http://www.tmttlt.com things i'm interested in, ephemera, ideas, thoughts, etc. Sun, 11 May 2008 18:01:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mark Kirk today joined with local parents, teachers and law enforcement to call for federal action to protect kids from child predators and registered sex offenders on “Second Life” [From Congressman Mark Steven Kirk - 10th District of Illinois] ---- The headline should be Representative Mark Kirk is Ignorant and encouraging ... http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/05/06/6037/ This site is designed to provide you with a wide range of illustrations scanned from old books. Most of these pictures are wood engravings or woodcuts, fewer are etchings or copper engravings; Visitors looking for nineteenth century or victorian clipart might just find it here.[From Welcome to » ... http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/05/04/6036/ office politics and policy[From It's company policy gone ape ] ---- this is supposed to be a joke, but somehow i think people find it a bit too revelatory. http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/05/04/6035/ Something remarkable happened in a college softball game last Saturday in Ellensburg, Wash.[From A Sporting Gesture Touches ’Em All - New York Times] ------- sportsmanship, it means doing the right thing. These players knew what to do, and should be celebrated. http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/30/6034/ AN OPEN LETTER TO MARK ZUCKERBERG, FOUNDER AND CEO OF FACEBOOK.COM, FROM A NEW YORKER MAGAZINE FACT CHECKER.[From McSweeney's Internet Tendency: An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook.com, From a New Yorker Magazine Fact Checker.] ------ hehhehehheheheheheh http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/30/6033/ Charles Tilly Tilly chuck tilly Sociology, n-1 ---- From the sites that I read.... I've read a few of his books. He was an easy and sensible read, very accessible on the surface level. It is hard to find fault with the surface of his texts. I think he will be missed. http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/30/6032/ Replay (short animated film ) sad movie make you cry...[From www.cyberthing.net :: You are watching Replay (short animated film )] --- This is a nice short film that to me seems to be about the seduction of technology, specifically the way youth are seduced by the manifold appearances of ... http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/27/6031/ ultraportable notebooks[From Liliputing: Comprehensive list of low-cost ultraportables] ----- well... here's a nice little list of all the tiny computers coming out soon. very hand to have. http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/27/6030/ Restrictions sprout creativity. And so I gave five people this morning the following task: Tell me a story that starts with "Whether" and ends with "pudding" and has 27 words. Can you do any better? [From A tale of pudding] http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/27/6029/ Bill Bryson Against Litter http://www.tmttlt.com/archives/2008/04/20/6028/