golf Lover From Maine Is a Virtual Tiger Woods |
| 4:16:17 am mst / 31 December 2000 found by paul / filed in games / source NY Times 39 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| A profile of Paul Willey, who is approaching near-legendary status in the virtual golf tournament world, reaching #1 in the world rankings despite the fact that he requires a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis. |
| As VR technology becomes more realistic, it will be interesting to see if there is a convergence between cyberathletes and conventional atheletes. |
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| "How do I go about making a voodoo doll?" |
| 11:46:26 am mst / 31 December 2000 found by paul / filed in culture / source Straight Dope 46 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| For those who have made a different kind of New Year's resolution, Uncle Cecil answers this reader's question as well as gives a brief description of the power of the nocebo effect (the opposite of the placebo effect). |
| If making a physical voodoo doll is too much of a pain (so to speak), one can always try Pinstruck -- the online voodoo cursing service. As Time magazine notes, "Use it wisely, because it's a pretty scary site. Seriously. It freaks us out." |
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| Going Postal.com |
| 12:18:50 pm mst / 31 December 2000 found by diana / filed in internet / source Reason 67 hits / 0 comments / 0 e-mails |
| According to Reason: "It'll cost you a penny more to mail a letter after next week. But with the post office's new e-mail service, you can get your messages mangled, delayed, or lost for free!" |
| I love the USPS commercials that talk about all the trust we have in the postal service. Who are they kidding?!? |
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