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Sarah Palin’s accomplishments are greater because she did it with half a brain. 
Helen Philpot via Margaret and Helen on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
For those of you who actually read more than one article deep, you know that I was all ready to leave Sarah Palin behind a couple of weeks ago. But sometimes I don’t always do what I say - kind of the way Sarah said she was going back to do her job as governor. Wishful thinking on both our parts, I guess.
It seems that a lot of people are upset with me because I am bei
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Man turns himself into a puddle to protest climate change
Jonah Brucker-Cohen via MAKE Magazine on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
In order to protest global climate change, this man from Red Cross Argentina turned himself into a puddle and handed out information on ways to protect the planet from imminent c
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Pedal Pure - Providing clean water for all could be as easy as riding a bike
Phillip Torrone via MAKE Magazine on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
Photograph by Nicolas Zurcher
Providing clean water for all could be as easy as riding a bike. Or a trike, if Aquaduct has an influence. Winner of the 2007 Innovate or Die pedal power competition, the Aquaduct Mobile Filtration Vehicle stores, transports, and
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xkcd store
(unknown author) via xkcd.com on Wed, 03 Dec. 2008
US orders from the xkcd store should be placedbefore the 12th to guarantee delivery by Christmas.We can't guarantee international orders will arrive by the 25th,but EU orders placed immediately will likely get there in time.
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Join the Discussion: Former Sen. Daschle responds on health care
(unknown author) via Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Tr on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
More than 3,500 reader comments later, we’re excited to report on the success of our recent community discussion on health care, the first open conversation of its kind on Change.gov.
Members of our Health care Transition team, including former Senator Tom Daschle, were eager to dig in to the comments and find out more about the issues and concerns that drove the community conversation
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Songbird Takes Flight With 1.0 Release
Jason Kincaid via TechCrunch on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Songbird, the open-source, media focused web browser, has launched its 1.0 milestone release to the public. The browser, which we’ve covered extensively since it was
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Calling all musicians: Join YouTube's Symphony Orchestra
A Googler via The Official Google Blog on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
YouTube is offering musicians around the globe the opportunity to join a symphony orchestra via video through the world's first collaborative online orchestra. This is a chance to perform alongside world-renowned conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, learn from composer Tan Dun and many members of the London Symphony Orchestra, and consult with pianist Lang Lang. All video entries will be combined into
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Holiday Gift Idea: NotebookEngraver.com and JournalEngraver.com for Custom Notebooks
John Biggs via TechCrunch on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
When I was in Europe two weeks ago I fell in love with Moleskin notebooks. I know I am neither a college-age girl or a pretentious artist but these things are great. The paper is soft and thick, there's a little pouch for your documents at the end, and they survived the abuse of
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Create your own Paint by Number using GIMP.
(unknown author) via Technorati Front Page on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
This project uses GIMP to create a Paint by Number of any particular image, be it low res gif of some object or high res photo of yourself. GIMP is the open source (free) equivalent to Photoshop. So there isn't any excuse not to try this project! If you've already got GIMP downloaded and operat... By: seroberts
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A Modest Proposal For The Auto Industry: Stop Building Cars
Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Everybody these days has some advice for the beleaguered U.S. auto industry. Bail them out. Break up the unions. Do something about the dealerships. Do something about spiraling health care and pension costs. Design cars people will love. Etc.
There’s always the “be more like Apple” ad
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Grow, Little Delaware Blogosphere, Grow
Nancy Willing via Delaware Way on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Cool new Delaware blogs that I like: Sussex Green and Mourning Constitution.~~~~~Doing some more goofing around today (By the way, go to Mike's Musings if you want to check out a
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Monday Music
(unknown author) via NPR Blogs: Monitor Mix on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Greg Kihn. I come back to this song every couple of years. It's a predictable and hardworking tune, yet it somehow manages to transcend its simplicity.
Echo & The Bunny
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Read Your Feeds Like a Newspaper with Tabbloid
Nathan via FlowingData on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
Tabbloid is a free service that lets you receive your feeds in newsletter, or rather, tabloid form via email at a set t
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Michael Rakowitz's ParaSITE
(unknown author) via Wooster Collective on Thu, 20 Nov. 2008
ParaSITE is an ongoing project by artist Michael Rakowitz (who we learned about via Charlie Todd's blog, Urban Prankster)
The text below was nicke
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And Now For Something Completely Different on YouTube [YouTube]
Kevin Purdy via Lifehacker on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Claiming to be tired of seeing poor-quality "rip offs" of their ridiculously acclaimed TV series and films, the Monty Python troupe has created an official YouTube channel to post free, high-quality...
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Carved carrot clarinet
Collin Cunningham via MAKE Magazine on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Linsey Pollak drills out a carrot and turns it into a clarinet and plays it, live looping with a Boss RC20 to
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Researcher Claims “Attention Spirals” Hold Key To Predicting Success Of YouTube Videos
Serkan Toto via TechCrunch on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Why do certain videos on YouTube become mass phenomena while the vast majority of videos just get a handful of views, i
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Gerstner’s Rx for Schools: Far Fewer Districts, National Standards
(unknown author) via WSJ.com: Washington Wire - WSJ on Tue, 18 Nov. 2008
Erin White reports on CEOs and education.
How to fix the public education system? Run it more like a business, former IBM CEO Lou Gerstner said.
Speaking at a lunch panel on education at The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council in Washington, Gerstner, who has a longtime interest in education, said the nation’s 16,000 school districts n
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