Quoted: Sigalon. --- The Swedish Frog --- In the computer business since 1962 - love IT.
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
[tags: bookmarks]
22 March 2008
My Faves for Friday, March 21, 2008
21 March 2008
My Faves for Thursday, March 20, 2008
Quoted: Christian Science MonitorTeam Clinton Hits Obama on Wright ABC News - 43 minutes ago Writing on the Huffington Post website, high-profile Hillary Clinton surrogate Lanny Davis calls Barack Obama's speech on race "brilliant" and then pushes the Rev, Wright story. Obama Works to Shift Campaign Back to Domestic Issues New York Times The media
[tags: GR]
Quoted: The US economy is on the brink of recession, says the OECD rich nations group, as it cuts its growth forecast.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon moved quickly to save Bear Stearns, filling a leadership vacuum on Wall Street
[tags: GR]
Quoted: A new Belgian coalition government is sworn in, finally ending nine months of political impasse.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: A French woman severely disfigured by facial tumors is found dead just two days after a court rejected her request for an assisted suicide. It was not immediately clear how 52-year-old Chantal Sebire died but her case has prompted nominally Roman Catholic France to reexamine its stance on euthanasia.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: US Vice-President Dick Cheney arrives in the Afghan capital on an unannounced visit, reports say.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: March 20, 2008 In Thursday's roundup: Debate over Iraq Continues, Zalmay Khalilzad on Afghanistan; and Meeting the Dalai Lama.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Barack Obama.
[tags: GR]
The content for the site is provided by people who feel that their views are not represented by the conservative "mainstream" media in the U.S.
[tags: news, alternative]
Quoted: A new audio message purportedly from Osama Bin Laden threatens the EU over cartoons offensive to Muslims.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: President George W Bush marks the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion with a speech hailing its success.
[tags: GR]
20 March 2008
My Faves for Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Quoted: - Bygg inget kolkraftverk i Hamburg, säger miljöorganisationen Greenpeace och häller ut tre ton kol utanför Vattenfalls kontor i Hamburg - plus en stor dinosaurie för att illustrera l Vattenfalls
[tags: EnergyTechnologies, environment, sweden]
19 March 2008
My Faves for Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Quoted: Google has launched a dedicated portal of Google services for non-profit organizations. Google for Non-Profits offers “a one-stop shop for tools to help advance your organization’s mission in a smart, cost-efficient way.” This site includes ideas and tutorials on ways Google tools can be used to promote non-profits, raise money and operate more efficiently.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Arthur C. Clarke has died at his Sri Lankan home, aged 90. Clarke is best known as the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but his reach stretched beyond Science Fiction. In 1945 he accurately predicted the use of Satellites as a communications tool, and later joined Walter Cronkite in covering the Apollo space launches. Clarke was knighted in 2000 and
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does It’s true, reading for the sake of reading isn’t very popular anymore. Either, there’s no time or no interest. Why read when you could be watching the latest Lost, or getting up to date on exactly how much Spitzer spent on his entertainment? Nevertheless, there’s an interesting reading tool on the nets called BookLamp that might lure
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Google is getting more comfortable with its inner wiki. It is now allowing anyone in the U.S., Australia, or New Zealand to improve Google Maps by editing places for everyone else to see. So if a restaurant listed on a map of your local neighborhood has closed or moved, you can correct the map. You can also add your own places. It was possible previously
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does justincaseidie.com is a site where you can let the people that care about you know if you are dead. The way it works is simple, you enter a phrase to go to the individual of your choice if you are dead. Tell your mom you love her, or tell your ex boyfriend that you never loved him, whatever you need to say to give you peace before your
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does NowTorrents is a great real-time torrent search engine that only shows real results unlike some other sites claiming to do the same. It has great Firefox and IE 7 plug-ins, clear and easy to read layout and fast results. NowTorrents does not host any torrents, they just make them findable. All the results show up in the appropriate
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Facebook announced new privacy controls at a press event at their downtown Palo Alto headquarters today, and also demoed their new chat application - called Facebook Chat - that has been rumored since last week. Our real time notes and pictures from the event are here. See CNET for more. New Privacy Controls The new privacy controls, which will launch
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does Lingtastic is translation on the cheap. We’ve all been there before—stuck in a foreign country trying to do the simplest task, whether it be getting the waiter to bring you the bill, transferring money from your bank, attempting to find a cab that’ll take you back to the hostel, and the list goes on. Or maybe you’ve procrastinated a
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Filed under: Wireless Well, what can we say? The new 802.11n AirPort Express looks exactly like the 802.11g AirPort Express we've been using to stream iTunes and wirelessly print to an el-cheapo USB laser printer since 2004. In fact, if not for the different model numbers (A1264 now, instead of A1084) and the fact that our old unit has some random
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Filed under: Cellphones Remember those dirt-cheap refurbished iPhones we mentioned you could snag in-store? Well it looks like AT&T has decided to share the bounty with the public at large, and has begun taking orders for the $249 8GB models online. If you've been on the fence, here's your chance to get in for $150 less than retail (and sadly
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Although we've got a special place in our hearts for Cisco's 1080p-lovin' TelePresence Meeting system, HP's own Halo Collaboration Center ain't too shabby. Announced today as the newest member of its expanding Halo platform, the aforementioned center comes in two- and four-seat iterations and prides itself on being simple
