At Least Its Not A Vlog…carmel: You know that video blogging has hit the big-time (not to mention podcasting) when it gets mentioned in a Sunday comic strip: (And for those of you who are wondering, yes, I have permission – UClick lets you share their work for noncommercial purposes.) —— hilarious….

Open Source Mac – Free, Open-Source software for OS X: ree and open-source software is good for you and good for the world. This is the best OS X software that we know of. this is a great utility

slower, softer: Old things are as interesting as new ones. The speed and spectacular novelty of a particular innovation should never be a measure of its value or the basis of its justification. (But I get why they are). We* need time to explore slow and ethical innovation. We need more space for quiet voices, […]

Conservatism and Golf: Next, from a Rick Perlstein piece at Huffpo late last year (via Henry’s announcement of the man’s new webpage). You really should read this great speech he delivered at a gathering of conservatives. (The Lind is good, too, but Perlstein is great.) Republicans are different from conservatives: that was one of the […]

Most expensive sandwich in London goes on sale – UK News Headlines – Life Style Extra: “Even if I had a pension as big as Tony Blair’s I wouldn’t spend it on an £85 sandwich.”

20 Reasons, 1 Cause: 10 Action Strategies for Eliminating NCLBHold a public forum in your community to explore and explain these points.Organize community and neighborhood potluck dinners with teachers and parents to talk together about how NCLB is affecting children and school.Persuade your organizations to pass resolutions calling for the repeal of NCLB based on […]

ABC News: Bush said to authorize leak of Iraq intelligence: Apr 6, 2006 — WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush authorized the leak to the media of classified material about Iraq, a former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney said according to court papers filed by prosecutors and made public on Thursday. The aide, Lewis […]

East Coast vs West Coast stereotypes | Ask MetaFilter: East Coast vs West Coast stereotypesApril 4, 2006 7:29 AM Can you give me some stereotypes on East Coast vs West Coast differences? I’m not an American. In about every media I’ve had contact (Metafilter included), there is some stereotyping of Blue State vs Red State, […]

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Wired News: Laptop Detractors Shrugged Off: “The hundred-dollar laptop is an education project,” he said. “It’s not a laptop project.” — seems more like a promotional tour to me…. educational projects enable learning. how does this laptop do that? how does it enable learning? I don’t see the answer because i see a fundamental disconnect […]