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Archive for February 15th, 2003

Cite Them Right

Posted in General on February 15th, 2003 No Comments »

Just for future reference, Cite them Right is a souce for the proper way to organise bibliographic references.

Linking to Amazon

Posted in Rants on February 15th, 2003 No Comments »

Ever noticed how people just automatically link to an Amazon entry when they are discussing a book online? Why has Amazon become the de facto standard authority on books? Chris just hates this and I’ve got to say that I’m not to fond of the practice, either. I’d like to start a movement, unless you [...]

Dolly is dead.

Posted in Cloning on February 15th, 2003 No Comments »

Dolly the Sheep is dead. She was the first cloned mammal. Created in 1996 by Scotland’s Roslin Institute when they fused the nucleus of a cell taken from one sheep’s mammary tissue with the egg cell from another sheep, Dolly provoked controversy with people saying that cloned humans couldn’t be far off.

Dolly gave birth to [...]

George Bush Doll

Posted in US on February 15th, 2003 No Comments »

Love him or hate him, you know you are going to want one of these dolls. If for nothing else you can push pins in him.
Talking George Bush Doll. Press the button on George’s back to hear him say 17 phrases in his own voice.

Note: To those in an office the linked website does have [...]