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  • USDOEd’s Turn

    August 28, 2006
    University

    Yikes! These are not the kinds of people who need to have their information disclosed. Students are just building their credit. For them to go through someone trashing them so early could be really detrimental. 🙁 Federal student loan program exposes data on 21,000 users: The U.S. Department of Education has disabled its Direct Loan…

  • Vox Hunt: ♥

    August 27, 2006
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    Take a picture of something heart-shaped. Shirt Heart Read and post comments | Send to a friend

  • QotD: I’m reading (or about to read)…

    August 27, 2006
    Uncategorized

    What books are on your nightstand? The ones I am reading now: The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Thomas L. Friedman Hidden Words Baha’u’llah Lord Foul’s Bane (The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, Book 1) Stephen R. Donaldson Ambient Findability Peter Morville Seven Viking Romances (Penguin…

  • Guns For Hire – Part 1

    August 27, 2006
    from LiveJournal, Geek / Nerd / Dork, Photography, Toys

    Guns For Hire – Part 1 Originally uploaded by cszar. I found this photo at Flickr really hilarious! Photographer’s description: “After the Muppet Show was canceled the main characters had to find other jobs. Dr. Bunsen, Kermit and Ms. Piggy opened their own security firm.” In case you can’t find the link to my Flickr…

  • Look for a Patent Wiki in 2007

    August 23, 2006
    Internet

    Patent review goes Wiki – August 21, 2006: That’s the basic concept behind a pilot program sponsored by IBM and other companies [including HP and Microsoft], which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office appears poised to green-light. The project would apply an advisory version of the wiki approach to the patent-approval process. The issue is…

  • Evidence of Dark Matter

    August 21, 2006
    Science

    NASA – NASA Finds Direct Proof of Dark Matter: Dark matter and normal matter have been wrenched apart by the tremendous collision of two large clusters of galaxies. The discovery, using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes, gives direct evidence for the existence of dark matter. … These observations provide the strongest evidence yet…

  • TV Really Is Mind-Numbing

    August 21, 2006
    from LiveJournal, Psychology

    TV found to be a painkiller for children – Yahoo! News: Sometimes the numbing effect of TV can be helpful. Especially if you’re a kid being stuck with a needle at the hospital. Researchers confirmed the distracting power of television — something parents have long known — when they found that children watching cartoons suffered…

  • Smalltalk

    August 21, 2006
    Personal / Relationships, Philosophy

    The Smalltalk Question (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought): One of the minor puzzles of American life is what question to ask people at parties and suchly to get to know them. “How ya doin’?” is of course mere formality, only the most troubled would answer honestly for anything but the positive. “What do you do?” is…

  • QotD: My First Car

    August 20, 2006
    Uncategorized

    Tell us a little something about your first car.  Do you have any photos you can share?  Submitted by tamara. My first car was a 1984 Honda CIvic. My mom bought it new. My dad had taken to driving it when not using his work car. At 18, I needed to drive to school because…

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