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Saturday, August 27, 2005

Artifact hunters to get criminal checks in bill headed to Easley. Artifact hunters seeking permission from the state to dig or dive for historic objects have to undergo a criminal background check in a bill given final legislative approval Tuesday. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Make Plasma in your Microwave using only a grape. Forget starting fire with water; creating plasma from a grape puts you light years ahead of the fire people. [digg]
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Apache upset at Gila reburials. A great-grandson of famed Apache leader Geronimo is upset about the reburial of American Indian remains at Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, saying Apaches weren't consulted. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Custom Podcast Themes by the guy who wrote the This Week in Tech Theme. The guy who wrote the theme for This Week in Tech has started up a service to make custom theme music for podcasts really cheap or even free. We all know how bad most podcasts sound, and good quality music is one way to help make podcasts sound more professional. The TWIT theme is great, and he has a bunch more available on the site. [digg]
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Toyota Prius Hybrid Owners Hacking To Increase Gas Mileage. Gremban, an electrical engineer and committed environmentalist, spent several months and $3,000 US tinkering with his car. Plugging the car into a wall outlet at his home in this San Francisco suburb - all for about a quarter. [digg]
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