Patrick Havens on May 18th, 2010

Kevin Costner is know for his environmental stance, and has taken flack for some of the things he’s said. That said this News Story shows that it seems he may be able to back up his feelings with something that won’t tank faster then Waterworld… (okay bad pun since I actually liked the movie)

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Patrick Havens on November 10th, 2009

I love out of the box thinking, and here is a person who took a complicated process and simplified it enough that I’d almost call it revolutionary. Michelle Khine arrived at the University of California­’s brand-new Merced campus in 2006 eager. She was experimenting with tiny liquid-filled channels in hopes of devising chip-based diagnostic tests, [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 6th, 2009

“How old is your Scotch? Ask a scientist. Alarmed by the rising amount of counterfeit antique Scotch whisky circulating worldwide, industry experts have turned to carbon dating to verify age, London’s Daily Telegraph reports. In one case, a 1856 bottle of Macallan Rare Reserve, expected to sell for $30,000, was withdrawn from auction after tests [...]

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Patrick Havens on March 18th, 2009

As a graphic Artist I used fonts and fight fonts ALL the time.  So when I ran across this table (No I didn’t make it) I wanted to share and keep for posterity. Here is a Periodic Table of Typefaces.

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Patrick Havens on December 23rd, 2008

News has emerged of the latest threat to nature: drug-addled bees, hopped up on crack by crazed scientists. Some bee experts believe that cocaine could have “as devastating an effect on honey bee society as it does on human society”. The scientists in question are Andrew Barron of Macquarie University in Australia and Gene Robinson [...]

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Patrick Havens on December 9th, 2008

Young Chinese girl deafened by excessive kissing A young Chinese woman was left partially deaf following a passionate kiss from her boyfriend. The 20-something from Zhuhai in Guangdong province arrived at hospital having completely lost the hearing in her left ear, said local reports. The incident prompted a series of articles in the local media [...]

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Patrick Havens on November 21st, 2008

Its not often that a simple act of nature as predictable… and as unpredictable like a Meteor gets caught on tape. Its even rarer when its as spectacular as this.

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Patrick Havens on November 13th, 2008

The Chicago Tribune posted a story about a local girl who decided to find out how tolerant supporters of Obama who was preaching tolerance was.  Click to read the story by John Kass (Click read more in case it gets wiped after a short time… ie. not archived) Quote: Catherine never told us which candidate [...]

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Patrick Havens on September 10th, 2008

15:02, that’s it. Second beam all the way round and the LHC is up and running. about 3 hours ago from web 13:55, the LHC’s second beam is now on its way. about 5 hours ago from web 10:25, 10 September 2008. Historic moment. The LHC first beam has just circulated. Amazing moment. about 8 [...]

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Patrick Havens on May 4th, 2008

Here was a cool video that aguy shot while parachuting and reaching over 900 miles an hour and the speed of sound.  The whole time unprotected… but for his suit.  And amazing video about something I sorta heard about but didn’t fully understand.

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