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DesMoinesRegister.com (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - DesMoinesRegister.com Guy in Cedar Rapids, Iowa drums himself out of a job. Maybe we need an "Iowa" category? Soon after he was hired, customers complained to store manager Judi Moorman that the 46-year-old Garcia was constantly playing an imaginary set of drums - using real drumsticks - while listening to music through headphones. Some of the customers reportedly [... |
Hairball News
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STUPID Little Club (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - Minneapolis City Pages - Minneapolis,MN,USA ... Chord Song," "My Favorite Bobs," (Dylan, Stinson, Dunlap, Mould, and "my favorite Bob of All--my dad"), and their ode to artistic futility, "Stupid Little Band ... |
freshmeat.net announcements (Global)
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alph 0.9 (Default branch) (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - alph implements and analyzes historical and traditional ciphers and codes, such as polyalphabetic, susbstitutional, and mixed employing human-reconstructable algorithms. It provides a pipe filter interface in order to encrypt and decrypt block text to acheive transparency. The program is meant to be used in conjunction with external programs that transfer data, resulting in transparent encryption or decryption of information. The program can thus be used as a mail filter, IRC filter, IM filter, and so on. Changes: |
Little Green Footballs
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Canadian Photographer Tortured to Death (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - An Iranian doctor provides new information about the hellish ordeal suffered by Zahra Kazemi, a Canadian-Iranian photographer murdered in an Iranian prison: Zahra Kazemi was tortured, Iranian doctor says in Canada. (Thanks to all who emailed.) Shahram Aazam, an Iranian who has been granted asylum in Canada, contradicted conclusions ... |
.: The Poetry Showcase :.
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The two of me (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - Now when I'm siding hereIt's all clearThe way I was then and nowI'm actually seeing double; How I live I write by inspirationin my soulThat is given by that worldBut the thing I' |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Bruddy ships ShuffleMate (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - Bruddy LLC on Thursday announced it's shipping its ShuffleMate, a combination clip/wire management case for Apple's iPod shuffle. The new device costs US$16.95 and comes with a "bull-dog" clip. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Xamlon (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - OK - so here's another scripting dev language called Xamlon that's designed for RIAs (rich internet apps.) ... This one has it's own unique twist - it uses Microsoft upcoming XAML system -f or generating the UI - but since there's no such thing as Avalon or Longhorn yet - this package outputs into .swf - for those who can't wait. ... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Man stabbed in China over Legends of Mir 3 game dispute (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - Xeni Jardin:... ... China Daily (via the BBC) is reporting that a Chinese man was stabbed to death in a real-world dispute over a virtual sword in the online game Legends of Mir 3. Shanghai gamer Qiu Chengwei killed player Zhu Caoyuan after he discovered Caoyuan had sold a "dragon sabre" that Chengwei loaned him. ... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Looking for a USB headset (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - I'm looking to purchase a USB headset for voice recording (I may be doing some training videos where I put my voice to screen capture movies) and I've gotten good comments from friends about the Plantronics DSP-500 headset. If you... |
PR Web: Employment/Careers
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Power up Performance: Nine Ways to Keep Employees Engaged (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - Are your employees engaged in their work, or are they estranged from your company’s mission and their role in making it happen? Mounting evidence suggests that the more engaged employees are in what they do, the better their performance and the higher the rewards for everyone. The key is to have managers who are skilled at creating employee engagement. Customer Care Coach® publisher JoAnna Brandi explains why this is important, and shares tips for giving employees what they need so that they’re willing to be and do their best. [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005] |
PR Web: Employment/Careers
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HotGigs Inc. to Transform Dynamics of Contract Workforce (Mar 31 2005 23:32 GMT) - HotGigs is a new service that provides companies an organized search engine that finds contract talent in a highly fragmented market. FREE to hiring managers needing contract talent now, HotGigs allows companies to view contractor rates and search nearly 10,000 pre-rated independent contractors as well as contractors from staffing and consulting companies. [PRWEB Mar 31, 2005] |
freshmeat.net announcements (Global)
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FreeCast 20050331 (Default branch) (Mar 31 2005 23:31 GMT) - Freecast allows peer-to-peer streaming. It makes possible an audio streaming (like Web radio) to a large number of listeners from a simple DSL connection. The client can be customized graphically, doesn't require a user configuration step, and is updated at startup when needed. Changes: This version features video support so that a FreeCast network can now broadcast a Ogg Theora video stream. |
Secular Blasphemy
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Russia's growing woes (Mar 31 2005 23:31 GMT) - Chrenkoff has been writing a lot about Russia lately. The outlook from Kremlin is not very good. First, Russia is facing the disintegration of its sphere of influence in eastern Europe and Asia. More serious, however, is the demography of the country. Russia's population is aging dramatically, and is also facing a dramatic surge in male mortality, much of it due to substance abuse (ie. |
one digital life
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Yahoo acquires photo-sharing site Flickr (Mar 31 2005 23:31 GMT) - Yahoo acquires photo-sharing site Flickr: "Flickr on Sunday confirmed that Yahoo has agreed to purchase the online photo-sharing service. "Flickr will be continuing on the path it's on -- to Flickr 1.0 and beyond," the company said on its official blog. "We'll be working with a bunch of people that Totally ... |
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