A former teen mom rings in with commentary about the teen pregnancy pact…
June 27, 2008 | In 1992, the closest thing my daughter had to a father was my best friend, Alice Moore. Alice and I met as 15-year-old debate partners in Boise, Idaho. When we were both 18, we moved 3,000 miles across the […]
Tim Conneally at BetaNews discusses the ramifications of ICANNs proposal to release a flood of top-level domains. Looks like an ICANN of worms to me — in short, causing a great deal more trouble than it’s worth. Some things just need to be done slowly, with careful thought, and only as needed. […]
When it comes to broadband internet access, you can have speed or large volumes of data transfer. You can’t have both. One certainty in the broadband world is that for those of us with cable or DSL modems connecting us to the internet, there is still a finite amount of bandwidth available. When a user […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the American News Project, a new video journalism site that produces short reports on political and environmental topics.
Investigative Reporting in 10 Minutes or Less
ABERDEEN, Scotland, May 22, 2008 (ENS) - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is investing in the world’s largest offshore wind turbine and also in the development of offshore windfarms in Scottish waters, her property company The Crown Estate announced on Wednesday.
On April 17, The Crown Estate signed an agreement to purchase a prototype of the world’s largest […]
Until now, the accepted view had been that our anomalously large Moon had always been a lone wolf. It is believed to have formed some 4.4 billion years ago in the aftermath of a chance encounter between a Mars-sized planetary embryo and our early Earth.
But the paper’s co-authors, planetary scientists Jack Lissauer, at NASA Ames […]
Dear Readers,
I’ve just started a new blog, The Last Thing I Would Have Expected, dealing with addiction and recovery issues (with a strong 12-step slant). If you, or anyone you know, is in recovery, interested, or in need of it, I’d appreciate your passing the information on.
I don’t “pimp” my blogs in the […]
By now you have probably heard of hypermiling and the 50-90 mpg exploits of Wayne Gerdes. If you haven’t, hypermiling is a set of techniques and practices that seek to maximize a vehicle’s fuel efficiency through careful and calculated driving.
What this means to the average motorist is that you must alternate between driving like my […]
Ten Ways to Save Money at the Pump
From the Sierra Club
Worried about the high cost of gas? You’ve got good reason. Gas prices look like they’re set to reach record levels.
The best way to avoid spending more on gas than you need to? Keep all of these tips in mind:
1. Drive Smart! When you […]
On Thursday, 02.07.08, I ordered a Pentax K10D kit from Broadway Photo’s Online Store. On Friday, I got a call from one of their reps who: (1) Tried to tell me the camera came with no accessories, and get me to upgrade about $300 to the “full kit;” (2) Told me that the camera did […]
A thousand souls populate McMurdo during the Austral summer fromNovember to February – not just scientists, but also pilots, plumbers,burger flippers, and everyone else needed to keep a small city ticking.Down here, even a job like plumbing can transform into a survival epicin the blink of an eye. Just a few days before our mid-November […]
Pregnant Marine Cpl. Maria Lauterbach was believed to have been killed by a crowbar blow to the head, a federal law enforcement official involved in the case tells the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
ABC News: Official: Marine Killed by Crowbar, Baby Was a Girl
I’m still against capital punishment, but I’m thinking maybe tattoo “Killed Pregnant Woman With […]
Steve Bass has been covering the Consumer Electronics Show, and brings us the following, courtesy of Liquid Image.
For those who have fumbled with a Nikonos — especially a Nikonos I — the only possible thought would be “If only…” Among other things, with a 2 GB MicroSD card and good batteries, you could have […]
I received this email today. Every link on the page except for the link to view the card is a genuine link to the Hallmark site. The viewing link is to an executable file. I didn’t take it any farther than that. You may also notice that “recieved” is misspelled twice. […]
The search engine company has developed a series of translation bots for its Google Talk application, which translate conversations in real time.
The service includes 24 translation bots, converting between languages such as English, French, German, Korean, Japanese and Chinese.
Google learns to speak your language
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.SPACE.com — Sci-Fi Author Sir Arthur C. Clarke Lists 90th Birthday Wishes
This is the Martha Stewart of travel – she can make you feel like a real lummox for arriving at your final destination with fold-marks in your clothes, for that last-minute shoe panic on the way out the door, for not having the sense to pack a toothbrush and underwear in your carry-on in spite […]
