The Truth About Grenada's

Your epidermis is showing! Grenada's police commissioner caused an uproar this week when he announced he'll begin to enforce a little known section of the public decency code which prohibits wearing an uncovered swimsuit away from the beach, as well as baggy pants on both genders. Interestingly, the measure isn't aimed at nudist [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:30:48

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I'm currently doing an interactive installation (mostly) in QC

...I'm going to do a big write up on this when I'm done, but pretty much what I've decided to do is run QC with the viewer maximized. (and a ton of custom supporting code written in other languages talking to QC over OSC) I've got ... patches does wonders for readability (and makes code reuse easier), but is often not practical. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:24:43

The International Criminal Court Vs The Lords Resistance Army

The world’s mightiest progressive transnational institution of justice takes on a rag-tag gang of psychopathic thugs. Score: 0-1. Now the question is not whether the ICC can win, but whether by winning its justice game, everyone else must pay. At issue is whether the principle of “let bygones be bygones” (AKA ‘finding a partner for peace’) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:41:57

More Names Emerge for Key DOJ Slots

We're getting a clearer picture of the new Justice Department’s top ranks, as Attorney General nominee Eric Holder Jr.’s confirmation hearings begin. The leading candidate to head the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer, who is Holder’s partner at Covington & Burling, was first named by The Washington Post last week [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:29:53

SHEENA IS A PUNK BOWLER

Billy Idol sez: One hundred punks roll. Weird. The Big Lebowski had us convinced bowling was for hippies, not punks ... . Several other local venues will be having affiliated parties, with Beauty Bar bringing in Black Fag ... by Association and Pressure Point on Saturday and the Double Down doing Rawkmom’s Guttermouth Bash with Code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:20:09

Your Incredible Shrinking Groceries

While reaching for my usual breakfast cereal at the local bodega, I noticed something different. “Eco-friendly packaging!” the box proclaimed. “Fabulous!” I thought. Until I got home and plopped it down next to my older, almost-empty box. Hmm. “Eco-friendly” must be code for “much smaller,” because while the sizes were noticeably [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:00:23

Objective Meditations: What is Reality?

Is reality a projection from within the mind, or is it an “altered lens” into the outside world? Let’s look at the altered lens theory first. Obviously, we are not all looking at the world with the same lens or viewpoint. If that were possible, and we had a consistent moral code of ethics, we would have world peace. Imagine no wars [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:37:30

Major Ubiquity Update

We are proud to announce Ubiquity 0.1.5. Since the last major update, Ubiquity has gained a sleeker look and a smarter, more stable core ... technology that powers the Awesome Bar — as well as matching anywhere in a command name ... Many people contributed to the code found in Ubiquity 0.1.5. The team particularly wants to thank [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:41:02

SMIL got sr+ !

I just wanted to share my joy with you! SMIL, animation multimedia integration language - a language that allows easy animations with SVG got ... Birtles started this project in May 2005 as a project for his studies, he quickly crafted basic code ... into our code base. While there’s still more work to be done, now we can expect SMIL to land on trunk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:21:56

Google Analytics might have a problem

Every morning I have a ritual of checking analytics data with my first coffee. That's a nice little, usually relaxing, ritual ... a day from Google then? My first idea was I got hacked and someone injected malicious code ... Analytics code on their site? I thought this was impossible because when you register a site for Google [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:40:33

Quick voting reminder

The Scene Zine began in 1996. Marcus Couch and his company Vision Entertainment created the show as a platform to promote over 400 bands working ... . ---OUR GREAT SHOW SPONSORS--- Godaddy Promo Code List Go Daddy Coupon Code ZINE3 ($7.49 .com Domains and Renewals, No Limit) This promo code works great when you buy at least 5 domains. At that level [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:29:29

Soldier Of Fortune (1987)

War Bus Commando is obviously the most famous Johnny Hondo adventure. Its timeless tale of a soldier battling for his father’s honor by driving stolen Iranian gold through Afghanistan in a school bus speaks to that combination of stupidity and greed that is universal to all humans [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:20:51

