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Hey Einstein! You're a Geek
via Digg | Technology by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
No great surprise, but the numbers in a new study show mathematicians are viewed as geeks, a stereotype that keeps students from studying math or using the subject later in life.The researchers suggest there is a link between popular culture's image of nerdy mathematicians and a lag in math students.
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The Real Power of Diamonds [pic]
via reddit.com: what's new online by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
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Twitter + Bash == Bad Idea
via reddit.com: what's new online by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
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Fifty Android Developers Get $25,000 Each: The List
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on May 13, 2008
The winners of the first round of the Android Developer Challenge have been announced. Fifty developers will receive $25,000 each to build out their Android mobile phone apps. Only 46 were announced (the other four prefer to remain stealth—wimps). From this list, ten will receive another $100,000 each, and another ten will receive $250,000 each. The Phandroid blog gives a rundown of what...
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Free (As In Speech) Beer, V2.0
via Slashdot by kdawson on May 13, 2008
AgentPaper writes "Three years ago we discussed an open source brewing project in which a Danish brewer made his beer recipes available for public consumption and alteration. The concept has taken off, first with the 'Free Beer Project' in Denmark and now with Flying Dog's 'Collaborator' Doppelbock in the US, which was created via input from home brewers across the world. One...
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Session variables in Javascript without cookies
via reddit.com: what's new online by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
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Muto: incredible large-scale animated graffiti
via del.icio.us|popular by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
Shared by smr freaking! kewl! bookmark this on del.icio.us - posted by flipzagging - more about this bookmark...
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Google Friend Connect
via www.google.com by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Shared by small Love this idea, can't wait to give it a go on a site...
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Earthquake In China
via Slashdot by kdawson on May 13, 2008
Several readers sent in links on the earthquake that hit 10 hours ago near the Sichuan city of Chengdu in China. The Telegraph focuses on the citizen journalism that got word on the quake out on the Net instantly (the first report was via Twitter). Science magazine speculates that deaths from this event could exceed the 240,000 killed in the Tangshan quake in 1976, though the estimated death toll...
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Increase Font Size in Google Reader
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 07, 2008
Google Reader added an option to increase/decrease font size for all the posts: press = to magnify text and - to decrease its size. Unfortunately, Google Reader doesn't save your preference, so the next time you open it you'll see the original font size.While most browsers include a zoom feature (Opera, IE7, Firefox 3) or an option to increase the font size, Google Reader applies the new...
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