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October 2008

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-=SUbWAY=- » Blog Archive » TWiki is dead, long live TWiki!

http://wordpress.metro.cx/2008/10/28/twiki-is-dead-long-live-twiki
"Although the events are sad in one way, it is refreshing to finally see twiki.net take a definitive stand against the community, making explicit what has been implicit in their behaviour. The project can now be taken out of limbo. Most (if not all) of the active contributors have jumped ship and gotten on the fork bandwagon. There’s a great number of features lined up that people didn’t commit during the governance crisis, for fear of being taken advantage over by TWiki.net. They have proven again and again that marketing the hard work of community volunteers as their own is not below them."
#forks #opensource #twiki #wikis
archive.org #11612

Why Discovering Your Obsession Can Lead to Your Greatness | Zen Habits

http://zenhabits.net/2008/10/why-you-deserve-to-discover-your-obsession
"If you want to be good at something, you have to to be obsessive. You have to do the thing all the time, and when you’re not doing it, you have to be thinking about doing it. Why do you think business people who make millions are so good at it? They’re always doing business. Even when they’re not working, they’re thinking about better ways to do business. Same with the greatest writers and painters. They obsess all the time. Ruby, if you want to be good at writing, you need to be obsessive about it."
#goals #motivation #obsessions #productivity #work
archive.org #11610

Like, Socialism: Comment: The New Yorker

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2008/11/03/081103taco_talk_hertzberg
For her part, Sarah Palin, who has lately taken to calling Obama “Barack the Wealth Spreader,” seems to be something of a suspect character herself. She is, at the very least, a fellow-traveller of what might be called socialism with an Alaskan face. The state that she governs has no income or sales tax. Instead, it imposes huge levies on the oil companies that lease its oil fields. The proceeds finance the government’s activities and enable it to issue a four-figure annual check to every man, woman, and child in the state. One of the reasons Palin has been a popular governor is that she added an extra twelve hundred dollars to this year’s check, bringing the per-person total to $3,269. A few weeks before she was nominated for Vice-President, she told a visiting journalist—Philip Gourevitch, of this magazine—that “we’re set up, unlike other states in the union, where it’s collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs.”
#alaska #mccain #obama #palin #politics #socialism
archive.org #11608

matt.west.co.tt » Blog Archive » JSSpeccy: A ZX Spectrum emulator in Javascript

http://matt.west.co.tt/spectrum/jsspeccy
"I’m really typecasting myself here. If there were an international “Person most likely to write a Spectrum emulator in Javascript” award, I’d have taken it for the last five years running. So here it is - probably the most stereotypical project I’ll ever come up with."
#canvas #emulation #emulators #javascript #jsspeccy #nifty #nostalgia #sinclair #spectrum #webdev #zx
archive.org #11606

Video Games 2.0: Throwing A Party On Your Xbox (Three Minds On Digital Marketing @ Organic)

http://threeminds.organic.com/2008/10/video_games_20_throwing_a_part.html
Nerdy, but I could actually see this being kinda fun, wearing a headset on the couch MST3K'ing with some friends locally and cross-country. "Instead of only communicating, Microsoft is going one step further. They have partnered with Netflix to incorporate their streaming movie service into Xbox Live. This will allow one person in the party to select and start streaming a movie, which all people in the party room can watch, while communicating with each other in real time. Basically, it's a virtual, multi-person movie theatre."
#communication #movies #netflix #social #xbox #xbox360
archive.org #11603

The GOP ticket's appalling contempt for science and learning. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/id/2203120
"This is what the Republican Party has done to us this year: It has placed within reach of the Oval Office a woman who is a religious fanatic and a proud, boastful ignoramus. Those who despise science and learning are not anti-elitist. They are morally and intellectually slothful people who are secretly envious of the educated and the cultured. And those who prate of spiritual warfare and demons are not just "people of faith" but theocratic bullies. On Nov. 4, anyone who cares for the Constitution has a clear duty to repudiate this wickedness and stupidity."
#biology #creationism #education #election #elitism #evolution #fruitflies #gop #learning #mccain #palin #politics #religion #republicans #science
archive.org #11601

