Month: June 2009

  • links for 2009-06-30

    Bit.ly’s Grand Plans, And Their Inevitable Clash With Digg: Bitly Now "In other words, you could say that Bit.ly knows what will be on the Digg home page tomorrow." Bit.ly Now is interesting but as of right now I haven't seen it produce super impressive results. (tags: bit.ly digg twitter information socialmedia media journalism) A […]

  • links for 2009-06-29

    Debunking Google’s Internet Optimization Tips – Codexon "It appears that the doubt surrounding Google’s new guide is not unfounded. Several errors and half-truths were found. Google’s use of optional HTML tags could save some bandwidth, but for pages like google.com it doesn’t save that much compared to what could have been saved with the headers." […]

  • links for 2009-06-28

    Truthdig – Reports – Free Speech vs. Surveillance in the Digital Age "Dissenters in Iran and China persist despite repression that is enabled in part by equipment from U.S. and European companies. In the U.S., the Obama administration is following a dangerous path with Bush-era spy programs that should be suspended and prosecuted, not extended […]

  • links for 2009-06-26

    Suze Orman: Why the Recession Is a Good Thing – US News and World Report "U.S. News spoke with Orman about the crisis and what people should do with their money now." And she proves why she is in personal finance not economics with this lovely quote: "If the economy kept running the way it […]

  • links for 2009-06-25

    BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Jewish school admissions unlawful "Jewish schools may have to change admissions rules after the Appeal Court held that ethnic tests of Jewishness amount to racial discrimination." Interesting. (tags: judaism religion ethics discrimination race) BBC NEWS | Technology | No Windows 7 upgrades for Europe "In the past Microsoft […]

  • links for 2009-06-24

    BBC NEWS | Business | China accused over unfair trade "In the trade cases filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO) the US and EU said China was giving its domestic industry access to cheap materials." Personal guess, it's true, China is providing national business with subsidized or even free access to resources. (tags: china […]

  • links for 2009-06-22

    Colabolo Takes Another Stab At Team Task Management "Colabolo is an Adobe Air app that soft-launched a few days ago and wants to simplify the way tasks in a team are assigned, managed and resolved." It looks like an interesting project. (tags: teammanagement task organization collaboration projectmanagement) jQuery “flash like” menu « Position Absolute "When […]

  • links for 2009-06-21

    Heroic PETA Commandos Kill 49, Save Rabbit | The Onion – America's Finest News Source "According to the handful of survivors of the raid, Couture workers were first immobilized by gunshot wounds to the knees before being shot execution-style in the back of the head. PETA officials assured that no animals were harmed during the […]

  • links for 2009-06-20

    PvPonline » Archive » No-Go-Tiations Don't deliberately break stuff in front of your wife. (tags: humor webcomics pvponline) Futurebox, lightbox without the JavaScript | The CSS Ninja – All things CSS, Javascript & xhtml "I was playing around the other day and had a bright spark. Is it possible to do the “lightbox” effect without […]

  • links for 2009-06-19

    Nearby on Your Phone « Flickr Blog "Today we’re bringing that ability to the smartphone mobile site. For those devices that support it (currently Android and the iPhone with the new 3.0 software), the Mobile Nearby page will figure out where you are in the world and show you photos that have been taken in […]