Some Stuff

There's not much that's special in organic wheat

• 20 October 2006
• From New Scientist Print Edition.
• http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19225744.900-theres-not-much-thats-special-in-organic-wheat.html

If organic food really is healthier for you, it almost certainly has nothing to do with its nutritional content. A study comparing wheat grown organically and conventionally found that chemically they were virtually indistinguishable.

This article outlines that organic food does not yeild any extra nutritional value, or have a different taste. It doesn't tackle the pesticides issue though, which is one of the actual (I say actual, since I have a strong sense that a lot of people adopt organic foods just to be "cool") reasons people choose organic.

Orionid meteors to peak this weekend

• 15:24 20 October 2006
• NewScientist.com news service
• David Shiga
• http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn10341&feedId=online-news_rss20

Missed this last night... Oh well :( Would have been cool. The earth is travelling through debris from Haley's comit.

Blurb.com

http://www.blurb.com/

Check this out, you compile a book of images (well, whatever you want) using their software, send it to them and they print it out, bind it, etc.. Make you a nice book.

Uncle Matt

So, turns out I'm going to be an uncle. How does this happen? Quite simply, my brother is having a kid. S/he's due in April.

Am I excited? Ya actually. His girlfriend, Steph, already has a little daughter, Vicky, who just meeting, has reassure me that dispite my brothers looks, the new kid will be absolutely adorable.

Talked to her on MSN last night, I was impressed, she can already read and write. I couldn't read until I was around 15, and she almost has me beet in spelling already too. :S

But ya, she already calls me "Uncle Matt", it's a weird feeling. :)

Teleportation

Yo, science is making progress towards teleportation, check it out: http://news.com.com/Quantum+information+teleported+from+light+to+matter/2100-11395_3-6122801.html?tag=cd.top