Quickies

I'm fiddling with some plugins to try and add my twitter favorites to my blog, and the last blog post seems to have disappeared. awesome. (0)

Pretend To Be a Time Traveler Day is on December 8th. The funny thing is, I spent most of elementary school doing exactly this. It's nice to see your hobbies recognized with their own holiday. Via Via (0)

neat intro-level article on LOLcats in the wall street journal that links to lolpresident. (0)

if you're following meg's blog, there are some baby pictures there, but WellSpan has the "official" picture. (2)

Clearly, good things are coming my way. Someone started a fan site. I'm sure exciting new content is sure to come. (3)

The are two species of fruit flies in Pennsylvania, one that feeds on blueberries, and one that feeds on snowberries.  Not that odd, huh? well, if these two fruit flies breed, the hybrid offspring is not genetically compatible with either parent species, but is able to reproduce with other hybrids of the same heritage, and feeds on honeysuckle, not blueberries or snowberries. Wierd, huh? (0)

Discus Fish create their own food for their fry, like milk made out of the slime that covers their body. The fry will attach to the parents skin, alternating between both parents. (0)

See that post right below this one?  I'm trying out del.icio.us, and using the xmlrpc daily blog post thingie they have.   I had a bunch of other links I wanted to share too, but it took a while to get the link posting thing configured right, so just go check out my del.icio.us page. (0)

British scientists infect themselves with hookworms to cure allergies, asthma and Crone's disease. My favorite quote:

Professor David Pritchard and his team at Nottingham University's School of Pharmacy administered different amounts of the hookworms to themselves to prove that it would be safe. Pritchard himself stuck 50 of the larvae onto his skin. 'It was fairly itchy when they first go through the skin,' he admitted. 'After that you don't really notice them.'

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The YDR Blog has an entry today talking about how today will be the last chance to vote old-skool style. on November 19th, there is going to be an exhibit of new voting machines, one of which will replace the old style push lever machines. They recommend people show up and make sure that the winning machine has a verified paper trail. (0)