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Nerf factory riot in China (14)
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Riots are breaking out in factories in Dongguan as bankruptcies and layoffs throw thousands out of work with wages owing. South China, "the world's factory," is in chaos, faltering. After the mid-autumn festival, enormous numbers of workers simply stayed home in the provinces, rather than returning to work in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Dongguan. This AP story talks about a riot in the factory where Nerf toys were manufactured for Hasbro -- and no, they didn't ...Shared by Antoine (17) ax0n (26) Benjamin Doherty (27) cesaracardoso (44) Crossbar (1) DanTheFan (8) darkeye11547 (10) Jamin (8) Kerim Friedman (0) Kraki (20) px (2) Rob Wright (3) Sam Dodge (1) Zaki (12)Contribute comment -
Climate Change in the Himalayas (2)
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CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE HIMALAYAS....Joe Romm passes along the news today that Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than anyone has previously predicted. You can add this to Romm's list of other climate change impacts that are happening faster than most climate models predict, including the canonical IPCC models: "The recent [Arctic] sea-ice retreat is larger than in any of the (19) IPCC [climate] models" [PDF] — and that was a Norwegian expert in 2005. The ...Shared by Kerim Friedman (0) Punning Pundit (17)Contribute comment -
Obama's Voices (19)
onI've been listening to the audiobook, Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama, which has the additional benefit of being read by the author. Obama's baritone has become a familiar voice in my head. What might surprise some people, beyond Obama's ability as a writer and storyteller, is that each of his characters becomes a distinct voice that he brings alive, not just in his writing but even more so in this audiobook. They come ...Shared by cgsheldon (32) Chris (0) Dan Russell (1) David Orban (0) Distracted Librarian (2) dknowles (0) Firethorn (2) G. (4) Harper (14) Karoli (17) Kerim Friedman (0) Kevin (1) ryanshepherd (8) Stefan Hayden (1) Steven Perez (35) Travis Jon Allison (0) TxVoodoo (15) vanlandw (7) yooper1019 (1)Explore read four notes
- vanlandw said: I absolutely agree with this. I listened to DfmF and it's a great way to experience the book with President Elect Obama leading the way.
- Stefan Hayden said: great review
- dknowles said: This book is really good, regardless of your political beliefs.
- yooper1019 said: Want!
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uTorrent for Mac Officially Released (106)
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Mac OS X only: If you've been waiting patiently for the popular BitTorrent application, uTorrent, to find its way to your Mac, your wait is finally over: uTorrent for the Mac is officially available. We've been waiting for the Mac release for a while now, and leaks of the beta had already made their rounds on BitTorrent sites (how apropos), but the official release (Intel Macs only at the moment) of the most popular BitTorrent ...Shared by 異塵行者 (3) 皮皮鲁 (0) 绯村剑心 (10) Adam (32) AdamB (20) Adrian (2) Adrian (0) Aerial (10) Al (11) Ameer (0) Anand (0) Anoop (18) Bastien Grandet (0) Chris (0) Chris Nixon (10) Chris Rivers (1) Compulsivo (6) Compuwizard123 (13) conmulligan (0) Coolbox (1) Cuélebre (1) Dan Russell (1) Dave E. (8) Dave Gilbert (6) David Goldmann (4) David Herman (0) DCFemella (12) Dennis Laumen (0) DIAMOND-TIN (1) Dilated (0) ekaye (7) ema (1) Federico Paderni (7) Fernando Takai (0) Florent Solt (4) forinec (0) Gabriel Reis (0) gadgetboy (22) Greg Morgan (0) guercheLE (10) Gustav Holmström (2) handir (24) Huang (3) industwetrust (1) javaneze (5) Jeffrey Vanneste (6) John Albright (3) John W (0) Jon (6) Jon West (2) JonathanRauch (0) jonese (5) Joshua (1) Jurgen Fauth (2) Justin Doub (1) Justin Hileman (1) Keef (7) Kerim Friedman (0) koppah (15) Kwasi (20) LANjackal (7) Lucas (4) macgeekpro (15) marx (20) Mitchell McKenna (3) motionblur studios (30) MrGuff (10) mrreynolds (0) Neal "thePuck" Jansons (53) Nicke (18) Nikola (0) Noel (0) oniquet (4) Paul Puri (0) pejman (1) Peli (9) PouarK (8) Priit^ (16) RJO (5) Roman (0) Ryan (6) Ryan (12) Scott Jones (1) sean808080 (0) Shane (0) Shawn L. Morrissey (23) SkyWalker (0) Spyros (0) Stephen (0) Super Mario (1) sushi (13) Syng (2) tadhgk (2) Ted (1) Terrence (0) Thadman (1) Tiago Jorge (0) Trevor Manternach (0) Vinícius Amaral (0) Will (9) William Holtkamp (1) woofeR (0) yooper1019 (1) Zeb (0) Zoram (8) zsafwan (16)Explore read eight notes- Trevor Manternach said: I doesn't appear to have the "security" feature that Transmission does (where is blocks "bad" IP addresses).
