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TEDTalks : What's wrong with what we eat - Mark Bittman (2007)
via TEDTalks (video) by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
In this fiery and funny talk, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman weighs in on what's wrong with the way we eat now (too much meat, too few plants; too much fast food, too little home cooking), and why it's putting the entire planet at risk.
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Doug Dyment reveals his secrets to packing light for trips....
via kottke.org by jason@kottke.org on May 13, 2008
... packing a pair of running shoes, say, don't forget there's a lot of space inside those shoes that you can use to pack stuff," he says.When it comes to clothing, Dyment says travelers who fold items individually, put them in a stack and force them in the suitcase are making a huge mistake.More info here, including a diagram of how to bundle wrap your clothes to save space. (link)
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Craig Newmark: The real GI Bill and the fake one
via The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by Craig Newmark on May 12, 2008
Hey, folks like the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America are pushing a bill to get real educational benefits to the troops. Barack's behind this, and Bush/McCain's against.The real bill, the "Webb/Hagel" bill, covers the cost of a four-year public school college education anywhere in the country.It includes National Guardsmen and Reservists.It's linked to the actual cost of...
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Your Feedback at Work - Critical Mass
via The Cleanest Line by localcrew on May 07, 2008
Product Feedback. Boy do we get a lot of it . . . From fit to function to fashion, from price to purpose to product names, customer feedback is one thing we've grown to rely on. We believe our customers are more passionate and outspoken than the norm. And while that means there's some folks out there who are hard to please, our quality just wouldn't be the same if it weren't...
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NBC streams Office, 30 Rock episodes in iPhone format
via Apple Section - Ars Technica by justin.berka@gmail.com (Justin Berka) on May 09, 2008
Anyone who visits NBC's site with an iPhone or iPod touch now has the opportunity to stream episodes of two TV shows, 30 Rock and The Office, in QuickTime format. Be warned, though: the videos may lock up your iPhone.Read More...
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Andy Borowitz: Bill Clinton Switches to Obama
via The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com by Andy Borowitz on May 09, 2008
In what some Democratic Party insiders are calling a particularly ominous sign for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, former president Bill Clinton today became the latest superdelegate to switch from Sen. Clinton to her rival, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill).Sources close to the former president said that Mr. Clinton had been mulling such a defection for weeks, as early as the night of the...
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Architects' Home and Office is Less Than Eight Feet Wide
via TreeHugger by (author unknown) on May 09, 2008
So often the space between buildings is just wasted, a source of heat loss and little else. sculp(IT), a "young, progressive and complementary team of architects who apply their passion for architecture to every task given" from Antwerp, have taken a 7'-10" wide space and turned it into a home and office."Four wooden floors between two existing walls, hanging in a steel skeleton, organize...
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City Café Bakery in Kitchener, Ontario doesn't have a cash register....
via kottke.org by jason@kottke.org on May 07, 2008
City Café Bakery in Kitchener, Ontario doesn't have a cash register. Instead, they let their customers add up their own bill and put the money into a an old bus fare box. Here's how it works:"I liked the idea of simplifying things and ... the honour system made a whole lot of sense," Bergen says. "What irritated me about going into Tim Hortons, for example, was waiting in line for...
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Unicomp Customizer Keyboard
via Daring Fireball by (author unknown) on May 08, 2008
Shared by Scott Cropper Awesome! Unicomp is where my father works and they do make some great keyboards.Jake Seliger on the Unicomp Customizerkeyboard, a modern version of the “buckling spring” keyboards IBM used to make:Today, buckling spring keyboards are never or almost never shipped with computers. Fortunately, Unicomp has accomplished what Matias couldn’t and produced an excellent...
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Beta beat: Silverflow Quicksilver interface
via The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) by Brett Terpstra on May 08, 2008
Filed under: Software, Beta BeatJulius Eckert has made splashes at TUAW before, namely for his Bezel HUD and Showcase interfaces for Quicksilver. Now he's released a beta of his much-anticipated Silverflow interface (inspired by designer Jono). The Cover Flow thing may be played out for some, but I'm finding this interface to be both elegant and useful.I'll admit that I've gone...
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