Posts from — March 2005

City Pages – No. 1?:
The United States is 49th in the world in literacy (the New York Times, Dec. 12, 2004).

The United States ranked 28th out of 40 countries in mathematical literacy (NYT, Dec. 12, 2004).

Twenty percent of Americans think the sun orbits the earth. Seventeen percent believe the earth revolves around the sun once a day (The Week, Jan. 7, 2005).

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yep, but they can still get on the internet…. well, some of them, we aren’t very well ranked there either.

The Orkbabies – The Pilot:

this is great.

Wooden Laptop, Computer Portatili in Legno:

if you have the money…. why not.

Tinderbox 2.4:
Tinderbox 2.4 is now available! It’s got tons of important new features:

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good news

Fore-edge painting:

these are cool

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Debt-Peonage Society:
Warren Buffett recently made headlines by saying America is more likely to turn into a “sharecroppers’ society” than an “ownership society.” But I think the right term is a “debt peonage” society – after the system, prevalent in the post-Civil War South, in which debtors were forced to work for their creditors. The bankruptcy bill won’t get us back to those bad old days all by itself, but it’s a significant step in that direction.

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this is where our senators are wrong…..

Slacker Manager: The unspoken language of…:
If a picture is better than a thousand words, then a person’s body language has got to “speak” volumes. A lot of the focus on body language at work has been on how to avoid looking all twitchy and nervous. Not much is mentioned about how to use body language to get people out of your office. And I’m not just talking about that bare-toothed hiss that you’ve perfected. Here are a select few tips for your unspoken pleasure. Some are classics, others are more subtle. All are effective…

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classic, i actually use the ‘fast walking’, but it is natural, i’ve always used it.

Wikimedia Commons:

Not sure why I hadn’t run accross the Wikimedia Commons site before today, but I’m glad I finally did. Every time I find another wiki site like this I just find the concept very powerful. I just think it’s so cool that people would put their work into the public domain without the normal restrictions that copyright imposes. There are pictures, paintings, maps, drawings, audio files…and it appears new submissions are coming fast and furious.

On a side note, it’s actually pretty impressive the way the Wikimedia Foundation seems to be growing. If people start to really accept the idea of sharing content for the greater good, we may very well be on our way to a better place.

Looking at some of the premium photos, I think a masthead redesign here just may be in order…

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this is really great…..

Your Heart is Red

What Color is Your Heart?
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Shure Earphones > E Series > E3c:

these are worth every penny…..