Cool Websites and Tools (#244)

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with a decent free account option) ... - If you ever need to cleanup cluttered HTML code from unnecessary tags and styles FixMyHTML can help. It is a small web utility to clean html code from unnecessary chunks and styles making it easier [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:01:36

Changes for Jaiku and Farewell to Dodgeball and Mashup Editor

By Vic Gundotra, Vice President, Engineering Google has long believed that thoughtful iteration is the best way to build useful products for our ... source Jaiku Engine project on Google Code under the Apache License. While Google will no longer ... this proven code as a starting point in creating a freely available and federated, open source [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:11:52

Tom Friedman offers a perfect definition of "terrorism"

(updated below) Tom Friedman, one of the nation's leading propagandists for the Iraq War and a vigorous supporter of all of Israel's wars, has a column today in The New York Times explaining and praising the Israeli attack on Gaza.  For the sake of robust and diverse debate (for which our Liberal Media is so well known) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:28:06

201 Things to Do When Children Say I'm Bored!

Back when I was in the Dominican Republic with Compassion Bloggers, Janice stepped in and did a book review in the 5 Minutes for Books column at 5 Minutes for Mom. Check out her review of 201 Things to Do When Children Say I'm Bored. I was sent a copy as well, and I'm pleased to not only review it here, but offer a special deal to our readers! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:31:59

Why does our industry have such a low standard of quality?

As I was writing my post on aspiring to be a Software Craftsman, I was thinking about why we have such a low standard of quality in our industry. Clearly there is a problem when there are so many software projects out there that are rewrites of previous projects, and businesses are hamstrung by software that is too difficult to change. I’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:08:08

What are your strengths & weaknesses as a leader? - HBS/MBA Essay Sample.

“One of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness - John Kenneth Galbraith” In ... of enforcing ethical behaviors by requiring executives to fill out a code of conduct and conflict of interest [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:40:06

Not the Same Man

In his latest book, The Same Man: George Orwell & Evelyn Waugh in Love and War, David Lebedoff argues that George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh held surprisingly similar—identical, even—worldviews. The bold claim than a strident atheist and a devout Catholic are, when boiled down, really the “same man” makes for an interesting book [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:13:09

Beginning XML with C# 2008: From Novice to Professional [MediaFire]

Beginning XML with C# 2008 focuses on XML and how it is used within .NET 3.5. As you’d expect of a modern application framework, .NET 3.5 has extensive support for XML in everything from data access to configuration, from raw parsing to code documentation. This book demystifies all of this. It explains the basics of XML as well [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:17:59

Goodbye Google Notebook, Dodgeball and Google Video Uploads. Big Changes for Jaiku, It’s Going Open Source.

Google have announced they will officially be closing or ceasing development on a number of their (relatively) ... the open source “Jaiku Engine” project on Google code under the Apache License. In a post ... code as a starting point in creating a freely available and federated, open source microblogging [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:39:16

Windy Day

Denver, Colorado. Up bright and early. Loaded up the truck. Had a lot of fun getting everything down from my room and loaded up. Hey Bou! Guess which floor I was on at the hotel? I was on the third floor just like at the Sleep Inn at Etowah. Fortunately, there wasn't a fire like there was at the Sleep Inn. I'm on the 2nd floor tonight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:38:36

Neko Case Got a Lot of Nerve for the Children Animals

Sultry indie/alt-country chanteuse Neko Case is debuting "People Got a Lot of Nerve" ... needs dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds, and other animals. So download the track yourself and pass ... : There are two ways ANTI will know you reposted the track. If your blog is currently being registered in Google [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:00:00

The week in quotes from Hollywood in the Hub

"I mean the first night were at a lingerie party with smoke-shows and taking limo rides ... bar."--Luke Verge, a finalist for Brody Jenner's affections on MTV's "Bromance," writes on his blog ... that he's putting the finishing touches on the shooting script for "Code of Silence." [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:12:10

