http://joshlowe.com Are you sure you wanted to come here? Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:41:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Saw an interesting story in New Scientist today. Evidently, scientists may have determined a way to genetically alter animals to no longer experience pain. The question raised in the article is what implications this may have on livestock animals. The argument is made that if cattle, for example, are ... http://joshlowe.com/2009/09/08/are-pain-free-animals-ok-to-eat/ Yep. Someone actually studied the origins of belly button lint. Secret of Lint http://joshlowe.com/2009/03/03/scientists-have-discovered-the-secret-of-belly-button-lint/ I have finally fixed my contact page where it will actually contact me. I spent a little time changing up a standard script used by people to send email. I wanted to make it where it would not be so easy for people to send me spam. ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/12/15/site-changes/ This weekend, I purchased a couple more gallons of adhesive remover, and went to town.  The stuff is pretty expensive (25 bucks a gallon), and I probably will get one more gallon to finish areas that didn't get clean.  So, it's 100 bucks just to remove all the old flooring, ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/12/15/dining-room-progress/ For some reason, our family has had a recent tradition of wanting to take on some gigantic home improvement task around the holidays.  Last year, it was tiling the floor of a bathroom, the year before it was redoing the walls in that bathroom, and the year before that it ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/12/12/re-doing-parents-dining-room/ This weekend I went on another backpacking trip. This time was more fun in that David (my usual hiking buddy), his wife Elizabeth, and their Uncle Mike went. The trail we covered is the Buckeye Trail and the East half of the Caney Creek Trail. The Buckeye ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/11/23/buckeye-trail-and-east-caney-creek-trail/ I know I said I wouldn't put drama on here... but it's not real specific, so I'm counting it as a compromise. Sometimes, life sucks. Last week was an extremely stressful week. I had all kinds of family problems and relationship problems. This week, the family problems have ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/11/19/drama/ Spent the weekend doing some backpacking in Kisatchie National Forest outside of Natchitoches, LA. Had a really good time, even though my usual backpacking partner couldn't go. So it was me and my dog Luke. I ended up covering about 8.5 miles the first day due to ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/11/03/backpacking-in-kisatchie-national-forest/ Ran across this article this morning.  It's amazing.  In Africa, there is a region that is splitting apart, which will one day create a new ocean.  This is something never before observed in nature, so it's really interesting.  The visual pictures associated with this article are absolutely fascinating and beautiful, ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/10/06/birth-of-an-ocean/ This has been a long week for me.  Specifically, work has been frustrating due to coworker problems and a concern I have about leadership, but I won't get detailed about that here.  Plus, I learned about a student at one of my schools being subjected to some of the worst ... http://joshlowe.com/2008/10/03/yard-eggs/