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There’s no way Hillary Clinton can get the nomination, and most of her advisors and top Democrats recognize that. She’s officially entered the “psycho ex-girlfriend” stage. She’s starting to sound delusional when she talks about winning. At this point it’s clearly about her ego, not wanting to do what’s right for the country. The best [...]

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How to Install VMware Tools on Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 under VMware Fusion
(tags: linux ubuntu vmware)

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I own both Parallels Desktop and VMware Fusion, although I’ve been using Parallels mainly because VMware had a problem with Visual Studio and shared folders. Parallels did feel nicer running Windows XP, although it slowed down my system pretty badly, even with 4GB RAM.
Even though I was getting disgusted with Parallels’ terrible Linux support and [...]

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Music Crossroads International
the place where cultures, people and music meet to produce global sounds with an African vibe!
(tags: music)

Fermi’s Paradox and the End of Cheap Oil
What if the answer to Fermi’s paradox is not the absence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, but merely the absence of high technology?
(tags: environment future oil)

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As a thank you to their fans for their continued support, NIN is giving away the new nine inch nails album free at nin.com. The music is available in several formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE. Even better, the music is licensed under [...]

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I’ve added some major enhancements to my FriendFeed web app (http://iphone-apps.net/ff). You can now add comments or like an item.
Clicking the ‘>’ at the bottom of an entry opens the comment form. Clicking the ‘+’ at the top of an entry marks that you like it. If you already like an entry, it will show [...]

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Less than an hour after I posted my last entry, I checked Akismet and found that it had already been scraped and reposted - with the copyright notice from my feed intact!
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I’ve added a few enhancements to my FriendFeed App for iPhone. It now makes links clickable and shows comments.

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Coda Clips
Collection of clips for Coda web creator app.
(tags: development)

BIBLE RIOTS: When Christians Killed Each Other Over Religion in Public Schools
Like the modern Religious Right, ultraconservative Protestant leaders of the nineteenth century insisted the United States was a “Christian nation.” Only one catch: by “Christian” they really meant “Protestant.”
(tags: news politics)

DIY Advanced Paper Shadow in [...]

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An item at Daily Kos shows that politicians whipping up religious hysteria are nothing new. Like the modern Religious Right, ultraconservative Protestant leaders of the nineteenth century insisted the United States was a “Christian nation.” Only one catch: by “Christian” they really meant “Protestant.”
There was actually rioting in Philadelphia caused by tensions between Protestants and [...]

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Cool Tools points out something I figured out years ago: almost any standard 2-prong power cord will work with the AC adapter for Mac laptops. They recommend the cord that comes with a PlayStation, but it’s a pretty common type of power cord.
I usually keep one of those cords in my laptop case, so I [...]

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I’ve been getting really annoyed with FriendFeed on the iPhone, so I decided to whip up a quick web app. You can see the result at http://iphone-apps.net/ff. It only has minimal functionality - you can log in and view your friends, your items, or the public timeline.
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