Month: April 2009

  • links for 2009-04-30

    Shareholders Oust Bank of America Chief as Chairman – NYTimes.com "Mr. Lewis, who helped build Bank of America into the nation’s largest bank, was stripped of his chairman’s title — a stinging blow that leaves his stewardship and legacy in doubt. At a contentious annual general meeting, angry investors held him accountable for what they […]

  • links for 2009-04-29

    BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Republican senator switches party "US Republican Senator Arlen Specter is to switch sides and become a Democrat. The move would give the Democrats 59 seats in the senate, just one short of the 60 needed to stop Republican attempts to block legislation. Mr Specter said he would not vote […]

  • links for 2009-04-28

    Import Your Old Hotmail Messages into Gmail Very useful tip, worked perfectly for me. (tags: hotmail gmail google microsoft email pop3 pop) After 10 Years and 2,000 Deaths, China Still Presses Its Crusade Against Falun Gong – NYTimes.com "In the decade since the Chinese government began repressing Falun Gong, a crusade that human rights groups […]

  • links for 2009-04-27

    CQ Politics | An Arbitrary Assessment, an Unusual Significance CQPolitics on Obama's 100 days in office. (tags: obama politics history) Here Comes Twitter Spam And How To Fight It Really, easy solution don't follow the people who spam you and as for @spam is it really that big of a deal? (tags: twitter spam stupid) […]

  • links for 2009-04-26

    Pharyngula: Clerical collar fails to instill goodness Religious people like cops and judges and professors, are just people the same as the rest of us. They aren't somehow perfect. (tags: religion ethics logic) Our Towns – In Rockland County, a Clash Over Governance of Public Schools – NYTimes.com "In both cases, the boards voted to […]

  • links for 2009-04-25

    GM gets another $2B in taxpayer loans, expected to scrap Pontiac – USATODAY.com "General Motors got another $2 billion emergency loan, the U.S. Treasury department said Friday, and is expected to announce soon it will kill its slow-selling Pontiac brand as it scrambles to slice underperforming units. The first quarter, Pontiac sold just 40,887 cars […]

  • links for 2009-04-24

    xkcd – A Webcomic – Parental Trolling How will you pull pranks on your kids? (tags: humor children parenting xkcd) BBC NEWS | Business | Low chip and TV sales hit Samsung "South Korea's Samsung Electronics has reported a 72% drop in quarterly profits after more losses at its microchip and LCD television divisions." Rough […]

  • links for 2009-04-23

    Twitter Blog: What's The Deal with OAuth? "This week, we received word from the folks at OAuth that they were looking closely at a security issue within the protocol. We take security seriously and felt the responsible thing to do was temporarily disable OAuth while this matter was sorted out. Yahoo and others made similar […]

  • links for 2009-04-21

    Stephen Hawking taken to hospital after becoming 'very ill' | Science | The Guardian Stephen Hawking was taken to the hospital. (tags: stephenhawking physics health)

  • links for 2009-04-20

    The Boyfriend Suit Makes a Comeback – NYTimes.com "Is it fashion’s passion for the 1980s? Or just a strong statement from women who have had enough of girly dresses? Whatever the reason, the pantsuit is back." Fashion for women. (tags: female fashion gender) xkcd – A Webcomic – Can't Sleep How large are your internal […]