Sir Patrick Moore Has Gone Off His Rocker
Moore blames women for 'banal' TV , BBC "British TV standards are deteriorating because the BBC is "run by women", astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has said. The Sky at Night host also described female newsreaders as "jokey" and called for separate channels to cater for the needs of the different sexes. "I think it may eventually happen," the 84-year- (Read on Source)
Lawmaker: Fort Dix hero may need immunity
The New Jersey store clerk whose tip led to the arrest of six terror suspects needs legislative protection from being sued as a "John Doe" or whistleblower, lawmakers said yesterday. (Read on Source)
Webmaster Jam Session 2007
Remember when I said that I was going to be more proactive in going after speaking opportunities? The approach has already paid off as I'll be speaking at the Webmaster Jam Session in Dallas, Texas. It's on Septermber 21 and 22 and I hope to see you there. I keep hearing from everybody that was there last year that it's plenty of fun. I'm definitely looking forward to meeting plenty of new people and meeting up with friends.
The speaker lineup is pretty sweet, too. Jared Spool is the keynote speaker and he's fantastic. I saw him speak at Web Directions North and was thoroughly impressed. Fellow Ottawan, Derek Featherstone, will also be there along with fellow Sidebar Creatives, Dan Rubin and Bryan Veloso. We tried to get Steve Smith to come but apparently it's his wedding anniversary. Pshaw... Take a look at the speakers list and check out what a great couple of days this should be.
One thing these guys are doing that I hadn't seen before is Platinum Pass Sessions wher eyou can talk one on one with the speakers about your site (with Jared Spool, no less), along with access to other exclusive sessions.
You can save $50 by registering before July 15th. Considering it's only $199, this event is a great value. Even the Platinum Pass is only $399 which is still cheaper than many other conferences.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Anti-diamond Ring
Check out recycled rings jewellery range, gorgeous and original, totally planet friendly and without the internal conflict that comes with wearing diamonds and other mined gemstones. Other conflict free jewellery includes the GreenKarat and Liana Kabels designs. We love this anti-diamond ring, the envy ring and the best friend ring, each ring is ... (Read on Source)
Tata Indicom Broadband Experience versus BSNL Dataone Broadband
So far so good. Despite all the negative perceptions about Tata Indicom, I found the connection more stable than BSNL Dataone. So much so that I have today upgraded to their 1 Mbps unlimited plan. I have also kept my BSNL Dataone 900+ Unlimited broadband plan. The BSNL Dataone plan will simply serve as a [...]
Brits 'addicted' to cheap flights
Even environmentally aware people are unwilling to reduce the amount of flying they do, research shows.
Judge Issues Mandate On Motions In Limine
NEW YORK - The ephedra multidistrict litigation judge issued an order June 29 barring the submission of motions in limine with the exception of Daubert motions and partial summary judgment motions upon the approval of the special master (In Re: Ephedra Products Litigation, 04 M.D. 1598, S.D. N.Y.). Full story on lexis.com
SEO Chat Forums - Changing title means I have to add new products!
Date: September 15th, 2007 11:54 PM - gazzahk - Untitled Post: (Yes it was a joke - I suppose I should clarify before I start getting negative rep for asking a stupid question :) )I am sure my friend everyone recognized it as a joke. Also i would hope that no one ever gives negative rep for a stup...
China calls for less smoking on TV shows (AP)
AP - China's government urged television and film producers to avoid "unnecessary and lengthy" smoking scenes, following public complaints about rampant cigarette smoking in a popular miniseries, a state-run newspaper said Friday.
Emergency rules for net telephony
Some net phone firms must give customers access to emergency numbers rules regulator Ofcom.
Automatic Free Responder
What Automatic Free Responders are used for cannot be over emphasized but it has always been hammered on in various ways on the internet. What this things do for you is respond to email alerts sent t...
Sutherland to setup 10,000 people global campus in Chennai
Source: www.newindpress.com CHENNAI: IT Enabled and Business Process Outsourcing company Sutherland Global Services on Wednesday said that it has plans to set up its first global campus in the IT corridor of Chennai for an undisclosed amount. The new campus in Chennai will occupy over 10,000 people and the construction work will commence from the second half [...]
Who the hell was in charge of August around here?
