working streaming music for wii – http://www.finetune.com (or better – http://www.finetune.com/wii/aboutwii.html )

We broke down and got the internet channel for the wii last night – looks good! Already bookmarked some news sites, newtcam and lj. it reads pretty well, especially in single column mode. unfortunately, pandora doesn’t stream audio to the tv, but youtube works well. I’m going got try to locate some good streaming audio sites that aren’t too memory intensive and use flash or java rather than a proprietary system… maybe live365? Next to try is surfing to an mp3 to play it.

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The autumn leaves are really starting to pop… on our way this morning to work, BHK and I decided that we’re going to have to go on a photo-mission sometime this weekend.

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Brought Doughnuts into the office via Dunkin’s – they seemed to go over well. I’m glad it’s friday and the weekend has begun!

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LONDON (Reuters) – Elephants can literally smell danger, according to a study on Thursday that shows the animals can sniff out whether humans are friends or foes.

The study in Kenya found elephants detected both the scents and colors of garments worn by Masai tribesman who often come into conflict with the animals when herding cattle.

When detecting the scent of a Masai, the elephants turned up their trunks to orient themselves to the smell and then stampeded away until they reached cover in the tall grass.

“The degree with which the elephants are able to classify people hasn’t been shown before in any animal,” said Lucy Bates, a cognitive psychologist at the University of St. Andrews, who worked on the study published in Current Biology.

Working with the Amboseli Elephant Research Project in southern Kenya, the researchers presented the animals with clean clothing and material worn by either a Masai or Kamba tribesman.

They did not stampede when sniffing either clean clothes or those worn by Kamba tribesmen, farmers who pose little threat to the animals, Bates said.

“The reactions between the Masai and the Kamba were so different,” Bates said in a telephone interview. “They weren’t reacting as if it was the same predator.”

To test their reactions further, the researchers presented the elephants with red material, the same color as the Masai’s traditional costume, and plain white clothing.

When the animals spied red, they stamped their feet and shook their heads in an aggressive manner while the color white failed to spark such aggressive behavior, Bates said.

“The reaction with the Masai clothes was very intense,” Bates said.

The findings could boost conservation efforts in Kenya focused on keeping people and pachyderms apart, Bates said.

The researchers suspect elephants across Africa are just as perceptive. “Elephants would likely have the same ability to make these discriminations across Africa but it would be for different groups,” Bates said.

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BHK made evil twin Miis for us to play with… mine is a better pool player than I am – nearly cleared the table first time I used him. BHK’s doppelganger has a sinister smirk, and mine has a gruff, dour face. Also, there are Newton and Pyewacket miis. I like that other miis are visiting our system… but want more! She also made a jack-o-lantern guy, and “turtle head”.

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Internet was out this morning – can’t leech off of the neighbors wifi, as they have comcast too… at least we know that it isn’t just us! Thankfully, it came back at about 10am.

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Big Five Word Test Results Extroversion (47%) medium which suggests you are moderately talkative, outgoing, sociable and interacting.
Accommodation (78%) high which suggests you are overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense too often of your own individual development (martyr complex).
Orderliness (50%) medium which suggests you are moderately organized, structured, and self controlled while still remaining flexible, varied, and fun.
Emotional Stability (70%) high which suggests you are very relaxed, calm, secure, and optimistic.
Inquisitiveness (64%) moderately high which suggests you are intellectual, curious, imaginative but possibly not very practical.
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note to self – grab a copy of “sister rosetta goes before us – robert plant and allison krauss” could be keen.

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other note to self – pack tasty lunch for picnic photo-day tomorrow… and get allergy shots am!

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1 year ago – selfport, 6 facts, presidential poop, Great Sandwich, felon voting ban, child abduction

2 years ago – Who was ST?, dating in the workplace, hurricane Wilma cat 5, I’m a humanist, Scotto-Spock eyebrow, Newt caught on cam & 80’s tv references, general quiz, Yabba dabba doom? Fuggedaboutit
3 years ago – non-troll text, Graypumpkin gets me interested in Lost, fruit pies,fridge magnet-collaborative, cemetery prairie dogs, bro evicted

4 years ago – unusual case, Roger Bumpass, Carnival Strippers, Swedish Chef, LARGE MARGE!, Elephants, Death Factoids, pootering

5 years ago – Newt Palm art, got Zombies!, NOLF2 is great.

6 years ago – budgeting, happy thoughts, street names, Kev, nice chatties

7 years ago – Dark out, sex factoids, black and blue (via Scotto’s Wall Scrawls)