| 02/12/08 | The King Of Aggregators (The Daily Dish) |  |
Published 02/12/08 22:39:00
Joe Gandelman praises memeorandum and points to this Guardian article on the news aggregator: Memeorandum is based on the idea of "memes" or ideas that spread across the web (along with a pun on memorandum). Someone publishes an interesting story, other people find it, discuss it, and link to it. That's how the web works. Small stories come and go quickly, while big ones generate lots of... Source : The Daily Dish (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | My Friend Looks Like The Goon (http://kungfurodeo.com/feed/) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:37:24
Spread the word! [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] Source : http://kungfurodeo.com/feed/ (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Researchers Use Sun Cycle to Predict Rainfall Fluctuations (Physorg) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:18:20
(PhysOrg.com) -- The sun`s magnetic field may have a significant impact on weather and climatic parameters in Australia and other countries in the northern and southern hemispheres. Source : Physorg (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Apple's Ban On iPod Sync Software Stymied By Wikileaks (Information Week) | |
Published 02/12/08 22:05:00
The iPodHash project is an effort to open the iPod and iPhone to third-party media software other than Apple's iTunes. Source : Information Week (subscribe) Explore : Apple, Computers, iPhone, iTunes, Software |
| 02/12/08 | Public Libraries and the Net Book Agreement (The Good Library Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:42:05
It is now more than ten years since the Net Book Agreement was ended in the UK. For years an argument had raged, which even now goes on in other European countries, that to allow free pricing of books would destroy independent book shops and have a serious effect on the quality of publishing. In the event I now believe that the destruction of the British Public Library service has... Source : The Good Library Blog (subscribe) Explore : Information Science |
| 02/12/08 | Atari Partners with Rez HD Dev (Edge Magazine) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:32:49
Q Entertainment has teamed with Atari for a new music game tentatively titled QJ, Atari president Phil Harrison stated in an Edge Keynote on Tuesday. QJ is "a music performance action game which will be initially on the Wii but we are looking at other platforms including online," Harrison explained. No release date has been revealed. read more Source : Edge Magazine (subscribe) Explore : Atari, Broadcasting and Entertainment, Video Games, Wii |
| 02/12/08 | Allen Ginsberg - Howl And Other Poems (1959) (Zero G Sound) | |
Published 02/12/08 21:20:00
... resounds in a neon desert where the human tribe wanders, sentenced to unreality". The "Howl and Other Poems" vinyl LP was first released in 1959, repackaged for the burgeoning hippie generation in 1969, and remained in print until 1985, when the company ran out of vinyl LPs. In 1998 there was a cd reissue. Tracks: 1. Howl 2. Footnote to Howl 3. A Supermarket in California 4. Source : Zero G Sound (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Once Again, How Gay Activists Can Learn from the Right (Gay Patriot) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:37:24
Yesterday, on the plane from Cincinnati to LAX, I finally had a chance to read National Review?s ?Renewal? (dated December 1) issue. I believe it was their first number published after the election. As I read the various articles where leading conservative pundits and other columnists addressed the reasons for the GOP defeat and prospects for [...] Source : Gay Patriot (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Portable Babylon Pro v7.0.3.26. Multilang (www.4uwebenginesearch.co.cc) (Portable Apps 4u USB stick) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:37:00
... and conversion tools.Babylon offers its users a wide range of titles from the world's premier publishing houses including Oxford University Press, Britannica, Merriam-Webster, Larousse, Vox, Langenscheidt, Pons, and Taishukan. New version Babylon six offers text translation in 17 languages in addition to single word and phrase translations - all in a single click, results from... Source : Portable Apps 4u USB stick (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Code generator card fights fraud (Arkytek Ltd :: Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 20:01:02
Plastic power A new hi-tech credit card from CryptoCard bundles two-factor authentication onto the plastic in a bid to clamp down on phishing and other forms of banking fraud.? Full published article at: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/02/cryptocard2fa/ Source : Arkytek Ltd :: Blog (subscribe) Explore : Showbiz |
| 02/12/08 | Anschutz-owned D.C. paper to close plant (The Denver Business Journal) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:50:48
