October 2007
52 posts
Prof replaces term papers with Wikipedia... →
Much attention has been given to the problem of students relying on Wikipedia as a source of information, but one professor has turned that problem on its head: instead of term papers, her students now write Wikipedia entries.
10 Great Workouts to Spice Up Your Running Program →
Throw some variety into your running program to make things interesting and become a better runner.
Leopard: Four Web 2.0 features we love (video) →
Besides the snazzy new look and feel, take a look at all the Web features that you’ll drool over.
Controversial DNA scientist says "goodbye" →
James Watson, famous for DNA research but widely condemned for recent comments about intelligence levels among blacks, retired Thursday from his post at a prestigious research institution.
Bill Cosby's Rant: We Can't Blame White People... →
They’re standing on the corner and they can’t speak English.
The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Fathers →
A great father makes all the difference in a kid’s life. He’s a pillar of strength, support and discipline. His work is never-ending and, oftentimes, thankless. But in the end, it shows in the sound, well-grounded children he raises.
How They Got Their Big Break →
The truth is, big breaks don’t just happen; people make them happen—through hard work, networking, courage, passion and even pain. And as much as modern culture has glorified the notion of the “big break” ( American Idol, anyone?)
Study Shows Salaries Are Not Keeping Pace With... →
People who searched for New Study Shows Salaries are Not Keeping Pace with Student Debt found the articles, information, and resources on this page helpful.
Holy Shit - San Diego is on Fire! →
This is a Google map of the San Diego fires. It doesn’t look very impressive at first, but look at the fire on the south end of the city. If you look closer …you’ll notice the fire got so big that even an evacuation center got evacuated.
Gmail gets IMAP →
Google’s Gmail has just integrated IMAP. However, its only appearing in a select accounts.
5 Tips to Maximize Your Ability to Concentrate →
The quality and quantity of work you can produce is dependent, not only on the effort you put in, but on your ability to concentrate. No matter how hard to you try, if your brain isn’t performing well, you won’t be as productive as you should be.
Researchers Knocks Out HIV →
‘With the latest advances in treatment, doctors have discovered that they can successfully neutralise the HIV virus. The so-called ‘combination therapy’ prevents the HIV virus from mutating and spreading, allowing patients to rebuild their immune system to the same levels as the rest of the population.’
Apple Is Now Worth More Than IBM →
After Apple’s phenomenal earnings report this afternoon, AAPL is up over 7 percent in after hours trading to $186.02. This marks Apple’s market cap at $161.8 billion — above IBM ($154.23 billion) for the first time ever. Feeling a little blue, IBM?
7 Can’t-Miss Ways To Kick-Start The Writing Habit →
Sometimes your brain will freeze, your motivation will leave you, and your car won’t start. This list will solve two of those problems.
20 Tools for Web Application Development →
So you want to know what your web development arsenal would consist of if you want to build an application from scratch in one month or less? Well here it is.
Facebook Mashup using PopFly →
Microsoft Popfly is a web application build mashups without any coding. You get a dashboard with differnt blocks already lined up for you. You can choose the blocks and then connect them around. Each block will give options corresponding to the service say for facebook you can choose from the drop down menu all the fuctions like getfriends, getpics
TechCrunch makes 240K Per Month →
Today, TechCrunch has a full-time staff of eight. This year, it hired a CEO. In August, 1.25 million people visited TechCrunch or its affiliated blogs at least once, according to comScore Inc. It brings in $240,000 per month in advertising, according to Arrington, and pulls in additional revenue from conferences and parties.
How the Apple Store trains their Workers by an... →
…training of Apple Store employees has been carefully designed. A series of podcasts I listened to and watched showed that selling was all about the approach. I shadowed other workers as they executed the company’s three-step sales process…
Radiohead: 01 and 10 →
Puddlegum scratches at the surface of the real meaning behind Radiohead with a new OK Computer / In Rainbows playlist. A Thom York insider says “The meaning behind all of this is right in front of our faces, we’re just overlooking it”
Hillary Clinton Receives Most Military... →
The ever famed ‘Military-Industrial Complex’ has picked their candidate of choice: Hillary Rodham Clinton. When Hillary takes office, do not be prepared to see an anti-war populist of any sort.
The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To... →
PART 1
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Then, there’s the Clintons…
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The Roughcut Trailer for - Hillary! Uncensored - the Documentary.