If you haven't really looked over the upcoming fight schedule, or if you just don't pay too close of attention (if so, start), then you might not have noticed there are a lot of big fights coming up. Diaz-Katsidis has Fight of the Year candidate written all over it. Casamayor-Marquez is a major fight at 135 pounds, and will showcase two of this ... (Read on Source)
How to Install the Colorblind Applet on GNOME
Softpedia: "I use Ubuntu, and the colorblind applet is part of the gnome-mag package, but for some reason (and I have no idea why) the developers didn't include it in the distro. So, basically, we’re gonna recompile the gnome-mag package, with the colorblind panel applet."
Telecom deal might bring iPhone to Vt.
FCC: Verizon Wireless buyout of Unicel must exclude Vt. assets to ensure competition
United States: Drug Warning Claims 'Impliedly Preempted' But Asks High Court To Hold Off
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. solicitor general on Dec. 21 told the U.S. Supreme Court that failure-to-warn claims involving a drug are barred by implied preemption, but he urged the court not to take up the case until it issues preemption rulings in separate drug and device cases that are pending (Wyeth v. Diana Levine, No. 06-1249, U.S. Sup.). Full story on lexis.com
Cartier Goes Slumming While Google Adds Insights
No one will ever get your email address from us! We just want to give you an easy way to check out our videos. (Read on Source)
Hosting your own Email
Hosting Your own Eamil account Owning your own email address. Apart from a personalised domain name (i.e. you@yourname.net), the fundamental difference between work email address, free webmai...
Poll need pharyngulizin’
What do you think? Would the world be better off without religion? Of course, religion is only a symptom: what would really make the world better off would be if people were smarter and made important decisions rationally. That's even less like than growing out of religion, unfortunately. Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
Playing Financials with Ultra ETFs: Time to Buy
Deja vu. The broad market is again fretting about both Freddie Mac FRE and Fannie...
New Oral Vaccine May Protect Against Bubonic Plague
Researchers have used a less virulent ancestor to the highly infectious bubonic plague to develop a potentially safe, efficient and inexpensive live oral vaccine.
HeyCosmo makes the event planning calls so you don't have to
Demo: Online concierge service HeyCosmo does everything for event planners but cut the cake.
Ugh
I had a nourishing post, on logical fallacies and reasoning, but it takes a little more facility than I have right now to put it together. I'm in the middle of sneezing, coughing, congestion, and medium grade fever, and contemplating the next four nights of work, starting tonight. But here's something, and my actual knowledge of this is incomplete, (Read on Source)
Facebook Traffic Up 50% Over Last Year; myYearbook on the Rise
Facebook's market share is up 50% year-over-year, according to data released by Hitwise. myYearbook.com saw a 256% growth, propelling it into the third spot for most visited social network sites in the United States in August 2008. Still, they only had 1.65% of the total share. MySpace lost market share, 10% to be exact. But it still holds the ... (Read on Source)
Five outside-the-box ways to cut IT costs
... firewall, and NAT capabilities. "You're not going to replace switches, but you can replace VPN concentrators and routers with white boxes using true OSS open source software and commercialized ...
The First Purposefully Multi-generational Space Mission
Editor's note: I went over to the Udvar Hazy Annex of the National Air and Space Museum this evening for a reception honoring the New Horizons Mission. Specifically, the reception honored the placing of a high fidelity model of the New Horizons spacecraft in the museum - now suspended from the ceiling, aft of Space Shuttle Enterprise. During the ... (Read on Source)
Sony Shares Sink on Earnings Revision
Investors reacted to Sony's earnings revision by pushing the price of its shares down to levels not seen for 13 years on...
Mvix announces dual-drive NAS
Mvix(USA) today announced a dual-drive NAS / Media Server with integrated web server features.
Google Resolves Book Search Lawsuits
Google's book-scanning and -sharing problems are, in short, almost gone. Pending the approval of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Google has agreed to a host of steps that will satisfy the Authors Guild, John Wiley & Sons, the McGraw-Hill Companies, Pearson Education, the Penguin Group, and Simon & Schuster.
To beat Apple, RIM must stop favoring AT&T
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To beat Apple, RIM must stop favoring AT&T--If Blackberry really wants to compete with the iPhone they should take advantage of other carriers who need to compete.
Somebody Else's Phone: Would you look through it?--Wieden + Kennedy London translated the idea of "Cellular Oversharing" into a much gushed-about advertising campaign for Nokia.
How an 'out of the office' e-mail became a road sign--A Welsh council failed to notice that the translation of its "no entry for heavy goods vehicles" road sign was actually an "out of office" automated reply.
OpenSUSE opens up to non-Novell employees--Novell made a big step forward for OpenSUSE this past week by opening it up to non-Novell employees.
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