... publish weekdays and Sundays, with some editions home delivered to affluent neighborhoods and other editions available at central points in those cities.In May, Clarity Media said it was distributing 100,000 daily copies of the Washington paper Monday-Wednesday and Friday, 280,000 Thursday and 255,000 Sunday.Clarity does not release financial information about its newspapers? revenue... Source : The Denver Business Journal (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | An Obama Christmas. (From Laurel Street) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:27:14
AKMuckraker alerts us that we can remember the joy of the 2008 presidential election for years to come with a special commemorative Obama Christmas tree ornament. Choose from these or this one, or this one. This one is sold but I?m sure there will be others. (Photograph courtesy of The Library of Congress) Posted in Art, Obama! [...] Source : From Laurel Street (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Gay Bible gives whole new meaning to 'turn the other cheek' (Alternate Brain) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:24:00
... up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib, which the Lord God had taken from woman, made he another woman, and brought her unto the first. And Aida said, 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of me. Therefore shall a woman leave her mother, and shall cleave unto her wife: and they shall be one flesh.' And they... Source : Alternate Brain (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | "Do drug firms suppress unfavourable information about new products?" (Thoughts About K4D) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:23:00
(B)y looking at all the new-drug applications approved by the FDA in 2001 and 2002, the researchers got hold of a comprehensive set of data. They checked whether, five years later, details on all of those trials had made it into print intact.....Only three-quarters of the original trials were ever published, and it turned out that those with positive outcomes were nearly five times as... Source : Thoughts About K4D (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Print journalist blasts new KATV.com feature (Lost Remote) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:18:00
... to cover. We didn?t take a poll. We didn?t ask anonymous yahoos with laptops and BlackBerrys and other telephonic gadgetry to click on some icon and dictate our activities.? So Fisher asked Brummett if he?d like to come on her web show, The Daily Debrief , to talk about it. Brummett responded with a second column, blasting it as ?gimmicky? and deriding local TV news. Then he wrote this... Source : Lost Remote (subscribe) Explore : Twitter |
| 02/12/08 | Croydon Conservative Councillor quits Cabinet after IRA link is exposed (Labour Matters) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:15:42
Channel 4 News reports that: ?A Tory councillor and education chief has quit after admitting she worked for the IRA in the 1970s. Maria Gatland resigned as a cabinet member on Croydon Council after being exposed as the author of a ?kiss and tell? book about the provisionals. In the book it describes how, among other tasks, she [...] Source : Labour Matters (subscribe) Explore : Channel 4, Channels |
| 02/12/08 | N.Y. court orders resentencing of bin Laden aide (USA Today) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:11:34
... barely able to see.Salim still faces trial and a possible life sentence on conspiracy charges in another terrorism case. That case includes the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. The attacks killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Posted | |... Source : USA Today (subscribe) Explore : Osama Bin Laden |
| 02/12/08 | Tory councillor quits over IRA link - News UK (euronews24) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:02:45
Maria Gatland resigned as a cabinet member on Croydon Council after being exposed as the author of a "kiss and tell" book about the provisionals.In the book it describes how, among other tasks, she acted as an interpreter for the movement on an arms Source : euronews24 (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | Jeff-C?s D3x Sample Shots (Nikon Watch) | |
Published 02/12/08 19:00:38
Jeff-C has a good reputation on dpReview as frequently having credible information ahead of time. Now he?s got a D3x and has published some sample studio shots with it at various ISO?s here. 3200iso looks pretty good to me- no reason not to use it if you have to. On the other hand, studio pro?s tend to [...] Source : Nikon Watch (subscribe) |
| 02/12/08 | The Power of a Bold Bishop (OrthodoxyToday.org Blog) | |
Published 02/12/08 18:51:17
... this result: ?One man did this, and did it all but singlehandedly. His name is Bishop Joe Martino.?Other Catholics involved in the campaign agree with Gail and view the numbers in Pennsylvania as something to build upon. Bud Hansen Jr. from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, was co-chair of Catholics for McCain. ?I am happy to say that our efforts were not in vain. The results tell us that we... Source : OrthodoxyToday.org Blog (subscribe) Explore : Health-Fitness, Termination of pregnancy |
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