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Monthly Archives: March 2007

hugo nominees announced

== Hugo nominees announced ==
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/105093922/hugo_nominees_announ.html
(from Boing Boing)
Cory Doctorow:
This year’s Hugo nominees are out — congrats to all the great nominees! It’s amazing to see great books like “Glasshouse,” “Rainbows End,” and “Blindsight” on the ballot, along with stories like Ian McDonald’s “The Djinn’s Wife,” Bill Shunn’s “Inclination,” Geoff Ryman’s “Pol Pot’s […]

solder your own wine charms

Possible addition to Sunday events? Do you have a soldering iron?
== Solder your own wine charms ==
http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/winecharms
(from Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories)
Here is how you can put together your own extra-snazzy wine charms out of electronic components. They look great, are easy to make, cost next to nothing, and make great […]

light bulb philanthropy

== AskPablo: Lightbulb Philanthropy ==
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TriplePundit/~3/104490299/askpablo-lightbulb-philanthrop-002437.php
(from Triple Pundit)
Are you concerned about your contribution to the climate change crisis? Are you still unsure about carbon offset programs? Well, you are not alone. While I am a strong believer in the value and importance of offset providers such as…

can’t get NAU website to work? try this

http://www.choppercouture.com/54.html

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a look at carbon footprint

http://www.walkerscarbonfootprint.co.uk/walkers_carbon_footprint.html

Technorati Tags: carbon, sustainability

five favorite podcasts from mark frauenfelder

== Five favorite podcasts ==
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/103701733/five_favorite_podcas.html
(from Boing Boing)
Mark Frauenfelder:
Here, in no particular order, are five of my favorite podcasts.
Radio Oh La La
MacBreak Weekly
Kasper Hauser Comedy Podcast
The Sound of Young America
Moldawer in the Morning

alaska and del team on $38bn bungle

you probably already heard the details about this one, but this writeup was pretty funny anyway.
== Alaska and Dell team on $38bn bungle ==
http://go.theregister.com/feed/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/21/alaskan_billion_dollar_wipe/
(from The Register)
When storage specialists attack A database service call went rather awry when a network specialist accidentally wiped a hard-drive containing Alaska’s $38bn Oil Fund. The multi-billion-dollar […]

maps - david rumsey map collection

Very interesting for history classes:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/
New - Rumsey Historical Maps are in Google Earth! See 16 historical maps in the Featured Content layer of the Google Earth 3D Globe. The georeferenced maps wrap the virtual globe in their modern spaces, allowing explorations of both time and space. Read more.

Technorati Tags: maps, socialstudies

fun folding objects

http://www.foldschool.com/_objects/objects_rocker/objects_rocker.html

Technorati Tags: art, design

ira glass and the art of storytelling

http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/2007/03/02/ira-glass-on-storytelling/
Four short videos.

Technorati Tags: iraglass, storytelling