links for 2008-09-09

Zplet: Zork I: The Great Underground Empire
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BASSETT CELEBRATES 106 YEARS WITH 106 CUSTOM SOFAS GIVEN AWAY FOR 106 DAYS
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Life in prison for Ohio mom in microwave-baby case
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Man accused of killing dog with sword
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Using DBCC PAGE to Examine SQL Server Table [...]

Experts Confirm Open Water Circling Arctic

There have been some breathless headlines in the last few days about the North Pole’s being an “island” for the first time in 125,000 years.

clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com

[UPDATE 9/6: The National Ice Center on Friday said that a navigable passage has opened through sea ice along the entire Russian Arctic coast, although the [...]