Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients 2 1/2 C flour 1/2 tsp Baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 Lb butter (2 sticks), salted 1 C firmly packed dark brown sugar 1 C granulated sugar … Read more
Movable Type 2.64
With only one glitch (must use existing mt.cfg and mt-db-pass.cgi files) the upgrade of this blog to the latest version of the Movable Type software, 2.64, completed without further incident, as this post … Read more
When Galaxies Collide
Here’s a fascinating photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope that shows many thousands of galaxies, including two that are apparently close to colliding, and many others that are almost as old as … Read more
When Humans Faced Extinction
According to this BBC article, we’re actually quite lucky to be here. Based on the results of analyzing human DNA, some scientists are starting to believe the human race had dwindled down to … Read more
Martha Stewart: Lockup Living
Armed with the latest edition of you to can turn this: into this: or this: Images courtesy of: Worth1000.com | Photoshop Contests | Are you Worthy? where you can see full size versions … Read more
But You Promised!
Thanks to Freedom of Thought: June 10, 2003 Archives. The sign says: “one weekend a month my ass!”, which is the nominal duty requirement for US National Guard troops. In support of recent … Read more
Some real details (gps used,
Some real details (gps used, program used, etc.) about how this was accomplished would be interesting, but it’s a neat photo nonetheless. If it wasn’t done as described in the caption, then I … Read more