Human Computer Interaction in Science Fiction Movies

http://w5.cs.uni-sb.de/~butz/teaching/ie-ss03/papers/HCIinSF
"Science Fiction movies have been a source for speculation about the future of technology and human computer interaction. This paper presents a survey of different kinds of interaction designs in movies during the past decades and relates the techniques of the films to existing technologies and prototypes where possible. The interactions will be categorized with respect to their domain of real-life applications and also evaluated in regard to results of current research in human computer interaction."
#design #future #hci #interaction #interfaces #scifi #technology #ui #usability #ux
archive.org #11599

girl takes world's longest shit at the cranbrook academy of art

http://intermaweb.net/index.php/2005/10/29/world-record-4-peristaltic-action
"In February 1995, working in conjunction with nutritionists at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, I adopted a super fiber-rich diet which allowed me to successfully produce a single extruded excrement the exact length of my colon: 26 feet. I documented the extrusion at the Cranbrook-Kingswood High School Bowling Alley, Bloomfield Hills, MI, which offered a length of floor suitable for the process and measuring the results. The cathartic diet was supplemented by a high intake of Metamucil fiber substance. The weeklong endurance prior to the event was ensured by the employment of a plug specifically designed to curtail any premature excretions."
#art #colon #cranbrook #culture #detroit #disturbing #funny #michigan #poop #via:jm3 #wtf
archive.org #11598

Speed Camera Pranks: The Muppet's Animal Caught Speeding, Driving Police Crazy

http://gizmodo.com/5069422/the-muppets-animal-caught-speeding-driving-police-crazy
"Yes, the photo above is real: It is Animal—from The Muppets—driving a British Audi while speeding through a German road. The famous pink drummer is driving the police there absolutely crazy, because he keeps doing it again and again. Or better said, the real driver is, using a low-tech approach to take advantage of a weak point of the radar cameras."
#animal #automotive #brits #cars #funny #germany #radar #speeding
archive.org #11597

Hwacha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwacha
"Hwacha or Hwach'a .[1] was an anti-personnel gunpowder weapon developed and used in Korea, inspired by Chinese fire arrows and the cylindrical and box shaped launch platforms that fired them. Hwacha were first developed in the 1400s by Korean scientists. It is a two-wheeled cart carrying a launch pad or board, filled with holes into which the ammunition is inserted. These small rockets are attached to "Gungdo bow-arrows", which shoot about 100 to 200 iron spikes at one time upon detonation.[citation needed] During combat, the projectiles are attached to the arrows, ignited and fired. This ammunition was transported on wheelbarrows [1]. Many East Asian historians believe this technological breakthrough alongside the turtle ship in the mid-16th century had a distinctive effect during the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598) [2]."
#hwacha #mythbusters #weapons
archive.org #11589

CommentLuv Wordpress Plugin - FiddyP

http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-plugin
"Comments are a wonderful thing to receive on your blog, adding the dofollow plugin is one way to reward but why not place a link to their last post under their comment, with CommentLuv, you can do that automatically! This is an excellent way to promote comments from your readers."
#comments #metablogging
archive.org #11588

REST APIs must be hypertext-driven » Untangled

http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/rest-apis-must-be-hypertext-driven
"What needs to be done to make the REST architectural style clear on the notion that hypertext is a constraint? In other words, if the engine of application state (and hence the API) is not being driven by hypertext, then it cannot be RESTful and cannot be a REST API. Period. Is there some broken manual somewhere that needs to be fixed?"
#apis #http #hypertext #rant #rest #webdev #webservices
archive.org #11586

