YouTube Technical Lectures from India's National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning

Free lectures from the Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalor. Along with expanding technology, this approach can rapidly advance learning throughout the developing world. Thanks to Subbiah Arunachalam.

Desalination Update

Here is an article from Food and Water Watch (click the title for the link).

I would add that I can live without a car or the internet, but we cannot live without water. If you had only enough money to buy a gallon of gas or a gallon of drinking water, which would you buy? Soon, water might cost as much as gas does now...

Pray for rain and snow in California... or do a rain dance. We really could use it.

ELMO

Chemistry Blog � Blog Archive � Chemistry Dictionary for Word Processors - Version 2.0 (Updated)

The new, open source, Chemistry Dictionary for Word Processors - Version 2.0 (Updated) is now available. It is a free download. This dictionary is over 100,000 chemical terms, is compatible with Open Office and Microsoft Office and doesn't overwrite your existing dictionaries. There are versions suitable for Windows, Mac and Linux. I'm just checking it out, and I know people speak highly of it. Happy Spellchecking.