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Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/18/08 18 April 2008 at 9:00 am by Jason 172 views

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/18/08 … please enjoy:

Obama and the "Mentally Deranged" | TalkLeft

Dear Senator Obama, please stop referring to the mentally ill as "mentally deranged." It is a depreciated term and one that unfairly stereotypes and stmatizes those with mental illness. As the candidate for hope and change, we expect better.

Youngme / Nowme | Color Wars 2008

Childhood photos, re-created by the adults that appeared in them. It's actually kind of cool, when it's not being creepy! Check 'em out!

Forget the Courts ? Apple May Fight Mac Clones With Tech | Wired

While Apple could likely tie Psystar up in litigation by filing lawsuits, the better choice may be technical - issuing OS X firmware updates. In the end, the clonemaker is always playing catch-up and ends up being caught in a nightmare.

A one-in-10 million freak lobster, which looks like its already been cooked even though it is still alive and well, has been donated to Plymouth's National Marine Aquarium. | This is Plymouth

A one-in-10 million freak lobster, which looks like its already been cooked even though it is still alive and well, has been donated to Plymouth's National Marine Aquarium.

ISPs meddled with their customers' Web traffic, study finds | Network World

About one percent of the Web pages being delivered on the Internet are being changed in transit, sometimes in a harmful way, according to researchers at the University of Washington.

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+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 04/01/08 By Jason 01 April 2008 at 9:18 am 304 views 1 Comment

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 04/01/08 … please enjoy:

Exclusive: Hands-on video with the 3G iPhone | CNET

n easily the largest scoop CNET.co.uk has ever had, two days ago our mobile phone editor Andrew Lim was invited to Taiwan, along with a select group of other journalists from around the world, for a sneak preview of the 3G iPhone.

Helvetica Serif | The Serif

FontFont have announced that they are to release Helvetica Serif, following the discovery of drawing of that typeface by Max Miedinger. The sketches which were discovered by Miedinger?s granddaughter have been redrawn to create the digital version shown

CIA demands UK halts interrogation tactics | The Register

A human rights lawsuit filed on behalf of prominent US government agencies - including the Central Intelligence Agency and the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base - has been filed in a European Court. The lawsuit, which plaintiffs also sent to Foreign Minister Davi

Gmail Custom Time | Gmail

Just click “Set custom time” from the Compose view. Any email you send to the past appears in the proper chronological order in your recipient’s inbox. You can opt for it to show up read or unread by selecting the appropriate option.

RAPIL - a slap in the face for hackers and virus writers | Sophos

An exciting day in SophosLabs. After long and arduous efforts, we announce our new beta technology offering to defeat the hackers, which we are currently referring to as RAPIL (Recognition and Analysis of Potentially Intruding Lifeforms).

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EDIT (April 2nd) - Gotcha!  April Fools!!



+ Daily del.icio.us Bookmarks for 03/27/08 By Jason 27 March 2008 at 3:34 pm 61 views No Comments

These are my daily “Good to Know” links for 03/27/08… please enjoy:

How to Survive in New York on 99 Cents | New York Times

When I heard that the food you can buy at 99-cent stores is more diverse than you might imagine, I decided to conduct an experiment. I?d make dinner every night for a week using mostly ingredients bought at these stores and then, on the eighth night ?

How Many Escalators Are There In Wyoming? | Wonkette

Have you ever wondered how many escalators there are, total, in Wyoming? “Scott” certainly does, and so he e-mailed the governor of Wyoming to ask him directly. Responding to this e-mail was ever-so-slightly beneath the governor of Wyoming’s job duties,

X-Files 2 Trailer Leaks to the Web | Google Video

The X-Files 2 Trailer has leaked to the web… see it here!

Lower Back Tattoos Now Available at Toys R Us | Cockeyed

Great news to all you kids out there, and just in time for spring break! No longer will you have to hitchhike out to a sketchy part of town to get your lower back tattoo… they are at Toys R Us!

22-Year-Old Awarded $300 Million Contract To Arm Afghan Forces | The Huffington Post

Since 2006 the American military has relied on a fledgling company, led by a 22-year-old man whose vice president was a licensed masseur, to arm Afghan forces. Since then, the company has provided ammunition that is more than 40 years old and in decompos

Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows | The Register

Apple’s Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than “a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.” This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you’re violating the license.

Musical Japanese road | Make

Here’s a road in Japan with grooves cut to different widths to create a melody as a car drives over them. Only in Japan…

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