Nokia N800 Internet Tablet: iPhone without the Phone?

Now the other shoe has dropped, and the introduction of the iPod touch has given people the "iPhone without the phone" Internet device that many have demanded. But is it what they really want? The iPhone itself, despite a third-party hacking community, is still an officially closed device, and the 1.1 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 17:23:46
Blog: TidBITS: Mac news for t...

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Promised Social Change in Ecuador

by Stephen Lendman Raphael Correa was elected Ecuador's president last November and took office January 15 promising social change ... - He talks to the Left and works for the Right. That's pretty common in Latin America today, and Brazil [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 12:52:23
Blog: Atlantic Free Press - H...

Robert Frank on Economics Education and the Economic Naturalist

Author Robert Frank of Cornell University talks about economic education and his recent book, The Economic Naturalist. Frank argues that the traditional way of teaching economics via graphs and equations often fails to make any impression on students [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 10:02:57
Blog: EconTalk, Economics Pod...

Situating Emotion

Up and comng situationist legal scholar David Arkush has written a thoughtful paper, “Situating Emotion: A Critical Realist View of Emotion and Nonconscious Cognitive Processes for the Law,” in which he, as the title indicates, situates emotion [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 04:01:13
Blog: The Situationist...

Thinking like a lawyer

Look, some of my best friends are lawyers. My sister is a lawyer (albeit in recovery). I try not to make more than my share of lawyer jokes. ( ... policy school, that law schools had developed a surgical procedure for excising their students' common sense and common decency and replacing them with weird jurisprudential substitutes. Take my good [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 23:46:01
Blog: The Reality-Based Commu...

I got your “Offended” right here!

For at least 20 years there was a debilitating fog of moral relativism in the air, a miasma of guilty self-loathing, to the point when some natives persuaded themselves that although all other cultures were equal, ours alone was less equal than others, or might at least be offensive, and should be suppressed [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 20:45:22
Blog: Woman Honor Thyself ...

Are thugs who defend "American interests" lesser thugs?

1 of 1 people recommend this blog entry. "Yeah, but if your life depended on it, ... terms, are they talking about interests for the American [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 18:08:36
Blog: blogs | TPMCafe...

CATO’s Symposium on Political Theology

Cato Unbound features a symposium on religion and politics that centers around Mark Lilla’s new book, The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics, and the Modern West. Lilla’s lead essay, summarizing the thesis to his book, provocatively asserts that liberal democracy or republican government is founded on atheistic or Hobbesian premises [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 18:03:37
Blog: Positive Liberty...

TURKISH OCCUPIED CYPRUS - Turkey’s Negotiating Tactics and George Orwell’s 1984

There is a great deal of attention focused on Turkey right now due to the looming threat of a Turkish invasion of Kurdistan and the chorus of angry threats being issued over the US Congressional action to properly acknowledge the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Turks during World War One [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 17:43:25
Blog: My Telegraph...

Understanding Me

Responding to David Wiley, Misunderstanding Stephen (and a chance to use a McLuhan title as a post title). 1 ... terms, because no one will care since they’re not making any money?" Yes. Because there is no reasonable interpretation of those terms that would see them applied against individual students creating [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 16:09:50
Blog: Half an Hour...

Let’s talk about Design Strategy and Sustainable Behaviours

Mario Vellandi author behind the very excellent Melodies in Marketing, spent the last couple of weeks conducting a hard hitting interview on my views on the future of industrial design, design strategy and sustainable design [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 16:01:22
Blog: Design Sojourn | Strate...

The Weekly Law School Roundup #91

This Week: The Short-List Edition. I'm gearing up for two week of trial, so today's list runs a little short ... What the pregnancy books don't tell you. Knocked Up (and in Law School) Big Words Definitions of common law-school terms. Thanks, But No Thanks Too Much Thoughts on giving up the marathoning life. Fannie's [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 14:41:49
Blog: Evan Schaeffer's Legal ...

Mouse Ballistics

Let me be completely honest with you. I have a full-blown mouse fetish ... . They do have a quite a few things in common, things I'd consider relatively standard for current [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 07:59:59
Blog: Coding Horror...

