Archive for the ‘ Outside the Box ’ Category
It’s easy to forget what the world looked like when we were small… [ READ MORE ]
Frozen blueberries are much easier to peel than fresh ones. Roll them around with your thumb and forefinger in a bowel of warm water and skin just falls right off. The warm water makes the outside pliable, while the center is still cold enough to keep form. perfect for finger food, and [ READ MORE ]
I drafted an unpublished post titled, “Joshua, three months old.” This implies the following: I am a very busy mama, and I either need to type faster or write shorter. Here’s hoping that I finish this post before another month passes! [ READ MORE ]
As of late I’ve been stuck in a very focused train of broad ideas. Nihilistic in a nature, yet looking to a higher power for answers. The one thing that I’ve settled on is that I don’t have them, and people with age do — If I listen. The trouble is that I still find [ READ MORE ]
I should probably get an automatic A in my first class with the University of Phoenix for successfully breaking Adobe’s DRM on my class eBook. Is it too much to ask that someone in the BSIT program might like to read the book that they’ve legitimately been given access to on something other than Adobe [ READ MORE ]
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/08/17/domesticspying.lawsuit/index.html A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the U.S. government’s domestic eavesdropping program is unconstitutional and ordered it ended immediately. In a 44-page memorandum and order, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor struck down the NSA program, which she said violates the rights to free speech and privacy. (Read the complete ruling — PDF) The defendants “are [ READ MORE ]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5239758.stm An Indian non-governmental organisation says samples of Coca-Cola and Pepsi products are showing even worse levels of pesticides than in a previous study. CSE Director Sunita Narain told journalists in Delhi that samples from 12 states showed that Pepsi products contained 30 times more pesticides than found in 2003. Sunita Narain This is a grave public health scandal CSE [ READ MORE ]