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A Time To Pray
I never quite understood the point of there being offered a time for students to pray during school hours. For one, teachers and administrators always seem to be all about pushing as much into the kids as is possible, so to waste anywhere from 5 – 10 minutes every days just seems like a lot […]
links for 2008-06-25
Nokia Acquires Symbian; Takes on Google’s Android – ReadWriteWeb (tags: nokia android iphone cellphone) Schneier on Security: IT Attacks: Insiders vs. Outsiders (tags: security) Slashdot | Artist/Astronomer Exhibits Photos Of Spy Satellites This is some amazing work, photos of satellites that don’t actually exist according to the government. (tags: usa government intelligence satellite photography photos) […]
links for 2008-06-24
1,000,000 | Pitchfork.tv NIN preforming 1,000,000. (tags: nin music video) BBC NEWS | South Asia | Afghanistan ‘needs’ more troops (tags: afghanistan) Feministing: UN recognizes rape as a weapon of war Good move UN. (tags: un rape warfare war) YouTube – Seven Words The classic George Carlin, in his honor. (tags: georgecarlin sevenwords humour video) […]
links for 2008-06-23
BBC NEWS | Africa | Mugabe rival quits election race (tags: africa politics humanrights mugabe zimbabwe) MPAA Says It Doesn’t Need Evidence to Convict Pirates | TorrentFreak Ummm okay, everybody you just illegally downloaded a file, now pay up. (tags: mpaa copyright filesharing p2p ip riaa) Britain Sends Information on Suspect to the U.S. – […]
links for 2008-06-22
Facebook | The Facebook Blog It’s about freaking time, you can now search your Facebook Messages. (tags: facebook) I, Cringely . The Pulpit . What a Difference a Day Makes | PBS This is a fascinating technology, I wonder if it actually can and does work. (tags: environment energy oil recycling) Bloomberg, in Florida, Blasts […]
links for 2008-06-20
BBC NEWS | Business | It’s still the economy, stupid! Obama and McCain face off over the economy. (tags: obama mccain politics usa)
links for 2008-06-19
BBC NEWS | Health | Big breakfast ‘aids weight loss’ For all those diets I keep starting. (tags: diet health research) YouTube – The Great Office War This is awesome, I totally want to do this at work some day. (tags: humor video) The Tiger Effect · Security to the Core | Arbor Networks Security […]
links for 2008-06-18
YouTube – Gish 2 (reinventing the blob) Cool little prototype video of Gish2. (tags: gish2 programming video graphics) Hulu – Mon, Jun 16, 2008: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Really awesome Daily Show covering the hysteria around dumb fears about Obama (aka Muslim, etc) and interview with one of the US Attorneys fired in […]
Google Code Jam 2008
Google has a programming contest called Code Jam. The registration for which opened up today. I signed up for it just a few moments ago. Although I probably won’t be able to compete as much as I would like to, due to both having classes and work that day, this sort of thing is important […]
links for 2008-06-17
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why should we have eight hours’ sleep? (tags: sleep bbc research science health) Will 2008 Be Google’s End Of Innocence? Probably (tags: google microsoft government business monopoly searchengines) Java Isn’t The Problem I couldn’t agree more, the problem is not the language it’s the lack of passion and […]
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