tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17057268148907947482024-03-08T04:33:41.745-08:00BlogSpotAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-60253682966470356782014-04-16T21:40:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:41:25.121-07:00How to Watch a Lunar Eclipse<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140416cat6_how_to_watch_a_lunar_eclipse.htm">
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<span style="background-color: navy; color: white; padding: 4px;">Tips and Techniques [1404.16]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I enjoyed watching Monday night's total lunar eclipse. For future
reference, I thought I should make a few notes on what to do when the
next one occurs.
First, go to the NASA eclipse site and look up details for the eclipse.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-81919223055994792512014-04-12T21:33:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:33:55.110-07:00Tissue Animals <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140412cat7_tissue_animals.htm">
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<span style="background-color: red; color: white; padding: 4px;">Mildly Interesting [1404.12]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw this fascinating stop action animation on imgur, and the more I looked
into it the more amazed I became.
It was made by the Japanese tissue paper company Nepia.
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1404.09]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2013 holiday newsletter) </i>
At the end of September, we saw a launch of the SpaceX
Falcon 9 rocket as it sent a weather satellite into polar orbit from
Vandenberg Air Force Base.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-51794583726634060972014-04-08T21:26:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:27:19.726-07:00Washington DC 2013<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140408cat4_washington_dc_2013.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1404.08]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2013 holiday newsletter) </i>
In March we spent a week touring Washington, D.C. I had never been, so we
tacked it on to a trip I was making to attend a kendo seminar in Annandale,
VA. As usual, we crammed everything possible into each day.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-73920840080346075562014-04-07T21:22:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:23:12.383-07:00Death Valley 2013 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140407cat4_death_valley_2013.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/death_valley_2013.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1404.07]</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2013 holiday newsletter) </i>
All year long we had planned to visit Death Valley in winter, to attempt to get
a good view of Comet ISON.
Unlike the comet, Death Valley did not disappoint!
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-51254141973330456402014-04-04T20:59:00.000-07:002014-04-19T21:00:44.844-07:00Flies and Stripes<a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140404cat7_flies_and_stripes.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/zebra.jpg" /></a>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: red; color: white; padding: 4px;">Mildly Interesting [1404.04]</span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A few days ago, biologists from UC Davis published their research into the
question "why do zebras have stripes?" The answer: to ward off blood-sucking
flies.
Though more research is needed to explain exactly why
stripes attract fewer flies,
I can relate to the phenomenon.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-51621239992483549162014-03-30T02:02:00.000-07:002014-04-01T02:03:49.403-07:00First Lunar Eclipse <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140330cat7_first_lunar_eclipse.htm">
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<span style="background-color: red; color: white; padding: 4px;">Mildly Interesting [1403.30]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A total lunar eclipse will occur in a couple of weeks, on April 15th.
I was telling Dave about seeing my first lunar eclipse as a child, and he
suggested trying to figure out exactly when it occurred.
It took some detective work, but I think I have it.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-79235127746440337012014-03-28T01:59:00.000-07:002014-04-01T01:59:49.980-07:00Transit of Venus 2012 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140328cat4_venus_hawaii_2012.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.28]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In our 2004 newsletter, we wrote about seeing the transit of Venus from
Africa.
Venus crossed between the earth and the sun again on
June 5th, the last time it will do so until the year 2117.
This time we saw it from Maui.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-25217801941046001182014-03-27T01:52:00.000-07:002014-04-01T01:53:20.192-07:00Annular Solar Eclipse 2012 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140327cat4_annular_eclipse_2012.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.27]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Last year, we wrote about scoping out observing sites for this year’s May
20th annular eclipse. We decided then on the general region east of Reno,
Nevada, and on May 19th we spent many hours searching the area.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-73402418637003332582014-03-26T01:48:00.000-07:002014-04-01T01:48:30.483-07:00London Trip 2012<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140326cat4_london_2012.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/bigben_2012.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.26]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Prior to Abisko, we spent several full days exploring London and its
surroundings. Hotels were shockingly pricey in the city, so we stayed at a
hotel at Heathrow and used public transportation to get around.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-85074928119251556072014-03-25T01:40:00.000-07:002014-04-01T01:43:08.950-07:00Aurora Lapland Trip 2012 <span style="font-size: large;">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.25]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2012 holiday newsletter) </i><br />
We really had not planned to leave the country in 2012, but we didn’t want
to miss seeing what may be the best Northern Lights activity this decade.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-57087961305552465492014-03-23T14:23:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:24:20.203-07:00Pudding Cream Cheese Cake <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140323cat2_pudding_cream_cheese_cake.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/pcc_cake.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: darkorange; color: white; padding: 4px;">Home and Gear [1403.23]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a simple dessert recipe with a shortbread crust and layers of
cream cheese, chocolate pudding, and whipped topping. I got the recipe
decades ago from one of Dave's relatives, but it turns out you can find it
many places online, though with very different names.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-9150154869112585682014-03-22T14:20:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:21:10.250-07:00Segway Tours 2011 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140322cat4_segway_tours_2011.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/segway.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.22]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2011 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We have written in previous newsletters about the segway, a
two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter. This year we had a
chance to take two more awesome tours, in Griffith Park and Atlanta.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-85534155533415364082014-03-21T14:17:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:18:12.705-07:00Techshop: Maker Heaven 2011 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140321cat4_techshop_2011.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/techshop.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.21]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">TechShop is a membership workshop similar to a gym, but with shop tools
instead of fitness equipment. It really is heaven for anyone who loves to
make things.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-31893917110461734032014-03-20T14:14:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:14:49.511-07:00California-Nevada Loop 2011 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140320cat4_calif_nev_loop_2011.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.20]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">After exotic travels in recent years,
we stayed totally within the United States in 2011.
