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funferal
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Women and Radio in Afghanistan (Dec 29 2003 22:59 GMT) - Canoe.ca has an interesting story about work by a Canadian group to teach Afghani women to be journalists, and to start a number of radio stations operated by women. |
Good Blimey!
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Blog Design Showcase (Dec 29 2003 22:59 GMT) - There's a Blog Design Showcase over at Cre8d Design, with some excellent blogs to check out. There were numerous ones I've never visited before, and some were old friends, but all of them are full of fantastic design skills and... |
Simply American
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Blame Canada VI (Dec 29 2003 22:59 GMT) - My point was, it is their fault when infected meat enters stores regardless whether that meat originally came from a Canadian cow. That doesn't mean I currently blame the USDA for anything: I know of no known cases where infected tissue entered the food chain, so as far as I know the USDA is doing exactly what it's there for: ensuring the quality of meat sold in America. |
AlwaysOn Network
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Electronic Voting Firm Has Site Hacked (Dec 29 2003 22:57 GMT) - WASHINGTON (AP) -- A company developing security technology for electronic voting suffered an embarrassing hacker break-in that executives think was tied to the rancorous debate over the safety of casting ballots online. |
Cronaca
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Your car is watching you (Dec 29 2003 22:56 GMT) - Today's NY Times has an article on privacy concerns now that so many cars incorporate black boxes and GPS tracking devices. Can you imagine if this system got hacked? The heavily advertised communications and tracking |
UtterlyBoring.com
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Behold, the ultimate doughnut (Dec 29 2003 22:56 GMT) - Voodoo Doughnut in Portland has made news in the past for its wild doughnuts, including doughnuts coated with Robitussin, Ny-Quil and Pepto-Bismol, before the FDA cracked down on him. Now he's making the ultimate doughnut for folks on the go: a caffeine-infused doughnut with the same amount of caffeine as one-and-a-half cups of coffee. |
TWiki.Main
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TWikiUsers (Dec 29 2003 22:56 GMT) - List of TWiki users Please take the time and add yourself to the list. To do that fill out the form in TWiki.TWikiRegistration. This will create an account for you ... |
TWiki.Main
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FabianRusso (Dec 29 2003 22:56 GMT) - Name: Fabian Russo Email: FRusso@BroadcomSTOPSPAM.com Company Name: Company URL: |
War Liberal
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Shut up, Wayne (Dec 29 2003 22:55 GMT) - Actor-turned-executive sues HealthSouth Corp. Jason Hervey -- once Kevin's evil older brother on The Wonder Years -- is suing HealthSouth... |
Memex 1.1
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Jon Johansen finally clearedThe preposterous ... (Dec 29 2003 22:55 GMT) - Jon Johansen finally clearedThe preposterous DMCA-driven prosecution of Jon Johansen has finally collapsed. According to this report, "an Oslo appeals court cleared a 20-year-old Norwegian man of DVD piracy charges on Monday in a new setback for Hollywood studios, which say unauthorized copying costs them billions of dollars a year. Upholding a verdict by a lower court in January, the court said that Jon Johansen had broken no laws by helping to unlock a code and distribute a computer program on the Internet enabling unauthorized copying of DVD movies. The U.S. |
Robert Scoble: scobleizer
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Tour of Paramount Farms (Dec 29 2003 22:54 GMT) - Tomorrow Richard Caetano and Rob Fahrni are giving me a tour of the USA's largest Pistachio Processing Factory (almonds too). If you wanna go, let me know. We'll meet at 1 p.m. |
linkfilter.net
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Top 25 Science Stories of 2003 (Dec 29 2003 22:54 GMT) - "For some, this year in science may be remembered more for its disasters than its successes. On January 16 the space shuttle Columbia launched to great fanfare, only to fail tragically on re-entry 16 days later. Then came news of the mysterious and lethal disease known as SARS, which sparked worldwide panic. And a midsummer blackout stretching from Ontario to New York served as a vivid reminder of how dependent we are on a fragile power grid." |
CanadianGeek
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Born Rich (Dec 29 2003 22:54 GMT) - I just watched the documentary, Born Rich on CTV. I tried searching Google to find out if this documentary got any media attention and I suppose it did considering it's a pretty fluffy film. The documentary itself was an admirable effort, nicely edited and filmed,... |
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