- David Herman said: This looks awesome, downloading now :)
- Stephen said: FINALLY! But now Transmission has my love.
- Ted said: Looks to have way more bells and whistles than necessary; doubt it will sway me away from Transmission.
- Adrian said: oh jeebus just what i need! :D
- PouarK said: Tiens la preuve j'en remet une =)
- RJO said: Anyone with a mac who torrents - this is a great client.
- Spyros said: Great News for Mac users. UTorrent is by far the best BitTorrent app out there
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Obama's Cabinet (1)
onOBAMA'S CABINET....The New York Times says Hillary Clinton has decided to become Barack Obama's Secretary of State. New York Fed chief Tim Geithner will head up the Treasury. So far, then, Obama's cabinet looks like this:State: Hillary Clinton Treasury: Tim Geithner Defense: Robert Gates (maybe) Attorney General: Eric Holder Health & Human Services: Tom Daschle Homeland Security: Janet NapolitanoWhatever else you can say about this crew, there's not much question that Obama is assembling an ...Shared by Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment
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There is a commonly held belief that Helvetica is the signage typeface of the New York City subway system. (1)
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The (Mostly) True Story of Helvetica and the New York City Subway. Via Coudal.Shared by Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment -
Apple - iPhone - iPhone Your Life (94)
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Once you own an iPhone, you discover that it’s more than a phone. It’s a way of life. Take a look at some ideas to help you get the most out of your iPhone, wherever you go.Shared by Adam Parnes (0) Aelle (5) Ahmed Naguib (14) Andrew (0) Ash Matadeen (3) Barry Sanschagrin (2) Bastien Labelle (2) Ben Soto (0) binduwavell (2) Bob van der Vleuten (0) Brandon Wood (1) Caleb Brown (11) Charley M (6) ChiliMac (5) Chris (0) chris (0) Chris Budden (1) Christian (5) Dan Dragar (18) Dave (5) Derek Edmond (23) derek markham (126) Dev (2) Doug Funny (2) Eduo (6) Eric Chen (48) George Lee (1) Grork (2) guy (59) Hector Jarquin (10) ian davis (0) iphonegirl (3) Isaac Palmgren (13) Jake McKee (0) Jason Remnant (4) Jeff Weisbein (0) Jennifer Murtha (0) Jesse Jardim (2) Joe Dawson (27) Jon Scheiber (1) Jonathan (1) Jonathan (12) Jonathan Brierley (0) Jordan (2) Josh (0) Josh (1) Joshua (1) Julian Lukács (0) Justin (1) Kabren Levinson (3) Keef (7) Kelly Bolinger (1) Kerim Friedman (0) Koen Van der Auwera (10) Leena (247) Leon Ridge-Cooke (5) mac (6) Mark Havenner (0) Mark Raymond (3) Matt Hoult (0) Matthew B Kelch (1) Michael Religioso (5) Muhammad Saleem (109) nAODI (3) Neil Nagler (1) Nikollas Ordway (28) p@r@noid (175) Pablo (0) Philip Campbell (4) Rahul Gaitonde (13) Rajeev Edmonds (45) Rami Taibah (2) rony john (47) Ryan Cates (0) Ryan Lewis (49) Saad Kamal (4) SengMing (7) Simon MacDonald (3) Simon Thomas (0) SnakeDoc (4) Sun Tzu (186) tharik (4) Tim (5) timothyt (2) Tyson Williams (16) useEvil (0) Vinny Carpenter (0) will (18) William Fong (2) Yamil Gonzales (0) Yatin Vadhia (89) Zak M. (219) zukibusa (7) Zypher (3)- mac said: A good resource of iPhone/touch apps.
