Billy Kimball: Barack Obama Insults Dog, Jumps Shark (3)
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Reasonable people may differ as to when exactly the bloom came off the rose for Barack Obama. Of course, hopes fulfilled inevitably bring anti-climax, so it's possible that much of the general public is now predisposed to find fault even where none exists. But surely few of his supporters, and I count myself among them, will deny that there has been much to deplore about Mr. Obama's post-Election conduct. For some, the most dispiriting event ...
Greg Mitchell: Study's Claim on the 'Myth' of Obama's Small Donor Base Is Itself a 'Myth' (1)
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The Campaign Finance Institute (CFI) study disclosing that Barack Obama actually raised most of his campaign money from "larger" not "small" donors has gained wide, approving, coverage in recent days, from USA Today to the New York Times and Los Angeles Times and countless web sites, even making Huffington Post at least twice, including as a top link. Inevitably the headlines refer to the "myth" of Obama riding a wave of small donations to victory. ...
Apple Apple Pie (4)
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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories baked up an Apple apple pie this Thanksgiving, complete with laser-cut Apple logo. It helps to have a square springform pan, too. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]
HOW TO - Dreidel Softie (1)
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Crochet by Faye shares a crochet pattern for making this stuffed dreidel softie you can use for decoration or for play. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]
HOW TO - Felt Bird Advent Calendar (1)
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Skip to my Lou shares a template and tutorial for making a bird-shaped felt advent calendar for the holidays. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]
Stephen Hawking Going To Canada (9)
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thepacketmaster writes "A previous Slashdot article I posted mentioned the possibility of Stephen Hawking coming to Canada. The Toronto Star now reports that he has accepted the position. Hawking will hold the title of distinguished research chair at the prestigious Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Google, Apple Squabbling Over Possible iPhone App Code Theft (1)
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One of the more interesting recent questions in the iPhone geek circle: Is Google's (GOOG) neat, newish voice-powered iPhone search feature quietly breaking Apple's (AAPL) App Store rules? Yes. iPhone programmers figured out quickly that Google was using "private" code in its iPhone app, which is officially against Apple's rules. Meanwhile, CNet scribe Tom Krazit thought to pick up the phone and see what Google had to say. He writes: "A Google spokesman confirmed Tuesday ...
HOW TO - Felt Advent Calendar (1)
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The Purl Bee shows us how to create this colorful and modern-looking embroidered advent calendar using wool felt. [Read this article] [Comment on this article]
Twilight Makes for the Best Fanwank Ever [Twilight] (9)
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Yesterday's release of Twilight made certain that your weekend will be filled with the sound of screaming tweeny fangirl hordes, an auditory experience that the movie's lead actor Robert Pattinson described as "terrifying ... like the sound you hear at the gates of hell." It would be easy to hate these creepy, utterly mediocre books and the phenomenon they've spawned — but I think you'll find it's even easier just to throw your head back ...
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.reading said:
GO TEAM CLEO.
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Alexander Williams said:
I think this has made my preference for True Blood over Twilight less actionable ...
Hello Kitty C1 netbook packs a lotta 'tude into a small package (9)
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There's been a serious dearth of Hello Kitty-branded products these days, but the dry-spell is thankfully at an end, with the arrival of the Hello Kitty C1. The crazy cat's apparently first-ever netbook is (as you can see in the photo) quite a looker, and it's packing a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU with 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, a 945 GSE Express chipset and a 120GB hard drive. The 10.1-inch netbook's also got two USB ports, ...
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nonameplayer said:
for hello kitty, this thing isn't that pink.. what's going on?
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esther said:
cute!
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Jed said:
I have conflicting, passionate emotions relating to this product.
Johann Hari: Prince Charles rings the death-knell for the British monarchy (1)
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So the British people are going to get a President after all. He will "speak for the nation and to the nation". He will rule over us with his "knowledge and contacts and unique ability." How do we know? Because Charles Windsor has just announced - via his biographer, Jonathan Dimbleby - that he is seizing the role for himself, without an election. Explicitly citing the Presidencies of Ireland and Germany, Dimbleby says Charles intends ...
Digital Youth Project: If you care about kids and want to understand how they use technology and why, this is a must-read (38)
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The Digital Youth Project, a MacArthur-funded three year, 22 case study, $3.3 million ethnographic study of what kids are doing online, has wound up and published its results. The project was undertaken by the eminent sociologist Mimi Ito and her talented colleagues (including the incomparable danah boyd) and is the largest and most comprehensive study of young peoples' internet use ever undertaken in the US. The conclusions are sane, compassionate, and compelling: in a nutshell, ...
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Larry Russell said:
A very interesting, sane read about kids and the internet. If you have kids you should take a look.
