I somehow missed that Michael Newdow’s lawsuit to remove “In God We Trust” from U.S. coinage and money got smacked down back in June by U.S. District Judge Frank Damrell Jr. who noted the 9th Circuit Court had previously ruled that the phrase has “nothing to do with the establishment of religion.” “In God We…
January, 2007
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Tim Lee makes his case over at TechLiberation.Com for banishing the phrase “intellectual property.” He gets off on the wrong foot with a bit about the current obsession, especially on the left, with the way in which issues are “framed,” The words we use to describe the policies we advocate have a profound effect on…
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Stefanos Karagos has an interesting method for using mind-mapping tools like FreeMind or Inspiration to diagram books for later study, review and recall.
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The Shakesepare Insult generator, generates a fresh Shakespearean insult with each page refresh.
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Wandered across this list of the top 10 lamest superheroes ever. At Number 7 they have what I would have put at No. 1 — Matter Eater Lad. Matter Eater Lad can eat anything. The choice detail the Pop Culture Addict leaves out is that whoever created this abomination added the detail that he was…
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Hungry Tiger Press has scanned and uploaded copies of The Ozmapolitan — a short newspaper that was first published in 1904 to promote the publication of The Marvelous Land of Oz. The newspaper gimmick was used again in 1905, and then discontinued until 1926 when it was published three times to promote new Oz books…
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This is an exhaustive list of common cliches found in console RPGs. It would be more amusing if console RPGs didn’t universally suck, but this does a good job of documenting why the suck so bad.
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Okay, I have to admit the first time I ran across Alexander Kjerulf’s Positive Sharing site, I assumed it was probably a bunch of bulls*** management nonsense. Kjerulf’s message is about how to be happy and create happiness at work. He’s written a book on the topic which says it all, Happy Hour is 9…
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Javascript Toolbox has a beta version of a Javascript/CSS combo to create nice HTML tables that can be quickly sorted and filtered within the browser.
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The Comic Book Series Wiki is an attempt to create summaries of ongoing comic book titles. A great idea, but currently there don’t seem to be enough contributors to keep up with all of the series the site tracks.