JBOX.com Search : Japanese Plush Beanie Domo-kun Face

http://www.jbox.com/SEARCH/Japanese_Plush_Beanie_Domo-kun_Face#HAT-DOMOH4
"All the world loves Domo-kun, the official spokesmonster for NHK, Japan's public broadcasting arm. J-List has been there for Domo-kun fans from the very beginning, helping him become the star he now is. This is an XL size version of our plush felt beanie, made with the highest quality materials, with a hand-sewn face and cute Domo smile! Good for people with slightly larger head. Domo fans of the world, unite!"
#domokun #hats #want #wishlist
archive.org #11584

A Whole Lotta Nothing: How to get my nerd vote

http://a.wholelottanothing.org/2008/10/how-to-get-my-nerd-vote.html
Yes. "Broadband Everywhere. Universal Healthcare. No federal taxes on internet purchases. Renew a commitment to Education. Renew a commitment to Science. Real changes to transportation. Allow early voting by mail. Revamp Copyright/IP law. Fund the patent office so it can do a better job. Open government."
#issues #nerds #politics
archive.org #11583

Bush Decides to Keep Guantánamo Open - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/washington/21gitmo.html
"Despite his stated desire to close the American prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, President Bush has decided not to do so, and never considered proposals drafted in the State Department and the Pentagon that outlined options for transferring the detainees elsewhere, according to senior administration officials."
#bush #guantanamo #politics
archive.org #11578

Think Progress » Palin Claims The Vice President Is ‘In Charge Of The U.S. Senate’

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/10/21/palin-vp-senate
"Yesterday, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sat for an interview with KUSA, an NBC affiliate in Colorado. In response to a question sent to the network by a third grader at a local elementary school about what the Vice President does, Palin erroneously argued that the Vice President is “in charge of the United States Senate“"
#constitution #government #palin #politics #senate #vp
archive.org #11577

Heather Ion, David Brin, Harold M. Koenig talk about resiliency in a time of financial turmoil | Tom Munnecke's Eclectica

http://munnecke.com/blog?p=299
"this can be an opportunity, in disguise – a chance to emphasize community and neighborhood connections that used to fortify earlier Americans, in hard times. Activities that don’t require much money or new-bought goods, but fill our emotional and practical needs. In that spirit, here is a short list of ways that neighborhoods might rebuild that old village feeling, increasing local self-reliance while enjoying greater connection and meaning."
#communities #economy #resiliency
archive.org #11575

GOP Pundits Question Powell's Integrity on Race | NewsOne

http://newsone.blackplanet.com/elections/gop-pundits-question-powells-integrity-on-race
"The same republican party operatives that were so in love with Colin Powell that they wanted him to run against Clinton in 96 are now questioning his judgment, suggesting that a highly respected, former soldier, general, secretary of defense, chairman of the joint chiefs of staffs and secretary of state make political decisions based on race. How low can you go?"
#colin #election #obama #politics #powell #race
archive.org #11571

Add - DateTime stamp when user added video to his/her favorites - YouTube - Issue 110 - gdata-issues - Google Code

http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=110#c24
Holy crap - this bug is fixed? If so, it means that YouTube favorites feeds now reflect when a video was made favorite, not when the video itself was changed. "For V2 the atom:published and atom:updated reflect the time the favorite was added. There is a new tag inside of called that gives the datetime that the video was uploaded."
#atom #gdata #google #youtube
archive.org #11570

What If US Collapses? Soviet Collapse Lessons Every American Needs To Know | MadConomist.com

http://madconomist.com/what-if-us-collapses-soviet-collapse-lessons-every-american-needs-to-know
"The point that I do want to stress is that when this economy collapses, it is bound to be much worse. Another point I would like to stress is that collapse here is likely to be permanent. The factors that allowed Russia and the other former Soviet republics to recover are not present here."
#america #collapse #economy #preparedness #russia #us
archive.org #11567

Biden lashes out at Palin's 'pro-America' comment - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/17/campaign.wrap
""It doesn't matter where you live, we all love this country, and I hope it gets through. We all love this country," he said. "We are one nation, under God, indivisible. We are all patriotic. We all love our country in every part of this nation! And I'm tired. I am tired, tired, tired, tired of the implications about patriotism.""
#biden #palin #patriotism #politics
archive.org #11565

