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Update: McMissle Case Sentencing (Feb 21 2007 23:59 GMT) - The 25 year old woman convicted of a felony in the McMissle case has been sentenced to 2 years probabtion by the Judge. Technorati tags: McMissle, road rage, sentence, felony, probation, Virginia Sponsored By: 2007 Buffalo Calendars 2007 Calendars with Buffalo images, ships in 2 days. |
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Cat with 26 toes (Feb 21 2007 23:59 GMT) - David Pescovitz: This cute kitty, appropriately named Extra, has a total of 26 toes. The three-month-old cat, a resident of Auckland, New Zealand, has seven toes on her front paws and six on the rear. It's a genetic condition called polydactyly. From the East and Bays Courier (photo by Jason Dorday): |
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First Exoplanet Atmospheres Analyzed (Feb 21 2007 23:57 GMT) - deblau writes "NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of individual molecules in their atmospheres. The landmark achievement is a significant step toward being able to detect possible life on rocky exoplanets and comes years before astronomers had anticipated." |
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Why did the iPod cross the street? (Feb 21 2007 23:57 GMT) - New York is considering banning iPods, other devices while users are crossing city intersections. CNET takes you to the streets to hear people's responses. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. |
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Climate change policy (Feb 21 2007 23:56 GMT) - Everyone complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. What are the climate change policy options? Paul Krugman on tax-shifting. William Nordhaus on carbon taxes vs. cap-and-trade (PDF). |
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Does this mean Howard Stern ... (Feb 21 2007 23:51 GMT) - Does this mean Howard Stern is coming to XM?KFSN - (2/19/07 - NEW YORK) - XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have agreed to merge, the two companies said Monday. The deal would consolidate the only two companies in the emerging business of subscription-only satellite Court Battle For Playmate’ |
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That earthquake frightened the people away, and they left Olympia alone (Feb 21 2007 23:48 GMT) - That earthquake frightened the people away, and they left Olympia alone again That earthquake frightened the people away, and they left Olympia alone again. Hermes was still there, but he looked out upon ruins. Victory lay in a heap of fragments. Apollo was there, but broken and buried in earth with the other people of the pediments. Zeus and all [... |
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Rapcat Wannabes Denied (Feb 21 2007 23:47 GMT) - My new favourite quote from an animal services spokesperson: "Our message is that it is not a good idea to try to stuff a cat in a bag. It's a matter of common sense." |
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Jason Tester: Case for Human-Future Interaction (Feb 21 2007 23:45 GMT) - David Pescovitz: My Institute for the Future colleague Jason Tester wrote a thought-provoking essay titled "The Case for Human-Future Interaction," exploring the similarities between forecasting and pioneering work in the field of human-computer interaction. One of Jason's research efforts at IFTF is the creation of Artifacts from the Future--products, objects, and services that don't exist yet but can help us understand how tomorrow's technologies may affect our daily lives. So what can forecasters learn from HCI? From Jason's post at IFTF's Future Now blog: |
O'Reilly Network Blogs
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Macworld Conference Shoot Results (Feb 21 2007 23:45 GMT) - In January, I posted quite a few entries here about my shoot at Macworld 2007. At the time, however, I didn't go into specifics about who the client was or what the project was all about. Well, I can now... |
The Left Coaster
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Sunnis Using Chlorine Gas Bombs In Iraq (Feb 21 2007 23:43 GMT) - Sunni insurgents are now using chlorine gas bombs against Iraqis. These of course would be the same Sunni insurgents who are financed and armed by Saudi Arabia, and not Iran. So which country are we kowtowing to, and which country are we preparing to attack? |
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