Glass Wings Blog: October 2004
2004 Ig Nobel prize awards
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 00:15:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Yes folks, it's the 2004 Ig Nobel prizes:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996468
Here are the winners:
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Review: Juvenile felis catus
Sat, 2 Oct 2004 23:39:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
While domestic cats are a common feature of many computing environments,
IT review sites have proven oddly unwilling to investigate this popular
computer room accessory.
http://www.dansdata.com/kitten.htm
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The 10th annual Interactive Fiction competition
Sun, 3 Oct 2004 12:49:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
For the last ten years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup
rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction
competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers
to the genre, the competition is a chance to enjoy some of the best
short adventure games available anywhere.
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Bilbo song
Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:21:15 +1000
Amanda Penrose <amandac [at] dd.com.au>
Actually you were right to warn us. I've heard the song before (didn't know it
was Spock singing) so that was fine.. but the dancing Spockettes WERE
disturbing.
Do you know what is written on the badge he puts on at the end? I can't make it
out.
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Town feels 'Wrath of Con'
Mon, 4 Oct 2004 14:50:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Town feels 'Wrath of Con'
William Shatner movie set in Riverside a hoax
By Deanna Truman-Cook
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SpaceShipOne soars into history
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 01:43:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
SpaceShipOne soars into history
Altitude appears to be easily enough to win $10 million X Prize
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6167761/
Video of the flights here:
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geert: ::fc-announce:: Lawrence Lessig in Sydney (fwd from link list)
Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:39:42 +0900
Yukihiko Yoshida <yukihiko [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp>
Lawrence Lessig will be in Sydney
Best Wishes,
Yukihiko YOSHIDA
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Lots O'News
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 16:11:35 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
Tomorrow Andrew and I will be making the final settlement on our new home.
We've stayed on top of things as far as getting the financing sorted, doing
the conveyancing, making inspections, etc. So, we are not in a panic, but we
are still a little stressed until the whole thing is completed. We almost
purchased our own fishtank complete with fish with the new place. The current
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Little Asia Dance Exchange Network 2004/Ms.Motoko Ikeda
Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:59:20 +0900
Yukihiko Yoshida <yukihiko [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp>
My friend, Ms. Motoko Ikeda, will go to Melbourne as Little Asia Dance
Exchange Network 2004.
They will have stage and workshop next month in Melbourne.
The schedule is in the following.
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how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:37:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk
by bonnie
http://chaz6.com/enterprise/
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Conference Bike: a 7-person tricycle
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 01:43:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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[FW: how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk]
Wed, 13 Oct 2004 14:43:59 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Ask and ye shall receive!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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Molecules with silly or unusual names
Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:18:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Mount Saint Helens
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 10:40:13 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
I remember hearing Mt. St. Helens going off in 1980. I remember some of the
ash falling on our house, and the relatives from Ellensburg who came to stay
with us as refugees, since the ash coming down on their homes was so thick
they couldn't breathe. I also remember how much fun it was taking a class in
geophysics at the University of Washington while this was still happening and
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Dungeons and Dragons 30th anniversary
Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:04:05 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
The 30th anniversary of D&D was celebrated this last weekend:
Dungeons & Dragons marks 30th anniversary
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/18/1097951592169.html?oneclick=true
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Good Bad Attitude
Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:44:10 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere
for the right sort of unruliness— that it is a home not just for the
smart, but for smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If
we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st. It says a great deal
about our work that we use the same word for a brilliant or a horribly
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Godzilla 50th anniversary
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:46:49 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
A Godzilla 50th anniversary news roundup:
When Zilla appears in Sydney, humanity’s last hope is a revived
Godzilla who is beneath the ice in Antarctica to do battle with it. The
details of the battle are under wraps, but the Sydney street will be
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Murphy's Law calculator
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:55:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
Murphy's Law Calculator
Mathematicians have now come up with a rule for predicting the law of
“anything that can go wrong, will go wrong". They say the formula
allows people to calculate the chances of Murphy’s law (or Sod’s
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Reviews of "The Last Starfighter: The Musical"
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:04:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Woohoo!
Sat, 23 Oct 2004 15:31:20 +1000
Katherine Phelps <muse [at] glasswings.com.au>
We just sold our house at a great price. Phew! Now the anxiety levels can go
down and we can start moving into our new house. A toast to happy endings!
Anyone got marmalade for the toast?
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Genetically engineered kittens
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:11:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
The ALLERCA research and development teams comprise some of the leading
specialists in animal genetic engineering. The team's expertise places
ALLERCA in a unique position to produce the world's first hypoallergenic cat.
http://www.allerca.com/html/development.html
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Kung Fu Cat
Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:50:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.jokejoint.com/kungfucat.shtml
(Ignore the ads and view the MPEG movie clip!)
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