Friday, 29 January 2010
How Howard Zinn Wanted to Be Remembered
In what would be one of his last interviews, Howard Zinn discusses how he wants to be remembered:
How Howard Zinn Wanted to Be Remembered [VIDEO] | RaceWire
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Then there's this......MSI's 10-inch tablet launching this year at $500
Ready for some more tablet news? Yeah, we know, this one's different. Promise. It's MSI's 10-inch, Tegra-powered machine we checked out a few weeks back at CES. We were reasonably smitten then and, despite the new competition,
we still think it looks promising. But, a $500 MSRP probably isn't
going to help things much when it launches sometime in the second half
of this year, if a report from DigiTimes proves to be
correct. Specifications are said to be "flexible" and the company will
"launch different models based on market demand," meaning if everyone
coughs at that price point there's a good chance MSI will dig deep and
release an even cheaper model. Sounds like a good idea to us.
MSI's 10-inch tablet launching this year at $500, patently ignoring the elephant in the room? -- Engadget
we still think it looks promising. But, a $500 MSRP probably isn't
going to help things much when it launches sometime in the second half
of this year, if a report from DigiTimes proves to be
correct. Specifications are said to be "flexible" and the company will
"launch different models based on market demand," meaning if everyone
coughs at that price point there's a good chance MSI will dig deep and
release an even cheaper model. Sounds like a good idea to us.
MSI's 10-inch tablet launching this year at $500, patently ignoring the elephant in the room? -- Engadget
How to Invite ALL Facebook Friends to a Group, Event or Page - pretty handy
I set up a couple of groups on Facebook and wanted to invite all my
friends, but it would have taken an eternity because for some strange
reason Facebook doesn’t allow you to “select all” friends when sending
an invite. I mean, they’ll let you do it… but only if you click one at
a time! Uugh.
Well anyway I went on a little search and found that you could cheat
the system by inserting a little javascript to make it happen! Here is
how to do it:
Thanks to Hakon for originally sharing this tip. It was a lifesaver!
How to Invite ALL Facebook Friends to a Group, Event or Page - One Man's Blog
friends, but it would have taken an eternity because for some strange
reason Facebook doesn’t allow you to “select all” friends when sending
an invite. I mean, they’ll let you do it… but only if you click one at
a time! Uugh.
Well anyway I went on a little search and found that you could cheat
the system by inserting a little javascript to make it happen! Here is
how to do it:
- Go to your Event, Group or page and click “Invite People”.
- Once the page has loaded you should see all of your friends, but they are not selected.
- At this point, copy and paste the javascript code below into your Web browser’s address bar, then hit “Enter”.
- If all goes well, it selects all of your friends!
javascript:elms=document.getElementById('friends').getElementsByTagName('li');for(var
fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === 'object'){fs.click(elms[fid]);}}Thanks to Hakon for originally sharing this tip. It was a lifesaver!
How to Invite ALL Facebook Friends to a Group, Event or Page - One Man's Blog
Hitler Reacts To The iPad (VIDEO)
I know we've all seen this clip used for lots of stuff before but hey, it's still funny
Hitler Reacts To The iPad (VIDEO)
Hitler Reacts To The iPad (VIDEO)
Flashback: Howard Zinn warned Americans of rationalizing torture; ‘The truth comes out’
Howard Zinn, a critically acclaimed historian and political
scientist, was author of the "People's History of the United States," a
radical and popular retelling of United States history. Zinn wrote
fifteen books and was a longstanding critic of U.S. foreign policy. He
died Wednesday at 87.
Flashback: Howard Zinn warned Americans of rationalizing torture; ‘The truth comes out’ | Raw Story
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Video: one possible scenario for the future of dating
Finnish interaction designer Mikko Pitkänen imagines a future in which
augmented reality helps us find romantic partners through a cone-shaped
device......nice.....good tune, anyhow
Video: one possible scenario for the future of dating Boing Boing
augmented reality helps us find romantic partners through a cone-shaped
device......nice.....good tune, anyhow
Video: one possible scenario for the future of dating Boing Boing
Brain Finger-printing?
What if a jury could decide a man's guilt through mind reading? What if
reading a defendant's memory could betray their guilt? And what
constitutes 'intent' to commit murder?
Mind Reading, Brain Fingerprinting and the Law
reading a defendant's memory could betray their guilt? And what
constitutes 'intent' to commit murder?
