Archive for March, 2008

Idaho House Shoots Down Real ID | Boise | New West Network

The Idaho House passed unanimously yesterday a bill directing the Idaho Department of Transportation not to implement the federal REAL ID Act

By cole, 14. March 2008, 17:30 o'clock

20 Biggest Record Company Screw-Ups of All Time :: Blender.com

From turning down the Beatles to stomping Napster— the most ill-advised, foolhardy and downright idiotic decisions ever made by The Man.
10 Creative Ways to Recycle Ordinary Objects » ecoble

Recycling doesn’t have to be limited to helping the environment: it can also be a challenge and opportunity […]

By cole, 13. March 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Scientists claim cannabis can offer hope for Alzheimer’s sufferers | the Daily Mail

New cannabis-based treatments could improve memory loss in Alzheimer’s sufferers, scientists claim.
SomaFM: Digitalis

SomaFM has a new channel - Digitalis: Digitally affected analog rock with a DIY mentality.
GoDaddy Silences Police-Watchdog Site RateMyCop.com | Threat Level from Wired.com

A new web service that lets users rate […]

By cole, 12. March 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Charlie’s Diary: Politics as she is Played with 3d6

Here’s what my Monster Manual has to say about 2008s presidential candidates
CNN Political Ticker: Rove taunted at University of Iowa

Rove, who was paid $40,000 to speak at the University, was confronted with an at-times hostile crowd of 1,000, and was interrupted on several occasions.

By cole, 11. March 2008, 17:34 o'clock

Mainstream Media Discovers Ubuntu Linux | The VAR Guy

Sure enough, Ubuntu had made the leap into the mainstream media — earning coverage in Newsday, the eight largest newspaper in the nation. Has Ubuntu reached its tipping point with consumers?
YouTube - Is Hillary Clinton a Muslim?

Rodham? Sounds like SAddam to me!
Cats Help Shield Owners From Heart […]

By cole, 10. March 2008, 17:32 o'clock

Pentagon attack last June stole an “amazing amount” of data

According to a top DoD technology official quoted at GovernmentExecutive.com, the thieves behind that attack seized an "amazing amount" of data.

By cole, 8. March 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Flying Off the Shelves - The Stranger

In my eight years working at an independent bookstore, I lost count of how many shoplifters I chased through the streets of Seattle while shouting "Drop the book!
US.gov disappears European-owned Cuba websites | The Register

Let’s see this Treasury Department list again… Aiman Al-Zawahiri….Radovan Karadzic….Alexander Lukashenko…. ah, Tour & Marketing […]

By cole, 7. March 2008, 17:32 o'clock

Whistle-Blower: Feds Have a High-Speed Backdoor Into Wireless Carrier | Threat Level from Wired.com

A U.S. government office in Quantico, Virginia, has direct, high-speed access to a major wireless carrier’s systems, exposing customers’ voice calls, data packets and physical movements to uncontrolled surveillance.
Left in the West:: DOC jailing Montanans for using legally-prescribed drugs

Medicinal marijuana popped up […]

By cole, 6. March 2008, 17:37 o'clock

Daily Kos: Does your Web Host condone torture? GoDaddy.com does!

I was quite shocked that a large web host such as this one would get involved in politics, especially the politics of lies and torture.

By cole, 5. March 2008, 17:30 o'clock

Little Boxes

Basic CSS layouts
Uncle Dirty (NSFW)

Dirty was a legend on the muscle beaches of New York City in the ’40s and ’50s.
Barack Obama Tells Crowd that Homophobia is Not Christian - Towleroad, a site with homosexual tendencies

‘Now I’m a Christian, and I praise Jesus every Sunday,’ he said, to a sudden wave of noisy applause […]

By cole, 4. March 2008, 17:31 o'clock