Monthly Archives: June 2006

Lightning Safety Awareness Week

By hubs | Published: June 21, 2006
June 18-24th is national lightning safety awareness week. Each year lightning kills 50 to 100 people in the USA (500 injuries). During an average year in Colorado, lightning will kill 3 and injure 18 people. Men are struck by lightning four times more often than women. Colorado has the 3rd highest lightning casualty rate in [...]
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Artifacting

By hubs | Published: June 21, 2006
Benjamen Walker’s Theory Of Everything: I haven’t really gotten into this whole podcasting thing yet but this looks like it could be a good one. Not your ordinary Mashup! This Beatles Mash-up Medley mix is made up by appx 40 Beatles songs, with sometimes five different songs playing at the same time. A must hear. [...]
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Late Sweltering Nights

By hubs | Published: June 19, 2006
On Saturday I went to a backyard BBQ/ summer kickoff party. It was a lot of fun. Tons of good grub, and beer, and all you can drink mojitos with fresh crushed mint. It was a little bit of a different crew than I see normally so it was great to mix it up that [...]
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Artifacts

By hubs | Published: June 16, 2006
Holy Tango of Literature What would happen if poets and playwrights wrote works whose titles were anagrams of their names? Lux, I think you’ll love this. (tags: literature toread art parody language free books) Let them sing it for you I’ve been complaining about my signing skills a lot lately. Maybe next time I go [...]
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Back In Black

By hubs | Published: June 12, 2006
Despite my earlier experiences I participated in a karaoke night again. This time is wasn’t nearly as much of a disaster as last time. Not to say it wasn’t a disaster though. I rocked out AC/DC’s (I wish my keyboard had a lighting bolt symbol on it) “Back In Black”. It’s a great song for [...]
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Artifacts

By hubs | Published: June 7, 2006
Cast-Iron Pans, Skillets, Griddles and Cookware There are several reason that people rave about their cast-iron cookware. Besides being an ideal heat conductor, cast iron heats evenly and consistently, it is inexpensive and will last a lifetime with proper care, and it is an old-fashioned way to cook fat free. (tags: food recipes reference tutorial) [...]
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National Day Of Slayer

By hubs | Published: June 6, 2006
Today is June 6th, 2006 (6/6/06), and that can only mean one thing National Slayer Day!!! From the web site: 6.6.06 isn’t a date that comes around very often (once per millennium, to be exact), and while plenty of stupid horror movies and terrible albums will be released for the hype value of the day [...]
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True Blue

By hubs | Published: June 5, 2006
On Friday after work I headed over to My Brother’s Bar to meet up with a few peeps. After a couple of beers I was able to talk everyone into going to my favorite secret bar. I’m not sure why I wanted to take everyone there, I guess because I don’t want to go by [...]
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Artifacts

By hubs | Published: June 2, 2006
How to brew your own Tangpagne Tang+Champagne=Tangpagne (tags: howto recipes diy tutorial) Castles for sale worldwide Before I had linked to Islands for sale. This is a similar website but for castles. I think this one would work for me: 23 reception rooms, 25 bedrooms, 25 bathrooms. (tags: realestate shopping entertainment) Listible Is a website [...]
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Artifacting DOM Tree

By hubs | Published: June 1, 2006
Over at this site you can get a cool graphic representation of your website. Basically, this Java Applet lets you see the HTML tag hierarchy that your site uses to lay out your content. Below is what the DOM tree at Artifacting looks like. What does that mean for people like me and you? Unique, [...]
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