Blender Defender

http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender
"Have a cat that won't stay off your counters? I do. I finally got fed up with it enough to do something about it: scare the crap out of him with a motion-detecting blender (while recording the results for my own amusement, of course)."
#blenders #cats #discipline #howto #video #x10
archive.org #11564

Cherish The AIR? Just because you can doesn't mean you should

http://greenmonk.net/?p=111
"the core idea that should be upheld by companies like Apple should be about making things better and less often. Making things that will be able to evolve, be upgraded, be adaptable, hackable and more fun to use for longer so that as a customer I don’t think that I’m buying version 3.4 of something that will only be as good as it’s last press release. I want to buy “the” quintessential Apple product and cherish it for years, like people would cherish a vintage car."
#apple #design #gadgets #product #sustainability #technology
archive.org #11560

Mark Bernstein: Coover Links

http://www.markbernstein.org/Oct0801/CooverLinks.html
"Consider Coover Links — links in which the start of a sentence lies in one side of the link while the end of the sentence lies at the other. Coover links are named for Robert Coover, the author of a short hypertext “Heart Suit” (McSweeney’s 16, 2005) written entirely in this fashion."
#coover #hypertext #links #writing
archive.org #11559

Dynamic programming futures | InfoWorld | Test Center | October 13, 2008 | By Peter Wayner, IDG News Service

http://weblog.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?A=/article/08/10/13/42TC-dynamic-futures_1.html&R=printThis
"What will the world of dynamic programming languages and Web applications look like in five years? This is one of those highly personal and deeply philosophical questions best saved for after dessert is served, the drinks are poured, and the sidearms are safely locked away."
#javascript #perl #programming #python #ruby #scripting #webdev
archive.org #11555

Hummus en Fuego Recipe - 101 Cookbooks

http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/hummus-en-fuego-recipe.html
"So here you have it, a hummus of sorts made from pureed garbanzo beans, toasted walnuts, and spicy crushed red pepper oil. The rustic red pepper flecks and translucent olive oil are set against the creamy backdrop of the pureed beans. To finish things off, I couldn't resist a few oily, black olives and chopped cilantro - both of which I had on hand."
#cooking #food #hot #hummus #recipes #spicy
archive.org #11553

WOODEN USB MEMORY STRAP

http://www.perpetualkid.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2483
"Are you walking a fine line between being a tech weenie and a tree hugger? Thank goodness we found you! This wooden USB Memory Strap with built-in flash memory lets you combine both of your loves."
#gadgets #usb #wishlist #wood
archive.org #11546

Scott Horsley : NPR

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2788801
"Scott Horsley is a business correspondent for NPR. He covers general economic issues with a special emphasis on energy. In 2004, Scott took a break from business reporting to cover John Kerry's presidential campaign. He also reported from the Pentagon during the Afghan war and the early phases of the Iraq war. "
#npr #scotthorsley
archive.org #11544

Django snippets: minimal nginx conf to split get/post requests

http://www.djangosnippets.org/snippets/1141
"After a point the sql server becomes the bottleneck in lots of web application, and to scale, master-slave replication with single master, multiple slave is recommended. This setup with nginx can be used to accomplish traffic distribution between master and slave based on request method. "
#config #get #http #master #nginx #post #scalability #slave #sysadmin #webdev
archive.org #11541

Frotzophone

http://itp.nyu.edu/~ap1607/frotzophone
"The Frotzophone is an interface for making music with interactive fiction. The topography simulated in the game is used to generate sound, as is the player's path through the game. A Frotzophone "performance" looks just like playing a text adventure; but in addition to playing a game, you're also playing music."
#art #frotz #frotzophone #gaming #if #ifiction #music
archive.org #11536