- Eduo said: Apple hace una "selección" de lo que considera las aplicaciones más representativas e interesantes para el iPhone.Supongo que algo de publicidad mezclado con número de downloads de la App Store habrá aquí, pero Apple está dando su implícito "visto bueno" a estas. Hay cosas muy interesantes que no había visto en el océano de apps que ya hay.Eso sí, esto representa un problema que cada vez se hace más obvio, y es que la App Store necesita mejorarse para manejar todo lo que está saliendo de forma más eficiente (y, a mis ojos, necesita una versión Web que envíe lo seleciconado por push *YA*).
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The Amazon's indigenous people: The other Brazil (1)
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The mixed blessings of the simple life led by indigenous people deep in the forestPOLITICIANS all over the world are accustomed to cutting ribbons on new buildings. In the Alto Solimoes region of the Brazilian Amazon, they are sometimes expected to wield bigger shears. An extension to Novo Paraiso’s schoolhouse is being built and Yudo, recently elected to the post of vereador, a kind of town councillor, strides into the forest with a chainsaw to ...Shared by Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment -
Remembering Our Friends- Supporting the Autoworkers (1)
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I'll hopefully have time to post on why allowing the U.S. auto industry to die without help would be a catastrophic mistake, but let me note a more basic political issue for progressives, of helping the UAW save their members jobs. The United Auto Workers has been a stalwart ally of progressives for going on seventy-plus years, from helping build the New Deal to supporting progressive government for years (thanks for Michigan, guys!) Without going ...Shared by Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment -
Legendary Harvard law prof fights constitutionality of RIAA lawsuits (43)
onThe formidable Charlie Nesson, founder of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society and all-round good-guy law-prof, has taken up the defense of a Boston University student who's been sued for file-sharing. Nesson is arguing against the constitutionality of the record companies' lawsuits, in a winner-take-all suit that could force the RIAA to come up with a better answer than "sue your customers" (remember, the biggest file-sharers are also the biggest music-buyers, concert-goers, etc -- ...Shared by Alex (3) Allen (1) Andrew Ferguson (0) Carlton (2) cgsheldon (32) Chris (0) christianaverill (0) Christopher (0) Chuck F (0) D Hayes (0) darkeye11547 (10) Ethan (0) Federico Paderni (7) Geoff Schultz (7) Geoffrey Allan Plauche (0) Gerard Barberi (3) Grey (24) iAdramelk (2) issa (5) Jamin (8) Jim (5) Jim (7) John (3) John Munro (208) Kerim Friedman (0) maplestar (2) Mark Whiting (0) Michael (26) Mike Norman (19) neagrigore (2) Paul Worthington (0) Sara (2) Scott (1) slickplaid (2) Steven Perez (35) StevieB (20) Thomas Kriese (0) tom (0) ubernerd83 (21) Will (9) yosh (13) Yotofuji Tanaki (17) Zach (1)
- Mark Whiting said: Oh shucks. Let him have all the luck he needs.
- Thomas Kriese said: I cannot wait til Charlie wins!
