Archive for April, 2006

Jeneane’s Fresh Voice

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Is it me, or has Jeneane Sessum..

…found a fresh voice of late?

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PhysX “physics processor.” Wow!

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Here a pure “Wow!” for you. Check out the stunning comparison between the game video clips. One clip shows game action without a “physics processor,” the other demonstrates the exciting new PhysX chip.

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Irshad Manji, Reinventing Islam with Ijtihad

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Here’s an exciting, world-changing idea. I offer it pro-bono to President George W. Bush. It’s by far his best shot at a Nobel Peace Prize. (No, I’m not kidding.)

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Noonan on The Uncalibrated Presidency

Thursday, April 20th, 2006

Peggy Noonan writes in The Wall Street Journal: Don’t Wait, Calibrate; Learn to bend, Mr. Bush. You won’t break. It’s well worth your attention.

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Ismael Ghalimi’s List of Office Web Services

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Ismael Ghalimi of ITredux has a useful list of web services needed for your office.

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Daniel Levy of Infogate Talks IPTV

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Tracy Swedlow, editor/publisher of the (excellent, and FREE) [itvt] email newsletter talks with Daniel Levy of Infogate about IPTV.

ScanR + Your Camera = Portable Scanner!

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

A friend writes about the new ScanR service (where you submit a photo of — say — a whiteboard, and they clean it up):

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Who Will Claim “Worst President” Title?

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

(Left of center) historian Sean Wilentz, writing in Rolling Stone asks if George W. Bush is The Worst President in History? Very interesting reading.

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Veoh: Video Content via Peer-to-Peer

Wednesday, April 19th, 2006

Veoh is in the news because ex-Disney chief Michael Eisner invested in them. The Veoh FAQ says:

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Sabifoo: IM to RSS. OMG!

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Sabifoo is a totally off the wall, crazy, novel and brilliant idea. Sabifoo enables you to post messages to an RSS feed (or to a web site) from your favorite intstant messaging system.

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Pentagon Call to Broder

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

David Broder writes in The Washington Post Listen to the Brass. A few months ago Broder received a call from the Pentagon.

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Microsoft Word: Ten Things

Monday, April 17th, 2006

J. Gardner says he is an economist, linguaphile, secular humanist, caffeine junkie and internet freak. Be that as it may, he’s published agreat introduction to styles, a powerful but negelected feature: Ten Things Every Microsoft Word User Should Know.