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Robin said:
The Digital Youth Project, a MacArthur-funded three year, 22 case study, $3.3 million ethnographic study of what kids are doing online, has wound up and published its results. The project was undertaken by the eminent sociologist Mimi Ito and her talented colleagues (including the incomparable danah boyd) and is the largest and most comprehensive study of young peoples' internet use ever undertaken in the US.
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David Miller said:
Messing about on the internet is not just a time sink. Long suspected, now confirmed.
DIY: USB camera shutter release (3)
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This is a really industrial looking remote shutter release for your camera. I like the idea of being able to trigger the shutter with your foot. [Thanks Ross] More about DIY: USB camera shutter release Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in DIY Projects | Digg this!
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Verónica Muñoz said:
Para los fotógrafos, un disparador que se puede activar con el pie.
Gays now entitled to inept online dating [Discrimination] (6)
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eHarmony does not hate gay people. It is merely ignorant of them. That is the dating site's excuse for excluding same-sex customers — a practice that led a gay New Jersey man, Eric McKinley, to file a complaint with New Jersey's attorney general which eHarmony has just settled, paying a $50,000 fine to the state and $5,000 to McKinley. eHarmony was founded in 2000 by Neil Clark Warren, an evangelical Christian and a psychologist; he ...
Apple to Mac owners: throw away your monitor if Hollywood says so (68)
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Buying an Apple computer? Get ready to throw away your monitor, over and over again. New Apple hardware is shipping with "HDCP" anti-copying technology that prevents showing some video on "non-compliant" monitors. Best part: the list of "compliant" monitors will change over time: the monitor you buy today can be "revoked" tomorrow and stop working. Slashdot says that Apple's added "copyright protection" to its video. But copyright law isn't violated when you watch a movie ...
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E.C. Mendenhall said:
Ugh. Thank God for the hackintosh.
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ydant said:
For the same reason Vista, newer DVD players, the xbox, the PS3 all do it...
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Chris Nixon said:
Once again Digital Rights Management takes away rights rather than ensuring them. One of the biggest misnomers of all time. This will naver be a problem for pirated material though, so it seems that is the way to go.
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Jason said:
Dear Apple and Steve 'Hipster With A Lot of Advertising Budget' Jobs: go fuck yourselves.
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Tom said:
thin end of the wedge?
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Zubin said:
...and people still like and admire Apple as a company.
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Vi said:
oh WHY? :(
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Devon Campbell said:
I don't understand. As they are trying to rid the music section of iTunes of DRM, did they think it was a good idea to include it in their latest round of hardware for video playback?
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Liz said:
I'm pretty displeased by this. I'd love my Mac products so much more if it weren't for the Apple attitudes on things like this. This is the sort of shit that makes me want to throw out my iPod. But then I think about how much I love my iPod and how sad I would be, and I hang my head in shame.
Thanko Wrist Strap Keeps Heat Flowing to Your Fingers [Thanko] (5)
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Don't you hate it when you spend a while on the computer in a frigid room and your fingers start to get ice cold? You can't take the time to warm your hands back up because your boss is breathing down your neck, but it's getting harder and harder to type by the minute because you're losing mobility to frostbite. Thanko is here to the rescue with its new USB wrist warming strap, which delivers ...
Bush To Relax Endangered Species Regulations Before Obama Can Reverse Them (35)
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WASHINGTON — Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don't pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them. The rules must be published Friday to take effect before Obama is sworn in Jan. 20. Otherwise, he can undo them with the stroke of a pen. The ...
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Daltonsbriefs said:
Interesting last minute maneuvering by Bush, finally
Pot joins the fight against Alzheimer's, memory loss. (10)
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A large-scale study released this week showed that the herb gingko biloba has no effect in preventing dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. But alternative medicine aficionados may find hope in a new research touting the bennies of another "herb" in preserving memory. [More]
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schauba said:
Straight out of the Department of Irony.
Airpopper coffee roaster video (4)
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Here's a follow-up to my backyard coffee roasting post. All around great makers Mikey Sklar and Wendy Jehanara Tremayne made this video showing how to roast coffee with an airpopper. It doesn't get any easier than this! They used an unmodified West Bend Poppery II, which is a somewhat legendary machine in home roasting circles. With some luck you can pick one up for a few bucks at a yard sale, or get one on ...
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Nine Out of Ten Crazy Cyborgs Agree: You Should Give Jonathan Coulton Your Money Bridget McGovern We love Mr. Jonathan Coulton here at Tor.com. There's really no way to overstate this: if we could elect an official bard, I'm pretty sure he'd win in a landslide (even though he's already Contributing Troubadour at Popular Science). More than a few of our posts have been composed while rocking out Coulton-style, not to mention the fact that ...Shared by PaladinTom (0) punkin3.14 (3)
