saintjimb's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=saintjimb2000-09-20T18:07:41ZCheese balls (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/Cheese+ballssaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-20T18:07:41Z2000-09-20T18:07:41ZA <a href="/title/snack">snack</a> <a href="/title/food">food</a> consisting of <a href="/title/spheroid">spheroid</a> puffs of cooked grain product colored orange and <a href="/title/flavor">flavor</a>ed with either real or imitation <a href="/title/cheddar+cheese">cheddar cheese</a> powder. Cheese balls are usually 1/2" to 3/4" in <a href="/title/diameter">diameter</a>, depending on the manufacturer. Similar to Cheese Doodles in <a href="/title/texture">texture</a> and <a href="/title/taste">taste</a>, if not <a href="/title/shape">shape</a>.
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(Look for a list of ingredients here soon)
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WARNING! Eating cheese balls will cause a <a href="/title/discoloration">discoloration</a> in your <a href="/title/fingertips">fingertips</a> for about two weeks (the time it takes to grow a new layer of skin) or until you <a href="/title/wash">wash</a> your hands, whichever comes first.
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Actually, "Cheese Ball" also refers to that <a href="/title/softball">softball</a>-sized <a href="/title/globe">globe</a> of cheese-product covered in nuts that you avoided like the <a href="/title/plague">plague</a> at the last company <a href="/title/Christmas">Christmas</a> <a href="/title/party">party</a>. But that's not what I was originally thinking of...<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>Toshiba Satellite (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/Toshiba+Satellitesaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-20T16:18:37Z2000-09-20T16:18:37ZI own a Toshiba Satellite 2535 CDS <a href="/title/laptop">laptop</a>. Its not a bad system, especially for the <a href="/title/money">money</a> I paid. However, it does have one major <a href="/title/flaw">flaw</a> that I can't seem to track down. The passive matrix screen seems to be divided in half <a href="/title/horizontal">horizontal</a>ly, with the top being lighter than the bottom by a noticable amount. Some people say its in the nature of a passive matrix <a href="/title/LCD">LCD</a>. I find it hard to believe <a href="/title/them">them</a>. In any case, I am stuck with it because I refuse to dump the kind of money into it needed to replace the screen. It is only mildly <a href="/title/annoying">annoying</a>, but worth mentioning, I think. Can anyone tell me if this is, indeed, a result of the passive screen, or a flaw in Toshiba's <a href="/title/design">design</a>?
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On the plus side for this laptop, it runs <a href="/title/Red+Hat">Red Hat</a> <a href="/title/Linux">Linux</a> like a <a href="/title/champ">champ</a>, and the installation was not at all the <a href="/title/Hell">Hell</a> I was told to expect when putting Linux on a portable.
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I guess with one vote for <a href="/title/chump">chump</a> and one for champ, I would have to average them and call this particular model average.<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>molecular weight (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/molecular+weightsaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-20T13:17:45Z2000-09-20T13:17:45Z<p>Add up all the individual <a href="/title/atomic+weight">atomic weight</a>s for each and every <a href="/title/atom">atom</a> in a <a href="/title/molecule">molecule</a>, and guess what? That's the molecular weight!</p>Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/Ultra+High+Molecular+Weight+Polyethylenesaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-20T13:10:40Z2000-09-20T13:10:40Z<p>A sub-class of <a href="/title/polyethylene">polyethylene</a> that is characterized by an extremely high <a href="/title/molecular+weight">molecular weight</a>, due to the length of the <a href="/title/polymer">polymer</a> chains. A typical use would be in surgical implants, such as a <a href="/title/knee">knee</a> or <a href="/title/hip">hip</a> <a href="/title/prosthesis">prosthesis</a>.</p>polyethylene (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/polyethylenesaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-20T13:05:24Z2000-09-20T13:05:24Z<p>Don't forget about <a href="/title/Ultra+High+Molecular+Weight+Polyethylene">Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene</a> (UHMWPE). This fantastic stuff is used in surgical <a href="/title/implants">implants</a>, such as replacement <a href="/title/knee">knee</a>s and <a href="/title/hip">hip</a>s. It is tough enough to replace sections of <a href="/title/bone">bone</a>, but has enough <a href="/title/cushion">cushion</a> and low enough <a href="/title/friction">friction</a> to also replace the <a href="/title/cartilage">cartilage</a> in a <a href="/title/joint">joint</a>. It has incredible wear <a href="/title/characteristic">characteristic</a>s (think of how much abuse your knee takes each day) and is relatively easy to <a href="/title/machine">machine</a>. The only downside is that <a href="/title/sterilization">sterilization</a> generally leads to the formation of <a href="/title/free+radical">free radical</a>s, which adversely affects <a href="/title/performance">performance</a>.</p>Acoustically perfect bathroom (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb/writeups/Acoustically+perfect+bathroomsaintjimbhttp://m.everything2.com/user/saintjimb2000-09-19T18:56:40Z2000-09-19T18:56:40Z<p>Furthermore... the <a href="/title/acoustics">acoustics</a> of <a href="/title/bathroom">bathroom</a>s tend to make (typically deeper) male <a href="/title/voice">voice</a>s sound much more <a href="/title/resonant">resonant</a> than those of women. Maybe this is the reason there are so many men singing terribly at <a href="/title/karaoke">karaoke</a>. They sound <a href="/title/deceptive">deceptive</a>ly good singing in the <a href="/title/shower">shower</a> and think it is because of their <a href="/title/skill">skill</a> and not the acoustical <a href="/title/physics">physics</a> of their bathroom.</p>