Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Identifying a key jobs program — and letting it die – “In a sane political world, this would be a pretty big scandal, and Republicans would be afraid to kill an effective jobs program with an unemployment rate near 10%. Instead, the GOP is counting on being rewarded by Americans for taking steps like these, and polls suggest that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
- Stewart, Colbert to host D.C. rally on 10/30 – Wow. I am sooooooo tempted …
- USB-enhanced wall socket just makes more sense – Very cool. I’ll keep these in mind for future home improvement projects where they might be useful.
- Netbook Sales Are Crashing! Quick! Blame The iPad, Not The Lousy Netbooks! – I don’t use my netbook very much right now (though I expect to do so more in November, during NaNoWriMo). For someone who wants/needs a decent keyboard and a non-cell hone amount of screen size and more than 2-3h of battery life, it’s still the only way to go. Unfortunately for netbook manufacturers, that’s a tiny percent of the population.
- Publicly Funded Christian Aid Group Fires Non-Christians – It is certainly their right to insist on religious orthodoxy, as a religious organization. But not with my tax dollars.
- Best Buy CEO: iPad Is Cannibalizing Laptop Sales By A Shocking 50% (AAPL, BBY) – I think the iPad is probably useful for what a lot of people want a casual laptop for — games, browsing, media, very light typing. I expect it’s cannibalizing the netbook market even worse (though there still remains a distinct niche need for those).
- Saying “RSS Is Dead” Is Dead, Saying “RSS Is Not Dead” Is Not — Today. – How many people actually type feed URLs into their RSS reader?
- A spider web that spans rivers made from the world’s toughest biological material | Not Exactly Rocket Science – “If we pull this off, we’ll eat like kings!” — The Far Side
- Official BBC DIY Dalek blueprints – “Distributing out of print Dalek blueprints is arguably what the Internet was made for.”
- puppy care – Heh.
- Best Buy CEO: iPad Is Cannibalizing Laptop Sales By A Shocking 50% (AAPL, BBY) – Crikey!
- Inside Joke – Nice.
- Acid Attack Was A Hoax To Praise Jesus While Blaming An African-American – Yes, Ms Storro — disfiguring yourself and then making up a fictional attacker to blame for it is just what Jesus would do. Yeesh.
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