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POPSApollo 14 veteran claims aliens have visited Earthby
enbar Yesterday 9:20 PM Edgar Mitchell, who walked on the moon with Alan Shepard, said in a radio interview that he is privy to secret information, covered up by NASA and other US government arms, regarding contacts between extraterrestrials and human beings.
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POPSA DIY tiny cabin for about $2000 From a blog on "tiny houses." The builder featured here designed and built his own 14'x14' cabin, including solar-powered water pump, composting toilet, and a propane-powered refrigerator and stove, for about $2000.
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POPSLocal recommendations, conversation-style Docoloco allows you to post, discover, and request recommendations in your area. An Australian startup -- not much coverage in the rest of the world yet, but looks to be worth watching. Via Mashable.
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POPSTorah Borntrager on "how I escaped the Amish" A young woman who was raised Amish, but who left the community at age 15, tells her story. This is an interview by Tim Ferris (the time-management guru) -- not what I expected to see at his blog at all, but I assume it's genuine.
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POPSSuper-high-class ice cream Check out the flavor list.Prices range from about $12 to $15 per pint, plus $10 for second-day shipping on dry ice. Sounds like it might be worth it.
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POPSOpenDNS for the non-technically inclined When I mistype a URL in the location bar, Verizon hijacks my request and sends me to a B.S. "search results" page (full of ads and spam). This post is a little starter for how to circumvent your ISP's DNS server with OpenDNS.
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POPSMore on the future of Iraq's oil In case you missed this bit from last month (I did), a number of no-bid contracts have been put in place to bring US oil giants (plus BP and Total) back to Iraq as "service" operators. And -- surprise -- they get to be paid in oil, not cash.
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POPSInnumeracy's John Allen Paulos on credulity and love A great post from 3quarksdaily (Feb. 2008) about the human desire to believe in something, even a fraud. Context: Paulos has put together a book debunking probabilistic arguments for God's existence. The clip doesn't do it justice -- RTWT ("read the whole thing").