Freedom to Farm (or not)
Freedom to Farm (or not): These homes in El Campo, Tex., stand on land once used to grow rice. Because of that, their back yards qualify for direct payments under federal agricultural programs as long as the owner does not develop the acreage. (By James M. Thresher — The Washington Post). ——– the land of […]
Read MorePirate Squirrel Poem.
Pirate Squirrel Poem.: PIRATE SKWERL by skwerly scouts club O pirate skwerl, o pirate skwerl, Trying to take the great black pearl. Musket fire all around,dead skwerls on the ground. The pirate skwerls will fight for rum, rum, the lovely rum. Pirate skwerl Prizm, will take a stand against the demon skwerl band. Shooting left […]
Read MoreWriteRoom | Hog Bay Software
WriteRoom | Hog Bay Software: A place to sit down and write Walk into WriteRoom and your busy computer life fades away. The distractions of e-mail, the web, and your thousand desktop icons are gone. Only you and your text remain. This is a place where work gets done and procrastination has no place. When […]
Read MoreOptical Illusions
Optical Illusions Etc: free, scary, word & picture optical illusions: Even knowing that the two above are the same size it is hard to believe. Look at them how is it possible for them to be the same size? Well you don’t have to take my word for it, check out the video below. This […]
Read MoreShutting Down Science
Shutting Down Science: In January 2001 the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that reducing salt in the diet could lower blood pressure, even in people without hypertension. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, which funded the study, quickly posted a press release on its Web site announcing the findings. The […]
Read MoreChinese, English speakers vary at math
Chinese, English speakers vary at math: But native English speakers also showed activity in a language processing area of the brain, while native Chinese speakers used a brain region involved in the processing of visual information, according to the report in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ——– this lends something […]
Read MoreMan charged after videotaping police
Nashuatelegraph.com: Man charged after videotaping police : NASHUA – A city man is charged with violating state wiretap laws by recording a detective on his home security camera, while the detective was investigating the man’s sons.Michael Gannon, 49, of 26 Morgan St., was arrested Tuesday night, after he brought a video to the police station […]
Read MoreKnow your rights when you've been pulled over
Know your rights when you’ve been pulled over: The Flex Your Rights Foundation has posted a 45-minute video on Google designed to help you understand your rights next time a cop pulls you over. We’ve touched on the issue of how to handle police car searches once or twice before, but this video, apart from […]
Read MoreMore Everyware
More Everyware: How to design systems that respect prerogatives of civil liberties, privacy, etc.? AG suggests five ethical principles: Default to harmlessness. Everyware “should default to a mode that ensures their users’ safety.” It’s beyond graceful degredation, because everyware takes so much responsibility upon itself to take care of people. Be self-disclosing. You should be […]
Read MoreA Wikipedia Warning [2]
A Wikipedia Warning [2]: In May Katherine Tredwell, a professor at the University of Oklahoma, nabbed 16 students who plagiarized sections of their final papers for a history of science course. Nine of those students, the professor found, had copied entries on Wikipedia virtually verbatim. Since then, Ms. Tredwell has made it her mission to […]
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