Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Google Launches Free e-Book Reader – Interesting. Problem is, how many of them are books I’m actually interested in reading at any given time?
- Verizon CEO confirms plans for tiered data pricing — Engadget – Ugh.
- And the Hobbit Is @#$%ed Again – SIGH
- Topless Robot – The Birds of Prey Have a Theme Song – Okay, now I can’t wait for this ep to show here in the States.
- Xmarks Sync to be Discontinued – Well, this sucks. Yes, Firefox and Chrome have native sync tools — but nothing out there does Firefox AND Chrome AND IE. I was growing very used to having the same bookmarks and toolbars between all my PCs. Sad …
- Children Can Now Stay On Parent’s Health Care Policies Until Age 26, And 3 Other Health Care Reforms That Just Kicked In – Hopefully folks will remember this.
- More Signs Of GOP Civil War – There are certainly possibilities there — but, then, everyone was painting the GOP as finished in Dec. 2008, and we all know what (predictably) happened after that.
- Diplomats Desperately Try to Save Mideast Talks – NYTimes.com – Just in case it wasn’t clear (actions and words), the Netanyahu government has no intent of really negotiating in good faith, but simply continuing to run the clock. Not that I expect the US government (the only entity that could) to ever do much about it, given the political climate.
- Did the Stimulus Create Jobs? | FactCheck.org – Do not interrupt my partisan screed with facty factfulness!
- Why you don’t like changes to your design – The Oatmeal – Yeah, been there, ground my teeth over that. But now I have to find a way an excuse to shout “DROP SHADOW FUNTIME WEEEEEEE!”
- Los Angeles breaks its all-time heat record – Been hearing about this from correspondents on that coast. My condolences to those having to suffer through it.
- Tea Party Nullifiers Seek Revenge Against Florida Supreme Court Justices – I think voting for (or to retain) high ranking judges in a state is a generally bad idea. I don’t say that because I am fond of all judges (there are many nitwits, ideologues, and folks I generally disagree with sitting on the bench), but because deciding on the law and what it means and whether it is constitutional should not be a matter of public vote. Leave open a provision for impeachment, yes, but judges should not be playing (or be played by) politics.
36 view(s)