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- http://www. harrumph. com/010724. html |
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- Isn't it funny that no band or artist is very far away from Warren Zevon? |
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- Steve has a good post on G. W. Bush and the Catholic Church. My comments are in the extended entry.... |
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- comments are turned off due to the recent rash of comment spamming; emails are always appreciated, as is contact on... |
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- Today's article in the USA Today documents the improvement in graduation rates -- a 9 percentage point improvement in graduation rates over 4 years. Some of the highlights: Among BCS ranked teams, Virginia leads with a 75% football graduation rate, compared to 90% for the... |
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- Kevin Drum and I have known each other for a while; he's one of the first other bloggers I met. I know I hold him in high regard even when we disagree, and get the... |
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- Two incidents in the last couple of days has prompted me to make a some comments on the importance of verifying identity. In my network security class we teach students about the importance of verifying packages. We spend 2 weeks on it at the beginning of the course, then reinforce the point later with an exercise. Why? Because of the recent PostNuke incident. |
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- A three-year deal with the rapper is expected to be finalized within the next 10 days |
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- At least nine tribesmen died Tuesday when a barrage of mortars hit a Pakistani village near the Afghan border where about 300 people had gathered to discuss how to evict foreign militants from their areas, officials said. |
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Head Cold (Oct 26 2004 23:30 GMT) - Head ColdI've got a cold and feel like hell. Funny how it makes everything so focused. All I want to do is crawl into bed and hide for a few days. |
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- That really IRKS me :) I really wanted that prize Barry was giving out: Marketing Miracles to Make you Money.. I know swainzy does not need it as much as I do! I will keep looking but all that comes to mind now are 4 letter words. |
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- In my undergraduate class this morning, we did a combination work session and short class. They are working on their design project (for the semester) and it is the first design project that most of them have worked on. That... |
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- After a delayed trial, Fairfax Supervisor Gerry Connolly got his day in court. |
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- A 17-year-old boy has been shot and killed in Northeast Washington. |
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- A suspect has been arrested in the August murder of an armored car courier. |
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- This is your virtual water cooler #26 for idle and... |
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- Rico has some good tips particularly for people building low level managed libraries… worth a read. I see the mono guys already picked it up, I wanted to make sure others saw it as well... |
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- I'm not even sure what the deal with all this is anymore. A while ago, a guy (some dumb kid) sent me a number that he claimed was Ashlee Simpson's cell phone number as a joke. I knew it... |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - We just learned that the WIRED CD has been chosen as a finalist for "Best Use of Technology: Music Label" by the Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - Signal vs. Noise is a blog run by the design gurus at 37 Signals, who strive for attractiveness and simplicity in all their designs. They have a regular feature where they ask their audience of designers to come up with ways to describe difficult concepts in 10 words or less. Today they decided to take a crack at helping come up with a simple, concise way to describe the Creative Commons. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - Back cover of the inaugural issue of PLoS Medicine. Yesterday the Public Library of Science released the first issue of their second journal, PLoS Medicine. All articles are available under the Creative Commons Attribution License. Open Access News covers reactions to the new journal with several posts over the last few days. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - There's a great (long) interview with sci-fi novelist Neal Stephenson on Slashdot today, and the last question asks directly about the use of Creative Commons Licenses by novelists: 12) Do new publishing models make sense? - by Infonaut Have you contemplated using any sort of alternative to traditional copyright for your works of fiction, such as a flavor of Creative Commons [creativecommons.org] license? |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - At 2pm this Sunday on the Bay Area's KALW (91.7), Benjamen Walker's "The Creative Remix" will debut on the airwaves. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - You can now get your copy of the WIRED CD, free with the November issue of WIRED, at your newstand. Get yourself two copies: one for you and your friends, and one to save, in plastic, for your grandchildren. See the full track list. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - In case you hadn't heard, knitting's all the rage and has been for crafty hipsters for years (last xmas I got my first knitted scarf as a gift). One of the best sources for information and patterns is Knitty. For the past two years, they have put out quarterly issues that feature about a dozen project how-tos, stories, and articles about knitting. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, they put out a special print (PDF) issue that featured projects specifically tailored to those living with cancer and a story from a survivor. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - iCommons has published a short academic article - in German - on open access policy and scientific research. Our contribution can be read online (login required). |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - Just in time for Halloween, Free Culture.org is having a zombie flicks remix contest. All the newly remixed content will be licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license. So get your resuscitators out and start chopping and remixing. |
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- [Creative Commons: weblog] - If you missed the Creative Remix radio show this Sunday in San Francisco, you can still catch it online. Wow your friends with insight gleaned from Ben Walker's look at the artistic remix through the ages -- from ancient Greek poetry to modern historial fiction to aesthetic Nintendo hacks. Such insight might come in particularly handy these days, when sampling and creative recombination are hot topics, thanks to the release of a certain CD this week by a certain familiar mag. In fact, consider this a homework assignment: |
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