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12 May 2007

My Dots for Friday, May 11, 2007

Quoted: Possibly the best blogging solution on the market today. Perfect for beginners and power bloggers alike. It's free!

[tags: blogs, tools]

Quoted: The future of computer documents will be on desktop storage software that lets you manage your computer world from anywhere with ease. With g.ho.st, you can upload and manage documents, applications, and media files on a virtual desktop that you can access anywhere. The service is ideal for people that travel a lot, or students that frequently use community computers.

[tags: virtual desktop, storage]

Quoted: Provides free real time 24/7 website and server monitoring from georgraphically distributed servers with personalized Ajax interface, server performance testing, uptime reporting, traffic analysis and alarm notification

[tags: web, monitoring]

Quoted: Download any YouTube videos or movies to your computer with SaveTube.

[tags: video, youtube]

Quoted: Rouxbe (roo-bee) delivers a revolutionary online instructional cooking experience that walks you step-by-step through each delicious recipe.

[tags: cooking, recipes]

Quoted: The most accurate websites on the Internet

[tags: news]

Quoted: Find, manage and discover internet addresses from people worldwide, like their Friendster, MySpace, Flickr, email, website, etc.

[tags: internet, address]

Breitbart.com offers real-time access to top news and analysis sources. You can monitor up-to-the-minute feeds from wires, newspapers, networks, key blogs and more. And there are multiple options for exploring topics by channel. While some news sites select stories for the user and others allow users to rank favorite news stories, Breitbart emphasizes user access to the raw news feeds -- kind of an organized grocery store of news.

A variety of video feeds are being added to Breitbart.com. And a new site in the works -- Breitbart.tv -- will highlight news video to an even greater extent. As Breitbart.com evolves, community features will be added to allow users to comment on stories and customize the sources.

Breitbart is currently serving about 20 million news pages per month to more than three million unique visitors. Many top bloggers rely on Breitbart as a primary news resource. Technorati puts Breitbart.com in its Top 50, with more than 30,000 links from nearly 8,000 blogs.

[tags: news, video, audio, TV]

Quoted: PARIS (Reuters) - Nicolas Sarkozy's Mediterranean holiday on a luxurious private yacht marks a departure from the unwritten French rule that you should be discreet about money and wealth, but voters do not seem to mind.

[tags: france]

MusicTonic is a mash-up of a bunch of sources for music information. You can find artists based on their genre or by searching for them specifically. Each artist has their own page. On the page includes album information with links to Amazon in case you’d like to purchase them, a collection of pictures from the artist, a listing of YouTube videos from them and a video player, a list of the latest related news articles on them, and a list of artists who are similar.

[tags: music]

Quoted: Chocolate Jelly with Pineapple and Violet

[tags: recipes]

Quoted: Lamb Skewers with Thyme

[tags: Recipes]

Quoted: Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder with Flageolet Beans

[tags: Recipes]

Since 1990 Rigmor Gustafsson has been working as a freelance vocalist. In Sweden her engagements have ranged from working with several Big Bands to leading various small groups. She has recorded for the Swedish National Television and Radio, and has been featured as the musical guest in several TV shows. After moving to New York in 1993, she started working in various jazz clubs in the NYC area (Birdland, Smalls, Metronome etc.).

[tags: music, sweden, jazz, video, audio]

For the first three decades of the twentieth century, the fabled Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957) triumphed as the brightest star in European society. Possibly the most artistically represented woman in history after the Virgin Mary and Cleopatra.

[tags: celebrity, scandal, art]

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11 May 2007

My Dots for Thursday, May 10, 2007

Quoted: Create, edit and access files from anywhere over the Web. Free online alternative to Microsoft Office

[tags: office, applications]

Quoted: VOIP provider JAJAH closes Series C funding of $20 million today, with the lead investment coming from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm ...

[tags: voip]

The new way of watching TV

All the things you love about TV, fused with the interactive power of the internet – just the way you want it. Enjoy the ride!

[tags: TV, Joost]

Quoted: Take your quickbook and peachtree software and kiss it goodbye. Less Accounting offers simple tools for small businesses that will save you hours weekly. Your time is better spent doing what you do best. Quit wasting your valuable time trying to be an accountant.

[tags: applications, accounting]

In case you missed the news the other day, we just launched a brand spankin' new Newsvine! Since we rarely send out email communication and nobody reads long emails anyway, we present the link for your instant gratification.

[tags: news, Newsvine]

Quoted: Jonathan Miller

Bill Moyers talks with British intellectual, Jonathan Miller about his upcoming PBS series, "A Brief History of Disbelief."

[tags: religion, politics, Bill Moyers]

Carlo Bonini

Bill Moyers talks with noted Italian journalist, Carlo Bonini about the origin of the forged Niger documents that found their way into Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, and were used to strengethen the Administration case for war.

[tags: Bill Moyers]

The purpose of this site is to provide a resource and to help raise awareness about renewable energy technologies, with the hope that our civilization will be able to overcome the current energy crisis through the research and development of sustainable energy sources.

[tags: solar, EnergyTechnologies, alternative energy]

How did the mainstream press get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein to 9-11 continue to go largely unreported? "What the conservative media did was easy to fathom; they had been cheerleaders for the White House from the beginning and were simply continuing to rally the public behind the President — no questions asked.

[tags: video, Bill Moyers]

We like this characterization of thermal solar concentrators, “thermalvoltaic,” because it calls to mind the fact that thermal energy can be concentrated and turned into electricity just like light can - “photovoltaic.” And as we review solar thermal here, it is important to note that the sun is only one source of thermal voltaic power - geothermal energy is another prime example.