A quick recommendation here to catch Sean Penn’s magnificent Into the Wild while it’s still in the theaters unless you already have one of those ... , told in terms that don’t make him seem at all the extremophile it would be easy enough to dismiss [more...]

Date: 2007-10-14 04:59:18
Blog: Silliman's Blog...

Victor Davis Hanson's Observations About The Iraq War

This email sent by Victor Davis Hanson needs to be read in its entirety, so the whole thing is posted below. He is returning from his second trip from Iraq and has some remarkable observations as a military historian. Please take the 10 minutes to read it all, well worth it: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 21:14:22
Blog: Flopping Aces...

A House Divided: Hitch at Georgetown

The following report was written by a good friend of mine. He's not a Hitchens junkie like most of us. In fact, I'm not sure he's ever read Hitchens at all? He's never looked at this site, I know that. But he went to see Hitch on Thursday night at Georgetown and has written a very neat take on the affair for us [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 18:38:48
Blog: Hitchens Watch...

All blogging is local

From home cooked theory:  Self-branding. A key aspect of my online identity that I’ve been made aware of this week is the way that I have used my ... other ‘mood’ displaying platforms will make this experience more common for others. If I have described the performance of online presence in terms of ’self-branding’, as the circular for tomorrow’ [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 15:19:17
Blog: I cite...

A Babe by Any Other Name

Those of you starting or adding to your families may want to check out the Baby Name Map, ... is not what we will call our children, but what they will call us. The most common dyads seem to be Mommy-Mama and Daddy ... ? To all change to a common family name? The fear of our son marrying someone with a hyphenated last name kept [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 13:03:51
Blog: Mombian ...

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Recall

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the RecallPosted 35 min 42 sec ago by Carrie Kirby You don't have to throw out recalled products! In fact, sometimes it's a lucky break to see an old toy recalled, because you can usually take it back for a full refund [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 12:00:07
Blog: Wise Bread | Personal F...

Good debt, bad debt

By Philip Brewer There are two ways to look at whether debt is good or bad. The less important way has to do with the terms of the debt itself--how high the rate is, whether ... usually falls into this category. (I say "usually," because it's become all too common for people [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 12:08:51
Blog: Wise Bread | Personal F...

Terminology Explanation: “MRA”

Feminist blogs often throw out terms and acronyms that we’re used to seeing in our little pocket of the internet, ... one of those terms: MRA. And he does a bang-up job: What is an MRA? He’s a Men’s Rights Activist, part ... . All of these groups share a common worldview, that the traditionally oppressed groups, be they women, minorities [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:09:37
Blog: Feministe...

the "smarter wine" idea

... , and lots of them. What do companies like Apple, Nike, Innocent Drinks and Starbucks have in common [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:01:02
Blog: Stormhoek:...

Strategic Agenda Between the United States and Russia VIDEO PODCAST

Remarks with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Defense Minister Anatoliy Serdyukov After 2+2 Meetings, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 02:07:35
Blog: Republican National Con...

MORTGAGE LENDERS PREFER FORECLOSURE TO HELPING HOME BUYERS PAY OFF LOAN

SF GATE - Mortgage lenders rarely help homeowners struggling with rapidly increasing adjustable mortgages, ... to the survey said that loan modification - adjusting a mortgage's terms to make it more affordable - is among the most common outcomes for its clients. Instead, foreclosures were the most common outcome [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 01:42:14
Blog: PROGRESSIVE REVIEW INDE...

Habbo Hotel as a boundary object

There is an insightful interview of Sulka Haro, the lead designer of Habbo Hotel by Brandon Sheffield on Gamasutra ... " as opposed to "game" in terms of the important metaphor. The discussion goes [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 22:33:36
Blog: Terra Nova...

Why Would Anyone Read the NYT?

Why Would Anyone Read the NYT? October 12th, 2007 Another post on what seems to be popular at various locations around the net that represent the ... common, most popular, most authoritative or simply the most commercially successful media outlets [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 17:32:41
Blog: Blog @ MoreWhat.com ...