Using javascript to hide and unhide elements dynamically

My favorite aspect of javascript is that it enables you to add great features to your site like showing/hiding parts of it when a user clicks a link ... to a page, but should execute javascript code, in our case a function (display), with two arguments [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:29:15

Nothing feeds conflict like government

Is there any good reason why conservatives and liberals, fundamentalist Christians and atheists, family traditionalists and polyamorists, ... . they need a code enforced by an authority. this whole thing makes no sense if the state itself [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:39:41

Add today’s date and holiday to Wordpress blogs

Years ago i spent hours collecting odd holidays and putting them into a script that would display the date and the day’s holiday (serious and silly) ... side of the screen a new blue bar should appear with the label “Text” at the bottom of the list ... into widget Paste holiday script into widget Drag the blue bar to the spot you would like the widget [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:08:30

love is in the air

I love hearing how couples met. Something about it intrigues me. I never feel like I really know a couple well until I know this about them ... we didn’t have much of anything left to do. We couldn’t be alone in my apartment (strictest honor code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:16:49

Bringing Open Source Software to Trading Desks

Bringing Open Source Software to Trading Desks By Ashlee Vance Marketcetera, a Silicon Valley-based start-up, has developed open-source trading software that it says will make the creation of custom financial ... firms, hedge funds and others can pick up the Marketcetera Platform software and use it as a basic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:57:08

039 Family From The Heart - Past - Present- Future

Family From The Heart Podcast Past - Present - Future Click Here To Download This Episode Special thanks to the folks at Mardel.com! ... TO ENTER PROMO CODE “gspn” in the shopping cart so that they will see that you came to their site ... when you use our promo code! Thanks For Subscribing To Family From The Heart: Zune iTunes RSS [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:41:19

The 10 Least Wanted Sequels of 2009

The 10 Least Wanted Sequels of 2009 A Seriously Random Lists XLII / Dustin Rowles Since we covered 2009's 10 least wanted remakes yesterday, it's only fair that we cover 2009's sequels today. There are currently 17 sequels scheduled to be released this year (undoubtedly, a few more will be added before the year is out) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:01:05

On Geithner’s Taxes, the MSM and the Rocky Transition

At first blush, it seems that Timothy Geithner’s failure to pay taxes should disqualify him from serving as Treasury Secretary, yet as one who, ... be more familiar with the tax code than the average citizen.  As Tom Maguire puts it: . . . it was tricky [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:18:15

Who You Tweet (Updated and Working)

As usual, Mark Roddy has led me through the darkness to get my Twitter app up and running. Mark edited my code, as well as pointed me to this patch, which modifies python-twitter to work with Google App Engine. To use the app, enter your Twitter username below, and the number [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 01:36:13

FeedScrub: Clean the Junk Out of Your Feed Reader (Invites)

You probably subscribe to dozens, if not hundreds, of RSS feeds in your reader ... education process. FeedScrub is in private beta, which means you need an invite code to sign up. Thankfully, we’ve got you covered - the first 500 people to use the code “mashable” will get right [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:35:38

Taxes: So Complicated, Even the Folks in Charge Can't Get It Right

Let me begin by saying that this is in no way meant to be a statement about a political party. Rather, it is meant as a statement about the complexity of the U.S. tax code. Charles Rangel ... . He says its an honest error. I say, no kidding. The tax code in this country is unbelievably complex [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:26:09

H&R Block Offering Free Tax Advice For Two Weeks

I received an email from a representative of H&R Block letting me know about a promotion they will be running from January 15th through the 31st ... unnecessary, complicated tax code, so I am sure you will have some questions this year. Here [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:17:45

CSS Toolbox

So I've been working on a template for Drupal for this project I've been doing and I thought I would share the tools that have really saved my butt ... that can be daunting when you just look at the code. I would have given up long ago if it wasn't [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:35:02

