We need this, to stay competitive on the global stage for technology.

read more | digg storyThe above is the Digg posting... you can guess how much I like the whole idea though, and I can't resist further comment (though I have exactly one comment in the Digg comments already ( Read more... )

Somehow, I just couldn't resist borrowing this from digg for you, my loyal and sometimes befuddled reader ( Read more... )

Hear the original radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds that freaked out the country. Also get free audio book podcasts of the major works by HG Wells. Includes The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, and others. Includes iTunes and rss feed versions.

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Judicial Watch, a public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption
has released what they
â™re calling their 2006 list of Washingtonâ™s âœTen Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians.â The list includes Jack Abramoff, Senatory Hillary Clinton, Tom Delay, and Mark Foley.

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A convicted murderer proved his innocence by investigating his own case from behind bars at a maximum-security prison and identifying the real killer. Roy Brown appeared before a judge last night to ask for a pardon after 16 years in jail for a crime he had proved conclusively that he did not commit. He was finally cleared by DNA evidence.

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A Japanese research team has succeeded in filming a giant squid live â” possibly for the first time â” and says the elusive creatures may be more plentiful than previously believed, a researcher said Friday.

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Says the original poster:
Now I am no grammar whiz but I know a good resource when I see it. Purdue University maintains an online writing lab and I spent some time digging through it. Originally the goal was to grab some good tips that would help me out at work and on this site, but there is simply too much not to share.

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A fellow designer left for vacation this past week. He intends to return the Tuesday after Christmas. What he doesn't even know yet is that his cubicle and everything in it has been wrapped in over 500 square feet of tin foil!

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The 2007.01 release of Software for Starving Students is now available for download at: http://softwarefor.org/downloads.html -- Software for Starving Students is a free collection of programs organized for students (but available to anyone). They have best-in-class programs ( Read more... )