Live Stage: New Media Art Subsidies [online + Amsterdam]

New Media Art Subsidies & Alternative Support Models :: Cool Media Hot Talk Show :: David Garcia, Lexter Braak :: October 17, 8: ... sectors and disciplines. The project is all about coming to terms with the reality not only ... not common ground. The project is not about consensus building it is about the accepting even dramatizing [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 16:10:48
Blog: networked_performance...

Mail list debate over Saul Cornell's theories

I pasted, in extended remarks below, a long email list debate over Saul Cornell's variant of sophisticated collective rights. [ ... in mind that clauses like the Indiana Constitution of 1816 has were quite common in other state [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 15:40:11
Blog: Of Arms and the Law...

Phoenix Suns Season Preview

By Holly MacKenzie For the rest of our season previews, go here. “I’m so focused on winning a title. It’s all I can think about.” Amare Stoudemire Depth Chart PG -Nash/Barbosa/Banks SG –Bell/Strawberry/Piatkowski SF -Hill/Diaw/Tucker PF –Marion/Marks C –Stoudemire/Skinner Record in ‘06-07 61-21 Projected Record in ‘07-’08 60-22 ( [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 15:36:24
Blog: SLAM ONLINE | ...

Habbo Hotel as a boundary object

(Cross-posted at Terra Nova) There is an insightful interview of Sulka Haro, the lead designer of Habbo Hotel by Brandon Sheffield on Gamasutra ... as opposed to “game” in terms of the important metaphor. The discussion goes [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 13:16:08
Blog: Pasta&Vinegar ...

Who is waging religious war?

By TigerHawk at 10/12/2007 07:00:00 AM A group of Muslim scholars has inadvertantly revealed the vast gulf between their own religion and ... leaders "to come together with us on the common essentials of our two religions." The Archbishop [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 11:09:39
Blog: TigerHawk...

We're in the dark over Ritchie's next move, says UDA

Belfast Telegraph By Stephen Breen Monday, October 15, 2007 The political wing of the UDA last night said it was "in the dark" ... later this week. Said the senior UPRG man: "I'm hoping that common sense will prevail. We don't ... does not benefit from this funding. This project stands alone in terms of community development [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 14:07:56
Blog: SAOIRSE32...

Panasonic Toughbook CF-30 User Review

Introduction Panasonic has been making fully rugged U.S. military standard 810F notebooks for a number of years, catering to those that need to take their computer into some of the most extreme environments in the world.  Recently, Panasonic introduced the fully rugged Toughbook CF-30.  It features a 13 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 13:16:00
Blog: Notebook Forums and Lap...

Interim Heads Running Federal Agencies

Interim Heads Running Federal Agencies WASHINGTON, Oct ... agencies is becoming increasingly common elsewhere in the Bush administration. With only 15 months [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 12:03:04
Blog: Politics Plus...

The Relationship Between SF, Religion and Rationalism

Mark Chadbourn has again produced another interesting think piece ... I used those last three "comical" examples is because setting up the debate on these terms [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 11:50:34
Blog: SF Diplomat...

Blogstream Random Thoughts Blog a common housewife in the fast lane Monday October 15, 2007 Me and Betty Friedan I wrote this post in March 2006, right after Betty [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 11:00:52
Blog: a common housewife in ...

Politeness and Authority at a Hilltop College in Minnesota

By VERLYN KLINKENBORG New York Times Last week I spent a couple of days in western Minnesota, ... . After all, small farm towns with good colleges are not that common ... describes itself to new recruits in terms of its distance from a city, not its presence in a town [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 10:35:58
Blog: Vox Verax...

I'm Calling You Out Week #9: We're on Planet Earth and It's Blog Action Day!

I'm Calling You Out Week #9: We're on Planet Earth and It's Blog Action Day! ... I wrote a couple of posts about being a green writer that now seem sophomoric in terms of what we're [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 10:00:17
Blog: Intrinsic Life Design -...