The sentences of Sarah Palin, diagrammed. - By Kitty Burns Florey - Slate Magazine

http://www.slate.com/id/2201158
"I had to give up. This sentence is not for diagramming lightweights. If there's anyone out there who can kick this sucker into line, I'd be delighted to hear from you. To me, it's not English—it's a collection of words strung together to elicit a reaction, floating ands and prepositional phrases ("with that vote of the American people") be damned. It requires not a diagram but a selection of push buttons."
#funny #grammar #language #linguistics #palin #politics #writing
archive.org #11535

Gettin’ All Mavericky by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal 13 October 2008

http://www.city-journal.org/2008/eon1013hm.html
"Nevertheless, Palin’s verbal hodgepodge may say nothing about her qualifications for the vice presidency. Judgment and political acumen could well rest on different mental capacities than the ability to order thoughts into smooth sentences. But the inability to answer a straightforward question about economic policy without becoming tangled in words suggests either ignorance about the subject matter or a difficulty connecting between ideas. Neither explanation is reassuring. "
#conservatism #hypocrisy #idiots #language #mccain #palin #politics #thought
archive.org #11534

And If You Direct Your Attention To The X-Axis, You'll Find I Have No Idea What I'm Talking About | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/and_if_you_direct_your
"In today's class, we'll be exploring the following principles: first, the Pythagorean theorem. Second, the reciprocal relationship between sine and cosine. And third, logarithmic functions and how they relate to me not having a damn clue what I've just said."
#funny #math #school #xaxis
archive.org #11532

Scott Bakula Jumps Into McCain's Body Just Before Election | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/scott_bakula_jumps_into
"With Republican nominee John McCain continuing to flounder at the polls, the unknown force that orders the universe announced yesterday that Scott Bakula has entered the body of the struggling Arizona senator in order to "help him out of a real jam.""
#bakula #funny #mccain #politics #quantumleap
archive.org #11531

Season Three Sketches - Man Sexually Harasses Himself

http://www.kithfan.org/work/transcripts/three/sexhimself.html
"Well, you know, it started off innocently enough- flattery. I would complement the jacket I was wearing, or say "nice cologne" to myself. But soon after that I'd be at the water cooler and, uh, I would start to play with my hair. Oh, I'd try to laugh it off, pretend that nothing was happening, but that seemed only to encourage me."
#funny #harassment #humor #kidsinthehall
archive.org #11529

WalMart now says they'll keep the DRM servers on forever - Boing Boing

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/10/walmart-now-says-the.html
"All those companies (cough Amazon cough Apple cough) that say they're only doing DRM for now, until they can convince the stupid entertainment execs to ditch it, heed this lesson: you will spend the rest of your corporate life paying for this mistake, maintaining infrastructure whose sole purpose is to lock your customers into a technology restriction that no one really believes in. Welcome to the infinite cost of doing business with Hollywood. "
#copyfight #doh #drm #music #walmart
archive.org #11523

Mic to Mic: The mashed potatoes sample revealed!

http://mic-to-mic.blogspot.com/2007/06/mashed-potatoes-sample-revealed.html
"The source of a spoken sample used in the song "B-Boys Makin' with the Freak Freak" has been a topic of discussion in the Beastie Boys fan community since the release of Ill Communication, the album on which the song appears, in 1994. Uncredited on the album, the sample -- referred to as "the mashed potatoes sample" by fans -- has been a mystery. Fans have wondered and argued about who the comedian that says, "Shit, if this is gonna be that kind of party, I'm gonna stick my dick in the mashed potatoes" is."
#beastieboys #comedy #mashedpotatoes #music #samples
archive.org #11521

Step By Step: Set Up Universal Ad Blocking Through Your Router

http://lifehacker.com/5060053/set-up-universal-ad-blocking-through-your-router
"If you've turned your $60 router into a user-friendly super-router with open-source firmware Tomato, you already know that Tomato can boost your Wi-Fi signal, track bandwidth usage, and set Quality of Service rules with ease. But if you're a big fan of Adblock Plus—the most popular Firefox extension among Lifehacker readers—you can save yourself an extension installation and universally block ads across your entire home network by adding a custom script to your Tomato firmware."
#adblocking #hacks #howto #linksys #networking #router
archive.org #11519

