Google Adds Roundtables to Its Video Library (3)
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Google has just posted the first three videos in an ongoing series of technology roundtables that it is hosting. The discussions are pretty esoteric at times, but anyone interested in advanced computing topics such as working with web search, the cloud, clusters, and speech technology will find these of interest. The videos feature Google engineers, and provide a glimpse into what Google is working on. In this post, I’ll also discuss some much more down-to-earth ...
The Palins' un-American activities | Salon (21)
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Vogler's greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States "tyranny" before the entire world and to demand Alaska's freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue. That's right ... Iran. The Islamic dictatorship. The taker of American hostages. The rogue nation that McCain and Palin have excoriated Obama for suggesting we diplomatically engage. That Iran.
Nobel Prize In Physics For Symmetry Breaking Discoveries (14)
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(Photo from MSNBC by Kenneth Libbrecht) Today, the Nobel Prize in Physics was announced for important discoveries in the field of quantum physics. Yoichiro Nambu at Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, US, shares the prize with Makoto Kobayashi at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Japan, and Toshihide Masukawa at the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP), Kyoto University, Japan. Together, their discoveries about "symmetry breaking" and quarks, lead to a deeper understanding ...
12 Ways to Green Your Home for Winter (2)
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Heating, cooling and lighting our houses belches out a third of our carbon dioxide and sucks a lot of money out of our wallets in the process. There are so many guides and websites that tell you what to do fix this from insulating your walls to changing your windows. But if you are into frugal green living, what should you do first? What is the most effective thing to do? What gives the most ...
VBS - WHY NOBODY'S WINNING ANYTHING IN AFGHANISTAN ANYTIME SOON (1)
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To enhance* the viewing experience of this week's "Inside Afghanistan" series, we're asking Ben Anderson a couple questions about each day's episodes. Today our chief concerns are a) why is mainstream coverage of Afghanistan so terrible? and b) how in...
National Grid Wants Your Roof! Utility Looking to Install So (3)
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photo: Daniel Figueroa This one’s a twist on decentralized solar power generation, the solar-as-service model of energy development, and traditional utility-owned power. National Grid has announced that is has filed preliminary paperwork to develop up to 50 MW of solar power in Massachusetts under the state’s Green Communities Act. Big deal, right? Fifty megawatts may be a drop in the energy demand bucket, but the interesting thing is in one of the w...
New surveillance program will turn military satellites on US (24)
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The National Applications Office is meant to coordinate the use of military spy satellites to watch the US, but the GAO warns that more privacy checks are needed. Congress has given the NAO a qualified go-ahead, barring cooperation with law enforcement... for now.Read More...
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Steve said:
Related viewing: Enemy of the State
NIN Edition of Tap Tap Revenge Brings Licensed Content To Apple’s App Store (22)
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In what may well stand as a defining moment in the maturation of Apple’s App Store, Tapulous has announced that it has partnered with the band Nine Inch Nails to release a premium version of its popular game Tap Tap Revenge some time in October. The application will include a NIN-centric theme, as well as over a dozen of the band’s songs from its last two albums. The partnership is among the first to bring ...
How Criterion Hones Its Restoration Magic for HD (14)
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Lee Kline, the Technical Director at The Criterion Collection, was in Italy. He had tracked down an original print of Il Posto, the classic 1961 Ermanno Olmi film, and he needed a digital master of it. The problem? It was far too valuable and delicate to ship to the States, so he had find a local studio to handle the transfer for him. Sitting down in the lab, the local technician started the process of ...
Drupal Developer&s Toolbox | Developers Toolbox | Smashing Magazine (73)
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After publishing the recent WordPress Developer’s Toolbox, there were several Drupal developers calling out for equal coverage. In this post you will find a thorough collection of all kinds of resources that will aid designers and developers working with Drupal-powered websites. This collection is intended to simplify your tasks and save you time when working with Drupal. This post covers essential resources related to Drupal — the basics, modules, Drupal design inspiration, Drupal themes, tutorials, ...
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jorgemaestre said:
Recopilación de recursos de Drupal
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Kurt said:
HELL YEAH! Permanately bookmarked
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Rob Loach said:
Way to go, Smashing Magazine! These guys rule!
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Joseph said:
for the tool box
‘All of a Sudden’ (42)
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Senator Bernie Sanders: For years now, they’ve told us that we can’t afford — that the government providing healthcare to all people is just unimaginable; it can’t be done. We don’t have the money to rebuild our infrastructure. We don’t have the money to wipe out poverty. We can’t do it. But all of a sudden, yeah, we do have $700 billion for a bailout of Wall Street. In just one week. Via µ Slabs. ...
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Nick Dominguez said:
Truth.
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Jesse said:
Excellent observation.
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Josh said:
Priorities, right?
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neal said:
Sad but true. And irrefutable, so there. :P
Digging Deeper::NYU Professor Stifles Blogging, Twittering by Journalism Student (11)
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After New York University journalism student Alana Taylor wrote her first embed report for MediaShift on September 5, it didn’t take long for her scathing criticism of NYU to spread around the web and stir conversations. Taylor thought that her professor, Mary Quigley, was not up to speed on social media and podcasting — even though the class she was teaching was called “Reporting Gen Y.” And Taylor felt that NYU was not offering her ...
Semantics + Google = SemantiFind (20)
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SemantiFind is a newly launched semantic search tool which made its debut at the recent DEMO conference. Unlike other semantic search engines such as Hakia and the recently acquired Powerset, SemantiFind isn't looking to create a whole new search engine from scratch. Instead, they decided to improve upon the one engine we already use: Google. How To Use SemantiFind To get started with SemantiFind, you must first create an account. You can then download the ...
Google Maps for Mobile Gets Street View, Walking Directions (9)
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The Google Maps for Mobile team pushed a new version of their application today, with two hugely awesome features packed inside. They’ve added support for Street View, which allows you to get a pedestrian’s-eye view of any street Google has cruised down with their panoramic-shootin’ super car. It’s a feature that has been around for quite some time on the desktop version, but is mounds more useful on-the-go. Read more… Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets ...
Plastic Additive BPA Connected To Diabetes, Heart Disease (13)
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