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Technology

A story of Cane and Able and the browser that rode a chariot

Back in the early days of the web, there were two browsers. For the sake of our story, we’ll call them “Cane” and “Able”. Cane and Able could do many of the same things: serve web pages, run scripts, display pictures, and provide for interaction among the Small Beings who became dependent on them. However, […]

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Weather

Cheery weather forecasts

From Weather Underground today: January 2006 will go into the record books as one of the warmest januarys ever recorded in parts of the Midwest. In Quincy Illinois… this past January was the warmest January on record… while in Columbia and St. Louis this January ranks in the top 5 warmest januarys. Specifically… St. Louis… […]

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Stuff

For my little duckies

Last time you get lava lamp photos, my little duckies. In celebration of that fact, a few links and other assorted non-lava lamp related items: Sheila Lennon points us to a Providence Journal presentation honoring Martha and Waitsill Sharp, the 2nd and 3rd Americans named to Israel’s “Righteous Among the Nations” for their work in helping Jews […]