Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- GOP Candidate Ken Buck Falsely Blames Federal Government For Imaginary Decline in Schools – Buck’s claim is anachronistic (unless he thinks that Federal integration of the schools harmed our educational system, in which case I wish he’d come out and say so). And while there is more to educational quality than graduation rates (though that’s one indicator), I’d argue that any relative decline in educational standards vs. the world comes not from federal involvement (which has had its up and downs) but by the systematic starving of the public school system by religious and fiscal ideologues.
- Brewer to Arizona: no more debates for you – Enough with all these pesky journalistic questions! Off with their heads!
- Gingrich and his big-government solutions – “So, to summarize, one of the Republicans’ leading far-right voices wants big government to intervene to prevent development of private property, as part of a larger effort to deny Americans their religious liberty. At the same time, Gingrich has no qualms about attacking the president as some kind of communist.” The ideological Right isn’t so much against Big Government — it’s that they only want a Big Government that lets them control society.
- Giving ‘Get him to the Greek’ a whole new meaning: Steve Benen
- Brewer: Mind went blank during debate – snort
- Private-sector job growth: Steve Benen
- Liberty Counsel Warns That Obama Seeks To Become Global Dictator – The Crazy! It BUUUURRRNNNNS!
- Mormonism: America’s Islam – “That’s right: Glenn Beck is now coming under attack for being part of a violent religious cult that is being used by Satan to destroy Christianity. I am choking on the irony.”
- Minnesota Chamber Of Commerce Urges Pawlenty To Accept Affordable Care Act Funds – Dude, when even the Chamber is telling you you’re wrong …
- Angry Birds for Android is here!!! | Android Central – Wow. I would get this, but I’m afraid Katherine would steal my phone and I would never get it back.
- Out of sorts – SMBC September 03, 2010
- Trimming our privacy policies – Transparency is generally a good thing.
- I’ve Seen Your Future and It’s Been Edited [Comment] – “Reality television is not all that close to reality. The producers of these shows need to move the stories forward and, with enough bits of content, they can turn you into whatever they need you to be.” Which makes our online content and fragmented personalities much more potentially worrisome.
- Tip: Make a Packing List in Evernote – This is a great tip for any note-taking application. We have a master Vacation list (in Google Docs) of packing items and pre-vacation activities (set up house-sitter, suspend mail, turn off computers) that we use religiously. A great way to get rid of that “did we forget anything?” worry. (We also have a pre-guests/party checklist of a similar sort.)
- Elephants Are Terrified By Ants [Science] – If I were an elephant, I’d definitely stay away from ants, except to STEP ON THEM.
- Domino’s Worker Uses Customer’s Debit Card For Phone Sex While Still Making Pizzas – For all that people act all paranoid about Internet security, they have no problems handing over their credit cards at restaurants, over the phone, etc.
- BP holds US to ransom – demands new drilling permits or not payouts: Chris in Paris
- Good News In The Job Numbers – Rather than good news, let’s call it improving (slowly) news. I’m sure that the losses in government jobs won’t be celebrated by the GOP but will be not called out as such and simply bewailed as why we need to cut taxes. (We need to cut taxes to increase government jobs? Come again?)
- It’s Official! Duke Nukem Forever Returns, 2K Publishing the Gearbox Studios-Developed Title – This goes beyond “believe it when you see it” … I’ll believe it when I boot it up.
- Will sex be the death of Evangelicals? : The Uncredible Hallq – An interesting look at where beliefs are, and aren’t, changing in the next generation of evangelical leaders.
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I can’t install Angry Birds. My phone does not allow programs to be installed on the SD card, and the phone has insufficient space for an 11MB app, even after deleting everything I think I can live without. 🙁
I don’t recall what kind of phone you have, Avo.
FWIW, the Beta doesn’t run on the Incredible in 2.2. Known (or complained about) problem.
By the way, I mysterously signed in as Margie. This is actually Dave.
Yes. Yes, it is.
I have a T-Mobile G-1. Newer Android phones allow you to install to the SD card (or will have that capability in an update soon). Mine would have to be hacked. A phone-savvy friend did that for me when I got the phone, but it didn’t take, and had to undo it. I am afraid to try it myself.
I was one of the people whose phone couldn’t even see Angry Birds in the market, and had to follow a link to the APK to get the beta.
So is the G1 not going to get the 2.2 upgrade?
That is my understanding. I see that Google is now saying that it is “technically possible,” so it may be that G1 owners will eventually get this upgrade, but I certainly do not expect it any time soon.