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Last login: 22 hours agoSciencebase: David is a married guy from Cambridge, England, UK.; Likes 796 pages, 16 videos, 19 photos • 104 fans • Received 16 reviews; Member since Mar 31, 2005

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Speed_of_light_from_Ear…: May 8, 10:27am 1 review humor, science, relativity, lightspeed, velocity-of-light
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Speed_of_light_from_...; This scale model of the earth and moon shows just how slow light travels between the two, taking about 1.3 seconds. Sloooooow.

Beta Beat: OpenOffice 3.0 Beta Now Available, Adds Native OS X Support: May 8, 7:12am 1 review linux, mac-os, windows, openoffice
http://lifehacker.com/388384/openoffice-30-beta-now-available-adds-native-os-...; OpenOffice is now available for Mac, Linux, oh, and Windows. Offers a whole feast of features and more to the point it does pretty much everything you need for free.

Programmed death boosts business: May 8, 6:14am 2 reviews business, economics, commerce, credit-crunch
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ip-pdb050808.php; Businnes should learn about apoptosis if they want to survive a recession.

Drugs and Poisons: Puerarin - Good for hangovers, good for hearts: May 8, 3:34am 1 review health, heart, alcoholism, hangover
http://www.drugsandpoisons.com/2008/05/puerarin-good-for-hangovers-good-for.html; Apparently, there's a Chinese plant that's edible and running rampant across the USA, locked within is a natural chemical that can cure a hangover, reduce alcohol dependence and much more...

Worldmapper: The world as youve never seen it before: May 7, 11:40pm 1 review science, stats, research, map
http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=205; A mapa scientifica

MUSIC VIDEOS: Last.fm Plus YouTube&Like MTV but with Music You Like: May 7, 1:20am 1 review music, last-fm, youtube, mtv
http://lifehacker.com/387642/lastfm-plus-youtubelike-mtv-but-with-music-you-like; Last.fm Youtube mashup means MTV but with music you like!

Official Google Blog: Helping victims of Cyclone Nargis: May 7, 12:29am 1 review blogs, google, burma, cyclone, nargis
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/helping-victims-of-cyclone-nargis.html; Google helping victims of cyclone Nargis

Inside AdSense: AdSense for search now powered by Custom Search: May 6, 12:52am 1 review internet, google, adsense
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/05/adsense-for-search-now-powered-by.html; From the page: "We're happy to let you know that AdSense for search is now powered by Custom Search. If you've used Custom Search Engine (CSE) before, you know that Custom Search offers advanced customization options to help improve the accuracy of your search results and tailor them to what users are looking for. With the integration of Custom Search into AdSense for search, you can take advantage of CSE's most popular features without having to leave your AdSense account."