Faith manages on Babylon 5

"Back in the mid-nineties, around the time when Star Trek: The Next Generation was spinning off Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, a refreshingly new sci-fi television show premiered -- Babylon 5. "

http://merecatholics.blogspot.com/2004/06/faith-manages-on-babylon-5.html

"The third principle of sentient life is the capacity for self-sacrifice, the conscious ability to override evolution and self-preservation for a cause, a friend, a loved one. ... All my life I've searched for a way to serve others. To me there is no higher calling, no greater destiny than to live for another, and if necessary, to die for another. To somehow make the world a better place." -- Draal

Old Baldy: 1863

"October 1863. "Culpeper, Virginia. Gen. George G. Meade's horse, Baldy." Wet plate glass negative, photographer unknown"

http://www.shorpy.com/node/4536

"I like the idea that the picture is putting into my head, that Old Baldy is about to undergo some "training," wearing a surcingle and side reins, which would have been used on a lunge line to give the horse exercise without the burden of a rider. It helps them find their own balance and develop back muscles that can atrophy after long hours under a rider. Good to think that his "people" were thinking about that, as sometimes it seems horses were simply tools."

The Proper Use of Humility

"To be humble is to take specific actions in anticipation of your own errors. To confess your fallibility and then do nothing about it is not humble; it is boasting of your modesty."

http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/12/the_proper_use_.html

Electronics Tutorial

"Welcome to the electronics tutorial! If you want to learn electronics, it's a great place to start. You can also revise for your GCSE here, as it's written to GCSE standard for the year 2000 (so if you're taking it in 1999, forget it. but have a look anyway!). It's suitable for all, and anyone can learn electronics using a combination of this & the other material available on my site. Whether you want to learn as a hobby, are taking a course in it, or just want to brush up on a few points, there should be something here to help you."

http://doctord.dyndns.org:8000/courses/Topics/Electronics/Alex_Pounds/Index.htm

List of problems solved by MacGyver

"This is a list of problems that have been solved by the fictional character MacGyver from the television series of the same name. (This list is not yet comprehensive.) MacGyver employs his resourcefulness and his knowledge of chemistry, physics, technology, and outdoorsmanship to resolve what are often life-or-death crises. He spontaneously creates inventions from simple items to solve these problems. These inventions became synonymous with the character and were called MacGyverisms by fans. MacGyverisms became a distinct motif of the series. MacGyver was unlike secret agents in other television series and films because he carried only a Swiss Army knife and duct tape, instead of relying on high-tech weapons and tools."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver

Harrison Bergeron - by Kurt Vonnegut (1961)

"THE YEAR WAS 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General."


http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html

Why can't we divide by zero?

"The reason that the result of a division by zero is undefined is the fact that any attempt at a definition leads to a contradiction."


http://www.math.utah.edu/~pa/math/0by0.html

My Wonderful Life - Plan your funeral

"MyWonderfulLife.com is a free on-line service to help you plan and personalize your own funeral, so it reflects the way you lived. Becoming a member at MyWonderfulLife.com does not take the place of a Will, which is very important, but allows you to eliminate the guesswork for your loved ones during a difficult time."

https://www.mywonderfullife.com/

Ancient Lights

"Ancient lights" is a colloquialism for the "right to light," guaranteed under English law, whereby windows that have seen twenty years' worth of "uninterrupted" daylight cannot be blocked by the construction of new buildings.

http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/2007/04/ancient-lights.html

The Water Babies

"The Water Babies was written by Charles Kingsley for his youngest son in 1863. His classic tale of redemption, provides a moral theme for treating others as you would wish to be treated yourself.

Zena Holloway's dream-like images inspired by The Water Babies, overlaid with illustrations by Heidi Taylor, recreate an enchanted retelling of Charles Kingsley's classic tale. A fairy tale about the underwater adventures of Tom, a young chimney sweep, who falls into a river after encountering an upper-class girl named Ellie. Tom transforms into a 'Water baby' and embarks on an epic journey, guided along the way by bizarre underwater creatures and the fairies - Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby and Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid."

http://thewaterbabies.com/

Online Document Converter

"This online conversion service allows you to convert office documents between different formats."

http://www.artofsolving.com/online-document-converter

Cape Dood & How to embed a Youtube video in blogger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AeymadcGmw

"My first attempt at using bones in an animation. I think I was a bit ambitious trying to use a non human leg design for my first attempt, this made it really hard. "


Embedding a video  in blogger

(1) Go to you tube, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AeymadcGmw

In the information box on the left there's information about when the video was made etc, plus the URL of the video and the embed code.  The embed code starts ''. 

(2) Copy the whole embed code

(3) Open a new blog entry

(4) Switch to 'Edit HTML'

(5) Paste the embed code

(6) Add any other text

(7) Publish

Lessons From The Science of Nothing At All

"Where I come from we make things from nothing - from dreams and fantasies. The laws of physics don't apply. Our products weigh zero."

http://www.dreamsongs.com/LessonsFromNothing.html

8 Reasons Why OpenOffice 3.0 Could Be The Tipping Point Application

"Here are [...] reasons why OpenOffice is now ready to take on its main opponent, Microsoft Office in a race for hearts and minds."

(a) It is and will continue to be free.
(b) Openoffice is now better supported than ever
(c) Openoffice is multi platform with now native support for Macintosh users.
(d) Openoffice is faster than previous versions of the business suite.
(e) Openoffice boosts an impressive list of compatible formats including Office 2007 docx and OOXML format.
(f) Openoffice has a new smart centre which mimics very loosely, Microsoft own Works suite central dashboard
(g) Openoffice still have a few "native" cards that Microsoft has yet to catch up with.
(h) Openoffice has Sun Microsystems and IBM on its side.


http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/10/14/8-reasons-why-openoffice-30-could-be-tipping-point-application-or-not/3/