More on Treasury

My post on Treasury Secretary Nominee Geithner's Tax Problems has attracted a lot of attention, especially my observation that " ... be beneath us. Instead, we are going to make a serious point: America needs a tax code simple [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:11:10

Killzone 2 Demo Code Contest Winner: ROBO3687

Killzone 2 Demo Code Contest Winner: ROBO3687 Killzone is apparently a game where you blow things up and shoot people, thats about all I know about it. Anyway, this site ran a contest to win a demo code for exclusive access, all you had to do was write a script for an intro to a Killzone movie, and my Brother [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:08:58

Buy 2, Get 2 Free with Perfectmatch.com

Perfectmatch.com redemption codes, coupon, promotion, promo code, discount codes, coupon codes, promotion codes, free shipping promo code and other promotional codes for January 2009.Find Your Perfect Match – 2 Month Free Special OfferPerfectMatch.comhas become a leading Matchmaking service, which helps [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:09:50

Adobe AIR 1.5 DownloadManager API - download files from web / server to your local drive

I wrote couple of handy classes to handle retrieving / downloading of any type of files to a local directory in AIR. These classes are useful for building an AIR application that works online and offline. You can download multimedia, HTML and other file types [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:19:47

Borders 20% OFF any one item!

Borders current coupon codes, discount codes, redemption codes, promotional code for free shipping and Promotion Codes for January 2009.20% off single item at Borders.comCoupon Code: BAF0131C - Expires Janualry 31, 2009- Get free ship to store with no minimum purchase- Borders Free Shipping on orders over $25- Oprah's Book Clubs new [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:08:51

How To Find Successful People To Associate With

In my post, Guilty by Association, I said that you must associate with other successful people in order to be successful. You are who you associate with and if you have aspirations for more than the 9 - 5 rat race, you need to roll with people who are on the fast track or heading to the fast track. But how do you find [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:00:02

Securely Synchronize All Your Browser Passwords With LastPass

It’s hard not to find a website these days that doesn’t require some type of registration or login ... sophisticated code to allow this to happen, so nothing sits out in the cloud. Once stored [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:01:01

Australian retailers call for ban on hijab and burkha etc.

From AAP with thanks to Rosie A RADIO announcer’s call for a ban on Islamic hijabs has been backed by the National Retailers Association ... he displays intolerance, and a complete lack of understanding of the Muslim code of conduct,” Mr Sabdia [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:42:03

How Bad Was Hurricane Ike?

Here in Harris County, pretty bad. Hurricane Ike damaged almost half the homes in Harris County and left more than 18,000 dwellings uninhabitable, ... we share a zip code with El Lago, you can imagine what the damage to the area is really [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 02:05:33

New SEO Techniques for Flash

As you most likely know, all Flash sites are bad for search engine optimization.  Simply put, the serach engines can’t read Flash ... so using the latest version of ActionScript 2.0. The SDK does parse ActionScript 2 byte code looking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:37:24

JavaScript In My Plugins

Only 4 of my plugins (WP-Polls, WP-PostRatings, WP-Email and WP-UserOnline) use JavaScript ... is TW-Sack or Simple AJAX Code-Kit (SACK). TW-Sack is extremely lightweight and easy to use ... _localize_script() for JavaScript text translation javascript-js.js will now contain the minified code [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:50:53

Maaya Sakamoto’s Kazeyomi Debuts in Oricon Dailies at #2

Maaya Sakamoto’s Kazeyomi Debuts in Oricon Dailies at #2 January 15th, 2009 Woohoo, that’s high, the single sold 9255 units on its first day of release. The #1 spot occupied by the Code Geass Complete Best album is not very far from them, so there’s a chance of it to be overtaken [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:08:43

The LifeLock Website

The LifeLock Website January 14, 2009 – 2:57 pm I wanted to take a little break from stories about the horrors of identity theft to tell you a ... Hide Sites Tags: Code, id, Identity, Life Lock, LifeLock, lifelock.com, promo, Promotion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 19:57:39

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