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Chinese Consumers Eager to Excel at the American Pastime (1)
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SHANGHAI -- Decked out in a stylish black suit and knee-high boots, Wang Yaping surveyed the scene at her favorite spot in the city for afternoon tea. It was packed, but there, in the back, was a single free table.Shared by Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment -
The South (4)
onTHE SOUTH....For many years, the Democratic Party controlled the agenda of American politics and Southerners controlled much of the Democratic Party. So the South had enormous political influence. Later, most Southerners switched to the Republican Party, but by then it was Republicans who controlled the agenda of American politics. So the South still had enormous political influence. As of January 20th, however, the Democratic Party will control the American political agenda once again. But Southerners ...Contribute comment
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Improve Your Google Experience with iPhone Optimized Sites [In Brief] (22)
onWhile you can load Google's normal webapps in your iPhone browser, Google has iPhone-optimized versions for most of the popular ones. Google System compiled a list of URLs to bookmark on your iPhone for Google's homepage, Apps, iGoogle, Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, Talk and News. You can also use these on other mobile phone browsers, unless you have Windows Mobile and Mobile IE like I do. Want to see how the iPhone half lives? They'll ...Shared by Aaron Muszalski (4) Adam (3) Adam Selwood (0) Austin (0) brianwyrick (1) Cheryl Jones (6) ckaroli (20) DarkBls (7) deeped (13) Jason David Pelker (0) jasontromm (1) Kerim Friedman (0) Kwasi (20) marx (20) mediter (20) Mick (17) Mike (0) PMinze (4) Richard (14) Syng (2) Walter DeFoor (10) Wayne Sutton (7)Contribute comment
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Charles Arthur’s Brief Comparison of the Flip Mino and Kodak Zi6 (2)
onI have both a Flip Ultra (not the newer, smaller Mino) and the Kodak Zi6, and I pretty much agree with Arthur’s assessment. I’ll add that the Flip has a significantly wider field of view, which reduces camera shake and which I find more useful overall. But wait: Andy Ihnatko reports that he is in possession of a just-released Flip Mino HD. ★Shared by Eugene (0) Kerim Friedman (0)Contribute comment
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Say hello to Gmail voice and video chat (253)
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Posted by Justin Uberti, Software EngineerI'm a big user of Gmail chat. Being able to switch from email to chat as needed, all within the same app, is really great for productivity. But people can only type so fast, and even with our new emoticons, there are still some things that just can't be expressed in a chat message. That's why today we're launching voice and video chat -- right inside Gmail. We've tried to ...Shared by (jeff)isageek (50) Al (0) Alessandro (1) Alex (0) Ali (0) Alice Robison (9) Allen (1) amitry (10) Anand Sharma (5) Andreas (3) Andrew Meyer (0) Andrew Min (3) AndrewK (1) Andy (0) Andy C (0) Angus (0) Antoine (17) Arasmus (5) Argonath (31) Arik (2) Arvid (16) Atilano S. (5) Atul Arora (76) av8612 (4) ax0n (26) Bill (2) Braden (0) Bret M (0) Bryant Tan (6) Buzzworkers (1) Cameron Wood (1) cb (20) cgsheldon (32) Chad Sakonchick (0) charlie anzman (1) Chirantan (0) Chris (0) Chris Abraham (11) Christopher (5) Chung (10) Ciaran Rooney (1) Citizen K (2) CJ Millisock (2) Cody Sherman (1) Cristian (1) Crutis (3) Csaba (5) Dan Bedford (8) Dani Martínez (5) Daniel Holm (23) Danny Peck (63) Darin R. McClure (21) DarkBls (7) Dave B (0) David (0) David (1) David (0) David Cohn (1) David Schmidt (0) Denis (0) Dennis Laumen (0) Derek (2) Derek van Vliet (4) digiSal (0) Dondado (16) Duane (5) dudtn (1) Duk (0) dzinrgeek (16) Ed (5) Eduardo Coutinho (1) Ehsan H. (2) El Rola (0) eMich (0) Erwan Le Pallec (1) etalkr (0) evgeny (2) Fabrizio (1) Fethi Uluak (3) Floater (0) Franklin Pettit (0) Fredrik Wennberg (0) Gabriel Rodriguez (0) Gandhi (1) Geoff (2) Gerard Barberi (3) gfurry (20) Gine (0) gizmo (10) Goktug Gedik (16) graywolf (7) Guney C. Gokoglu (0) Halo Efekti (0) Henri (0) Hervey (0) Hessu Järvinen (0) Huseyin Savas (1) Ian (0) Igor Poltavskiy (4) Jürgen (0) James Dorminey (7) James Forbes Keir (0) James Morrison (0) jamesjbigler (0) Jamieasp (14) Jannik (2) Jean-Sébastien Bouchard (0) jeromewoody (1) Jesse Stay (14) Jilles Van Gurp (0) Joe Gregorio (0) John (0) John Kitchen (0) John Munro (208) Jon (0) Jonathan Bloom (1) JonMoss-theappleofmyi (20) Jordi (1) JR A (5) JRS (0) Juliano (0) Justin Doub (1) juzcoim (0) Karin (2) Karu (0) Kaveh Dorafshan (14) Keith Coleman (0) Kerim Friedman (0) Kevin (1) khorshid khanoom (4) kmohr25 (10) koppah (15) Kyle (0) Kyle (2) Laci (0) LANjackal (7) Lantash (0) Leon Ridge-Cooke (5) Lido (0) LouCypher (7) Luka Kladaric (4) m8 (0) ManiacD (0) Mario (0) Marjan Panic (18) masolino (0) Matt (1) MaTT (4) Matthom (0) meriksen (13) MH (11) Michael (14) Mike Aizatsky (0) Mike Fruchter (101) minus-one (11) mubbashir (7) murdochay (3) Nahal (0) Nate (1) Navid Kashani (29) nedward.org (0) Nelson (0) Netviber (9) Neves Neto (4) Niall Kennedy (0) Nice Fish Films (4) Nicolas Gosset (3) Nikki (20) Nirav (22) nkronberg (0) noel (3) NomadRip (28) olive (3) Page (1) Pat Hawks (1) Paul (4) Payam (4) Peter H (5) Peter N (4) Philippe Martin (0) phillip (19) Phillip Dade (0) prashant (0) Praveen (10) Ramkumar R. Aiyengar (1) raolbaletgoogle (0) rfrancis (5) rickmans (5) Rip_noob (1) Rob (19) Rob (0) Rob (2) Robert Birming (0) Robert van Bregt (3) rOckY (27) Rolf Schewe (17) Ryan Price (0) Sam (0) Sam Harrelson (2) Sambler (0) Sara (0) Sarav (0) Satya (3) schisamo (0) Scott (0) Sean Brady (8) Sean Leather (0) SerUrbano (0) Sherry Heyl (0) Shoshannah F (20) siansleep (0) Stefan Hayden (1) Steve (0) Steve (4) Stina Christiansen (0) stratus (1) stvchu (6) surftheair (3) suzzlo (1) Thadman (1) Thomas (0) Tim (5) Tim (1) Timo Rainio (0) Tjeerd Jan van der Molen (0) Todd Mundt (0) tomartomartini (0) Tommy (2) toshi (0) Travis Bedard (0) Trey (7) Troy (0) Tyler (0) Ullash (1) Umang Saini (1) urini (3) Volkan YILMAZ (6) Waldemar Schott (0) Whatleydude (20) Whiz (0) WindPower (0) Wyn (7) yanagi (3) Yann Dìnendal (0) Yas (0) yassina (7) Yinka (0) ysamjo (2) Yves Junqueira (3) Yvette (0) zaniele (1) Zef (1) zsafwan (16)Explore read 27 notes- Jilles Van Gurp said: This is big news. Interoperable & standards based. A big fuck you to proprietary & interoperable status quo.
- Cameron Wood said: death to skype :)
- Bret M said: O.M.G..... this is awesome!
- Sean Brady said: This is very coo
