Archive for August, 2007

Thanks, Bush… 
In an attempt to raise the nation’s historically low rate of breast-feeding, federal health officials commissioned an attention-grabbing advertising campaign a few years ago to convince mothers that their babies faced real health risks if they did not breast-feed. It featured striking photos of insulin syringes and asthma inhalers topped with rubber nipples.
Plans to [...]

The new ReveNews site is slowly resolving across the interwebs.
You can even email me at my new (mostly) default email addy: sam@revenews.com
Official re-launch of ReveNews on Monday. 
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Wow… great news: 
“A new online translator that can translate Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian and Egyptian hieroglyphics (1 of the 3 types anyway) has been developed. This is the first time I ever saw a translator for cuneiform. Something like this would be great for translating interesting historical records like the Amarna Letters.”
Slashdot | Assyrian, Babylonian, Sumerian Translator [...]

Feist

If you like good music, watch this. 
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Here’s a handy map for Miss Teen SC and her map awareness platform…

Tube Map for Miss SC: The Iraqs and Everywhere, Like, Such As. - Boing Boing
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I set my alarm to 5 am this morning and watched the lunar eclipse. 
Amazing.
Time lapse lunar image
MAKE: Blog: Time lapse lunar image
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Anna and I had dinner at Diggable pizza in West Asheville for the first time tonight.  Great great pizza and a cozy environment.
Highly recommend…
794 Haywood RdAsheville, NC 28806(828) 255-8586Get directionsMore information »

diggable pizza asheville nc - Google Search
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Saw this last night and thought it awesome. Highly recommend checking out Feist if you like good music… 
Feist gives a thumbs up to the choir she assembled for her performance on Late Show with David Letterman on August 27, 2007 in New York City. The recruited singers include members of Broken Social Scene, Grizzly Bear, [...]

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Amazon.com: The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols: Jean Chevalier, Alain Gheerbrant, John Buchanan-Brown
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Fun factoid of the day… 
76 percent of gods recognized by the International Religious Foundation are male, 12 percent are genderless.
Gullible.info
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