Things I have recently spotted that may
be of interest to someone else:
Computing: Gizmo's Freeware tells
us how to configure Adblock Plus (an add-in for major browsers) so
that it does a better job of blocking ads.
Relevant warns of some dangers
of social media. They aren't all the same ones you've already heard
about.
Politics: Michael Gerson, columnist for The Washington Post, does not think President Obama's response to terrorism has been serious enough. But, he says,
the President, nor the one before him, should or could have spoken
against Muslims in the way that some people think that they should have.
Science: Wired
reports that the Hubble Space Telescope has captured three
of Jupiter's moons, moving in front of the planet's surface.
Eclipsing, in other words.
Wired also tells us that the hydra,
a common, but nearly-microscopic animal, is
potentially immortal.
Wired also tells us how it is
possible for a baby to have three parents, in the sense that she gets genetic
material from all three of them.
Sports: USA Today, ESPN, and many other outlets tell us that Dean Smith, great men's basketball coach, and greater man, has passed away.
Image
source (public domain)
Musings on science, the Bible, and fantastic literature (and sometimes basketball and other stuff).
God speaks to us through the Bible and the findings of science, and we should listen to both types of revelation.
The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because it is public domain. I am grateful.
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Sunspots 508
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Changing the subject altogether, do you read The History Blog? Today's article is on the Magna Carta, and the surprise finding of another copy of the 1200 edition.
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/
1300 edition, sorry, I mis-typed.
No, I don't. I probably should. I'll check it out.
Thanks.
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