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Saturday, August 20, 2005
Jets over Busch Stadium
Overhead shot of two fighter jets flying over Busch Stadium in St. Louis MO. You can see the new Busch Stadium under construction right next to the current stadium. This picture must have been taken around June of 2005 because the seats in the new ballpark are pretty much installed as of now (August 2005). The old Busch Stadium will be imploded at the end of the season after the Cardinals win the World Series. Thew new stadium will be completed before opening day 2006.
My photos of new Busch Stadium can be found here.
Thanks Deadeye
Baby hedgehogs
A hedgehog is any of a wide variety of small quilled mammals of the order Insectivora found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand. There are no hedgehogs native to The Americas.
Hedgehogs are easily distinguished by their quills, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin. Their quills are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, cannot easily be removed from the animal.
Fishtank platform shoes
These shoes feature a white vinyl synthetic leather platform and shoe upper and a water-filled clear plastic heel with two gold fish. $58 at Caboots.
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World's lightest indoor remote controlled airplane
Fly it in your livingroom during commercial breaks. Butterfly Livingroom Flyer. Only $239 complete.
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British soldiers get germ fighting underwear
LONDON - British troops combating the heat and dust of Iraq Afghanistan have a new weapon in their armory — germ-fighting underwear. The antimicrobial underpants have been introduced by the Ministry of Defense as part of a new desert uniform for soldiers. They are the first undergarments issued to British troops, who traditionally have had to supply their own.
Military officials said Thursday the unisex trunks were made from artificial fibers for comfort, with silver particles woven into the material to prevent sweating.
"It is coated to prevent bacterial infection, and we have tried to arrange the seams so that they don't chafe," Col. Silas Suchanek, who led the team that procured the new equipment, said Thursday. Complete Story on Yahoo! News.
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Firefly - the mobile phone for mobile kids
The fun glowing phone designed from a kids point of view. With just 5 keys, Firefly phones keep kids connected with the people who matter most… Mom and Dad. With lights, sounds, colors and animation, Firefly phones keep it fun.
The phone has two buttons for quick access to Mom and Dad. The phone can hold up to 20 additional phone numbers in its address book. There’s also a button on the side for emergencies only.
They’re only $99.99 plus air time, which can be purchased in $25, $50 and $75 packages. no info on how many minutes you get for these packages.
Seems pretty expensive to me. Firefly phones.
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Friday, August 19, 2005
Windows XP tips and tricks
The long list includes:
- How to Remove Windows XP's Messenger
- How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent
- Make your Folders Private
- How to Convert FAT to NTFS file system
- Disable CD Autorun
- Rename a Series of Files
- To change drive letters
- On Screen Keyboard
- Disable Error Reporting
- Remove shortcut arrow from desktop icons
- Turn off Welcome screen
- Set up and Use Internet Connection Sharing
- Turning Off the Licensing Feature in Windows XP
- Protect your Identity
- Everything You Ever Needed to know about Microsoft Passport
- XP File Sharing and Permissions
And many, many more Windows XP tips and tricks.
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Who's got the hairiest back?
Minor league team to host the hairiest back contest
WOODBRIDGE, Va. -- The Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League are ready to let the fur fly later this month.
In addition, there will be a drawing for a complimentary laser removal service worth $1,200 for those fans who do not want to participate in the contest.
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Literal answers to rhetorical questions
Cops test fire 700 rounds in New Orleans neighborhood - No one calls police
Although the murder rate in New Orleans is lower than it was a decade ago, it's rising and is nearly 10 times the national average. A criminologist said the city's trend is the reverse of 46 of the top 50 cities in the United States. Experts said the trend in the city that's home to the popular French Quarter exists for several reasons -- drugs, too few police, inexperienced prosecutors, and residents staying quiet because they fear retaliation. They point to an experiment last year by university researchers in which police fired 700 blank rounds in a New Orleans neighborhood in a single afternoon.
NEW ORLEANS -- Murder rates have fallen dramatically in many major U.S. cities -- but that's not happening in the Big Easy.
No one called police to report the gunfire.
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That takes care of that
Headline from a recent issue of the Evening Whirl, a ghetto newspaper in St. louis.
Michael Jackson has detachable nose
A juror from Michael Jackson trial claims the pop star has a detachable nose. Ray Hultman, 62, wrote in his upcoming book, "The Deliberator", that he was shocked when he first saw Michael, saying the singer looks like a "mummy with nostril holes" and that he has a detachable nose.
According New York Post newspaper, Hultman wrote: "Up close, his appearance is amazing. He wears a black pageboy wig and his face is caked
Thursday, August 18, 2005
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