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Show Notes for April 24, 2013

Génépi "liqueur or aperitif, similar in makeup to absinthe" Juniper "plants… widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere" "best known for the primary flavoring in gin" "responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for juniper, genever" Gabriel & Daniel's Mexican Grill  in Burlingame photos Combats de reines  en Valais "La saison des combats débute fin-mars et s’achève en apothéose au mois de mai avec la Finale cantonale d’Aproz." "La prime à la vache: c'est fini" , article du Nouvelliste Oskar Freysinger sur Wikipedia Lawrence Lessig "is an American academic and political activist. He is a proponent of reduced legal restrictions on copyright, trademark, and radio frequency spectrum, particularly in technology applications, and he has called for state-based activism to promote substantive reform of government with a Second Constitutional Convention

Show Notes for April 18, 2013

To see the information Google uses to target ads to you, go to Ads Settings page , then under  Interests click on Edit Church teaching on the use of condoms : "Pope Benedict XVI has said it was acceptable to use a prophylactic when the sole intention was to "reduce the risk of infection" from AIDS. Pope Benedict XVI has restated the Catholic Church’s believes that contraception interferes with the creation of life, but using a condom to preserve life and avoid death could be a responsible act – even outside marriage." La Nuova Era Cuadra II Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew : a great book about early Christianity. Alternatives to religion Humanism  "is a group of philosophies and ethical perspectives which emphasize the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers individual thought and evidence (rationalism, empiricism) over established doctrine or faith (fideism).&quo

Show Notes for April 11, 2013

Deserts Death by Chocolate , with the flowerless (so gluten free) version called "chocolate decadence" Cheesecake, also called  gâteau au fromage  in French, a very popular desert in Ancient Greece, and now a regional dish in certain parts of Europe, as in the Poitou region, where it is known as "tourteaux au fromage frais" Family Reasons my son is crying World Depressing: " gang rapes of women in Tahrir have become so common the last two years […]" Decreasing murder rate in China , official figures showing a sharp drop in China’s murder rate are misleading

Show Notes for April 3, 2013

Quantum computers New York Times article " A Strange Computer Promises Great Speed " Cavium maker of OCTEON Multi-core MIPS64 Processors 50 strongest beers in the world Asm.js Spec Great article by John Resig (of jQuery, etc.) " The JavaScript Compile Target " Google Blink Chromium Blog:  Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project Ars Technica:  Google going its own way, forking WebKit rendering engine TechChrunch article History of the browser user-agent string Gil Fronsdal "The primary teacher for the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California." AudioDharma podcast HEADSPACE "meditation for modern living" Gypse Le gypse est une espèce minérale composée de sulfate dihydraté de calcium de formule CaSO4·2H2O. Le mot gypse désigne ainsi à la fois une espèce chimique et une roche.