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Archive for March, 2008

Waking up

Posted: Monday, March 31st, 2008 @ 9:51 am in Living, Web | No Comments »

I always wondered how people managed to get up in earlier times. I mean, before they had alarm clocks. Even with an alarm clock, I can hardly get up. But, Mental Floss to the rescue, they had knocker-ups.
In British towns of yore, particularly those with a mine or mill as the center of commercial […]

Bad Science Arguments Against Research With Animals

Posted: Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 @ 10:18 am in Science | No Comments »

Of many great articles on a fantastic Blog (Science-Base Medicine), this article might well be the best yet. David Gorski writes about the use of bad scientific arguments against animal research. A must read for any non-ignorant human!

First Kiva projects paid back

Posted: Saturday, March 1st, 2008 @ 2:20 pm in World | No Comments »

The first two projects I contributed to on Kiva finished recently, and I have to say I feel somewhat proud. It’s mixed feelings, because I don’t want feel superior in any way, it’s just that seeing that such a small contribution on my part helped two people stand on their own feet. Now I can […]