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Large, fully grown trees being transported to a new location. This is pretty amazing if they can pull it off – and apparently they are pulling it off, from the looks of it. Great shot, too!

I just uploaded new photos from the Kids’ Art Exhibit at the Triangle Gallery in downtown Calgary. You can see them on my flickr account.

This talk on Google Video is filled with eye-opening concepts about our bizarre universe. Jaw dropping, the title says, and I agree. It is also very funny. You must, simply must, watch it now. Drop everything.

Richard Dawkins is Oxford University’s “Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.” Author of the landmark 1976 book, The Selfish … all » Gene, he’s a brilliant (and trenchant) evangelist for Darwin’s ideas. In this talk, titled, “Queerer Than We Suppose: The strangeness of science,” he suggests that the true nature of the universe eludes us, because the human mind evolved only to understand the “middle-sized” world we can observe. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 22:42)

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Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on stage together at D5. There are a total of seven videos from this event available at the Wall Street Journal web site.

Great tips for making the most of physical workouts. Eating the wrong thing before an exercise or sports activity can be disastrous. I sucked at tennis yesterday because I over indulged a little bit at supper.