Month: December 2008
links for 2008-12-22
Canada Agrees to Its Own Auto Industry Bailout – NYTimes.com 4 Billion Canadian dollars spent by Canada on their automobile industry. (tags: automotive business canada bailout) More Companies Cutting Labor Costs, but Not the Labor – NYTimes.com Smart moves from companies to save on labor costs by cutting on the workweek, overtime, and other cut […]
links for 2008-12-20
BBC NEWS | Americas | Obama unveils final cabinet picks Labor, Transportation and Trade done, all that is left is Intelligence Chief. (tags: politics obama usa) BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Accused governor to fight charges "llinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has told reporters he is innocent of any crime and will not be resigning […]
links for 2008-12-19
HHS finalizes rule that redefines abortion – Feministing Don't you want your doctor to hide medical information based on his/her personal feelings on it. I sure do, I hate all that medical information so nasty having to make decisions. (tags: stupid politics health women feminism) Science in the white house | Cosmic Variance | Discover […]
links for 2008-12-18
Racy passages cut from course book by staff at New Rochelle High | lohud.com | The Journal News I love it when people take the law and enforcing supposed standards into their themselves. (tags: politics freedom education literature) Feminist Daily News 12/17/2008: Several Massachusetts Hospitals Violating Emergency Contraception Laws 70% of 70 emergency rooms may […]
links for 2008-12-17
Lessons From the Chicago Sit-In – Economix Blog – NYTimes.com Does a low help that isn't enforced? (tags: crime law usa politics economics) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China 'bans BBC Chinese website' Sites that were unblocked during the Olympics are being re-blocked. (tags: china politics freedom internet censorship media) Obama’s $10 Billion Promise Stirs […]
Does a Law Matter If No One Follows It?
I read an interesting article about the Republic Windows & Doors factory shut down in the New York Times. The interesting part of the article was when the author talked about how the federal law designed to force companies to notify employers 60 days in advance of any mass layoffs essentially was practically never followed […]
links for 2008-12-16
Palm gets in on the app store game, launches Palm Software Store Palm now has it's own software store. (tags: palm software mobile cellphone) HTML-Ipsum Generate your Lorem Ipsum with HTML tags. (tags: html loremipsum webdevelopment) Styled Css Menus – High Quality Web Based Professional Css Menus CSS driven menus. (tags: css menu webdesign xhtml) […]
Why, Texas Tech, Why???
This is a screenshot for an internal Texas Tech site labeled “Experts Guide”. The site is designed so that experts in fields can say that they are experts in the field and gain recognition and other people in Texas Tech can call upon the resources available at Texas Tech to work on projects. Okay so […]
links for 2008-12-15
xkcd – A Webcomic – Marshmallow Gun What kind of gun do you have? (tags: marshmallows xkcd ghostbusters humor) Daring Fireball Linked List: Apple Wrongly Rejects iPhone App for Use of Private APIs Just in case you thought Apple was you know fair about rejecting apps. (tags: apple software iphone) BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | […]
links for 2008-12-14
Op-Ed Columnist – Cars, Kabul and Banks – NYTimes.com What are the three big things Obama has to take care of in the first year or so. (tags: obama politics recession bailout banks automotive afghanistan) Arts, Briefly – Lightsaber – $240,000. Satisfaction – Priceless. – NYTimes.com "On Thursday a lightsaber wielded by Mark Hamill in […]