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Bee colony die-offs linked to mobile phones? - U.K. Telegraph (via Slashdot.org/)
The last of the typewriter repairmen - Wired
Dissing Steve Jobs' sense of ergonomics & aesthetics in Apple products - Bloggingheads.tv (video)
Pundits Bob Wright & Harry McCracken discuss.
FCC urged to monitor airwaves, internet for "hate speech" - Ars Technica
Google's Chrome browser gains share at the expense of IE & Firefox - CNet
Chrome is awesome for web surfing. Other stuff, like blogging, not so much. I use FF & Chrome on my PC and FF & Safari on my MacBook.
Homeowners blowing off mortgage payments to save up money - NY Times
Evictions and foreclosures take a while, you see. Heh.
Producing MBA's with ethics and compassion - Washington Post
Heh. Yeah, right.

Sign of the times...

I was skimming through Slashdot.org's posts this AM and found a seemingly funny one about a "free mobile phone game" that calls phones in Antarctica without the users knowledge and giving them a nasty surprise when their phone bill arrives. Funny huh? No, and that's a sign of the times. Things that should be a fun or entertaining are used for stupid or criminal (or stupidly criminal) purposes. And of course the FUD factor enters into it all.

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Firefly Takes Flight Again With Browncoats: Redemption - Wired
Fans make their own film based on the Joss Whedon characters.

Chicago mayor offers to shoot reporter with a contraband rifle to show how effective gun control is - Chicago Reader

A techie writer praises simple pre-paid cellphones - Tech Crunch

Cheap, simple, and reliable. All you really need.
A little fun with the a moderator at my favorite sci-fi podcast site. - Escape Pod.org/
See posts 13 and 14.

Some critical reactions to Max Stirner's theory of individual liberty - The Anarchist Library

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Be here now: Shut off your phone - Taki's Magazine (James Jackson)
"...a young mother in the park will not be feeding the ducks with her child or pointing out the delights of flora and fauna. She will have stuck a pacifier in the youngster’s mouth and will be immersed elsewhere in a different conversation with a phone clamped to her ear."

UK Police Promise Not To Retain DNA Data, But Do Anyway - The Circular Triangle blog (Matthew Wilkes)
(h/t: slashdot.org/)
An amazing picture of the Andromeda galaxy from the WISE - Scientific American
Automating warfare - Popular Mechanics online
The mil-industrial complex is gearing up for the next generation of ultra-deadly (and presumably very profitable) fighter aircraft.
UK Football fans to owners: sell our team to someone else. - WSJ

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It's hard to talk about the dangers of cell-phone radiation without sounding like a conspiracy theorist.- GQ
Publishers continue pummeling Amazon over e-book prices. - Ars Technica
Dr. Temple Grandin - YouTube
A high-functioning autistic life.
LA area mudslides surprise some...but not others. - LA Times
George Packer thinkst Twitter et. al. are time-sucking vampires. - The New Yorker
Anatomy of a wilderness rescue: What went right & what went wrong. - Outside.com/
Lessons learned.