Jesus has a very special love for you. As for me, the silence and the emptiness is so great that I look and do not see, listen and do not hear.
— Mother Teresa to the Rev. Michael Van Der Peet, September 1979
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith
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Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer
Ever since Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith launched Wiki Scanner, it has been nonstop fun freaking out PR people everywhere. While Wired’s list of salacious edits has everyone abuzz, Searcharazzi still enjoys good, old-fashioned wiki sleuthing, as brought to our attention yesterday.
Searcharazzi: Salacious Wiki Edits to FAST Search & Transfer
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Square Watermelon
Farmers in the southern Japanese town of Zentsuji have figured out how to grow their watermelons so they turn out square.
Square Watermelon
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How to Stop Complaining
It’s good to take responsibility for your thoughts, but you don’t want to identify with those thoughts to the point you end up blaming yourself and feeling even worse.
How to Stop Complaining
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Least Religious Countries
When you travel to Europe , don't be surprised to find that many Europeans don't believe in God.
Least Religious Countries
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China Airlines Repaints Its Toasted 737
China Airlines has painted over its name and logo on the wreckage of a passenger jet that exploded in flames at Naha Airport in Okinawa moments after passengers slid down emergency chutes to escape.
China Airlines Repaints Its Toasted 737, Translates "Chutzpah" into Chinese
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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007
The Measures of Australia's Progress products aim to provide a digestible set of statistical evidence to allow Australians to make their own assessment of whether life in Australia is getting better.
Measures of Australia's Progress: Summary Indicators, 2007 (Ed. 2)
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
How to Hide Files inside JPGs
Jimmy Ruska demonstrates how you can hide any file into a JPEG image using the free 7-Zip and the Windows command line.
How to Hide Files inside JPGs
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Hurtling Toward Mars
August 21, 2007: By the time you finish reading this sentence, you'll be 25 miles closer to the planet Mars.
Hurtling Toward Mars
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In Google Earth, a New Sky Service
Google is unveiling within Google Earth today a new service called Sky that will allow users to view the skies as seen from Earth. Like Google Earth, Sky will let users fly around and zoom in, exposing increasingly detailed imagery of some 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies.
In Google Earth, a New Sky Service
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Australia's Key National Indicators, 2007
A summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators.
Key National Indicators, 2007
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Hack a Toilet for free Water
This Instructable is a step by step description of the process of adding a sink to the top of a toilet allowing the use of the clean water before it goes into the bowl.
Hack a Toilet for Free Water
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Diet Coke is 99% Water (And That Is Now a Good Thing)
Back in the day, when people noted that Diet Coke was 99% water, it was an insult. The point was that water was free, and Diet Coke was just free water plus a little bit of artificial this and that — so you would have to be a fool to pay so much for it.
Diet Coke is 99% Water (And That Is Now a Good Thing)
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Australian Retail Petrol Price
Australian petrol prices move in line with international prices and for Australia the current international benchmark is the spot price of Singapore Mogas 95 Unleaded, which is the price of refined petrol in Singapore, not crude oil.
Comparison of Australian retail petrol price movements with Singapore Mogas 95
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History of the Flush Toilet
There is disagreement over who was the inventor of the modern flush toilet, and flushing out the truth is not easy. Many give credit to THOMAS CRAPPER (1837-1910), an English sanitary engineer, for inventing the valve~and~siphon arangement that made our modern toilet possible.
History of the Flush Toilet
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Windows Rootkits 101
When administrators and security professionals hear the word rootkit, most think first of a UNIX-based system. Unfortunately, this only leads to a false sense of security for Windows-based systems. The fact is that Windows rootkits do exist, and you need to be able to detect them.
What is a rootkit?
Windows Rootkits 101
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Watch out for the latest email phishing attacks
Arriving in inboxes around the world now are the latest email phishing attacks, socially engineered once again to appear legitimate to try and capture users, experienced or not, off guard – how do you protect yourself?
Watch out for the latest email phishing attacks
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
Improve your Self Esteem
Ten quick tips....
Improve your Self Esteem
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How to be Clean
What better way to spruce up a potentially boring subject than through film! The archive has several films that all find different ways – sometimes bizarre, sometimes clever but always entertaining – to attack the subject of cleanliness and personal hygiene.
How to be Clean
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