Archive for September 9th, 2006

No. 9 FSU needs two late touchdowns to stymie Troy’s upset bid

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

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Diggnation Episode #0062 - September 7, 2006

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

100 Most viewed Wiki Pages, Yoda Backpack, Grow a beard in 15 min!, CNN Mic on, 911 Dispatcher Crosses the Line, PS3 Price Going To Destroy Sony, New York to L.A. in Two Hours, Digg’s Eli White Releases PHP Book

Kinky Friedman Under Fire From Hunters

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

In a state where hunting seems as natural a campaign activity as baby-kissing, candidates for governor want to make sure they don’t misfire when it comes to Texas’ multibillion-dollar outdoors industry. Otherwise, they know it could cost them plenty on Election Day.
[Houston Chronicle]

Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

CaroKann writes “Geoplasma is planning to build a power plant in St. Lucie County, Florida that will generate electricity by vaporizing landfill trash and sewage treatment plant sludge with plasma arcs. It will be the first plant of its kind in the USA and the largest in the world. The power plant is expected to destroy 3000 tons of garbage, generating about 120 megawatts of electricity per day. The plant will also supply steam to a nearby Tropicana juice plant. The landfill is expected to be depleted in about 18 years. In addition, up to 600 tons of melted, hardened sludge will be produced each day and will be sold for road construction.”

Editor’s Notes: TIFF: Sex, sex, sex

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

TORONTO — The camera soars over a wonderfully colorful handmade model of New York City, popping into one window after another. At the tip of Lower Manhattan is a blood-red scar with two square lesions: Ground Zero. “Shortbus,” John Cameron Mitchell’s feature follow-up to “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” takes place in a fantasy New York — a place of sexual healing and forgiveness — located not in any precise geographical zone or erogenous zone, but between two temporal landmarks: September 11, 2001, and the blackout of 2003. In between, through brownouts and breakdowns, Mitchell posits a place of healing and humor and light and lots and lots of sex.

">No. 9 Florida State has hands full with Troy Live

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

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9/8 FIP in Inverness, Fla: (Delirious vs. Richards, Clark vs. Jay Briscoe)

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Davey Richards defeated Delirious in an excellent 25 minute match. After the contest Cyber Kong, a muscular individual who wears a futuristic mask and furry gear, hit Richards over the head with a pineapple. Roderick Strong made the save. Strong challenged Delirious to a match on night two of the “Second Year Spectacular.”

Rose snatches Canadian Open lead; four trail by one

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Justin Rose topped the crowded
third-round leaderboard in the Canadian Open, shooting a 5-under 65
in ideal scoring conditions Saturday on the rain-softened Hamilton
Golf and Country Club course.

September 7, 2006

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

100 Most viewed Wiki Pages, Yoda Backpack, Grow a beard in 15 min!, CNN Mic on, 911 Dispatcher Crosses the Line, PS3 Price Going To Destroy Sony, New York to L.A. in Two Hours, Digg’s Eli White Releases PHP Book

Moss sounds off on Raiders: ‘It’s crazy around here’

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Randy Moss offered some criticisms of the Raiders organization on Saturday.

The Nanopowers of Spinach

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Roland Piquepaille writes “Ohio University physicists have used a simple molecule of chlorophyll taken from spinach to develop a complex nanobiological switch. They used a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to image chlorophyll-a and then injected it with a single electron to manipulate the molecule into four positions. The researchers say this biological switch might be used in future applications for green energy, technology and medicine. Read more for additional pictures and references about this spinach-based biological switch.”

Bad break: Indians lose DH Hafner for rest of season

Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner
will miss the rest of the season with a broken right hand.