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  • 09/07/2008
  • Confessions of an RNC security guard
    http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/06/rnc_guard/

     
  • 09/06/2008
  • Why Britain is now a Third World country
    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/clarkson/article1655505.ece

    The Role of Monetary Policy under An Inflation Target Model: Brazil 2008
    http://www.rgemonitor.com/latam-monitor/253436/the_role_of_monetary_policy_under_an_inflation_target_model_brazil_2008

    The Real Nature of Politics and Politicians
    http://louisianacarry.org/articles/nature_of_system.htm

     
  • 09/05/2008
  • 101 Reasons Why PostgreSQL is a better fit for Rails than MySQL
    http://oldmoe.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-reasons-why-postgresql-is-better.html

    Ruby developers don't scale
    http://railsontherun.com/2008/8/27/ruby-developers-don-t-scale

     
  • 09/04/2008
  • Unlike Sarah Palin, I Wrote This Speech Myself
    http://wolfm79.weebly.com/1/post/2008/09/unlike-sarah-palin-i-wrote-this-speech-myself1.html

    Palin and the Beltway Pundits
    http://www.lewrockwell.com/anderson/anderson225.html

     
  • 09/01/2008
  • Race, genes, and the future of medicine
    http://www.slate.com/id/2198731/

     
  • 08/31/2008
  • DEMOCRATS TAKE WARNING: McCain just closed the evangelical vote
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-denlinger/democrats-take-warning-mc_b_122724.html

     
  • 08/30/2008
  • Obama's Answers to the Top 14 Science Questions
    http://www.sciencedebate2008.com/www/index.php?id=40

    No One Should Have to Stand in Line for 10 Hours to Vote
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/26/opinion/26tue4.html?ex=1377403200&en=ab84c06bf127163c&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

    Why CIA Veterans Are Scared of McCain
    http://www.truthout.org/article/why-cia-veterans-are-scared-mccain

    Scholars question Palin credentials
    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/13001.html

    Obama acceptance speech believed to set TV record
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080829/media_nm/usa_politics_ratings_dc

     
  • 08/29/2008
  • 38 Million
    http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/38_million.php

    Chillingham Cattle
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillingham_Cattle

    WHO study backs universal health care
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/hl_nm/who_dc_4

     
  • 08/27/2008
  • IntervalCalendar for Date-Range Selection
    http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/08/22/intervalcalendar/

    If You Really Want to Understand What This Race is About, Look at the Two Candidates' Fathers
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/if-you-really-want-to-und_b_121600.html

     
  • 08/26/2008
  • Why McCain would be a mediocre president
    http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/why-mccain-would-mediocre-president/story.aspx?guid={4914192B-12AF-4623-AB18-5EFE91204B04}

    Beijing swells dollar reserves through stealth
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/08/26/ccchina126.xml

     
  • 08/25/2008
  • A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/a-historical-perspective_b_121050.html

    Why McCain's Wealth Matters
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jared-bernstein/why-mccains-wealth-matter_b_120933.html

     
  • 08/24/2008
  • Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost
    http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080822-firefox-to-get-massive-javascript-performance-boost.html

    If Obama Loses
    http://www.slate.com/id/2198397/?from=rss

     
  • 08/23/2008
  • Humiliated by the Kremlin. No closer to catching Bin Laden. Saddled with the biggest debt in history. No wonder America can't wait to get rid of Bush
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1047497/Humiliated-Kremlin-No-closer-catching-Bin-Laden-Saddled-biggest-debt-history-No-wonder-America-wait-rid-Bush.html#

     
  • 08/22/2008
  • Iraq, Not Georgia, Is What Doomed U.S.-Russia Relations
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lionel-beehner/iraq-not-georgia-is-what_b_120600.html

    Obama Bomaye!
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aj-rossmiller/obama-bomaye_b_120384.html

     
  • 08/21/2008
  • August 21, 2008: The Day John McCain's Campaign Died
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mitchell-bard/august-21-2008-the-day-jo_b_120433.html

    Jerome Corsi's Long Strange, Trip
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/jerome-corsis-long-strang_b_120402.html

    Why I Will Not Vote for John McCain
    http://www.military.com/opinion/0,15202,164859_1,00.html

    Presentation: Do The Hustle
    http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/fernandez-do-the-hustle

     
  • 08/20/2008
  • CRISIS IN THE CAUCASUS. WHAT WERE THEY SMOKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE?
    http://www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2008/08/crisis_in_the_c.php

