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- Quoi ? Ça y est, après Free, il nous remet ça avec Google ? |
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- Mexico has a housing deficit because of limited credit and inflated prices, but Mexicans will soon get a helping hand from former President Carter. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, will spend five days next year hammering nails with more than 4,000 volunteers as they build 150 homes in Mexico. |
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- I've just returned from voting in today's California special election. There was a line, and there is never a line when I've voted here. I've been away from this state the past five days, and seeing the recall from an... |
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- Clemens blogs about the importance of checking for post-conditions as well pre-conditions. While I agree that ensuring post-condition guarantees is an often ignored part of many service implementations that I've seen in the wild, I don't know if it's more |
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- As to it being a stock c64... I seem to remember something about the SX-64 not having any hardware sprites? Or am I remembering something that doesn't exist? :) |
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- DIRTY TRICKS AT THE LA TIMES?. The LA Weekly, David to the LA Times' Goliath, has done some digging, and apparently the Times has not been entirely forthcoming about the background and handling of its last-minute stories about Schwarzenegger's alleged groping and harassment history. The Weekly, by the way, is an unabashedly liberal paper in its general outlook, but they also obviously know a story when they see one. From one LA Weekly story: The L. |
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- These articles are comprehensive and pull no punches. I'm not sure if I can add anything to what they say.On a practical level, though, I think a little conflict within the labor unions may be a good thing right now, even if you don't think either "side" fully represents what you are looking for. It still shakes some pork-choppers out of complacency.I thought the suggestion of UNITE breathing down the neck of the UFCW in retail was particularly i... |
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- Jaquandor had some thoughts on Attack of the Clones:I watched Attack of the Clones the other night, and no, I have not come round to the prevailing opinion that it's a giant suckfest. In fact, I am more resolute than ever in my belief that I'm right, that |
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- While I'm apologizing, I've had some fun with the whole Billy Beane-Theo Epstein master/student metaphor. I guess I should complete it: Darth Vader: I've been waiting for you Obi-Wan. We meet again, at last. |
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- AMD is using a game CD running on a self-contained distribution of the Linux operating system to show off the gaming potential of its new 64-bit processor, the Athlon 64. |
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- This poor dog had his mouth duct taped closed and couldn't eat, drink or bark for help. After he was rescued he was so close to death they could only name him and put him to sleep. It's things like this that make me think I could be pro-death penalty after all. |
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- Som David Pettersson konstaterar, "nu är det slut pċ det roliga". "George W. Bush" har en blogg. Powered by Movable Type. |
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- "Sunni Muslims went on the rampage on Tuesday after the murder of Pakistani militant leader Azam Tariq, and tens of thousands flocked to his burial vowing revenge and shouting slogans against minority Shi'ites....His death has heightened tensions between majority Sunni and minority Shi'ite Muslims after a wave of sectarian killings in recent months." |
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- Cooligy, eine Startup-Company aus Mountain View, Kalifornien, hat laut EE Times mit Hilfe von Apple und... |
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- The president of Loyola University in New Orleans resigned Tuesday after he was accused of sexual misconduct while he was at a Jesuit prep school in Indianapolis in 1986. |
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- 1. "Pattern Recognition", William Gibson2. "All Families Are Psychotic", Douglas Coupland3. "Samurai: Nome de Cdigo" (Snow Crash), Neal Stephenson1. |
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- GET A GOOD START AND SAIL ON THE LIFTED TACK. What's better than a novel set in the Age of Sail? The reality. Let me recommend Flying Cloud (details or compare prices.) Great page-turner, even with an annoying cold making me tired. |
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- LAYING DOWN HIS MARKER. The editorial writers at The Northern Star are unimpressed with President John Peters's State of the University address. The kids have a point, or several: "During his speech, Peters barely mentioned, and failed to give solutions to, several problems the university is facing."In the wake of one of the most serious budget crises in university history, as we often are reminded, Peters failed to mention the current state of the university. |
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- * I now have more items on my Amazon.com wishlist than does adgy -- about 150 more. Who's the pantywaist now, eh?* New Blue Monday-themed user pic, posted by hybridrainbow in the blues_world community. Isn't it adorable? |
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- * I now have more items on my Amazon.com wishlist than does adgy -- about 150 more. Who's the pantywaist now, eh?* New Blue Monday-themed user pic, posted by hybridrainbow in the blues_world community. Isn't it adorable? |
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- * I now have more items on my Amazon.com wishlist than does adgy -- about 150 more. Who's the pantywaist now, eh?* New Blue Monday-themed user pic, posted by hybridrainbow in the blues_world community. Isn't it adorable? |
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- I also ran across Nico Macdonald’s What is Web Design book last night. Although I’m secretly pleased that there are far fewer of this kind of book put out than there used to be, it’s good that Macdonald’ |
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- In "The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning: A Practical Approach to Strengthening NonProfit Organizations" (1997), Fisher Howe provides a short, practical guide to strategic planning for members of the board of a nonprofit organization. He maintains that strategic planning is inherently a function of the board, not management and staff, and requires a systematic approach. In this book, he describes his recommended process and provides examples from boards on which he has served. (Read ... |
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- Pot growers and proud of it: I wanted to come up with a few examples for my Crime-Facilitating Speech article, which I'm writing right now, so I searched for some books on drug-making. Well, I tell you, they don't seem terribly clandestine -- there are a bunch available right there on amazon.com. Check out this page, with its 24 customer reviews of the book. |
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- author of "The Bible and Homosexual Practice," a definitive book in this area. |
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- OK, I have despised Keyshawn Johnson since he played for the NY Jets. The Jets were my "adopted" team while I lived in NYC, and it was hard for me to root for them while this prima donna strutted around, shooting off his mouth, and doing exactly 0 to help the team while continuously bashing his teammates. Surely you remember his epic auto-biography - "Just give me the damn ball", right?? |
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- No. That link doesn't work. I post through the main blogger site at 64.41.146. |
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- I had a great birthday yesterday. Actually, it was more like unbelievable. There were one or two cards that I got that upset me a little, but, that didn't dampen my day for long, especially not when I have such great people who surround and care about me. Dorky grins and all, I feel like using horrible English and saying, "I is so happy." I had so much fun and, not to be too materialistic (*scoff*), I got great stuff to boot! |
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- I've been riffing lately on something I've called "reciprocal marketing." Pretty much the same as Seth Godin's permission marketing except in my spin I've been thinking about creating rapport with users, walking a mile in their mocasins and all that. By builing rapport, respectfully appreciating where a user is coming from and what they're trying to accomplish, you can better "match" their mental models and processess and therefore design a better experience. [more on rapport ] |
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- Patron: "Could I borrow you for a minute?"Me (in my head): "Only if you give me back."Me (in reality): |
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- Last night I read my newly-arrived copy of Joseph Stiglitz's The Roaring Nineties: A New History of the World's Most Prosperous Decade. As you might expect from Stiglitz, it is well-written and smart. |
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