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The miscellaneous ramblings and thoughts of Dan G. Switzer, II

Scientists defy gravity with 'Spider-Man' gloves

I can't wait to climb like Spidey! Also, when are they going to come out w/X-Ray glasses that actually work? I sure wish I would have bought one of those Sony HandyCams when I had the chance. :)

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/06/02/offbeat.spiderman.reut/index.html


Cloudmark's SpamNet: Fight Spam Using Outlook

Looking for a good spam filter for Outlook? I've been using Cloudmark's SpamNet service for blocking spam in Outlook for about 8 months or so—since beta 4 or so—and I've found it to work tremendously. Now that the product is out of beta, they've gone to a commercial product and now charge a service fee for each month.

Anyway, the normal fee is $4.99 a month, but for a limited time they're offering it at a locked price of $3.99. I can do you better though. If you subscribe using my referral code of "hzx4hl" you can not only get the service for $1.99 for the first year (from the time of purchase) you'll also give me a free month of service. Ok, so the second thing benefits me, but you can sign up for the service for half the normal cost. I get enough e-mail that the service is easily worth $2 a month. It captures 99.9% of my spam—which adds up to several thousand e-mails a week. That's much better than weeding through them all on my own. Anyway, I find it's a top notched product and well worth paying for.

Referral Code: hzx4hl


Bear snacks on sub, and I'm not talking about the sandwich...

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During the ICEX 2003 naval exercises near the North Pole, the American submarine Connecticut (SSN 22) poked its sail and rudder through the ice. When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear. The periscope cam was turned on, and these photos of a polar bear chewing on the subs rear rudder resulted. The damage was said to be minor. The SSN 22 is a Seawolf class boat, one of the navy's newest submarines. It wasn't designed as a polar bear snack, but that's how life is sometimes.


Article: Billy the Kid Mystery Revisited

Legendary Western outlaw Billy the Kid is supposed to have died after pistol shots rang through the night in the New Mexico desert 122 years ago, and a local sheriff's office has reopened the books on the event to find out just who shot whom.

There are many stories about the death of Billy the Kid, with the prevailing history saying that Billy was gunned down by one the state's most famous Wild West lawmen, Sheriff Pat Garrett.