Tag: writing
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My delicious.com bookmarks for September 8th through September 10th
"The Government" – "Try something. Every time somebody complains about the evils or failings of 'the government,' strike out 'the government' and see what results." (via @marcoarment) People get red-dy – "The idea of a ginger festival may sound like little more than a bit of fun, but when 3,000 redheads came together for a…
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My delicious.com bookmarks for August 25th through August 27th
Clive Thompson on the New Literacy – Maybe the Internet isn't the end of literacy after all… Galileo’s telescope reaches 400th anniversary – "Exactly 400 years ago today, on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 4th through July 9th
Wall-E: One giant beep for mankind – "Pixar's films have always outstripped those of Dreamworks – maker of the Shrek series, among others – because they contain universal truths rather than a series of swiftly dated cultural in-jokes." How English Is Evolving Into a Language We May Not Even Understand – Is evolution not the…
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for April 20th through April 23rd
Amnesty unveils shock 'waterboarding' film – This video makes it pretty clear why waterboarding is torture and not just an "enhanced interrogation" technique as George Bush would have us believe. Very nasty. (Don't watch over dinner.) DRM: The Gift that Keeps on Taking – "Now, people, aren't you really glad you bought DRM'd music" Free…