ASCII by Jason Scott: I'll be Over Here, Thanks

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000725.html
"Larry Hosken: Someone made a comment in response to my website. Specifically, they commented that I was a dickhead. I left that comment up on my site. And thus, for a while, I was the top Google hit for [dickhead]. I felt honored, like the whole internet had gathered together and given me a shiny trophy." Best comment of the day.
#comments #dickheads #metablogging
archive.org #11509

MTV Multiplayer » J.J. Abrams Would Love To Make His Very Own ‘Zork’

http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/10/08/jj-abrams-would-love-to-make-his-very-own-zork
"“Lost” creator J.J. Abrams may not have have felt like explaining the smoke monster to MTV News movies reporter Josh Horowitz during an interview taped a few feet from my desk last week. But he both offered to adopt Horowitz and answered one question about his interest in making video games."
#gaming #ifiction #jjabrams #zork
archive.org #11508

Design Sense, Local Logic

http://www.concentratemedia.com/features/Shanalogic0028.aspx
"While Shana Logic functions as a shopping portal, it sets itself apart from other online shopping venues by delivering products in a fun and creative way, starting with the online marketing (see shopping sections such as "yummy good" and "punk rock sass") and ending with the packaging (lime green bubble wrap, boxes decorated by hand with silly stickers and packed with a free magnet designed by Victor). The online store is as bold and colorful as much of the inventory is. To become a Shana Design product it must be cute, funny, silly, different. There is a heavy Japanese influence in the products, AKA modern craft or studio craft."
#annarbor #michigan #nifty #shanalogic #stores #toys
archive.org #11500

Mozilla Labs » Blog Archive » Introducing Geode

http://labs.mozilla.com/2008/10/introducing-geode
"Introducing Geode, an experimental add-on to explore geolocation in Firefox 3 ahead of the implementation of geolocation in a future product release. Geode provides an early implementation of the W3C Geolocation specification so that developers can begin experimenting with enabling location-aware experiences using Firefox 3 today, and users can tell us what they think of the experience it provides. It includes a single experimental geolocation service provider so that any computer with WiFi can get accurate positioning data."
#extensions #firefox #geo #mozilla #skyhook #spatial #wifi
archive.org #11497

Relax, Everything Is Deeply Intertwingled: Set this TypePad free or I will kill it.

http://ifindkarma.typepad.com/relax/2008/10/set-this-typepa.html
"I killed one TypePad today. I'm ready and willing to do it again if I need to. Six Apart, set this TypePad free." Umm... so he wants Six Apart to give him a free TypePad ride because he hardly ever posts to it? This ain't the meaning of "Information wants to be free"
#metablogging #renkoo #sixapart #tanstaafl #typepad
archive.org #11496

Hidden USB Storage

http://www.instructables.com/id/Hidden_USB_Storage
"If you're like me, you may or may not have secret files plotting world domination and other devious deeds. These files obviously need to be hidden from the prying eyes of sisters, FBI agents, grandparents, etc. We are going to convert a phone jack in the wall into a secret USB memory device."
#electronics #hacks #hardware #nifty #usb
archive.org #11495

Weird Al: Forefather of the YouTube Spoof

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine/16-10/ff_weirdal
"Much like the big-name artists he once so expertly spoofed, Yankovic now inspires not just imitators but also competitors. He'll soon commence work on his 13th studio album, which will have to compete against his own singsongy progeny—the amateur satirists who can devise, record, and edit their own parodies in days, if not hours. To make matters more complicated, whereas Yankovic could once mine such inexhaustible icons as Jackson and Nirvana for laughs, he now has to contend with the likes of Jessica Simpson or Kevin Federline—celebrities who are more or less already self-parodies. Being a music satirist in 2008 is a bit like being a political cartoonist after the Harding administration: too many easy targets, too few sacred idols."
#comedy #culture #for:missadroit #music #weirdal #yankovic
archive.org #11494

