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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)
Drilling Bill Passes, Drilling Occurs Years From Today
Some Congressional Republicans have skipped heading home during the August break to instead park out at Congress and try to pressure the Democrats to vote and debate on energy bills. Okay, first off a couple of Twitter messages that might provide some background into this issue. John Culberson, a House Republican from Texas, who uses […]
Moving Is Environmentally Unfriendly
This became really obvious to me today moving my girlfriend to her new place. Just the sheer amount of junk thrown out is crazy. And it wasn’t just her, it was everybody, from electronics and posters to even vacuum cleaners and plastic bins and all kinds of food. Moving just from the basis of the […]
Do Words Actually Matter?
The question is almost stupid to answer because on certain level they must matter or else I wouldn’t publish my thoughts. So words must matter to you because well you are reading this and you most likely communicate with society. There is a very good reason that being deaf and/or mute is an impediment to […]
links for 2008-07-30
Pushup : Pushing up the web Great idea install a trigger on your domain for people to update their browser. (tags: internet javascript browsers) Free Money Finance: Warren Buffett Bets on Index Funds If it’s good enough for Warren Buffett good enough for me. (tags: financial) BBC NEWS | Technology | HP, Intel, Yahoo in […]
links for 2008-07-29
BBC NEWS | Business | Record deficit for next president “The White House has lifted its deficit forecast for 2009 to $482bn (£242bn) up from $407bn.” Wow. (tags: economics bush politics obama mccain) How (Much) I Spent on My Summer Vacation – Wheels – Autos – New York Times Blog Are gas prices really to […]
links for 2008-07-28
Netroots Nation Keynote (Lessig Blog) Why we should trust the government and how we can get trust in the government. (tags: corruption politics usa congress supremecourt lessig) Slashdot | Reasonable Expectation of Privacy From Web Hosts? Can you get privacy from your web host, a real problem. (tags: internet privacy business technology) Twitter/Summize search flaky? […]
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