Stray Photons: Recent Posts
First, watch this most excellent video: Spooky Scary Skeletons at Weebl's Stuff. Then, when you feel like yo ... [Read more]
Who knew!? We found this video of Feist on YouTube, and my youngest just loves it. I wonder if all the muppets got free iPods after the show. :) (On a somewhat related not ... [Read more]
Dinner tonight was (vegetarian, of course) "chili con random" and very tasty. Chili con random is essentially chili made with whatever veggies are lying around :) It's based on ... [Read more]
So, sure enough, a VMWare Server virtual machine wasn't "real time" enough to act as the router and firewall. RTP audio quality was quite poor, with noticeable pops and silence g ... [Read more]
This week's star is the mongoose
Another entry in the "cute carnivore" series, we have the mongoose. Some mongooses are fairly smart and can learn simple tricks. They can be kept as pets to control vermin. (Your landlord will love you.) Mongooses giggle when mating. (I haven't tried that myself but I suspect it wouldn't go over so well.) One of their coolest features is that they are immune to snake neurotoxins because they have acetylcholine receptors! I guess that's why mongooses are sometimes used to hunt or fight venomous snakes.
