All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

GBjab:

classic jibjab

neocon quiz:

it says that i’m a liberal… really, i’m a progressive, but this was as close as they’ve come.

Liberal
Liberals…
Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy
Trace much of today’s anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies.
Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions
Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises
Oppose American imperialism
Support international law, alliances, and agreements
Encourage US participation in the UN
Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world’s poor

Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson
Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter

Out loud:

nice bit of prose on reading out loud. I read all of my writing out loud at least once before it hits other people’s ears. It sounds different and otherwise when i read it out loud. I can tell where the differences between my thoughts and my ears are. What sounds like a thought vs what is a thought in my mind are different things, and i know this, because what is in my mind relies on much more than its audiality provides. so when i say something in writing that could be profound in something like 10 words, i usually come to realize that outside of my mental context is almost nonsensical.

this is why i ask my students to do the same out loud.

Deathbed Dollars:
During the weeks preceding Terri Schiavo’s death, a number of radical right wing Christian fundamentalist groups stepped up to take full advantage of what the Traditional Values Coalition’s (TVC) Rev. Lou Sheldon characterized as a “blessing…to the conservative Christian movement in America.” Established organizations like the TVC, relative newcomers like RightMarch.com, and newly formed coalitions, like Voice for Terri, had their Web sites sizzling with news of the case and extensive fundraising appeals.

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it is like none of these people have ever read anything that Jesus said, it is right there in the bible people. this is the shite that sends those that believe in such straight to heck. it is giving falsely, which in many places mentioned many times as ‘wrong’.

Mesa police want to add monkey to SWAT team:
The monkey weighs only three to eight pounds, has tiny humanlike hands and puzzle-solving skills. Police say it would be able to get into places no officer or robot could go and could unlock doors, search buildings and find suicide victims on command.

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cool.

Bill Frist’s religious war:
Frist has an even bigger game in mind than the current nominees: the next appointments to the Supreme Court, which the Republican conservatives view as their best chance to outlaw abortion and impose their moral code on the country.

yep, i warned you.

BAY AREA / Computer crashes booming business / Geeks find steady supply of vexed users who need house calls:
What grabs him, Bennett said, is the interaction between these devices
and people. The technology, to him, is a riddle. If others can’t figure it out
– and the big computer companies aren’t making it easier, he says — then
his job is safe, at least for now.

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some people have too much time on their hands.

Write-on Poly Sheets:

Polysheet instant whiteboards are thick, static-laden sheets of plastic, like ultra-heavy garbage bags. Just unroll one, slap it on the wall, and instant whiteboard! Best of all, in the corporate world, at the end of the meeting, you can roll them up, take them back to your desk, and process them. After capturing the contents in your computer, wipe them off for next time!
– S.A.
These cling to walls, to each other and most dry surfaces by static electricity. They come in very handy since you can pretty much place them anywhere you want. Put many of them against the wall and you have an instant whiteboard of any size. Dry erase markers wipe off fairly easily. Their 27 x 34 inch pad fits standard flip chart easels or conference cabinets. Rolls up for travel and storage. Perforated sheets tear off cleanly.
– Philip Papadopoulos
[For more ways to do whiteboards, see the previously reviewed Marker Board Walls and Quartet Easel. KK]
Write-on Poly Static Cling Sheets
$26 for 35 sheets
Available from Instawares
Insta Wares

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This is perfect for so many things.

Action Philosophers!:
Because you demanded it, Evil Twin Comics brings you Action Philosophers!

Each issue of Action Philosophers is devoted to “detailing the lives and thoughts of history’s A-list brain trust in a hip and humorous way that proves that philosophy is not just the province of boring tweed-enveloped college professors.” Larger …

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classic

semiotic engineering:
Brazil forwards the academic dialogue as usual with an HCI program in semiotic engineering. From a related book Semiotics is the study of signs, and the essence of semiotic engineering is the communication between designers and users at interaction time;…

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very useful.