This is the video that’s been buzzing around the blogs for the past few months, becoming one of the most viewed on Google Video. It shows the Peter Paul s…
CEO Vows to Fix Bank of America →
Interesting article about the BOA
The GigaOm Show Episode 13 - Wine Library TV's... →
Wine lover? This week, Om and Joyce chat with laid back wine connoisseur Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV and Corkd.com. Plus, Gary shares his personal guide to consuming wine in one sitting.
What's New in Ubuntu 7.10? (a.k.a. Gutsy Gibbon) →
Oreilly’s ONLamp.com digs into the changes Gutsy Gibbon brings to Ubuntu users.
The Gutsy Gibbon is out! →
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce version 7.10 of the Ubuntu family of
distributions.
It is finally here! →
The countdown is finally over. Gutsy Gibbon is finally here! The new flashier version of Ubuntu is out and I plan to install as soon as I can (probably on my macbook). Check it out, get involved…
How Top Bloggers Really Promote their Websites →
Simple question: “If you had 2-hours a day to devote to no-cost, off-blog (even off-line) marketing for your blog, what would you do?” I posed this very question to a collection of some of the world’s top bloggers and social network marketers…and here’s what they revealed.
CONFIRMED: Real iPhone SDK in February 2008 →
Steve Jobs: “Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers’ hands in February.”
The Future of Software Development →
Read/WriteWeb’s Alex Iskold takes a look at the past, present, and future of software development, concluding that we now have the programming languages, models, and infrastructure to build complex systems using just a few skilled people. “Craftsmanship has finally come to software engineering!” Anyone interested in agile dev should read this.
"Second Earth" found--20 lightyears away! →
Scientists have discovered a warm and rocky “second Earth” circling a star, a find they believe dramatically boosts the prospects that we are not alone.
Must see TV...
From the weekend here are a couple of gems I caught on TV. Enjoy!
The Sword and Laser →
Dapper: The Data Mapper →
fd's Flickr Toys: Fun toys for your digital... →
Why I’m Homeschooling My Kid in Science Next Year →
A scientist mom view on why she is teaching science to her son and friends at home and why the Colorado public school system is not so good.
RIAA wins key victory; accused file sharer must... →
Iowa's Massive New Wind Farm To Store Excess... →
And we’re not talking about giant batteries but massive deposits of porous sandstone fed by a giant air compressor. What?
Soldier once warned family: Investigate if I die →
Ciara Durkin warned her family before returning to Afghanistan, “If anything happens to me, you guys make sure it gets investigated.”
What seemed a joke at the time could have been eerily prescient as Durkin, a National Guard specialist, was found dead, shot once in the head, within the fortified walls of Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.
Verizon's LG VX10000 Voyager Revealed and Groped... →
Though images have leaked here and there, not much was known about the LG VX10000 from Verizon Wireless. Sure, when open, it looks like the QWERTY-obsessed LG enV, but when closed, it’s got way more of a Prada—or dare I say iPhone?—vibe. More details and full gallery after the jump.
21 Ways to Build a Better Blogger →
Last month I started compiling a list of ‘strategies’ to improve my own blogging - I’m sharing that list here. We can’t become better bloggers overnight - it takes a lot of hard work, just like a blog - but like working on a blog, the best results are achieved when you stick to it and work at it for a long time.
Top 10 Wi-Fi Boosts, Tweaks and Apps →
No doubt you’ve got a home wireless network or you’ve connected to hotspots at the local coffee shop or airport—but are you getting the most out of your Wi-Fi? Whether you want to strengthen, extend, bridge, secure, sniff, detect or obscure your signal, today we’ve got our top 10 best Wi-Fi utilities and tweaks for the power wireless user
Ubuntu Countdown: Help spread the word about... →
Adding the Ubuntu countdown timer to your website is easy! Just copy and paste the following lines into your webpage and each day the image will update showing the days remaining before the release of Gutsy Gibbon.
V's online book club →
Veronica sent a note to the Pownce community polling for interest in starting a sci-fi book club. Check out some of the replies…in classic style Leo proposes making it into a podcast. Lovely.
High-Priced Student Loans Sow Seeds of Trouble for... →
The near doubling in the cost of a college degree the past decade has produced an explosion in high-priced student loans that could haunt the U.S. economy for years. While scholarship, grant money and government-backed student loans — whose interest rates are capped — have taken up some of the slack, many families and individual student…