neat! might even be looking into Node Embed.
Wikileaks Fan Page Pulled Down for Being “Inauthentic,” Says Facebook | techPresident
Google, Facebook & Privacy « Screenwerk
“More broadly Facebook is stepping up its plan to insinuate itself into every corner of the Internet.” ugh. need to find a way out of FB.
Inside Job | This American Life
“the inside story of one company that made hundreds of millions of dollars for itself while worsening the financial crisis for the rest of us” – how is it that TAL keeps kicking out such amazing stuff on finance?!
How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist
“Here are a few conversation points I’ve found useful in talking with the open-minded participants at tea party activities:”
The Real Boston Tea Party – A Polite Response To Teabaggers
cute!
CCK views exposed filter dropdown | drupal.org
handy!
links for 2009-07-28
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"alas, in swapping he for they, Fisher replaced a number problem with a gender problem" interesting language history.
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"We demand the freedom to use our phones as we choose — on wireless networks that offer true high-speed Internet and real consumer choice." word.
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" Although I'm now finally teaching a workshop on the subject, for two years and more, I put off doing anything that might contribute to the Facebook hype. Here's why."
links for 2009-07-27
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Srsly. (Makes me feel like a slacker for not going to PDX.)
links for 2009-07-24
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I miss the enormous sour cherry tree across the alley from the rental house where I lived Summer 1994.
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"I stopped complaining and shouting about this a few years ago because there isn’t much of a point when you have no solutions and no idea of how to change things for the better." sigh. this is the place where I got stuck with my scifi novel, because the main chars were running into something similar, and I couldn't find a decent plot way out of it.
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"provides uncertainty information along with a probabilistic weather forecast" friggin awesome.
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“I would like to give the ProJo some money – can you please find somebody who will take it?†the boggling difficulty of placing newspaper advertising.
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"Living a bicycling-rich life may more effectively begin if not leapt into it but trodded onto softly." have had people in our Commute Challenge team who in NO way could bike commute, but who ride to store, etc. in their own town/n'hood.
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would love to make (sans bell peppers, of course)
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turning the Fetid Lake of Doom (an OlyBlog nickname) back into an estuary.
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it says "executive" but I say "super cute"!
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WTF?!
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"By creating personas around specific roles for volunteers you can begin to think about what motivates her, what she’s interested in doing for the project, what she expects from her involvement, etc. Once you start answering these questions, you can create a handbook for your community leaders so that they can easily identify contributors in those roles and quickly know exactly what to do to engage them."
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sustainable south sound kicking it into overdrive, apparently. (the lacey location is over by the office.) it's not a particularly popular opinion, I think, but I keep wondering if the eastside garden should be somewhere other than the park.
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"searchable collection of free, real-world images relating to walking and bicycling" non-commercial use only.
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"a catalog of the tricks of the trade for writing fiction" (not just TV)