Sensors powered by trees (8)
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MIT researchers are developing a novel power scavenging systes for small wireless sensors that monitor for forest fires. The sensors are powered by the trees themselves. Each sensor's battery is trickle charged with the electricity generated by the imbalance in pH between the tree and the soil. From the MIT News Office: A single tree doesn't generate a lot of power, but over time the "trickle charge" adds up, "just like a dripping faucet can ...
Denver police union T-shirt: "We get up early to beat the crowds" - Boing Boing (38)
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The Denver police union is selling T-shirts commemorating the good times they had last month. It costs just $10, which is quite a deal! The back of the shirts reads, "We get up early to beat the crowds" and "2008 DNC," and has a caricature of a police officer holding a baton. Detective Nick Rogers, a member of the Police Protective Association board, said police often issue T-shirts to commemorate big events. Rogers said each ...
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Andreas said:
WTF? How messed up is a system where your law officers think their task is to "beat up the crowds". What happend to "serve and protect"?
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sean said:
To protect and serve?
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Data Vortex said:
Just one more reason why it is morally acceptable for any decent person to murder police men and women in Denver. I wouldn't ever convict anyone of retaliatory killings there.
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robert steburg said:
You stay classy Denver, CO
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Wolfger said:
Lovely. Not only do they beat people with batons, but they're obviously damned proud of it. They could at least *pretend* to believe it's improper...
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Jordan T-H said:
At least they aren't lying to themselves.
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DC said:
Think they copied this off the LAPD.
jQuery, Microsoft, and Nokia (33)
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We have two pieces of fantastic, albeit serendipitous, news today: Both Microsoft and Nokia are taking the major step of adopting jQuery as part of their official application development platform. Not only will they be using it for their corporate development but they will be providing it as a core piece of their platform for developers to build with. Microsoft is looking to make jQuery part of their official development platform. Their JavaScript offering today ...
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gsherman said:
most excellent.
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Eber said:
uhul, there you go jQuery :D
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Sudar said:
One more reason to learn jQuery
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kara said:
visual studio'da jquery. Intellisense yeter...
Hulu - Saturday Night Live: Couric / Palin Open (4)
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Sen. Barack Obama before his first presidential debate (2)
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Democratic Presidential Nominee, Senator Barack Obama participates in the first presidential debate with Senator McCain at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS on Friday, September 26, 2008. (David Katz/Obama for America)
How McCain Stirred a Simmering Pot (5)
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Bookmark this on Delicious - Saved by pkeane to politics mccain economy bailout campaigns wp Obama treasury - More about this bookmark
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Pete said:
Josh Marshall at TPM pointed to this Post article detailing last week's drama around the bailout negotiations. Fascinating stuff.
Bad News For The Bailout - Forbes.com (4)
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A deal likely won't happen this week, and if Paulson wants one at all, he better improve his case to Congress.
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Jeff said:
Well, yeah, duh it's made up, what else? hmmm... hm... oh yeah, derivatives and credit default swaps.
310 - The World, Justified « Strange Maps (17)
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Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain are a pair of young Brazilian artists, working in their home country and in France. Some of their work explores fonts and maps. Typography meets cartography in this little work, entitled ‘The World, Justified’. It shows the world we live in as only one of four possibilities, the others being a left-aligned, centred and right-aligned world. Our world is a justified one, i.e. aligned with both left and right margins. ...
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Isaac said:
amazing concept---I love this! I also love the strangemaps blog.
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Jon Wiley said:
Typography meets cartography.
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Stijn said:
Who comes up with stuff like this?
Hank Paulson's bailout 419 letter (42)
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Hal sends us this "brilliant satiric email phrasing Hank Paulson's giant Wall Street bailout as Nigerian spam." Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me ...
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Chris said:
Fantastic! Sounds the way it should now.
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Typo180 said:
Sounds legit
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Doug said:
This is SPAM I can get behind. Send to all your friends.
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Mark said:
This is fantastic.
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Galtenbergs said:
"I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you."
The Green Flash on Flickr - Photo Sharing! (1)
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This is my photo of the green flash at sunset - the first time I'd ever seen this rare event.
Ruth Marcus - True Whoppers - washingtonpost.com (2)
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Is there any reason to trust that McCain would go on to be an honest president?
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Jon Wiley said:
Thank you reporter. More, please.
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : A modest proposal (21)
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Jeffrey Zeldman: If you’re selling toothpaste, your claims must be vetted by legal and medical professionals. But not if you’re selling a candidate. If you’re selling a candidate, not only can you lie about his record, but more to the point, you can lie about his opponent. ★
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Joe Hughes said:
F'real.
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Enkrates said:
Zeldman would like for politics to be conducted without... politics. "What is a political issue" is a political issue. "Which claims about a candidate are true" is a political issue. Politics is truly postmodern (and that's probably a good thing).Further, politics follows politics. If you make networks arbiters of political advertising, you will get political people to start working at networks. Also, you will get openly biased networks, a la Fox News. Also, you will get political retribution from the "political advertising monitoring agency" after elections. You will also get censorship from that same agency.And, finally, politics is too important for censorship, which is ultimately what this whole proposal is about. I assume Zeldman is an Obama supporter, and he seems to just be mad that McCain is gaining ground. This makes him want to use the government against politicians he dislikes. This is exactly why free speech is crucial in politics. Nothing will kill America faster than criminalizing policy differences, which is what any proposal like this would become.
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Jon Wiley said:
I think we missed the boat, but it's a good idea.
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SethyG said:
Zeldman does it up right.
Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes - NYTimes.com (1)
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Gov. Sarah Palin’s visceral style and tendency to attack critics contrast with her public image, her record shows.
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Jon Wiley said:
Worse than Bush. I didn't think that was possible.
Everymoment Now (16)
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Everymoment Now. Exploring news histories and bringing context and scope to the moments shaping our world.
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Jon Wiley said:
It charts the mentions of Obama and McCain in the news each day until the election.
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Pradeep said:
See also, http://buzztracker.org, from the brain behind "Everymoment Now".
Alternative List Box UI (8)
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List boxes can act as a set of radio buttons (allowing people to select exactly one choice from a set of mutually exclusive options) or as a set of checkboxes (allowing people to select any number of choices from a list of options). List boxes can be configured to show more options than a drop-down menu while still taking up less screen real estate than a list of radio buttons or checkboxes. Despite these advantages, ...
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luxus said:
sehr coole multiple select list
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Gov. Palin and Katie Couric get real and adorable...Added: September 28, 2008Air date: September 27, 2008Duration: 06:49Rating: 4.8 / 5.0Contribute comment
