My sidekick has been missing all day. I know I saw it in the house this morning. I can't imagin elife without it anymore. I don't know how all you people live without such a device. i feel stupid, slow, and disconnected.

Well you should be seeing a 3d mushroom with a texture loaded in from a separate site. If not you should see a link taking you to a page where you can get the plugin. Hopefully it works.

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Has anybody else wondered about the history of MSG. This is copied directly from here

Discovery of Glutamate
The first steps in the discovery of MSG took place at Tokyo Imperial University in 1907. Professor Kikunae Ikeda noted "There is a taste which is common to asparagus, tomatoes, cheese and meat, but which is not one of the four well-known tastes of sweet, sour, bitter and salty."

He started experimental work on Kombu Seaweed, another source in which he found the taste was present. He succeeded in extracting crystals of Glutamic Acid, 100 grams of Kombu Seaweed containing around 1 gram of Glutamate. He noted that the Glutamate had a distinctive taste, different from Sweet, Sour, Bitter and Salty, he gave this taste the name "umami".

Does anyone belive that Dole bran organic bananas can be so cheap and really be organic. I have my doubts, but still bought them. What constitutes organic now-a-days?

That dream about the wax museum [search]"wax museum"[/search] is so freaky but somehow so possible. I am willing to make the web site and online storefront for it if you ever open it (e:mike) , haha.