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From the daily archives:
Just what every geek wants to hear! :)
When I found out that it’s ok to buy something because I think it’s cool, I was relieved. I like buying things that are cool (even if they are a little more expensive :-). Turns out that “cool” is good for your brain. How cool [...]
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Do you care what your users think of you?
STOP IT.
Our best advice for creating passionate users is:
Care ONLY about what your users think of themselves as a result of interacting with your creation.
That’s a major shift for a lot of people, especially our tech book authors (and instructors). It’s so natural to write with a [...]
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Selected items from:
BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | 100 things we didn’t know this time last year
26. The full names of Scooby Doo’s Mystery Inc members are: Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scooby “Scoobert” Doo. Shaggy is actually Norville Rogers.
31. Herrings break wind to communicate and keep the school together.
43. In 1911, Pablo [...]
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Xeni Jardin:
Another collection of satellite photos of affected areas, including Aceh and Nicobar. Link (Thanks, Catherine Giayvia)…excerpt from: http://www.boingboing.net/2005/01/03/tsunami_satellite_im.html
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Xeni Jardin:
Following up on this previous BoingBoing post:
Problem — No effective system of mass, international alert existed in South Asia to quickly warn those in harm’s way of the tsunami’s approach.
One approach to a solution, created in the span of about 24 hours by an impromtu volunteer geek corps — A tech system called [...]
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I’ve not seen it discussed much at all, the damage in Africa. Let’s not neglect that the tsunami hit there, too.
Tsunami-Info.org
Somalia Seeks Aid for 50,000 Victims
NAIROBI, Kenya – Somalia appealed Monday for international aid to victims of the deadly tsunami that slammed its shores, with an official saying [...]
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Tsunami-Info.org
News Feeds & Blogs From Around the World, Collected by Andy Carvin
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Excerpt from:
Bloodletters – Hack Yourself
Stop assigning blame. This is the first step. Stop assigning blame and leave the past behind you.
You know whose fault it is that your life isn’t perfect. Your boss. Your teachers. Your ex-lovers. The ones who hurt you, the ones who abused you, the ones who left you bleeding. Or even [...]
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Excerpt from:
The Command Post – Global Recon – The Darker Side
Amidst all the stories of heroism and humanity by the relief workers, there are some stories showing that we’re a very imperfect species.
Concerns have been raised in Indonesia that children orphaned by the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Aceh are being taken away by unidentified [...]
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Excerpt from:
The Command Post – Global Recon
“We find them by the smell,” says Kerg-Reut Khaolamai, manager of the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Krual, as the body is bagged and carried out.
“Then the elephants clear the way and lift them out. They have not done this kind of work before.“
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