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I frequently find interesting Stuff on the internet. Sometimes I blog about it. Sometimes I just post links, photos, or whatever. This is the Stuff I do, or the Stuff I find interesting

Combining Two RSS Feeds in CFScript
Web Development

Combining Two RSS Feeds in CFScript

by Brian Lang on Jan 12, 2012 • Comments Closed
In a previous post, I had written an example of combining two RSS feeds into one. At some point, I lost the code from the example, probably from clicking save one-too-many times in WordPress. WordPress is quite finicky about posting any kind of programming code. I did some research, and...
Parks Canada's Glacier Walk Proposal
Opinion / Outdoors

Parks Canada’s Glacier Walk Proposal

by Brian Lang on Jan 11, 2012 • Comments Closed
Parks Canada emailed me today in regards to the Glacier Walk proposal in Jasper National Park. They provided several pieces of information: Setting the Record Straight (PDF) Questions and Answers – The Proposed Brewster Glacier Discovery Walk Link to Brewster’s Glacier Discovery Walk website It almost sounds like the proposal...
Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS
Science

Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS

by Brian Lang on Jun 7, 2011 • Comments Closed
Photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour docked at the ISS When the Space Shuttle Endeavour was docked at the space station on its final visit there, a Soyuz undocked to return to earth. The cosmonauts were able to take photos of the station and the docked shuttle – the first, and...
Seasons Do Not Start on the Solstices or Equinoxes
Miscellaneous / Outdoors

Seasons Do Not Start on the Solstices or Equinoxes

by Brian Lang on Dec 20, 2010 • Comments Closed
By many ancient traditions, the solstices are the Middle of their respective seasons (as in Shakespeare’s play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”). This is especially true in an agricultural society. It is our modern society that has renamed the solstices as the start of the seasons instead. In the Celtic tradition,...
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Lifehacks

Cravings 911

by Brian Lang on Jun 10, 2011 • Comments Closed
Good Housekeeping has posted Cravings 911. It’s a (short) list of items you should eat instead when craving something that’s bad for you.
Meditation for geeks.
Funny

Meditation for geeks.

by Brian Lang on Jun 10, 2011 • Comments Closed
Source: Joy of Tech
No excuse for high price of generic drugs
Opinion / Science

No excuse for high price of generic drugs

by Brian Lang on Jun 7, 2011 • Comments Closed
The Vancouver Sun ‘s article: No excuse for high price of generic drugs. Generic prescription drugs cost too much. The government is not acting in our best interests by not demanding lower prices. Ontario has lower prices than BC. Internationally, there are lower prices still. C’mon BC, get a backbone and force the generic drug...
What Sugar Actually Does to Your Brain and Body (via @Lifehacker)
Science

What Sugar Actually Does to Your Brain and Body (via @Lifehacker)

by Brian Lang on Jun 7, 2011 • Comments Closed
Lifehacker has posted an article on What Sugar Actually Does to Your Brain and Body. We consume an enormous amount of sugar, whether consciously or not, but it’s a largely misunderstood substance. There are different kinds and different ways your body processes them all.
iOS 5 Hands On: It’s a Nice Improvement
Technology

iOS 5 Hands On: It’s a Nice Improvement

by Brian Lang on Jun 7, 2011 • Comments Closed
Gizmodo has an article on the best new features of iOS 5. iOS 5 Hands On: It’s a Nice Improvement Here’s a round up of some of the best new features in iOS 5 (iPhone and iPad)
The iPhone Extinguished All Doubts Today(via @Gizmodo)
Technology

The iPhone Extinguished All Doubts Today(via @Gizmodo)

by Brian Lang on Jun 6, 2011 • Comments Closed
Gizmodo has posted an opinion piece on the changes to the iPhone OS: The iPhone Extinguished All Doubts Today(via @Gizmodo) Exciting developments! Once iOS 5 ships this fall, the BlackBerry is obsolete since the equivalent to BBM will then be on iPhones and iPads. There’s no remaining reasons to stay on BlackBerries at that point....
The Mystery of the Canadian Whiskey Fungus
Science

The Mystery of the Canadian Whiskey Fungus

by Brian Lang on Jun 1, 2011 • Comments Closed
Wired Magazine has posted an interesting article: The Mystery of the Canadian Whiskey Fungus. Every once in a while I run across a well written story. This is one of those
Make Your Own Ice Cream Bars
Miscellaneous

Make Your Own Ice Cream Bars

by Brian Lang on Jun 1, 2011 • Comments Closed
I ran across an article on how to Make Your Own Ice Cream Bars Everyone loves ice cream bars in the summer. Those you get from the grocery store leave a lot to be desired. This looks very tasty.
5 Great Experimental Features You Should Enable from the Google Maps Laboratory
Technology

5 Great Experimental Features You Should Enable from the Google Maps Laboratory

by Brian Lang on May 31, 2011 • Comments Closed
GIzmodo has an article on 5 Great Experimental Features You Should Enable from the Google Maps Laboratory – Five great experimental features you can enable in Google Maps that solve a few annoying problems and make using the service easier, too.
Miscellaneous

Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries

by Brian Lang on May 30, 2011 • Comments Closed
Interesting statistics. Crude Oil and Total Petroleum Imports Top 15 Countries. The USA buys almost 1/4 of its crude oil from Canada and 1/8 each from Mexico & Saudi Arabia.
Uncategorized

DNA Tests Find "Disturbingly Widespread" Seafood Fraud

by Brian Lang on May 27, 2011 • Comments Closed
Link: DNA Tests Find “Disturbingly Widespread” Seafood Fraud Do you eat fish? You’re may not be getting what you think you’re buying. I’m sure the problem exists in Canada as well as in the USA.
Uncategorized

A Water Purification Plant for an Entire Town. In a Box.

by Brian Lang on May 26, 2011 • Comments Closed
Link: A Water Purification Plant for an Entire Town. In a Box. The tornado that deleted Joplin, MO left thousands homeless and without access to basic necessities like potable water. The PureSafe First Response Water Systems is a full water purification plant on wheels that could provide water for the entire town.

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