Posts from — November 2004

The New York Times > Business > Your Money > Digital Domain: When a Video Game Stops Being Fun: “”

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last year… this time, i put walmart on my permanent boycott list because of their unfair treatment of workers, this year, i will add ea to the list. why permanent? it is because ea and walmart already have and own the dirty money from those practices. it isn’t something that they can rectify, they can fix the current situation, sure, and should they somehow become enlightened centers of leadership in employee treatment… that would be a good thing.

Sports News Article | Reuters.com: “”

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bull, you just shouldn’t allow unsportsmanlike conduct. it is very simple. if you throw a punch or shove someone, or do anything not directly related to the game, in an unsportsmanlike manner, you should be banned from playing for 2 years and be fined 40% of your gross income for those 2 years. take the profit out of thuggery, and thugs leave the sport.

Working Draft: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0: “2004-11-19: The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Working Group has released an updated Working Draft for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. This draft focuses on guidelines, attempts to apply guidelines to a wider range of technologies, and uses wording that may be understood by a more varied audience. Following WCAG checkpoints makes Web content accessible to people with disabilities and to users of a variety of Web-enabled devices. Read about the Web Accessibility Initiative. (News archive)”

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this is something to keep an eye on…..

Barney’s Biography: “”

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the real power in the whitehouse.

Spitting Image: Faith-Based Parks?: “”

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the u.s. is rapidly becoming a laughingstock.

Technology Review: Is ‘Fair Use’ in Peril? : “”

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time to write the congressmen and senators…..

GOP seeks suspension of RU-486 – The Washington Times: Nation/Politics – November 18, 2004: “”

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this is not surprising, they want to remove all choice…..

Global Learn Day Framewok: “”

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global learn day is worth doing

R2-DJ tees: “Cory Doctorow:

Damn, these “R2-DJ” tee-shirts are bad ass. Limited edition of 150, too!

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(Thanks, Derek!)

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they are probably sold out…..

EFF: Deep Links: “”

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the people stealing documents need to grow up and accept differing opinions. this is 3rd grade stuff.