D90 | D-MOVIE
"Special site for Nikon's next-generation D-SLR, the D90. This features detailed product information and a variety of sample images, as well as movies captured with the D90's new innovative movie function, D-Movie." The first digital SLR to shoot movies. And they're pretty impressive movies, considering it's a dSLR and not a dedicated video camera.
Tags: camera, nikon, movies, photography, video bradandgeo: 'cognitive surplus' and the church...
"And when people come out of this stupor, what you find is people not wanting a passive, received religion, but a spirituality that they are a part of, or as the article says, an 'architecture of participation'. And this is ironic because this is exactly the same shift that needed to happen 2000 years ago - the shift from one priest to the 'priesthood of all believers'; the shift from a few select leaders to a plurality of 'gifts' making up the body as a whole." This certainly engaged my gray matter...
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China's totalitarian games - The Boston Globe
Jeff Jacoby sums up why I did my best to boycott watching this year's Olympic Games. (I confess I failed due to having nowhere else to go while the missus watched the various sporting contests. (Sheesh, as if "rhythmic gymnastics", aka, dancing with a hula hoop, is really a sport.) )
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The Eternal Value of Privacy
"Supporters of wholesale government surveillance are fond of saying that only the guilty should be worried about spying. Let's put that spurious argument out to pasture once and for all. Commentary by Bruce Schneier." Definite food for thought. This stood out to me: "A future in which privacy would face constant assault was so alien to the framers of the Constitution that it never occurred to them to call out privacy as an explicit right. Privacy was inherent to the nobility of their being and their cause. Of course being watched in your own home was unreasonable. Watching at all was an act so unseemly as to be inconceivable among gentlemen in their day. You watched convicted criminals, not free citizens. You ruled your own home. It's intrinsic to the concept of liberty."
Tags: liberty, politics, privacy Glassdoor.com - Company Ratings, Reviews, and Salaries
Employees can post reviews of the companies they work for, as well as salary histories. The thought is that you can research places you may want to go work to get a realistic expectation of what it's like. I haven't delved in to Glassdoor.com, but I can see the potential for it to become one massive bitch session for unhappy employees.
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Doc Searls Weblog · Is Yahoo a better search engine than Google?
Doc Searls runs some search tests on his old blog, and learns that Yahoo's consistently coming up with better results than Google.
Tags: google, search, yahoo Breaking Bad Spending Habits
Good common sense advice that too many of us these days don't use. One way I've changed my book buying habit is to buy books when they hit the sale rack at Barnes & Noble, or if new, at Costco where they're deeply discounted. I'm also utilizing BookMooch a lot more.
Tags: finance, money The myth of the white minority - The Boston Globe
Jeff Jacoby's latest. As our impending adoption of a "Hispanic" baby looms closer (truthfully, any moment now), my wife and I found this fascinating.
Tags: opinion, politics, race i.engadget.com - Engadget for your iPhone or iPod touch - Engadget
"So far in 2008, the iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPod touch account for some 95.8% of all mobile views on the site. We're not even kidding." So they decided to optimize the popular gadget/technology web site for the iPhone/iPod touch.
Tags: gadget, iphone, ipod, technology, web site Commuter Flights Grounded Thanks To Bumbling TSA Inspector - Aero-News Network: The Aviation and Aerospace World's Daily/Real-Time News and Information Service
"This was an extraordinarily dangerous incident, folks. The TSA has neither the mandate nor the knowledge to inspect any aircraft for any reason." Craig Hockenberry sums it up pretty well on Twitter: "So when the TSA actually causes a plane to crash, will we still put up with their s**t?"
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Death Star over San Francisco // Current
"Imperial Fleet Week SF." Pretty nifty video splicing, especially of the scenes with the Death Star just hanging in the sky.
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Tweet Scan
Real-time search of the Twitter public timeline.
Tags: search, twitter TapeDeck. ▸▸ The tape recorder...fast-forwarded to Mac OS X.
"TapeDeck is a powerful and fun new audio recorder for Mac OS X Leopard. It’s just like your old analog tape recorder, only better. A lot better."
Tags: audio, mac, recording, software Don’t Check Your Valuables — Matt Mullenweg
I always carry my camera and computer gear on to the plane. Always.
Tags: travel, tips Dissolving Paper Shampoo | Uncrate
"Forget packing the tiny travel bottle on your next trip and instead opt for some Dissolving Paper Shampoo ($13). The mint-scented paper shampoo comes in packs of 30 inside a convenient plastic travel case..."
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BustedTees - Schematics of the Death Star Poster
Made me laugh out loud. I'm open to someone gifting this to me...
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iChat's contact list goes on an iChat Pro diet
A just-in-case link, should I decide to switch from Adium back to iChat. (Easy, built-in chat transcript viewing is what keeps me on Adium. I use it at once a week...)