Mind Reading, Brain Fingerprinting and the Law
Oasis still boring the pants off us
What the fuck!? Thought these halfwits had disappeared and I'd never have to think about the twats anymore....oh well, hey ho....
Oasis nominated for three NME awards - Yahoo! News UK
Oasis nominated for three NME awards - Yahoo! News UK
Sunday, 17 January 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Doomsday Clock 2010 Reset: Why Scientists Decided To Move Back The Clock
The "Doomsday Clock" has been reset by the Bulletin of Atomic
Scientists to six minutes to midnight, from five minutes to midnight.
Doomsday Clock 2010 Reset: Why Scientists Decided To Move Back The Clock
Monday, 11 January 2010
Rod Liddle:The man Alex Higgins doesn't want
Not the snooker player, some teacher guy has got it into his head that Rod Liddle, journalist, apparently offered the job of editor for the Independent, doesn't deserve the job. Well thats fine, you say, everyone has the right to object and I for one would support him in his endeavours. His right to demonstrate his opposition (through the medium of Facebook and other social networking sites, no doubt, the middle-classes new soapbox). I even agree with his reasoning, to a point although I do think Mr Liddles comments have been more about stirring the shit than him actually believing some of the stuff he has said. I just feel that this kind of thing is more due a letter to the editor type stuff. Let him have the job. He may cock it up royally (the Today programme). This whole thing just seems a bit wrong. I mean, where does it stop?
Surprising, really, when there are, or were, so many other things that people can get organised about. Some guy suffers the death penalty in China. Where was everyone then? Twittering that Rage against the Machine should get to number one.
The Independent needs a kick up the arse. This is providing it. The best thing the new owner can do now is make him editor. The publicity has been priceless.
Surprising, really, when there are, or were, so many other things that people can get organised about. Some guy suffers the death penalty in China. Where was everyone then? Twittering that Rage against the Machine should get to number one.
The Independent needs a kick up the arse. This is providing it. The best thing the new owner can do now is make him editor. The publicity has been priceless.
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock
The Knife, in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock, are to release the studio version of the opera 'Tomorrow, In A Year', on the 1st March 2010.
Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book 'On the Origin of the Species', The Knife decided to make this a collaborative process, working with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock for the first time, to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme.
Here is the work 'colouring of pigeons' but get it quick because I'm not sure how long it will stay on this link for.
It's amazing!
Commissioned by Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma to write the music for their opera based on Charles Darwin and his book 'On the Origin of the Species', The Knife decided to make this a collaborative process, working with artists Mt. Sims and Planningtorock for the first time, to capture the huge width of the Darwin and evolution theme.
Here is the work 'colouring of pigeons' but get it quick because I'm not sure how long it will stay on this link for.
It's amazing!
Double Atomic bomb survivor dies in Japan
TOKYO -- Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, has died at age 93.
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Australian Fossil Unlocks Secrets to the Origin of Whales
Museum Victoria palaeobiologist Dr Erich Fitzgerald has made groundbreaking discoveries into the origin of baleen whales, based on a 25-million-year-old fossil found near Torquay in Victoria, Australia.
Monday, 4 January 2010
Monster black hole devours dead star
Deep in the heart of a globular cluster orbiting an elliptical galaxy, it looks very much as if a massive black hole is in the process of tearing apart and devouring the remnant of an old star. And how do we know we’re witnessing this violent stellar demise? Black holes are messy eaters.
World's tallest building set to open in Dubai
In recent years Dubai has grabbed the headlines with audacious offshore islands, rotating buildings and a seven star hotel. On Monday it opens the world's tallest building, Burj Dubai, and here is a view from the top, and here is a brief history
Mars' ancient lake beds spied by Nasa probe
New images of Mars suggest the Red Planet had large lakes on its surface as recently as three billion years ago.
higher airport security and dodgy screening
Is screening fair at all? Here is Nigerias opinion and US response to Christmas Day foiled bomb plot, but as has always been said, nobody can tell who is going to plant a bomb, who is Muslim etc etc. 10% of British Muslims are white, but I would be very surprised if they become the target of new screening procedures.
Going back to Morocco soon... I guess I will see on my exit from here and my entrance back in whether it starts to affect me.....we'll see!
Going back to Morocco soon... I guess I will see on my exit from here and my entrance back in whether it starts to affect me.....we'll see!
Super Powers
When given the chance to suspend all disbelief and enter a pure fantasy world (especially you people who thought they really had a shot to do a movie with Clooney or Streep), what better world than Superheroes? So what superpowers do people really want? see here!
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