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As World Embraces Obama, McCain Attacks
As World Embraces Obama, McCain Attacks: “‘I believe any partisanship ends at the water’s edge,’ John McCain said when he visited Colombia in early July.
At least that’s what McCain believes when he’s across the water.
Since Obama departed overseas-on a trip McCain baited him to take-the McCain campaign has sent out a barrage of emails, statements ( Read more... ) -
Apple apologizes for MobileMe launch, extends subscriptions
Seeded at Newsvine:
“The .Mac to MobileMe transition was a lot rockier than we had hoped but everything is now up and running,” Apple spokesman, Bill Evans, told Macworld.
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Presidential economics: Do parties matter? A look at GDP, employment, CPI, and other statistics
Seeded at Newsvine:
Though the picture so far is of the Republicans as the party of austerity and the Democrats as the party of stimulus, there’s a surprise when it comes to changes in the federal deficit: Republicans are more liberal with the red ink than Dems.
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Gay man wins lawsuit for being called ‘disabled’
Seeded at Newsvine:
ROME (AP) - The Italian government was ordered to pay euro100,000 ($160,000) to a gay man who received a driver’s license for the disabled after he declared his sexual orientation on an official form, the man and a gay-rights group said Monday.
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Almost failed at life today
I went to get a haircut. I went inside. I sat down. I waited my turn. I got my haircut. I paid. I walked out ( Read more... ) -
Volunteering for Netroots Nation, whee
So it looks like everything is set for me to be a volunteer at this year's Netroots Nation, taking place in Austin. Iʼll be at the convention center from about 7 AM to 7 PM Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This is the first time I've ever done anything like this. Letʼs hope itʼs not a disaster. I've been assigned a schedule as “Staff and Speaker ( Read more... ) -
Review: Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M (and my quest for a paperless home office)
Several months ago, I ran across a review in MacWorld entitled The real paperless office, a brief explanation of setting up a paperless office. Quoth Wikipedia:
The paperless office is now considered to be a philosophy to work with minimal paper and convert all forms of documentation to a digital form. The ideal is driven by a number of motivators ( Read more... ) -
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I think Iʼm now maximally cross-linked across social sites. Not the biggest accomplishment of my life. -
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CNN has the trifecta of shitty interviewers: Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, and Larry King. If you're going to lie to America, do it on CNN. -
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I hope ReadIris is faster at OCR than Acrobat is.