Archive for the 'Del.icio.us Links' Category
Tuesday, July 24th, 2007
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Monday, July 23rd, 2007
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
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– free 3D software tool
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– authors can create an account with information about their upcoming appearances
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– Demo for Brewster Kahle’s newest project (he created the awesome Web Archive)
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tips for a more informed online experience
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“Incarcerex: It’s Time for a New Bottom Line”
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funny!
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receive and give invites to closed beta services
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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
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a program sponsored by Microsoft Research to help attract students to computer science (vs popular fields like economics)
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(NBER) – interesting paper, it turns out the supposed boycott didn’t have much effect on French wine sales back in 2003
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– find books in nearby libraries
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“exchange books and trade them, like a book swap or book barter”
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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
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(Miami Herald) – “South Florida governments that supply wireless Internet are wrestling with the balance between privacy and oversight.”
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– this was a great experience, small, but extremely engaged crowd with really good comments and questions
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Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
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a bunch of parody blogs of famous people (politics, tech, entertainment, etc.)
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January 22 – 23, 2008 Hosted at SFSU’s Institute for Next Generation Internet, San Francisco, CA
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Monday, July 16th, 2007
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“The music industry won’t impose higher royalty rates on Webcasters—yet. Stay tuned, though”
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“The FTC’s do-nothing stance on broadband competition puts the onus on Congress to bar ISPs from discriminating against small Web sites” – I wish this incredibly important topic would get more attention
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(USA Today) – based on a report commissioned by the Communication Workers of America so not a neutral observer
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test your download and upload speed and compare to others
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(NYTimes) – in historical perspective
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(LATimes) – businesses are closing their Second Life presence
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Sunday, July 15th, 2007
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(Alas, a blog)
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(MSNBC/AP)
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Saturday, July 14th, 2007
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The Kaiser Family Foundation’s new Web site on health care and the 2008 US presidential elections
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“Sun Protective Clothing, UV Protection Swimwear, Hats and More”
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Friday, July 13th, 2007
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
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(Forbes) – this is not good
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(Slate) – “Here’s a little secret that Starbucks doesn’t want you to know: They will serve you a better, stronger cappuccino if you want one, and they will charge you less for it.”
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
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(it costs $24,500 so for academics the press release will have to do) – comparative data from about a dozen countries
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a Web site for sending flowers and then checking in on them on occasion – I don’t completely get the point and it’s still very much in beta with a bunch of things not functioning so it may be too early to try it
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Sunday, July 8th, 2007
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Saturday, July 7th, 2007
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interesting animations
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(FastCompany) – the politics of bottled water: “Americans spent more money last year on bottled water than on ipods or movie tickets: $15 Billion. A journey into the economics–and psychology–of an unlikely business boom. And what it says about our cultu
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“the 21st century trade in human lives”
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Friday, July 6th, 2007
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(NYTimes) – Chicago Mayor puts city’s support behind local fashion industry
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(NYTimes) – sounds like a very neat option
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(ABC News) – prince in India shocks people when he comes out and devotes life to educating people about homosexuality and HIV/AIDS prevention in a country where being gay is illegal; interesting piece but lacks any mention of lesbians
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these types of advice columns usually don’t do much for me, but I think this one is onto something (the list reminds me of how I finally made regular exercise part of my life)
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discussion on Reddit about automatically filtering out certain types of content
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(CNN) – unbelievable and sad
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(MadTV)
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cute cartoon
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“Kiva lets you lend to a specific entrepreneur in the developoing world – empowering them to lift themselves out of poverty.”
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interesting, commentary to follow if I ever get around to it…
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
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Wednesday, July 4th, 2007
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it’s not clear what if anything they can do about sites that are copied
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create your own Converse shoe design; reminds me of Reebok back in the 80s
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“where to _go_ on the go”
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Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
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