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Elecrolux's Inspiro oven launches this week, using technology that could be the future of cooking. Using a heat management technique rather like auto focus on a camera, the Inspiro's sensors first analyze what is to be cooked before calculating the temperature and time needed. The company's CEO, Hans Stråberg, likens it to the way cameras now automatically
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Update: Testing the new features now (with video.) Impressions after the jump. Safari 3.1 is out now, and according to Apple is the first web browser to support the new video and audio tags in HTML 5, as well as CSS Web Fonts and CSS animations. First, it requires a restart (damnation) but it's worth it. So far, it seems faster loading pages than the
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does Gizj.com is a personal aggregator site where you can customize all of the content and feeds. Users can choose to have their page private or public. To begin using Gizj.com you must create your page by choosing modules. You can choose the language you want when you are search for modules and then you can perform a keyword search of the
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does TurnKey.org offers high quality turnkey apps for your website. Rather than spending your valuable cash on a professional developer whose work may not be up to par with your standards, you’ll get professionally coded, easily integrated scripts for an affordable price with Turnkey. Currently they’ve four products available, all of which
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does ReadtheWords is an absolutely free service which converts text into MP3. All you’ve got to do is sign up and select what files you want to convert. Read works with PDF documents, Word, HTML files, and even RSS feeds. From there, you’ll need to select from one of 15 readers (luckily,you’re not stuck with a single, boring voice and there
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does FtpBin is a web based FTP client which works right in your browser. There’s nothing to install and it can be accessed from any internet enabled computer. FTPBin allows three types of file upload: standard upload form, upload and unzip, and via the Java Applet. Users can download files one at a time or as a zip batch. These in turn
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does Worried about your website? BasicState’s got your back. BasicState runs a website monitoring service which ensures that your site is up and running properly. It will alert you whenever there’s a problem with your site via email and SMS text message. The service checks your site every 15 minutes and you’ll be sent a daily email report
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Yeah, you read that headline right. Apple couldn’t pay for better press than this. Viewers of the Charlie Rose show tonight were stunned to see the normally composed Rose looking like he’d just been in a bar fight. He has a very bad black eye and a bandage over part of his forehead. I contacted the show’s producers to hear what happened. Earlier today,
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Filed under: Transportation Remember a few dozen years ago when we heard the first batch of 100 Tesla Roadsters had sold out? Us neither, but we're assuming those were heady days. Since then we've seen delays, setbacks and untimely retirements, but Tesla Motors claims it finally has the car under production, and is naturally taking orders for the
[tags: GR]
Quoted: What it does Mapness.net is a Google Maps mashup that allows you to create an interactive travel journal for sharing your travel experiences with family and friends. Your Mapness travelogue starts with a Google Map charting your trip, on which you can pinpoint stops made along the way. Anywhere on your route, you can add photos, videos, or written
[tags: GR]
18 March 2008
My Faves for Monday, March 17, 2008
Quoted: A early look at the latest beta of online lifestream web app Second Brain.
[tags: lifestream, review]
Direktsändning om neurologiska sjukdomar
17/3 Utan intensiv träning och sjukgymnastbehandling hade Parkinsonsjuke Bo Andersson varit betydligt sämre idag. På bilden ses han med sjukgymnasterna Johanna Rydja och Ann-Charlotte Åberg.
Fråga Doktorn handlar den här veckan om neurologiska sjukdomar. Dagens direktsändning tar i första hand upp frågor rörande MS och Parkinson.
[tags: pd]
Quoted: It's a pretty good bet that if you're not making a Twitter or Facebook application, you're probably making a lifestreaming application. Okay, so not everyone is into lifestreaming, ...
[tags: lifestreaming, application]
Quoted: ReadThatWords.com is an online tool that can instantly convert Web Pages, Office documents and PDF files into MP3 files. While there are other free tools that can convert text to MP3, ReadThatWords offers two distinct advantages: 1. It can turn almost anything into MP3 including PowerPoint slides, Word Docs, PDF, HTML web pages and even RSS feeds.
[tags: GR]
Quoted: Senator McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has twice this month embraced technology leaders in his push to become president. On March 7 Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard, joined the Republican National Committee as Victory Chairman. And this last weekend Meg Whitman, the outgoing CEO of Ebay, became McCain’s campaign co-chair.
[tags: GR]
17 March 2008
My Faves for Sunday, March 16, 2008
Quoted: The Memory Palace is one of the most powerful memory techniques I know. It's not only effective, but also fun to use — and not hard to learn at all.
[tags: memory]
16 March 2008
My Faves for Saturday, March 15, 2008
This grill from Tammock Trading in Switzerland can barbecue fish, chicken, vegetables and steaks. The Solar-Grill has a flexible mirror, which focuses the sun beams on the self-contained barbecue cup, allowing it to heat up. Your meal is heated evenly from all sides, without direct irradiation by sunlight. The price is 180 Euros, which is about $217 US dollars.
[tags: solar]
The Masdar Headquarters building will produce more power than it needs (an energy positive building). In fact, the solar roof (one of the largest in the world) will be constructed first, and it will power the construction of the rest of the building.
It will serve as the centerpiece of Masdar City, which will end up being about a $22 billion development in Abu Dhabi.
[tags: solar]
Bling! It Offers 5 Easy Steps to Professional Web Shots
Quoted: Bling! It Software - Bling! It Overview : Professional Digital Image Editing Software, Digital Image Enhancement, Photo Editor, Image Editing Software, Image Enhancement
[tags: photography, editing]
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