Tuesday, September 24, 2002

I found this salsa dancing weblog called SalsaFix. It's one of the few salsa oriented sites around that is updated regularly and actually has some decent content. Check it out!
7:39:53 PM    


We've all seen the situation where a young new female salsa dancer can't seem to shake that persistent Latin guy. If this is you or someone you know, then the Santa Salsera can help [here].
7:29:12 PM    



Vassili, right, leads Blair Bates around the dance floor at the Century Ballroom. Vassili started salsa dancing eight months ago and says it makes him feel sensual without being sexual. (Seattle P-I)The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is running an article on the Seattle salsa scene [here].

"You're going to develop separate circles of friends," says [Nadine] Chan. "You're going to have birthday parties salsa style. No birthday will pass without dancing."

That's definitely true. I can't remember the last time I had a party without Salsa. There was even lots of salsa at my wedding. It's funny to read an article about it in the newspaper, since I not only know everyone they interview, but everyone they took photos of as well. The salsa scene has steadily grown since I moved here three years ago (not that I had anything to do with the growth <grin>). I expect it will continue to grow. I don't know of any other activity that is so social and so physically active at the same time. Add to that the fact that salsa dancers generally drink much more water than alcohol when they go out.
2:44:17 PM    



Here's a little review of OEone HomeBase DESKTOP over at LinuxOrbit. As the article states, the Linux desktop now has OEone, Ximian GNOME, KDE, Lycoris, Lindows and Xandros competing for Linux desktop supremecy with Sun and Redhat each on the verge of releasing something new of their own. The race is becoming heated and that can only be a good thing for Linux.
2:04:09 PM    



Prism splitting white light (The New York Times)A group of physicists was asked to list the 10 most beautiful experiments of all time. The experiments they chose are well known examples of how individuals have shown properties of the world around us using simple and elegant methods [here]. From the mass and circumference of the Earth, to the composition of light, these experiments show that properties of nature can often be deduced without huge amounts of money and teams of scientists.
1:47:59 PM    



Yahoo! to offer games on-demand [here]. I think this would be a good way to test-drive a game, but if you really like a game and are going to spend a considerable amount of time playing it, it will probably be cheaper to buy it. Since many PC games already provide free demos that allow you to find out if you are going to like a game, games on-demand may turn out to be less handy than it sounds. On the other hand, if the price becomes low enough, it could turn out to be a great alternative to owning.
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