July 2011
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If you missed the USA/Brazil match today, you...
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May 2011
7 posts
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Ayn Rand: The GOP’s Godless Philosopher →
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National Jukebox now online, serving up hits from... →
The Library of Congress’s new National Jukebox offers 10,000 acoustic recordings from the dawn of the 20th century. But what it really offers is a deep glimpse into a world in which the categories that we’ve attached to genres—”classical,” “popular,” and “opera”—weren’t always so clear.
And the GOP continues it's work to defund... →
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April 2011
35 posts
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Apple Finally Shipping White iPhone To US Stores →
This was worth posting just for the link to that “OMG!!” picture.
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awwwweee yeah! #beastieboys
jorge's stompbox: The Power User's Guide to Unity →
castrojo:
Well, we’re a week away from 11.04 so I decided that I would collate the information about Unity on the web and put it into one nice page for everyone to find. Got some more tips you’d like to add? Add them in the comments!
Getting Started
Home page
Hardware Requirements
Rick Spencer’s…
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Make that "13" games to go, add a clip of Miller... →
Politics and self-confidence trump education on... →
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Who has your back when the Government comes... →
When the Government comes knocking, who has your... →
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The final installment of "There's a reason Apple... →
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Action at a Distance: iOS backups, the "post-PC"... →
actionaad:
John Gruber:
It just isn’t technically feasible to have people backing up and restoring 32 or 64 GB of data to the cloud. It can take hours to download a single HD movie from iTunes over a Wi-Fi connection, and upload speeds are far slower than download speeds
He’s absolutely right. He…
Why not bring the Cloud home?
Instead of simply backing up or streaming between...
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There's a reason Apple left Flash off the... →
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The Sabres steal one in Philly!!!!!
In the 1991 Gulf war Iraq’s armed forces used American-made colour photocopiers...
– “Back doors” are secret systems hidden in microchips which may be used to disable, betray or blow up the devices in which they are installed. They are on the minds of Western governments pondering whether to send weapons to rebels in Libya. (via theeconomist)
There's a reason Apple left Flash off the... →
Peter Thiel: We're in a bubble and It's not the... →
What's changed in the corporate offices of an... →
What happens if you get sucked out of a plane? →
If you were afraid of flying already this won’t help.
Personally I find the thought of being sucked out of a plane at 30,000 feet preferable to the thought of being trapped with 250 other people on a runway for 12 hours.
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Sabres First Round Schedule
Game 1: Thursday, April 14 - Buffalo at Philadelphia - 7:30 p.m.
Game 2: Saturday, April 16 - Buffalo at Philadelphia - 5:00 p.m.
Game 3: Monday, April 18 - Philadelphia at Buffalo - 7 p.m.
Game 4: Wednesday, April 20 - Philadelphia at Buffalo - 7:30 p.m.
*Game 5: Friday, April 22 - Buffalo at Philadelphia - 7:30 p.m.
*Game 6: Sunday, April 24 - Philadelphia at Buffalo - 3 p.m.
*Game...
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This Series is going to be incredible! One more week!
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Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% →
“…the chances of a poor citizen, or even a middle-class citizen, making it to the top in America are smaller than in many countries of Europe.”
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GOP Primary Voters.... you're fired →
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Online Security: Very Bad and Getting Worse →
Common sense precautions make sense!
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K. →
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Chicago Cubs Can't Believe They're Doing This... →
CHICAGO—Cubs players, coaches, and management expressed disbelief Thursday, questioning whether they were out of their minds for participating in another Major League Baseball season.
March 2011
73 posts
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Privacy Awareness Day 2 - That's "Creepy!" →
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Local Government does it better and cheaper,... →
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It's past time people started taking privacy... →
This won’t help with records kept by wireless providers, but it’s a place to start for general internet usage. https://www.torproject.org/