ASCII by Jason Scott: The Pain of the Field Major

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000723.html
"I spend a lot of my time doing what might be called generous work for many folks online, but experiences like this make me consider how few of my audience I might actually like in extended conversation, how little they would have to offer me as associates, how better off I am that I haven't met them. Given the choice, I would make no effort to hold the elevator door open for them, or stop the subway car from closing up and moving on, leaving them in the rain."
#assholes #gamers #gaming #halo3
archive.org #11490

Obama campaign rejects Palin 'terrorist' gibe - CNN.com

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/05/palin.obama.terrorist.claim/index.html
"She referred to an article in Saturday's New York Times about Obama's relationship with Ayers, now 63. But that article concluded that "the two men do not appear to have been close. Nor has Mr. Obama ever expressed sympathy for the radical views and actions of Mr. Ayers, whom he has called 'somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8.'""
#election #obama #palin #politics
archive.org #11489

Make-Believe Maverick : Rolling Stone

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/make_believe_maverick_the_real_john_mccain
"This is the story of the real John McCain, the one who has been hiding in plain sight. It is the story of a man who has consistently put his own advancement above all else, a man willing to say and do anything to achieve his ultimate ambition: to become commander in chief, ascending to the one position that would finally enable him to outrank his four-star father and grandfather."
#election #mccain #politics #president
archive.org #11485

Myspace.com Blogs - NEW SINGLE! - Weird Al Yankovic MySpace Blog

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?blogID=437292861&friendID=90827837&fuseaction=blog.view
"This is extremely exciting for me. One of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my career is keeping my material topical even though I only release albums every 3 or 4 years. Now, with the advent and popularity of digital distribution, I don't have to wait around while my songs get old and dated – I can get them out on the Internet almost immediately. It kind of boggles my mind – I thought of the idea for this new song a week ago, and next week it's getting released! "
#for:missadroit #itunes #music #nifty #weirdal #yankovic
archive.org #11483

ongoing · Learning REST

http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/10/01/Learning-REST
"I was talking to a colleague who has to become savvy in a hurry about modern Web applications and he asked “How do I learn about REST?” Good question. I thought of a couple of suggestions, then asked Twitter and got some more. Here they are."
#http #rest #webdev #webservices
archive.org #11477

The Ur-Quan Masters - News

http://sc2.sourceforge.net
"The project started in August 2002, when Toys For Bob released the partially ported sources of Star Control 2 3DO version to the fan community. Our goal is to port this wonderful game to current personal computers and operating systems. It is and will remain 100% free of charge, and anyone can contribute to the project and thus help make it even better. For more information, look at our info page."
#games #gaming #nifty #sc2 #scifi #ur-quan
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Michigan Beer Scene

http://www.craftbeerlocator.com/podcast/michiganbeerscene/index.php?p=home
"Listen in as Craig and Jerry discuss what's new in the Michigan Beer Scene, chat with notable figures in Michigan Beer brewing and evaluate different Michigan Beers"
#beer #michigan #podcasts
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madhava.com/egotism/: Fennec at M8 - now with more UI!

http://madhava.com/egotism/archive/005028.html
"As Mark Finkle posted over on his blog, milestone 8 (M8) of Fennec is out. This is an exciting time from a user-experience perspective because, along with functionality and stability improvements, this milestone brings with it the beginnings of Fennec's look and feel. In a sense, we have some UI worth playing with, evaluating, and improving."
#fennec #mobile #mozilla #webdev
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Cloud computing is a trap, warns GNU founder | Technology | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/sep/29/cloud.computing.richard.stallman
"It's just as bad as using a proprietary program. Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program. If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless. You're putty in the hands of whoever developed that software."
#cloud #computing #gnu #lockin #rms
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