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Wednesday August 30, 2006
Flickr-lag
Definition: The time difference between being somewhere and getting the photos on Flickr which causes some confusion in online conversations with friends. ¶
Sunday August 27, 2006
Saturday August 26, 2006
U.S. rice supply contaminated by GM rice
U.S. commercial supplies of long-grain rice have become "inadvertently" contaminated with a genetically engineered variety not approved for human consumption. Thank you Bayer CropScience. ¶
Sunday August 20, 2006
Chuqui on Flickr and "Interestingness"
I don't particularly like Flickr's interestingness, but then that's because it doesn't like me [or my pictures]. ¶
Saturday August 19, 2006
Friday August 18, 2006
Thursday August 17, 2006
Through the Viewfinder: A Tutorial
[via kottke]Ah, so that's what TTV is all about. Never made the slightest sense before. ¶
Wednesday August 16, 2006
What is Left? What is Right?
[via rc3.org]On whether whether it is possible to be both right wing and secular in America. ¶
Monday August 14, 2006
Edinburgh Council workers running gauntlet of hate
On average, council workers report abuse five times every day.
So how many times a day are they actually abused? Twenty? Fifty?? ¶
Sunday August 13, 2006
Saturday August 12, 2006
PISSED-OFF YUPPIE WATCH
Joe Lieberman lost because "legions of angry, well-off, highly educated professionals -- yuppies -- who did him in". I am not sad to see him lose, given that he was a better Republican than many Republicans, even if he had the nerve to call himself a Democrat. ¶
Marginal Revolution: Why is the UK so expensive?
Because the UK doesn't believe in price competition. Then add inefficient land markets, the food price premium caused by the Common Agricultural Policy... ¶
Wednesday August 09, 2006
Tuesday August 08, 2006
Saturday August 05, 2006
Thursday August 03, 2006
Tuesday August 01, 2006