    Obama vs. "Oh, Bomb 'Em" -- Who's the Christian?
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-s-mcelvaine/obama-vs-oh-bomb-em----wh_b_119961.html

    A Pundit Not a President
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-bergmann/a-pundit-not-a-president_b_119936.html

     
  • 08/18/2008
  • REST Questions
    http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/08/18/On-REST

     
  • 08/17/2008
  • Frank! As A Former Pro-Life Leader How Dare You Support Pro-Choice Obama?
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/frank-as-a-former-pro-lif_b_119435.html

    Q/A: What Thread-safe Rails Means
    http://blog.headius.com/2008/08/qa-what-thread-safe-rails-means.html

    Our $100 Trillion National Debt
    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20463.htm

    Final moments of Taser victim's life in dispute
    http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_583368.html

    Getting Started With NetBeans Ruby 6.5
    http://blogs.sun.com/divas/entry/getting_started_with_netbeans_ruby1

     
  • 08/16/2008
  • Easy Ruby development, the Eclipse way
    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-eclipse-rdt/index.html?ca=dgr-jw64os-eclipse-rdt&S_TACT=105AGY46&S_CMP=GRsitejw64

    What Comes After the Windows Era?
    http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-comes-after-windows-era

    "Where's The Kaboom?"
    http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/542-Wheres-The-Kaboom.html

    Your Fund Is Down 85% And, No, You Can't Have The Rest Of Your Money Back
    http://www.clusterstock.com/2008/8/your-fund-is-down-85-and-no-you-can-t-have-the-rest-of-your-money-back

    The 15 Ways You’ll Probably Die
    http://www.thisisby.us/index.php/content/the_15_ways_you__ll_probably_die

    Early adopters vs the Mainstream: Google Insights points out websites only used by Silicon Valley nerds
    http://andrewchen.typepad.com/andrew_chens_blog/2008/08/early-adopters-vs-the-mainstream-google-insights-points-out-websites-only-used-by-silicon-valley-nerds.html

    Global Popularity of Programming Languages
    http://lethain.com/entry/2008/aug/14/global-popularity-of-programming-languages/

    XML Backlash?
    http://www.ajaxonomy.com/2008/xml/xml-backlash

     
  • 08/15/2008
  • Clinton, Obama Conflict Trumped Up By RNC
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/15/clinton-obama-conflict-ma_n_119217.html

    Where is the Net::SSH bug
    http://ola-bini.blogspot.com/2008/08/where-is-netssh-bug.html

    Ruby: Underuse of Modules
    http://blog.jayfields.com/2008/07/ruby-underuse-of-modules.html

    Erlang: The single assignment cargo cult
    http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_single_assignment_cargo_cult.html

    A Closer Look at YUI 3.0 PR 1: Dav Glass’s Draggable Portal Example
    http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/08/15/portal-example/

    Pros and Cons of GitHub vs RubyForge as Gem Source
    http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/08/gems-from-rubyforge-and-github

    The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Premature Standardization
    http://yuiblog.com/blog/2008/08/14/premature-standardization/

     
  • 08/14/2008
  • The Connection Between Sleep and Wealth
    http://blog.lendingclub.com/2008/08/13/the-connection-between-sleep-and-wealth/

    ECMAScript Harmony
    http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-harmony/

     
  • 08/13/2008
  • Savant Profiles
    http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles

    Illarionov: Russia Lost the Georgian War
    http://www.theotherrussia.org/2008/08/13/illarionov-russia-lost-the-georgian-war/

    Business Requirements are Bullshit
    http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-requirements-are-bullshit.html

    For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121858688764535107.html?mod=rss_Today%27s_Most_Popular * [-http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=275258-]

    Avoiding Shell Injection in Ruby, Python and PHP.
    http://blog.littleimpact.de/index.php/2008/08/11/avoiding-shell-injection-in-ruby-python-and-php/

    Blind Tom - A 19th Century Marvelous Musician
    http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/savant_profiles/tom_bethune

    Understanding map and reduce
    http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/understanding_map_and_reduce.html

    More on codecs: Apple’s view, and the BBC makes a move
    http://ajaxian.com/archives/more-codecs-from-apple-bbc

    The Russo-Georgian War and the Balance of Power
    http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/russo_georgian_war_and_balance_power