Preaching and Teaching

Preaching and Teaching Posted October 15th, 2007 by Daniel Ritchie Categories: Worship Often in Northern Ireland, it is common for a minister to “teach” in the morning service, but “ ... ” are synonymous terms for the same thing: the two cannot be separated. If you are a minister [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 08:33:58
Blog: Reformed Covenanter...

The View From the Classroom #2

Editor’s note:The View from the Classroom is a regular column published by Sam Porter, an American who is spending his senior year at a Japanese high school. All of Mr Porter’s columns can be seen at the View From the Classroom category list. Hello TPR listeners, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 08:20:46
Blog: Trans-Pacific Radio :: ...

Road pricing “back-burnered”

The Telegraph is reporting today that road pricing has been kicked into the long grass or “back-burnered”. This is good news and a welcome outbreak of common sense. If you think in terms of sticks and carrots then by the time 70p in every pound spent on petrol is going to the state you have got [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 08:12:31
Blog: Phil Taylor ...

Albino Piano spotted on South Side

To St Margaret’s Church, Newlands yesterday afternoon for a concert. ( ... and piano playing pimps are perhaps more common. I had not been thinking of it in precisely such terms [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 07:42:56
Blog: What’s in Kelvin’s Hea...

The First Rule Of Fight Club Is....... Uhhh, What Was It Again??

I'm always out there, I'm always talking to people... Folks come up and talk to me on the street, in the gym, out at clubs. Pretty much every where I go. One of the biggest concerns that people ask me about on a day to day basis is all the media exposure that the community is getting. "Will this stuff still work if everybody knows about it?? [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 07:34:20
Blog: Real Social Dynamics Bl...

The Vox Box: CNN gets hip with teen slang

If you're in need of some amusement, here's a CNN clip on up-to-date teen slang. I always find features like this a bit...misleading? I guess I don't like the idea of adults thinking all of us drop terms like "kraft singles ... , I do like "bluetool" and I think that's worth bringing into common usage, since those kind of people [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 07:06:12
Blog: Eye on Olympia :: spoke...

Claims And Experience

Claims And Experience Filed under: Epistemology — Peter @ 12:00 am Consider a claim about some subject matter ... what is and isn’t a claim in perfectly precise terms, the point is to explore how claims work, how ... for these two terms, such as X is the cause of Z and Y is the mirror image [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 07:00:59
Blog: On Philosophy...

Question: Why do we rarely see female taxi drivers?

Today’s question is a very brief one. How come it is very hard to find a woman taxi driver? A female taxi driver in Alabama [ ... , and not as a female taxi driver. It was so awesome, I wish it was common and normal everywhere else ... horrible. And they say California is ahead of Alabama in every manner. Maybe it is ahead in terms [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 06:59:38
Blog: The Reasoner...

I'm Calling You Out Week #9: We're on Planet Earth and It's Blog Action Day!

I'm Calling You Out Week #9: We're on Planet Earth and It's Blog Action Day! ... I wrote a couple of posts about being a green writer that now seem sophomoric in terms of what we're [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 05:58:26
Blog: Intrinsic Life Design -...

Half-Baked Game Recap: Portland 102, Atlanta 89

Here's another game recap attempt just going from the Boxscore. As always, take with a grain of salt. This looks like it could have been our best game of the pre-season so far in terms of playing winning basketball, even though it probably wasn't as flashy as the Clippers game. We shot well (45.7 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 05:22:17
Blog: Blazer's Edge :: A Site...

RACE, GENDER NOT DRIVING CLINTON, OBAMA

I read this news article in today’s Sunday paper on how the public perceives the campains of both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama ... in common-sense terms.” Susan Arnold, conservation director for the Appalachian Mountain Club, who attended [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 04:57:10
Blog: BEAUTIFUL, ALSO, ARE T...

Text of Justin & Darryl Sharrat interview with Sean Hannity

Transcript I received via email from unknown source. I will attribute it, as soon as I know. I made an error earlier, stating that this interview was to be on today's Hannity's America. It is evident in this interview that it will actually air in a couple weeks [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 04:50:36
Blog: Murtha Must Go!!...

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