Comebacks for adoptive parents.
One of the minor irritations of being an adoptive parent is the probing, too-personal questions that strangers feel like they’re […]
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Smart Growth and the Coastside
Growth is inevitable, therefore, it “should be channeled into already urbanized areas.” Thoughtful ideas here: Coastsider: Letter: Smart Growth and
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Can hearing voices in your head be a good thing?
Sept 14 is World Hearing Voices Day: Can hearing voices in your head be a good thing?
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What YouTube should learn from Napster.
The similarities between YouTube and Napster are uncanny. Copyright-infringing content, sudden popularity, a seeming direct connection to the pulse of
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Five Years of Consequence – New York Times
Ben Schott, author of the entertainingly eclectic Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany, charts the past 5 years: Five Years of
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Cryptography | The non-denial of the non-self
How philosophy can help create secure databases — or, more likely, create massive non-data maintenance headaches: Cryptography | The non-denial
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Target’s Franklin Roosevelt action doll.
Target’s “Franklin Roosevelt” action doll looks curiously anachronistic for a mid-20th century President…
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Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries.
I love the loud jazzy text-movies of Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries, which has been around for a few years and
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Technorati: Can you help?
I’ve been having a hell of a time getting Technorati to recognize the “haiku” tags I add to every original
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YouTube number one?
Guess again: The #1 video sharing site is Yahoo Video, followed by MySpace Videos, with YouTube in the #3 spot.