     
  • 08/11/2008
  • Do you want some Ogg in your or ?
    http://ajaxian.com/archives/do-you-want-some-ogg-in-your-or

    US Dollar Mystery Solved
    http://goldmoney.com/en/commentary/2008-08-07.html

    "Energy Resources and Our Future" - Speech by Admiral Hyman Rickover in 1957
    http://www.theoildrum.com/node/4394

     
  • 08/10/2008
  • In Georgia Clash, a Lesson on U.S. Need for Russia
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/world/europe/10diplo.html?em

     
  • 08/09/2008
  • Embracing a Free-Form Style, McCain Leads a Camp Divided
    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/us/politics/10mccain.html?ref=us

    What I Learned at Harvard Business School
    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_33/b4096080728337.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_business+schools

    Mitch Kapor speaks at Y Combinator
    http://garry.posterous.com/mitch-kapor-speaks-at-y-combin

    Beyond Technical Debt
    http://michaelfeathers.typepad.com/michael_feathers_blog/2008/08/beyond-technica.html

     
  • 08/06/2008
  • Watch JavaFX SDK Run---On Linux
    http://www.weiqigao.com/blog/2008/08/05/watch_javafx_sdk_run_on_linux.html

    A Map of Olympic Medals
    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/04/sports/olympics/20080804_MEDALCOUNT_MAP.html

    John Lam About IronRub
    http://www.infoq.com/interviews/IronRuby-John-Lam

     
  • 08/05/2008
  • Prawn : Fast, Nimble Ruby PDF Generator
    http://rubyforge.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=26255

    Paul Graham, Changing the World and "Built to Flip" Startups
    http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2008/08/03/PaulGrahamChangingTheWorldAndBuiltToFlipStartups.aspx

     
  • 08/04/2008
  • Why I’m Not Working on My Startup (Yet)
    http://foohack.com/2008/08/why-im-not-working-on-my-startup-yet/

    Separation of Model and View Web Frameworks
    http://theocacao.com/document.page/589

     
  • 08/03/2008
  • Darcs retrospective, and the future
    http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/wiki/DarcsEvaluation

    Male college students more likely than less-educated peers to commit property crimes
    http://www.sciencecodex.com/male_college_students_more_likely_than_lesseducated_peers_to_commit_property_crimes

    Your Weird Ruby Item of the Day
    http://blog.thinkrelevance.com/2008/8/1/your-weird-ruby-item-of-the-day

     
  • 08/02/2008
  • LightTPD: Tripping the light fantastic ...
    http://www.sapphiresteel.com/LightTPD-Tripping-the-light

    Lumpenprogrammers
    http://perforce.com/newsletters/2008/summer/lumpenprogrammers.html

    Part-time apps developers getting rich
    http://9to5mac.com/iphone-apps-developers-rich

    A photo that can steal your online credentials
    http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/08/01/A_photo_that_can_steal_your_online_credentials_1.html

     
  • 08/01/2008
  • The Windows Mojave Experiment
    http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/The-Windows-Mojave-Experiment

     
  • 07/30/2008
  • A quick look at Silverlight with IronRuby
    http://langexplr.blogspot.com/2008/07/quick-look-at-silverlight-with-ironruby.html

    The Seven Wonders of Russia
    http://blog.hotelclub.com/the-seven-wonders-of-russia/

    Scripting Languages, Software Development, and Novice Programmers
    http://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/blog/archives/monthly/2008-07.html?#e2008-07-29T14_03_19.htm

     
  • 07/29/2008
  • Presentation: Developing Expertise: Herding Racehorses, Racing Sheep
    http://www.infoq.com/news/2008/07/Developing-Expertise-Dave-Thomas

    ProtoChart: Prototype + Canvas = Pretty Charts
    http://blog.deensoft.com/2008/07/28/protochart-prototype-canvas-pretty-charts/

    Developers needed; Hackers need not apply
    http://blog.jayfields.com/2008/07/developers-needed-hackers-need-not.html

    The rise of scripting languages and the fall of Java
    http://arcfn.com/2008/07/rise-of-scripting-languages-and-fall-of.html

    Why is Python more fun than Java?
    http://www.clapper.org/bmc/blog/id/75

    Law prof and cop agree: never ever ever ever ever ever ever talk to the cops about a crime, even if you're innocent
    http://www.boingboing.net/2008/07/28/law-prof-and-cop-agr.html