2007-08-08

VIS/ITS: Bytes, v.2007.08.08.t

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.20h22. The Schaeme -- ReRun
The 1st rule of VIS/ITS is, "You don't blog about VIS/ITS." 

The 2nd rule of VIS/ITS is, "You don't blog about Bytes."

The 3rd rule of VIS/ITS' Bytes: "IS/IT goes with the FLO."

The 4th rule of VIS/ITS is, "See BeLow."

.21h33. Designed for M2GB-FBG2 -- ReRun
VIS/ITS' "Bytes" is designed for collection, formating, publication and consumption using Mozilla (Firefox & Thunderbird), Gmail, Google Reader and Blogger -- and sort of for use with FeedBurner and Google Groups, too (the latter for the more textually hardcore or paranoid among Us).  Upcoming: Google Calendar tricks.

.07.Tue.12h50. One more bird flu patient in Vietnam dies - Xinhua


PRESS TV
One more bird flu patient in Vietnam dies
Xinhua - 12 hours ago
7 (Xinhua) -- A 15-year-old person from Vietnam's northern Thanh Hoa province died of bird flu, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday.
Bird Flu Kills Teenage Boy in Vietnam Voice of America
Vietnam teenager killed by bird flu United Press International
Earthtimes.org - Pravda - Reuters India
all 23 news articles

.07.Tue.12h50. Climate change to be discussed during provincial and territorial ... - 680 News

Climate change to be discussed during provincial and territorial ...
680 News - 2 hours ago
Toronto - Canada's premiers and territorial leaders will be acting and talking 'green,' during their annual meeting in Moncton, NB on Wednesday.
Messing with Stelmach Edmonton Journal (subscription)
Premiers Set to Meet in Moncton 580 CFRA Radio
National Post
all 23 news articles

.01h06. Ancient microbes 'revived' in lab

Microbes locked in Antarctic ice for as much as eight million years have been "resuscitated" in a laboratory.

.01h17. Technology's Top 10 Legal Battles

Ever since the dawn of technology, new ideas have spawned legal squabbles. Here are the greatest legal battles in technology - from the Statue of Anne to Apple vs. Apple.

.01h17. Feds Too Busy Busting Medical Marijuana Shops To Catch Anthrax Perps

Nature's Medicinal Cooperative has been raided by federal agents twice in the last couple of months. After both federal raids, Nature's Medicinal Cooperative re-opened. The owners said they did it because medicinal dispensaries are allowed in California, but prohibited by federal law.

.02h23. Motorola Ships a U.S. Linux Mobile Phone

LinuxDevices: It's finally happened. Motorola last month quietly shipped its first Linux-based mobile phone 'bound for North America,'...  [But Google might go with OpenMoko - Now Toronto, Canada - 23 hours ago]

.02h31. McDonald's Subverting Toddler Taste Buds

A recent study out of Stanford unequivocally shows the power of branding on the minds of young children (Robinson et al.; