Monday, June 17, 2002

I recently became interested in the topic of entangled photons, which through a borderline-divine process are being used in the laboratory to demonstrate teleportation. This article describes a new breakthrough where a data stream, encoded in photons, was teleported: Australian teleport breakthrough. A team of Australian scientists says it is able to teleport a laser beam from one place to another almost instantaneously. [BBC News: sci/tech] 11:51:24 PM

I found this intriguing! Sexy TV Programming Stymies Viewers' Recall of Commercials [Scientific American] 11:48:13 PM

Diabetes news: Patches, pills, sprays could replace insulin shots [Reuters Health eLine] 11:42:07 PM

Albuquerque is not too far from Guadalajara: Beware E. coli lurking in Mexican sauces [Reuters Health eLine] 11:40:50 PM

On Friday I closed on the sale of a house. Everybody gets a cut. Of course it's no less painful on the buyer's side. Have a look at this article: Buy a House, Pay Lots of Fees. Expect to pay much more than the sale price when you buy a home. [The Motley Fool] 11:07:50 PM

perspicacity: Dictionary.com Word of the Day. perspicacity [Dictionary.com Word of the Day] 11:06:44 PM

Hello world. It's Monday night and I have decided to start a weblog. Why? It just seems like the thing to do. Weblogs are cool. I can use it to keep track of important snippets of information. At the same time, I can publish some of those snippets for others to read. Isn't it a bit self-aggrandizing to think that others will want to read my blog? Probably. Is there something wrong with that? I don't think so :) Furthermore, I think it will be a cool way to share stuff with friends, especially when some of you start your own blogs. To be accurate, I have only one personal acquintance with her own weblog, and that is Stacey George. It is really her website that piqued my interest in blogs. It is a beautifully designed site, as you might expect from a skilled graphic artist. Here is the link (go here and then click on the blog button): http://users.rcn.com/staceygeorge/portfolio/ In addition to occasional stories written by me, and links to friends' blogs, you will find here in the future links to interesting news stories and the like. Also, I plan to link in lots of photos. That's all for now. - Bob 10:40:27 PM

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