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Tuesday I purchased the new Mvix MX-760HD media player from ThinkGeek. It’s supposed to arrive today. So I’m really looking forward to it. The device plays just about every media format you can think of. And it connects easily to any standard media playback device. It sounds really great. I’ll finally have a way to [ READ MORE ]
Came across this article “Seventy-seven things you need to know about 07″ Some very interesting facts about the number seven. I liked #11. The seventh son of a seventh son has magic powers, according to Irish folklore, but is a vampire in Romanian legend. Kind of ironic. Most of the facts in the news article can also be [ READ MORE ]
Wired has an interesting story about a researcher who is trying to decode the Incan writing system. It seems that the Incas didn’t invent a written language. Rather they kept records using knots and rope. These records were called Khipu. Unfortunately, with the Spanish conquest of the Incan empire, the knowledge of how to read [ READ MORE ]