PhysOrg: Research team recreates ancient underwater concrete technology
This is way cool! I thought that there was more to concrete than lime sand and agrigrate. Got a book from 1920 something on farm concrete that I need to check and see what it says. Seems like they use portland in it though. Wonder if the seawater has something to do with the process?
PhysOrg: Researchers make bendable concrete
Fantastic! Wonder what the components in that make it bendable are? And when it will be available here?
WWMT – Digital Channel 3
Benton Harbor lifts ban on band performing ‘Louie Louie’
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So yesterday they couldn’t perform it but after it hit not only the local paper but the internet the Superintendent decides that after hearing from “parents” that they can play it again. For some reason I suspect the additional world wide publicity of her petty small minded micromanagement in local school business may have had something to do with this sudden change… But I could be wrong.
News from The Associated Press
Cops: Driver Defends Skills With Sword
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And he had a broadsword with a blade over 3 feet long in his car for what purpose?
Not Their Cup of Tea – Newsweek Business – MSNBC.com
Starbucks has backed away from plans to sell Bruce Springsteen’s latest album because of its graphic lyrics.
San Francisco Bay Guardian News
“Spying on the government
A UC Berkeley geographer maps the secret military bases of the American West – where billions of dollars disappear into creepy clandestine projects.”
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Laurie gets a Dell
I had heard about the price differences before but didn’t realize that they were that much between home and small biz.
LancasterOnline.com: Man Allegedly Steals $70,000 in Antlers
Something tells me there is a little more to this story than has met the net yet…
Home Page – VersaLaser
“VersaLaserâ„¢ can transform images or drawings on your computer screen into real items made out of an amazing variety of materials… wood, plastic, fabric, paper, glass, leather, stone, ceramic, rubber… and it’s as easy to use as your printer.”
This looks interesting. Very interesting.