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Microsoft released Windows XP on October 25, 2001. Still going strong.

Tech support humor to begin the week:

Everything Feels Better When It Works
Jebs Jobs
Blonde vs Windows
Foamy Tech Support, 2, 3, 4
Tongue Stuck in VCR
Technically Non-Support

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The Enigma column of New Scientist August 20 2005 issue presents this problem by Bob Walker:

A wind chime, with 10 chimes of lengths 1 cm to 10 cm, placed uniform distances apart around the circumference of a round disk so they are “balanced perfectly.” The 10 lengths of the chimes in this sequence form an 11-digit number. What’s the smallest possible number for balanced chimes?

Charles Petzold is a programmer/author, known to coders for writing a well-regarded text for Windows C developers. He has posted solutions to several New Scientist Enigma problems on his web site as C source code, including the above chime question.

Red Chile Salmon

1 fresh fillet of salmon
1/4 cup almond flour
1/8 cup New Mexico chile powder
dash of salt
1 egg white
cooking oil

Pour almond flour, chile, and salt into plastic bag.

Scale and cut salmon into serving size pieces, approximately 100grams to 200grams each. Coat each piece with egg white, shake off excess.

Shake each piece of fish separately in bag, coating thoroughly.

Fry in pan with oil over medium low heat, covered with lid, about 3 minutes per side until done. Crust will be very dark from chile, almost blackened. If too dark, try cooking at lower heat next time.

Enjoy!

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This clip from News Radio is rather good. A stressed manager is given an ambient noise machine, and becomes too mellow…

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