Month: August 2008

  • links for 2008-08-17

    BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Rocky remake leaves O'Brien cold Duhhh (tags: rockyhorror) huge and important news: free licenses upheld (Lessig Blog) Great news for Creative Commons. (tags: creativecommons opensource software) Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand' – washingtonpost.com I really hope a deal get's made that actually allows these companies to operate. […]

  • links for 2008-08-15

    Musharraf Set to Resign in Days, Officials Assert – NYTimes.com Wow if true. (tags: pakistan) p2pnet news » Blog Archive » RIAA pays Tanyan Andersen $107,951 RIAA pays somone else for once. (tags: riaa music filesharing lawsuit) Geller’s limp spoon | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine Uri Geller proven wrong. (tags: skepticism psychic video) Rainbow […]

  • links for 2008-08-14

    Critical Shopper – Rick Owens – New Rick Owens Boutique Raises Expectations – NYTimes.com Those do look like some really cool clothes. (tags: clothing fashion)

  • links for 2008-08-13 [delicious.com]

    Magnifying Taste: New Chemicals Trick the Brain into Eating Less: Scientific American Science works again. (tags: science research eating chemistry psychology brain food) What is touch DNA?: Scientific American Very cool new forensic tool. (tags: forensics science research crime dna) What Is the Future of Suburbia? A Freakonomics Quorum – Freakonomics – Opinion – New […]

  • Abortion Should Be Rare

    Feministing has a post up today regarding abortion and the Democrats new platform (PDF warning) for the 2008 election. The whole of the article essentially focuses on how “safe, legal and rare” has become “safe and legal”. My main area of concern is as follows: The Democratic Party strongly and unequivocally supports Roe v. Wade […]

  • links for 2008-08-12 [delicious.com]

    Viddler.com – The Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas – Uploaded by l4anyrat That is one bumpy coaster. (tags: video rollercoaster) Viruses can catch colds, says study that redefines life itself – Telegraph That's so cool. (tags: virus science microbiology medicine life research) Bombay Crow: Who owns your online networking contacts? Wow, I really […]

  • links for 2008-08-11 [delicious.com]

    YouTube – Barack Roll I am amused, that is all. (tags: obama parody youtube video) Controller praised for texting pilot down safely – The Irish Times – Thu, Aug 07, 2008 Very cool story. (tags: airline cellphone)

  • links for 2008-08-10 [delicious.com]

    BBC NEWS | Europe | Georgia 'pulls out of S Ossetia' This is some crazy happenings. (tags: war usa un russia georgia nato) 6 Tips for Reinvigorating a Boring Job Good tips on making those boring jobs a little bit better. (tags: career job) News Analysis – A Conviction, but a System Still on Trial […]

  • Is It Wrong To Be Enthusiastic Over A Politician

    A recent McCain political ad, emded here from John McCain’s YouTube channel. The ad compares Obama to Paris Hilton (I learned writing this post, that Paris Hilton has a website.) and Britney Spears and asks that just because someone has a lot of enthusiastic followers doesn’t make him ready to lead. This ad just doesn’t make sense to me. […]

  • links for 2008-08-07 [delicious.com]

    Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad from Paris Hilton, Adam "Ghost Panther" McKay, and Chris Henchy OMG, I am horribly amused. (tags: humor video politics) Free Money Finance: How to Go Bankrupt "How did you go bankrupt?" "Two ways, gradually and then suddenly." (tags: financial)