Monthly Archives: July 2007

Album of the Week

The album of the week is Tegan and Sara’s The Con.

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2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues

I’m not sure how useful it is to boil down political positions to a series of checks and X’s but I think it’s funny that Ron Paul is against everything except ANWR drilling and border fences.

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New Backpack

37signals have released a new version of Backpack and it’s pretty spiffy. Search is awesome and the increased draggability is nice. However, they seem to have screwed up the one feature that I’ve been waiting two years for: moving things … Continue reading

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Kanye West Can’t Tell Me Nothing Video

It just keeps getting better with every shot.

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Album of the Week

The album of last week was The Knife’s Silent Shout.

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Comments on Mass. IT Policy Due Tomorrow

The Massachusetts Information Technology Division recently announced its intention to add Microsoft’s OfficeOpen XML specification to its list of approved open formats. The ITD created a firestorm in 2005 when it announced that the state would standardize on ODF as … Continue reading

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Connector and Slingshot Open-sourced and Free

Joyent’s Connector web-based groupware has been open sourced. You now have a few options for open source, web-based calendar and email. I’m sure Chandler Server will be nice when it’s finished, which should be any year now, and Novell has … Continue reading

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Organic farming could feed the world

Ivette Perfecto of the University of Michigan in the US and her colleagues found that, in developed countries, organic systems on average produce 92% of the yield produced by conventional agriculture. In developing countries, however, organic systems produce 80% more … Continue reading

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Album of the Week

It was a pretty mega week for album releases with new stuff from Bad Religion and Interpol, among others, and unreleased recordings by Nick Drake. The album of the week, however, is They Might Be Giants’ The Else.

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Net Radio Rates

Tim Quirk details how the new Internet radio royalty rates will cripple Rhapsody’s radio stations. The rates take effect in two days and it seems that the only thing you can do about it is contact your representatives and try … Continue reading

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Robot Wisdom auxiliary

Jorn needs to break down and make a link blog. These monthly mega-posts show up in my feed reader and are too much to process in one sitting.

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Album of the Week

I’ve decided to revive the album of the week since it helps keep me looking for new music, something I’ve been lax in lately. It’s been a while so here are three excellent albums for you to listen to: The … Continue reading

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