A trip in October took us in a huge loop through much of California and a
bit of western Nevada.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-40732452777732417422014-03-17T14:06:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:07:18.278-07:00Four Aces <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140317cat7_four_aces.htm">
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<span style="background-color: red; color: white; padding: 4px;">Mildly Interesting [1403.17]</span></span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I just returned today from 5 nights in Las Vegas with Dave's mom, dad,
and sister Joyce. Dave and I are not big gamblers, and basically go
to have a good time catching up with the family. On this trip I was
a luckier than usual.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-90676576295823735842014-03-11T14:02:00.000-07:002014-03-25T14:03:04.425-07:00LCHF Salmon Cauliflower Chowder <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140311cat2_lchf_salmon_cauli_chowder.htm">
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<span style="background-color: darkorange; color: white; padding: 4px;">Home and Gear [1403.11]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I like cauliflower, but it's a bit monotonous to eat a whole head steamed.
I also wanted a way to use some of the 3 pounds of salmon you typically end
up with when you buy fresh salmon at Costco.
So
I came up with this recipe for salmon cauliflower chowder.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-51488306719812898172014-03-07T13:55:00.000-08:002014-03-25T13:55:42.666-07:00Santiago and Valparaiso Trip 2010 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140307cat4_santiago_trip_2010.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/valparaiso.jpg" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.07]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Prior to flying to Rapa Nui (Easter Island), we stopped over in
Santiago, Chile’s capital, as well as the port city of Valparaiso, about
an hour and a half northwest of Santiago.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-48796214634680196132014-03-06T13:51:00.000-08:002014-03-25T13:57:08.735-07:00Easter Island Trip 2010 <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140306cat4_easter_island_trip_2010.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.06]</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter) </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Easter Island (Polynesian name Rapa Nui) is one of the world’s most remote
inhabited places, located about 2200 miles west of
Santiago, Chile. It is shaped like a right triangle
with an extinct volcano at each vertex.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-101778982694435492014-03-05T13:43:00.000-08:002014-03-25T13:56:52.145-07:00Solar Eclipse and Moai 2010<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140305cat4_moai_solar_eclipse_2010.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/moai_pinhole.png" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1403.05]</span></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2010 holiday newsletter) </i></span>
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In July we went to see a total eclipse of the sun. Yes, another one! But this
truly was one we could not miss, as it passed over Easter Island, home to the
mysterious moai (huge stone carvings of human heads).
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-59654194087640481602014-02-26T15:58:00.000-08:002014-02-28T15:58:13.284-08:00Aeropress Coffee Maker <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140226cat2_aeropress_coffee.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/aeropress.bmp" /></a>
<span style="background-color: darkorange; color: white; padding: 4px;">Home and Gear [1402.26]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I saw a coworker using this contraption at work one day, and the
more I read about it, the more I wanted to get one.
The amazon product description section
includes a very detailed comparison of the AeroPress to other brewing methods.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-80367282933163098502014-02-24T15:54:00.000-08:002014-02-28T15:54:54.774-08:00White Mountains Trip 2009 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140224cat4_bristlecones_2009.htm">
<img align="right" src="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/img/thumb/bristlecone.bmp" /></a>
<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1402.24]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter) </i>
In May we took a 300-mile trip to the White Mountains to
see bristlecone pines, the oldest living trees in the world, some almost
5000 years old.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-75076680215370758952014-02-23T15:51:00.000-08:002014-02-28T15:51:54.370-08:00China and Tibet Trip 2009 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140223cat4_china_tibet_2009.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blueviolet; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1402.23]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter) </i>
Although we had already visited China several times, on this trip we were able
visit many new places, including Hangzhou, Chengdu, and Tibet, culminating in
a trip to Everest Base Camp.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-61318337692093960442014-02-22T15:47:00.000-08:002014-02-28T15:47:34.728-08:00China Solar Eclipse 2009 <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140222cat4_china_solar_eclipse_2009.htm">
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<span style="background-color: blue; color: white; padding: 4px;">Culture and Travel [1402.22]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>(this article first appeared in our 2009 holiday newsletter) </i> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We were seriously considering skipping this eclipse trip, but several
items pushed us into going. First, this eclipse, lasting about 5 minutes in
eastern China, would be the longest one of this century.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11041263612844874725noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705726814890794748.post-90235867408227800812014-02-19T15:32:00.000-08:002014-02-28T15:32:22.914-08:00Balancing Goats <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://seeking42.com/archives/2014/140219cat7_balancing_goats.htm">
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<span style="background-color: red; color: white; padding: 4px;">Mildly Interesting [1402.19]</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'm sure you have already seen the youtube video
"Chèvres en équilibre" (balancing goats), which went viral with
5 million views after just two days (as of this writing).
However, did you notice what happens at time 0:45?
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