I created a woman so beautiful she made me melt

Really, I did.  You, too, can create a surreally attractive male or female by using the Face Laboratory run by two experimental psychologists working at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Your hyper-attractive face will actually be made by a computer. You’ll help by choosing the “ingredients” (a few or…

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Journalism quotes

I reviewed about six sources for quotes to find quotes about journalism and media.  Here are some of my favorites.  People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. -- A. J. Liebling (1904 - 1963) To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worthwhile. The first discipline…

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The risk of failing to put pursuit of truth first

“He who begins by loving Christianity more than Truth, will proceed by loving his sect or church better than Christianity, and end in loving himself better than all.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Aids to Reflection, “Moral and Religious Aphorisms,” no. 25 (1825)

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Can’t stop watching Internet videos . . . skate-boarding doggie . . .

I'm not addicted to web videos . . . Really.  I don't think I am.  Am I?   Oh, come on!   Watch this skate-boarding doggie and tell me it didn't make you smile.   This video really makes me want to know how to train a dog to do these tricks. 

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Full screen maps

Up to a few years ago, internet map programs offered map views that were too small to be easily used to plan trips.  That's all changed not.   Google Maps and Microsoft's Live Search offer full screen maps that you can slide around (your cursor turns into a small hand.   Lots…

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