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Technology aims to replace animal cosmetic testing From KOMO News: Technology is being worked on to do away with “controversial” — not to mention horrific and fatal — testing of cosmetic-related chemicals on animals. A “working prototype” is expected to be available in 2011, and European laws require this type of testing to be eliminated […]

(Things that sound dirty, but aren’t.) “Near Arctic, Seed Vault Is a Fort Knox of Food” in the Feb. 29, 2008 New York Times is about the Global Vault. The vault is a high tech, high security storage facility for all kinds of seeds from collections all over the world. The seeds are being stored […]

From today’s (Nov. 29, 2007) New York Times: “Laptops, digital cameras and MP3 music players are among the hottest gift items this year. For preschoolers.” (You might need to be “a registered member of NYTimes.com” to access this article. If so, it’s free, it’s easy, and they won’t e-mail anything to you unless you allow […]

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February 19, 2007 This afternoon, I listened to part of an audio cassette recorded by my paternal grandparents over 30 years ago. Does anybody remember audio cassettes? On the great technology timeline, they fall between 8-tracks (even I’m too young to really be familiar with those) and CDs. My immediate family lived in the Puget […]

February 6, 2007 [thumb:1085:c:l=p] Microsoft’s new operating system is getting mixed reviews. See Fortune’s “test drive”; two New York Times articles — one in the Art & Design section, one in Technology; and the Hexus story about the end user license agreement (EULA).