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Daring Fireball: Creating Ogg Theora Files on Mac OS X With ffmpeg2theora To use the new video tag and support Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Safari:<video> <source src="example-video.mp4" type="video/mp4" /> <source src="example-video.ogv" type="video/ogg" /> </video> (tags: video html5 mac osx mp4 ogg apple firefox browsers) BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Moon probe returns first […]

FactCheck.org: Was Obama rude to wounded veterans during a visit to the National Naval Medical Center? " It's true that Borden's father, David Borden Sr., initially wrote a personal e-mail about the visit, according to Master Sgt. Joseph Liptok, the deputy director of the Marine Corps liaison office at the medical center. But, Liptok told […]

Book Review – 'Masters of Sex,' a Biography of William Masters and Virginia Johnson by Thomas Maier – Review – NYTimes.com "It was in medical school that he conceived the idea of becoming a great sex researcher. Doctors knew nothing of human sexuality except what Alfred Kinsey was recording in the 1940s and early ’50s, […]

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 […]

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." […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]