links: August 2007 Archives
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Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.
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I ‘m new to the world of fancy coffee drinks. With the vast number of ordering options and new words with accented characters to pronounce; the coffee shop ordering experience can be intimidating. I’ve created a few small illustrations to help myself
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”You see powder connected by arrows and chalk, you never know,„ she said. ”It could be a terrorist, it could be something more serious. We’re thankful it wasn’t, but there were a lot of resources that went into figuring that out.„
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(via tribe-dgny.blogspot.com)
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The White House's plans to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guards corps as a terrorist organization are intended to give the Bush administration cover if it launches military strikes on the Islamic republic, according to a prominent former CIA officer.
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When it comes to your health, everyone seems to have some friendly advice to offer. But can you believe everything you are told? Anahad O'Connor investigates
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A White House manual that came to light recently gives presidential advance staffers extensive instructions in the art of "deterring potential protestors" from President Bush's public appearances around the country
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Ringo Starr's official web site.
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US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, embroiled in a row over the sacking of eight US attorneys, has formally announced his resignation. Rats, sinking ships, etc
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The European Commission's Press Office in London monitors the British press's highly distorted coverage of the European Union. Euromyths are scare stories based on hearsay, rumours and half-truths, many of which have been repeated so often that they have
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Press coverage in the UK of the European Union is often trivial, misleading or just plain wrong. It is little wonder that many people in this country are unsure what to believe about Britain's membership of the EU. Large amounts of space are often devoted
(Via Waider.)
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new version of pine
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Objectivism Mockery Page
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A handy flowchart for determining if it's ok to make love in the Middle Ages
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Coping with work stress
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To prevent Windows XP from treating compressed Zip files as a folder, go to "Start > Run" and type the following:
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The usual racism from a HK Chinese who has a one-dimensional view of all expats.
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To some these may be not the best tutorials on the web, but certainly they are some of the best around. I had to eliminate those that looked nice but had very little preview images. This guide includes 78 Photoshop tutorials and 2 impressive collections..
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Web site Floorplanner is a web-based floor planning application that creates complex layouts to help you design the layout of any room in your home.
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Burn your own customized Windows XP installation disc using the previously mentioned nLite and step-by-step instructions over at the Xtreme-Source forums.
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he Hackszine weblog has shared an investment spreadsheet on Google Docs and Spreadsheets that helps you calculate your crossover point
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In the ephemeral section, you’ll find dancing ladies making an omelette, a soldier who doesn’t want to take a bath, and a paean to the patriotic power of electricity. And, oh boy: cautionary nuclear tales? Not a problem.
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Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project the largest collection of illustrated antique books on line... we think.
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This is a tool for converting AutoCad DXF (Data eXchange Format) files into ESRI Shapefiles, the format used by ArcMap and MapWindow. This software is open source under the GPL and was created using two other open-source tools: dxflib and MapWinGIS,
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