February 2011
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Plug Hub Makes That Mess of Cables Disappear... →
Great for those spring cleaning projects.
14 hours ago by Charlie White
Time to get organized? Here’s the Plug Hub, innovatively designed to hide that rat’s nest of cables, wires and plugs underneath your desk.
Run your power cords through one of the three holes in the top, then you can plug them into a power strip sitting on its shelf below. I especially like the way you can mount it on a...
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Stephen Zunes: Obama's Shift on Egypt →
Stephen Zunes is throwing down big knowledge about Egypt over on HuffPost. It’s worth a read. He’s an expert, not only on the Middle East, but also on nonviolent action. I think both of these are reflected in his view of Egypt.
There has been a major shift within the Obama administration over the weekend regarding its policy toward Egypt. President Obama appears to have finally...
January 2011
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WatchVoice Message from Voice of Egypt. Discovered on @speak2tweet. Tip ‘o’ the hat to a Facebook friend.
The world just got a little smaller…
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“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his...”
– Nelson Mandela (via loveyourchaos)
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WatchEyes on the skies, people. Here are the weather alerts for the Greater Boston Area.
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Al Jazeera English Blacked Out Across Most Of U.S. →
This, me mateys, is censorship, pure and simple. The pot should not be calling the kettle black. Further, this is an important reason to defend net neutrality.
WASHINGTON - Canadian television viewers looking for the most thorough and in-depth coverage of the uprising in Egypt have the option of tuning into Al Jazeera English, whose on-the-ground coverage of the turmoil is unmatched by any...
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Twenty-Five Arrested, Thousands Converge on Koch... →
Contrast for a moment the styles of right-wing and left-wing activists. The latter have their facts in order, properly identify the sources of corruption in the body politic, and protest nonviolently. I bet their posters had words that were spelled properly. How’s that for afflicting the comfortable?
Sunday’s protest against the Koch brothers’ right-wing pow-wow in Rancho...
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Why does my digital thermometer disagree with news...
I got up and looked at my digital thermometer, the outdoor sensor for which is mounted on the porch. I said “27°F, no problem. It’s not that cold. Then I looked at the weather forecast for today, which said that it was currently 12 or 13. What could be the cause of the discrepancy? I went to look for the sensor, and it’s gone. As it’s still transmitting, it must be nearby....
Jan. 31, 2011: The Writer's Almanac →
Monday’s Poem: : “At the Berkeley Free Speech Cafe” by Thomas R. Moore, from The Bolt-Cutters. Monday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of musicologist Alan Lomax, born in Austin, Texas (1915). His…
Star-hop from Great Square of Pegasus to Andromeda... →
Tonight, try star-hopping to the famous Andromeda galaxy – the large spiral galaxy next-door to our Milky Way – from the Great Square of Pegasus. The planet Jupiter will be your guide. Ready?
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“Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann both have pretty “creative” approaches to...”
– Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo (via leftish)
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NYC's Snow Removal "Slowdown" Was Totally Made Up... →
…most of you have surely read about NYC’s Boxing Day Blizzard “scandal” in which the city’s evil union overlords ordered a slowdown in snow removal in order to embarrass the mayor. The story made national news as yet another example of out-of-control wildly overpaid union workers. Slight problem. It never happened.
It turns out at that the single source of the story, Tea Party-backed NYC...
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“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because...”
– A.A. Milne (via lijnegus)
Jan. 30, 2011: The Writer's Almanac →
Sunday’s Poem: “Blizzard” by Bill Holm, from Playing the Black Piano. Sunday’s Literary Notes: It was on this day in 1847 that Yerba Buena, California, was renamed San Francisco. “Yerba Buena” means…
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Protests in Cairo-Live →
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Watch while you can. Al Jazeera English is being streamed, but a media clampdown may shut it down. Police are said to be on the way to the Al…
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“I grew up in Egypt. I spent half my life here. But Saturday, when my plane from...”
– Sharif Abdel Kouddous, “Live From the Egyptian Revolution” (via lilianasegura)
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Jupiter and Great Square of Pegasus in west after... →
On these winter evenings, the dazzling planet Jupiter and the Great Square of Pegasus light up the western sky at nightfall. Be sure to catch them at early evening, because Jupiter and the Great…
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New favorite on Mixcloud.com
Audio Report From Cairo: Egyptian Protesters Renew Call For Mubarak To Resign by Democracy Now on MixcloudJust favorited “Audio Report From Cairo: Egyptian Protesters Renew Call For Mubarak to Resign” by Democracy Now on Mixcloud.com via Mixcloud
WatchJust favorited “Audio Report From Cairo: Egyptian Protesters Renew Call For Mubarak to Resign” by Democracy Now on Mixcloud.com
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“Most meditative practices begin with attention to the breath. Some schools of...”
– Ben Howard, Effortless effort « One Time, One Meeting. See also http://tumblr.com/xfbj0k6iq for an exercise that may help you come to understand this idea of being breathed (Excellent, thank you, sharanam)
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Why does the GOP hide its agenda? →
The president was lucky to have not one but two GOP rebuttals, and they were equally strange and dishonest. Rep. Paul Ryan railed against the deficit without proposing even one specific cut. He didn’t talk about his own infamous “Roadmap,” maybe because most analysts have called it a budget buster, even though it essentially replaces Social Security and Medicare with vouchers. The Congressional...
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“…the “war on science” is only the most blatant, surface manifestation of a...”
– David Brin (via azspot)
Moon and Venus still close before sunrise on... →
Bright object in southwest after sunset? That’s the planet Jupiter
Wake up before sunrise tomorrow (Sunday, January 30) to see the moon and the planet Venus – the two brightest orbs of nighttime…
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Jan. 29, 2011: The Writer's Almanac →
Saturday’s Poem: “Psychology Today” by Darnell Arnoult, from What Travels with Us. Saturday’s Literary Notes: On this day in 1996 the opera house La Fenice burned to the ground. Located in Venice,…
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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the...”
– Winston S. Churchill (via kari-shma)
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“Certainly if Sarah Palin or any of those other politicians come to Australia,...”
– Robert Stary, Julian Assange’s lawyer “Palin to be prosecuted for inciting violence if she visits Australia,…” - StumbleUpon
I would be happy to purchase a one way ticket for her. (thysilverdoe)
Wow, I guess everyone has their standards.
(via progressivefriends)
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Moon and Venus in dawn and predawn sky on January... →
Given clear skies, you can’t miss seeing the waning crescent moon with the blazing planet Venus before sunrise tomorrow (Saturday, January 29). The moon and Venus rank as the 2nd and 3rd…
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How Professional Foodies Are Using Tech to... →
There are many delicious iPad and iPhone apps for restauranteurs described here, but Locavore caught my environmental eye.
Be a Local Hero: Getting Your Ingredients Nearby
Awareness of organic, sustainable and local food has permeated American food culture, making seasonal and sustainable ingredients an integral element of the food philosophy of many restaurants. Scelfo aims to source as many...
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Audioboo / Peter Beaumont on pitch battles between...
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