Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- I’d Like to Thank My Agent, My Publisher and…Google – Speakeasy – WSJ – Google as a writing research tool is becoming more and more valuable.
- Richard Viguerie: McCain Beats Hayworth; Tea Party Wins; Welcome Back to the GOP, Senator McCain – Christian Newswire – So McCain beating the favorite candidate of the Tea Party still represents a Tea Party victory because they forced him to sound like a Tea Partier in order to win the election. High standards there, Mr Viguerie.
- Topless Robot – Midichlorians Explained… and Medically Treated – HA!
- Thanks, ComicMix! – I’m hearing enough good buzz about “No Ordinary Family” to make me think I need to make a point to watch it.
- A more pragmatic ideology – “The liberal worldview is not about necessarily increasing the size of government or raising taxes; those mechanisms are only valuable insofar as they reach the desired end-point. For the right, it’s the other way around — the ideological goal IS the desired end-point.”
- California Mosque Targeted With Anti-Muslim Sign: ‘No Temple For The God Of Terrorism At Ground Zero’: Faiz Shakir
- Pea-sized frog discovered in Borneo – CSMonitor.com
- Google makes Gmail calling official – Cool.
- NYPD Charges Man With Hate Crime After He Allegedly Stabbed Muslim Cab Driver | TPMMuckraker – Hardly a surprise, sadly enough. When you have enough people, pundits, pols, and “newscasters” declaring that Muslims are out to destroy our country and eat our brains, some sickos will turn that message into action. But I’m sure the hatemongers will disavow any responsibility.
- nüvi Battery PCB Recall – Got a notification from the office about Garmin recalling a bunch of their GPSs … and, of course, Margie has our Nuvi with her on her trip. Fortunately, after checking it out at this site, though we’re have one of the models, the serial number isn’t in play.
- Maybe Boehner left out the good parts – “Democrats — and the country — would benefit from a responsible opposition party. I’m still looking for evidence of one.”
- The lingering consequences of e coli conservatism – Remember! If you keep eggs safe, THE SOCIALISTS WIN!
- World’s Top 10 Longest Single Span Bridges – Bridges are cool.
- 7 Reasons to Switch to the Dvorak Keyboard Layout – Folks have been pushing the Dvorak keyboard since the dawn of PCs. I expect they’ll be pushing it twenty years from now, too, just like Esperanto.
- The Programmer Hierarchy – Heh.
- A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses – Wow. That could be pretty cool, if it works out.
- Over half of fliers would limit where kids can sit on planes – I don’t see how this would be workable — and, like old “smoking sections,” wouldn’t really resolve the problem.
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