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Link Digest 12/1/2008

• 10 Facts About Diamond You Should Know
  Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one . - Confucius
  There's no denying that diamonds are a traditional symbol of romance and love. Why, a man needs a diamond ring to ask the woman of his dream to marry him, right? But was it always that way? Did you know that someone worked very, very hard to make diamond rings de rigueur in marriage proposals? Or that diamonds aren't actually very rare at all? Or that they make lousy investments? Here 10 Facts…
• Everybody Run: Ultimate Frisbee
  This whole video is great, it keeps getting better. Make sure you watch long enough to see the ultimate frisbee tattoo. Now, the real question is, is that a frisbee tattoo that’s ulimate or a tattoo dedicated to ulimate frisbee? The world may never know. Link Via Gigglesugar
• Antique Music Video: 1928
  Good old timey music with Eddie Thomas and Carl Scott playing uke, washboard and kazoo playing “My Ohio Home.”
  Link via BoingBoing
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  Behind The Scenes Star Wars Photos
  Earlier this month, we told you about Early Star Wars Storyboards which Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai uploaded to Flickr. Well, Michael has just uploaded hundreds more of Star Wars photos to his Flickr account, many of which are fantastic behind the scenes photo like this one above of Luke Skywalker’s jump scene
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  The Case for Marriage
  Lately, marriage has gotten a bad rap. It seems like many people these days feel marriage is some archaic arrangement that holds people back from realizing their full potential. Even if people aren’t particularly anti-marriage , they will avoid getting hitched for as long as they can. Many men delay marriage because they believe that dating and co-habitating offer all of the benefits (particularly sex) of marriage without the commitment and responsibility. They are fooling…
• Recruits Speak on Croom
  Much of this will be in tomorrow’s Journal, but I spoke with a handful of MSU commitments today: Meridian QB Tyler Russell , Meridian WR Chris Smith , Lafayette County QB Montez Phillips and Itawamba AHS DL/FB William Shumpert . Smith and Phillips both said they will open up their recruiting again. Russell remains firm, for now. He spoke with
  assistant coach Reed Stringer today, and the departed Sylvester Croom spoke with him Saturday. “(Croom) said he truly believes in the program,” Russell said.…
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  11 Stamp Stories Worth Retelling
  By David A. Norris Philately: it’s the end-all, be-all of popular hobbies curiously pursued by nobody you know. And while we knew absolutely nothing about stamps when we started this article, we’re great at digging up the juiciest dirt on any subject under the sun. Here are 11 great stamp stories guaranteed to have you glued to your seats. 1. The Stamp That Started It All It’s the world’s first postage stamp. Issued on May 1, 1840, in Great Britain (but not valid for use until five days later),…
• If You Post It, They Will Pray
• The Most Remote Place on Earth
  Where would you exile an inept leader who ruined your country? Probably as far away as possible! Short of launching him into space, consider this island - the most remote inhabited location on the planet. There are other distant places, but they are uninhabited, mostly barren and unexciting - but here life is established in a very British way, so our world-leader-in-exile would not mess it up so easily, one hopes. (images credit: 1 , 2 ) Tristan da Cunha, the
  Loneliest…
• It's been way too long in coming.
  There will be a major upgrade to basicinstructions.net rolling out within the next day or three. The downside of this is that the rss feeds you are currently using will stop working. If you wish to continue receiving my feed you'll have to subscribe to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/basicinst The upgrades to the site include, but are not limited to, the following: A more reliable server! (No more "out of service" messages every time I post ... hopefully) Actual, useable, SEARCHABLE…