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Archive for June 27th, 2002

2002-06-27

googlebot heard me!

So Oblomovka finally appeared in the Google rankings – with the cached copy containing my recent whinging. Justice!

If you do the search yourself, watch out: it’s Google Dance time. That means Google will return different results depending on which set of servers you access. This happens once a month, as Google rejigs its page rankings. It’s a Saturnalia for searches.

every ampmeter must go!

I am so shooting myself in the foot publicising this: an auction this Sunday of tinkey-toy molecular models, demonstration-size slide rules, and “portable potentiometers” from the attic of Berkeley Physics Department.

cure for anorexia

Typical Swedes: think everything can be solved with a nice sauna

A Swedish clinic says it has developed a highly effective treatment for anorexia and bulimia, eating disorders affecting many thousands of people, especially teenaged girls.

The treatment involves training patients in normal eating habits then making them sit down to rest in rooms with a temperature as high as 104 Fahrenheit.