Archive for September, 2007

Reporting While Black

by @ Sunday, September 30th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Crime – Gangs – Violence – Police – New York Times
Last month, while talking to a group of young black men standing on a sidewalk in Salisbury, N.C., about harsh antigang law enforcement tactics some states are using, I had discovered the main challenge to such measures: the police have great difficulty determining who is, [...]

The Big Spill – New York Times

by @ Sunday, September 30th, 2007. Filed under Misc

The Big Spill – New York Times
The Exxon Valdez disaster is certainly the most notorious oil spill in the United States — a single, terrible accident that poured 11 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound 1989, causing grievous damage to Alaska’s waters and beyond. But it is not the largest. In terms [...]

BPF / Monks March in Burma

by @ Sunday, September 30th, 2007. Filed under Misc

BPF / Monks March in Burma
We just got phone call with our sister living in Yangon about a few hours ago. We saw on BBC world, saying that 200 monks were arrested. The true picture is far worse. For one instance, the monastery at an obscure neighborhood of Yangon, called Ngwe Kyar Yan (on Wei-za-yan-tar [...]

MintyBoost : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits

by @ Sunday, September 30th, 2007. Filed under Links

MintyBoost : Adafruit Industries, Unique & fun DIY electronics and kits
A small & simple, but very powerful USB charger for your mp3 player, camera, cell phone, and any other gadget you can plug into a USB port to charge!
Uses 2 AA batteries (disposable or rechargable), more than doubles your iPod 4G/5G battery life!

Geek To Live: Rock Your Presentation with the Right Tools and Apps – Lifehacker

by @ Sunday, September 30th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Geek To Live: Rock Your Presentation with the Right Tools and Apps – Lifehacker
At some point in your career as a student or professional, you’re going to have to give a presentation—and when you do, you want to be prepared with the right content and applications. Whether your demo’ing software or explicating Melville, a computer [...]

Legoshire Hot Pots He’s Turned Emo

by @ Friday, September 28th, 2007. Filed under Music

wtf is up with texas?

by @ Friday, September 28th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories – Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!

by @ Thursday, September 27th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories – Interactive LED Coffee Tables: Update and kits!
What’s an interactive LED coffee table? (Funny you should ask….) It’s a coffee table that has hundreds of LEDs in the top surface that respond to motion above the table. We have (finally) put together a movie to give you a better idea of [...]

Missouri: Police Stake Out Brett Darrow Home

by @ Thursday, September 27th, 2007. Filed under Misc

Missouri: Police Stake Out Brett Darrow Home
A young Saint Louis, Missouri motorist faces trouble with local police upset at the national attention his September 7 video of an out-of-control officer has drawn to ongoing problems within area law enforcement agencies. On Sunday, Brett Darrow filmed a Saint Louis Metropolitan Police Department cruiser staking out his [...]

wisdom from the writing on the wall – barscribe.com – your portal to enlightenment

by @ Wednesday, September 26th, 2007. Filed under Links

wisdom from the writing on the wall – barscribe.com – your portal to enlightenment
it’s simple: the next time you are out at your favorite bar (watering hole, oasis, place of retreat), take a digital photo (pic, jpg, snapshot, image) of your favorite quipet of wisdom (scrawls, sayings, sentences, thoughts, humorous anecdotes) from the restroom wall [...]

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