The web home of Sean D. Feeney - the one stop shop for everthing me - here you can find my design portfolio, bio, social networks and get tech help!

Archive for June, 2007

Scientists find drug to banish bad memories

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Researchers have found they can use drugs to wipe away single, specific memories while leaving other memories intact. By injecting an amnesia drug at the right time, when a subject was recalling a particular thought, neuro-scientists discovered they could disrupt the way the memory is stored and even make it disappear.

read more | digg story

Marijuana will be legal in New Mexico starting Sunday

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Starting Sunday medical marijuana will be legal in New Mexico. But now the Department of Health has dropped a bombshell: It will allow people who qualify for medicinal pot to grow it in their own homes.

read more | digg story

12-Year-Old Girl Dies During Genital Mutilation ‘Surgery’

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

CAIRO, Egypt — The death of a 12-year-old Egyptian girl at the hands of a doctor performing female circumcision in the country’s south has sparked a public outcry and prompted health and religious authorities this week to ban the practice.

read more | digg story

Woman tries to buy all of the iPhones at a store and gets owned.

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

This woman brought $16,000 to try and buy all of the iPhones at a store in Dallas to sell them on eBay. She pays a guy $800 for his first spot in line. Once the AT&T store opens, she is told there is a limit to how many she can get! The guy walks away with free iPhone.

read more | digg story

Happy birthday, walrus! Aww, you shouldn’t have [pic]

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

If this doesn’t make you smile, nothing will.

read more | digg story

Potential cure for HIV discovered

Friday, June 29th, 2007

In a breakthrough that could potentially lead to a cure for HIV infection, scientists have discovered a way to remove the virus from infected cells, a study released Thursday said. The scientists engineered an enzyme which attacks the DNA of the HIV virus and cuts it out of the infected cell, according to the study…

read more | digg story

First Images of Soul Calibur IV

Friday, June 29th, 2007

As promised, Electronic Gaming Monthly managed to get a first look at Soul Calibur IV, and here are the scans from the magazine. The level of detail in the graphics includes “leather straps on Ivy’s thighs make real-time indentations into her skin as she fights,” and even “ridiculously endowed ninja gal Taki, who demonstrates what happens now that

read more | digg story

Woman Marries Herself!

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Singles frustrated with trying to find a spouse now have a solution, thanks to the new re-definitions of marriage. A woman in the Netherlands is getting married to herself.

read more | digg story

Double-blind Study Proves Cannabis Has “Clear Medical Benefits”

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Smoking Marijuana, significantly increases daily food intake and body weight in HIV-positive patients, is well tolerated with no discomfort, and does not impair subjects’ cognitive performance. The study compared Marinol to smoked/inhaled Cannabis, in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial, and found clearly more benefits when inhaled…

read more | digg story

14 Year Old Dies in Rollercoaster Ride at Disney

Friday, June 29th, 2007

A 14-year old Spanish girl was found unconscious after riding Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith yesterday, and although the park’s medical teams rushed to revive her, the girl had already passed away when an ambulance arrived. The attraction closed immediately and will remain closed until the exact cause of death has been determined.

read more | digg story