Ok, the title has nothing to do with this story, except that was the first thing that came to mind when reading a story on Gizmodo that mentioned both pigs, and Spider-Man. (wouldn’t that the be first thing to pop in to your head?)

Anyways, this guy cut about a half inch off the tip of a finger, including almost the entire nail. His brother gave him some powder that is basically made from part of a pig bladder, and his finger… grew back (like the Lizard…. that’s the Spidey reference).

I could try and explain the whole thing, but the CBS News videos do a much better job. All I can add is… wow.

Medicine’s Cutting Edge: Re-Growing Organs [cbsnews.com]

I am a bit of a geek. Yea, big shock there. I bought my first digital camera over seven years ago, a camera from before they even measured the quality in mega-pixels. I have a few shots of when my niece and nephew were first born using that camera.There were better ones out there, and it was not long before I upgraded to an 2 mega-pixel HP camera. A camera the same niece and nephew now use as a toy.

I am on my fourth digital camera, an 8 mega-pixel Kodak. Over the last 7-8 years I have taken thousands of photos. Many of which I still have, despite loosing way too many to a hard-drive crash a few years back.

For at least a few years now, I have been looking for an online gallery to use to show off my photos, and in the process Of course being the geek that I am, I want to host my own gallery, not rely on a third party like Flickr. I have looked at dozens and actually tried out about a dozen. I finally have found the one I am sticking with.

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