[tags: EnergyTechnologies, solar]

Justin.TV Readies Launch of New Live Video Platform Business...On2 Announces Live Flash Video Program for Web Users -- We're All Going Live!

[tags: video]

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10 May 2007


How a Parabolic Trough Power Plant Works


Hundreds of trough-shaped parabolic mirrors, which are continuously adjusted to face the sun, serve as collectors. They concentrate the sun’s rays on receivers located along the focal line. A SCHOTT receiver consists of a specially coated absorber tube embedded in an evacuated glass envelope. The absorbed solar radiation warms up the heat transfer fluid flowing through the absorber tube to almost 400 C (752 F). This is conducted along a heat exchanger in which steam is produced, which then generates power in the turbines. The output of the power plant is between 25 and 200 MW of electricity at its peak. And thanks to storage systems, plant operation can be maintained at a constant load. With the highest degree of performance and the lowest electricity production costs of all the different types of solar power plants, the outlook for parabolic trough power plants is excellent.


My Dots for Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Quoted: JAlbum is a gallery software that makes web albums from your digital images. We aim to make it the easiest to use and most powerful ...

[tags: photo album software]

Quoted: To produce this story, we asked PC Magazine staffers to share their best-loved free software and were inundated with responses.

[tags: software, freeware]

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday faulted U.S. automakers for failing to do what foreign manufacturers have accomplished in producing fuel-efficient vehicles.

[tags: obama, automotive]

Quoted: In Chicago, there is no question who carries the title of the Big O. That would be Oprah Winfrey. It’s a safe bet that Senator ...

[tags: Obama]

Quoted: Scientists have discovered a new planet in the constellation Libra. The small, rocky planet is special because it appears to have mild temperatures, like Earth. ...

[tags: planets, science, astronomy]

Derek Wall is the Principal Male Speaker of the Green Party of England and Wales.

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09 May 2007

My Dots for Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Quoted: Can Sarkozy Uphold the Values of 1789?

[tags: france]

Quoted: Nicolas Sarkozy, an immigrant's son promising to revitalize France, won a comfortable victory Sunday in a presidential election seen as a mandate for his bold plans to enact free-market reforms, reassert influence abroad and strengthen ties to the United States.

[tags: France]

Quoted: The popular political blogger from talkingpointsmemo.com gives the Journal his perspective on the role of politics in the recent firings of federal prosecutors

Bill Moyers talks with Jon Stewart

[tags: Jon Stewart]

Quoted: Regarder Katie Melua Nine Million bicycles sur Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos.

[tags: video, Katie Melua]

Quoted: Regarder Laura Pausini - In Assenza Di Te sur Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos. Pour les amoureux des musiques d'amour!

[tags: video, italy]

Quoted: Regarder PATRICK BRUEL - QUI A LE DROIT sur Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos. Prestation divine de Patrick Bruel devant ses fans!

[tags: video, france]

An Introduction To RSS…

In this initial show, I give a brief overview of RSS, including:

- what RSS is and what it’s used for

- how to find feeds on websites

- the variety of available feed readers

- a practical example of subscribing to a feed

[tags: rss, video, blogs]

Un blog alimenté automatiquement par Blastfeed

A real-time information blog powered by Blastfeed on the US Presidential Race

[tags: news]

Divvio is an exciting new company that will keep you plugged into your interests. By creating personal channels, you’ll receive the most relevant video and audio for you. Wake up to fresh content served every day!

[tags: video, audio]

Quoted: Welcome to the 10 Downing Street You Tube channel. This is where you'll find exclusive films and features from No10 and the British Prime Minister.

[tags: video, YouTube]

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08 May 2007

My Dots for Monday, May 07, 2007

Bientôt, vous pourrez créer votre propre Univers Personnel sur Netvibes… Vous aurez alors une page personnelle comme aujourd’hui mais aussi une page publique entièrement personnalisable

[tags: blogs, netvibes, wikio]

Eurovision Sweden 2007 : The Ark est le groupe qui représente la Suède cette année au concours eurovision 2007 avec la chanson << The Worrying Kind >>, dans un esprit rock, un peu d'abba, le style suédois est là !!! La chanson de The Ark est interprêtée en anglais

[tags: video, eurovision 2007, sweden]

Quoted: Regarder l'homme disque dur sur Dailymotion Partagez Vos Videos. voici un homme qui retient tout ce qu'il voit et le redessine ....!

[tags: video, savant, rome]

Quoted: Watch U.S Point of View on french elections EN on Dailymotion Share Your Videos. France 24 Website: (http://www.france24.com) ____________________________

[tags: news, video]

Currently, Blue Dot is my favorite social bookmarking facility - with automatic blogging.

[tags: Sigalon, blogs, bluedot]

Newsburn is both a news feeds aggregator and a personalized home page. At the moment it is available in 3 languages for 9 countries. More is coming soon.

[tags: news, rss, startpage]

Quoted: LE MONDE, Journal Le Monde, quotidien d'information francophone / Le Monde, the french quality newspaper of record

Quoted: Wikio, a Switzerland based company, was released in private Beta yesterday night (in French). It is one of the most ambitious web launches ...

[tags: news, search, rss, france]

Retrouvez ici toutes les semaines le classement des blogs les plus influents de la blogosphère.

[tags: blogs, france]

Les partenaires de Lieu Commun rassemblent ici leur production pour proposer aux aimables visiteurs de ce portail une synthèse sous forme de liste de billets. Cette dernière est actualisée au gré des travaux de chacun.

[tags: france, blogs]

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