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Not quite Neverland: Peter Pan peanut butter’s special ingredient

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Recent news reveals that Peter Pan peanut butter somehow has salmonella.
How did this happen?
Wikipedia’s article on salmonellosis lists the ways that salmonella is typically spread.

The type of salmonella usually associated with infections in humans is called Non-Typhoidal Salmonella. It is usually contracted by ingesting raw or undercooked eggs, or from animals such as:

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Tango on the N800 (a first glimpse)

Thursday, February 8th, 2007

Since I recently got an N800, I decided it would be a good idea to port Tango icons to it. It looks quite amazing on the device’s tiny high-resolution screen.

Even though I made pretty decent progress tonight, there’s still a bit left to go. I want to polish it up a bit more [...]

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The N800

Monday, February 5th, 2007

I was one of the fortunate individuals to get a developer discount code for the Nokia N800.
It’s been a few days since receiving the device, and I have had it with me ever since. The tablet does have a few quirks, but I’ve put it to good use as an ebook reader, [...]

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