Steve Irwin was killed today in a freak accident off the coast of Queensland, Australia. He was filming some footage for a documentary when he was struck in the chest by the tail barb of a Stingray, delivering a fatal injury. I am sad to hear this news. He was certainly one of the […]
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R.I.P. Steve Irwin - The Crocodile Hunter!
Posted by allen on September 4th, 2006Old games - free!
Posted by allen on March 14th, 2005You may or may not know that there are many games out there that are no longer protected by any copyright or have been released for free by their publisher. The games tend to be older but there are some semi-modern games that are great fun! Plus, you can visit your old-school days for […]
Classic Lit 101
Posted by allen on March 7th, 2005I found full texts of classic literature at mit’s Internet Classics Archive. The texts are fully searchable so if you are looking for that reference in Homer’s “The Iliad”, search away. Additional freely downloadable books are available at Project Gutenberg. Have a palm device? you can download palm db-based books at memoware. Finally, a […]
Hobbits are not real.
Posted by allen on March 4th, 2005hobbit
n : an imaginary being similar to a person but smaller and with hairy feet; invented by J.R.R. Tolkien
It bothers me that scientific publications online refer to the new human species (Homo floresiensis) as the “hobbit”. I don’t think they should use “hobbit”, nickname or not, as the informal name for this species. […]