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Month: February 2009
25 Things I Hate About Facebook
I don’t, honestly – I love it and I’m addicted. But this seemed like a fun diversion today after the Facebook Terms of Service controversy.
[via Cheryl Smith: mashable]
State workers have been furloughed because of the budget crisis, some 2,000 public works projects are on hold and tax refunds and payments to vendors have been delayed. The state controller says the state will run out of cash at the end of the month if lawmakers do not act.
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Please vote daily. Do you need to be reminded?
DrupalCamp NYC
I find the idea of parallel universes oddly comforting. Somewhere, I made the right decisions.
(via: wreckandsalvage: Snarkmarket: Different Ways of Seeing)
support copyright freedoms in New Zeland
Join The New Zealand Internet Blackout to protest against the Guilt Upon Accusation law ‘Section 92A’ that calls for internet disconnection based on accusations of copyright infringement without a trial and without any evidence held up to court scrutiny. This is due to come into effect on February 28th unless immediate action is taken by the National Party.
Join thousands of New Zealanders already against this law by blacking out your Facebook photo, your websites, your Myspace pages, your Twitter account, in protest against this unjust new law that may come into effect on February 28.
Mosquito: Most animal mating rituals involve a guy trying to impress a girl. Leave it to the lowly mosquito to rescue equality among the sexes: their song. Though the male’s wings typically produce a sound with a frequency of 600 hertz, and the female’s wings a 400 hertz song, each mating individual will adjust his her or sound so as to meet in the middle. The resulting harmonic convergence is, at 1200 hertz, a bit like love itself: more than the sum of its parts.
Penis Jousting and 7 Other Great Animal Mating Rituals | Wired Science from Wired.com