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Forget Global Warming: Welcome To The New Ice Age
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Snow cover over North America and much of Siberia, Mongolia and China is greater than at any time since 1966.
The U.S. National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) reported that many American cities and towns suffered record cold temperatures in January and early February. According to the NCDC, the average temperature in January "was -0.3 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average."
China is surviving its most brutal winter in a century. Temperatures in the normally balmy south were so low for so long that some middle-sized cities went days and even weeks without electricity because once power lines had toppled it was too cold or too icy to repair them.
There have been so many snow and ice storms in Ontario and Quebec in the past two months that the real estate market has felt the pinch as home buyers have stayed home rather than venturing out looking for new houses.
In just the first two weeks of February, Toronto received 70 cm of snow, smashing the record of 66.6 cm for the entire month set back in the pre-SUV, pre-Kyoto, pre-carbon footprint days of 1950.
And remember the Arctic Sea ice? The ice we were told so hysterically last fall had melted to its "lowest levels on record? Never mind that those records only date back as far as 1972 and that there is anthropological and geological evidence of much greater melts in the past.
The ice is back...
Article Link: Forget Global Warming: Welcome To The New Ice Age
Clientopia - Stupid Client Quotes
All of us who have been in the web development game (or any other industry) have encountered them: the clueless client. Sure, most customers have an adequate sense of what they want along with a functioning head on their shoulders, but there's always a one or two melonheads that completely lack logic and reason.
You've probably read pages on the interweb before that chronicle the moronic exploits of clients, co-workers, and bosses, but Clientcopia stores thousands of user-submitted quotes and horror stories that boggle the mind and tickle the funny bone. If you're ever frustrated because of a lame-brained customer, give this site a spin and take solice in the fact that you're not alone...
Chicago Pub Says Its Wings Are the Hottest in the World
ABCNews.com posted an article a few weeks ago about Jack Melnick's Corner Tap in Chicago, IL, a pub that claims it has the hottest wings in the world...
Futuristic Google Device
Designer Mac Funamizu has come up with a concept device where all you would have to do is point it at a builiding or word, and with GPS or some type of OCR technology it will tell you instantly what it is...
Love Hot Wings and Buffalo Wings? Here Are 15 Different Recipes You've Gotta Try
No other food (with the possible exception of chili) can claim to be the staple of any American chilehead's diet quite like the spicy chicken wing. Here are 15 different links to sites with recipes for hot wings (breaded) and buffalo wings (unbreaded) that will increase your wing-making skills and expand your tastes.
Is Google Maps Turning Evil?
Take a look at this and judge for yourself:
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Reading Computer Monitors Around a Corner Using Reflections
Spying and hacking efforts have security experts in a dizzying search on where the "next big vulnerability" will come from. The hackers have used numerous angles employing just about every method and trick in the book, and come up with new weaknesses all of the time.
One such trick is reading computer monitors from a far distance - particularly monitors that aren't facing the snoop. Just how easy is it to do this? Well, three researchers from the Information Security and Cryptography Group at the Saarland University in Germany have proven that it's...
Evolution Of Car Logos
Ever wonder why automobile logos look the way they do? Neatorama.com has taken an in-depth look at the fascinating stories behind the logos of some of the most popular cars in the world.
Ultimate Guide to Drying Hot Peppers
Drying hot peppers is a great way to keep chiles on hand more several months at a time. But exactly how do you dry peppers? I've compiled several methods for you to try, that, if followed closely, will give you excellent results every time...
Find Out How Much Caffeine Is In Drinks And Food
Admittedly or not, more of us than not are caffeine addicts. But exactly how much of the drug is in the beverages and candy we intake everyday? Well, I've seen plenty of online caffeine charts before, but nothing beats the Energy Fiend website for the shear amount of knowledge. It has multiple, sortable, comprehensive charts on the amount of caffeine in drinks of all types, the amount of caffeine in food, the amount of sugar in drinks, and even a "death by caffeine" calculator based on your body weight. There is also a full blog maintained by the site creators that chronicle the latest in energy drinks...
Will An Increase In Sunspot Activity Cause Global Cooling?
Is the sun heading for a cycle that could actually cause global cooling? Certain Canadian scientists think that there's a real possibility that earth is inching towards a new ice age:
Now, Canadian scientists are seeking additional funding for more and better "eyes" with which to observe our sun, which has a bigger impact on Earth's climate than all the tailpipes and smokestacks on our planet combined.
And they're worried about global cooling, not warming.
Kenneth Tapping, a solar researcher and project director for Canada's National Research Council, is among those looking at the sun for evidence of an increase in sunspot activity...
The Coolest Optical Illusion You'll See In A While - Moving 3-D Dragon
This 3-D Dragon Illusion is something I've had put together and placed atop one of my computer monitors for about two years now, and I thought I would share it with you in case have not seen it yet. It's little head will amazingly appear to move around and keep a close eye on you whether you move up, down, left or right. Courtesy of grand-illusions.com, you can download a green, red, or blue dragon PDF that you can print out, put together, and watch it watch you travel around the room. Here's a cool little Google video that demonstrates the illusion:
Hot Chicks With Douchbags
Average guys like me may never know why hot babes go for ass-ugly boneheads instead of, well, normal, average guys. A blog called Hot Chicks With Douchbags attempts to stand up for us regular joes and humorously chronicles beautiful woman and the pathetic, greasy, over-tanned rectum-faced losers they're photographed with...
Day Care Worker Fired Over Hot Sauce-Discipline On Child
From Channel 6 in Orlando, FL:
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A Central Florida day care worker has been fired after being accused of putting hot sauce into a child's mouth as a form of discipline, according to the Department of Children and Families...
Scientists Create Tear-Free Onions
Geneticists from New Zealand's Crop and Food institute have bioengineered "tear-free" onions. These special lab-grown onions lack the irritating enzyme (which was first identified in 2002 by Japanese scientists) that makes one's eyes tear up. It's expectedly caused quite a stir in both the scientific and culinary communities, but don't plan on putting away those tissues just yet; the institute's project head Colin Eady has stated that it might be "10 to 15 years" before the miracle onion hits grocery store shelves.
Read more of this story at Yahoo! News...
St. Sanders and His Guitar "Shreds" Videos Removed From Youtube
Youtube user St. Sanders, as many of you guitarists may already know as the creator of the hilarious "Shreds" series of overdub clips, has had his account suspended from the video site. What a shame, because I considered his work to be hands-down the funniest media posted on the internet in 2007.
For anyone who hadn't seen St. Sanders' videos, here's a brief description: he would take concert footage of a famous guitarist...
Bhut Jolokia Pepper Reviewed by Wall Street Journal Reporter
Stan Sesser, a WSJ reporter, eats and reviews the stingingly hot Bhut Jolokia Pepper in this video:
The original WSJ article from which this video came is also an excellent read, giving a good overview of the world's hottest chile...
The History of Chili Cook-Offs
Texas food expert John Raven, Ph.B has written an excellent five-part series on the history of chili cook-offs. It's required reading for any type of chili fan...
20 Tips On How To Promote Your Forums
Want to drive more traffic to your message boards? Here's a list of tips I've gathered of not only getting members initially, but keeping them active as well...
