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Monthly Archives: November 2008

Rakes vs Leaf Blowers

Earlier this week I raked up leaves in the front yard.  It surprises me how popular leaf blowers are when a simple rake works so well. Four Reasons Leaf Blowers Are Inferior to Rakes I’m not convinced that using a machine to blow leaves into a pile is any faster than raking them up. Leaf [...]

China Will Classify Internet Addiction as a Clinical Disorder

This is from a Breitbart article: China could become the first country to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder amid growing concern over compulsive Web use by millions of Chinese, state media said on Monday. The health ministry is likely to adopt a new manual on Internet addiction next year drawn up by Chinese [...]

Low Tech Tool to Combat Flies

I earlier wrote a post about using water bags to keep flies away; however,  I’m not convinced about the science behind this method. We’ve had to kill several houseflies inside over the past couple of weeks.  My weapon of choice for combating flies is the old fashioned, low tech fly swatter.  Hitting flies with a [...]

Veterans Day

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Finding Your Life Partner

This past weekend, my wife and I celebrated our fourth anniversary.  We met at a previous job.  Many of our married friends met in college or at a party.   Now, it seems that more and more people are turning to online dating services, such as harmony.com or match.com, when looking for a partner. It seems [...]