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MyFox Atlanta | 'Cheesus?': Woman Finds Jesus In Bag of Cheetos
Two things I found telling from the article: "The pastor of Kirkwood United Methodist Church does not see anything theologically special about the Cheeto, but thinks some good could come from it. Pastor David Bennett says, 'If people can find Jesus, somehow, in each of us like she's found in this object, that would be a wonderful thing.' "Kelly doesn't plan to sell the Cheeto and will keep it in a safe deposit box." The pastor calls it. And if I were Kelly, I'd have eaten it. Photographed it, sure. Shared the photo with my friends, posted it to Flickr, whatever. But I'd have eaten "Cheesus". It's just a Cheeto. And Cheetos are yummy...
Tags: cheeto, food, jesus Neuromarketing » Please Your Guests by Fooling Them
The gist: more expensive wine isn't necessarily better. Unlike, say, a real drink like scotch...
Tags: wine The 10 Best Kitchen Implements For Fighting Off a Ninja
I think I'd go with the cutting board and the frying pan. Those just seem the best way to go all melee on that sneaky little ninja's hide.
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Number of Men In the United States Who Will Die In 2008 As A Result Of...
Interesting graphic.
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Leopard savaging a crocodile caught on camera - Telegraph
Wow.
Tags: animal, crocodile, leopard, photo, photography Tor.com / After the Coup by John Scalzi
Short story set in the Old Man's War universe. My favorite part: "Jazz hands."
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Audiko
"audiko is a simple service which helps you to make a ringtone of your favorite song!" Plus there's quite the selection of ringtones there already, in MP3 format, as well as m4r for your iPhone. Totally free. (Until the RIAA overlords come crashing down upon it, that is...)
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Billy Graham on technology, faith and suffering | Video on TED.com
"Speaking at TED in 1998, Rev. Billy Graham marvels at technology's power to improve lives and change the world -- but says the end of evil, suffering and death will come only after the world accepts Christ." Set aside half an hour of your time and watch this.
Tags: bible, billy graham, god, technology, ted, video An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up - New York Times
"The push-up is the ultimate barometer of fitness. It tests the whole body, engaging muscle groups in the arms, chest, abdomen, hips and legs. It requires the body to be taut like a plank with toes and palms on the floor. The act of lifting and lowering one's entire weight is taxing even for the very fit."
Tags: exercise, fitness, push-up Practical tips from a long time cafe warrior
My friend Michael has some advice for those who call coffee shops their office.
Tags: business, gtd, tips Editorial Observer - Losing Private Dwyer, War Hero - Editorial - NYTimes.com
"Pfc. Joseph Dwyer was a model of the strength and selflessness of the American soldier fighting in Iraq. But it was post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction that eventually killed him." Please, please, please, servicemen and women: seek help if you need to. You've certainly earned it.
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Hey Raena » Dear journalists
Gal pal Raena A., from Down Under, offers some helpful tips to journalists covering the goings-on of the Internet. Heed, Columbia J. school grads...
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On The Edge 2-Stroke Gas-Powered Party Blender, Model# 900108 | Party Blenders | Northern Tool + Equipment
"The On The Edge 2-Stroke Gas-Powered Party Blender brings power to your festivities. Crank the handlebar throttle to create delicious blender beverages." Now that's a blender...
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Zombie Outbreak
What might a zombie outbreak look like via Twitter? Perhaps something like this...
Tags: twitter, zombie Metro-Rednexual Results | TonyMorganLive.com
"You might be a metro-rednexual if..."
For the record, I think #8 is the funniest of the bunch.
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List of Online Archives for Free Unabridged Books Online
"Want to go to the library without stepping out of your house? Here's where you can go to get free unabridged reference books, novels, audio books and other texts online."
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Web Worker Daily » Archive Who Owns Your Online Documents? «
"One thing that's clearly missing is any sort of backup guarantee. While you may feel more secure storing your documents on Google's or Zoho's or Adobe's servers than your own, that security is not something that you're promised. Any of the three can lose your documents or terminate your ability to get to them at any time for pretty much any reason, and you're out of luck. So if you do put important things online - back them up somewhere else."
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Heads-up: IRS Spam Now in the Wild -- MiPro Unfiltered
Spam e-mail purportedly from the Internal Revenue Service may actually contain a trojan horse virus within what appears to be a Word document. Mac users are apparently unaffected by the enclosed file, but Windows users may want to beware.
Tags: irs, spam, virus AT&T lets you keep old iPhone to use as iPod touch - I4U News
"AT&T lets you keep old iPhone to use as iPod touch." I had originally planned to give my original iPhone to a friend, but I don't think he wants it now that the screen is spiderwebbed. Using it as an iPod touch after I upgrade to the iPhone 3G sounds good.
Tags: iphone, ipod TOYSREVIL'S I LIKE TOYS: star wars bearbricks for celebration japan by medicom toy
I'd so love a Be@r Fett...
Tags: star wars, toys Princess Leia - Sending Message to Obi Wan using the USPS on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. This is my last stamp."
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Quantum of Solace Trailer - Mahalo
The first trailer for the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace was released on Monday, June 30, 2008. The movie opens on November 7th.
Tags: james bond, 007, movie, trailer Brand New: Less Hyphen, More Burst for Walmart
Walmart has a new logo. At first glance, it reminds me of WaMu's logo, though on careful examination, you can clearly see the differences in the two typefaces. I do think the spacing between letters in the new logo is too close, however.
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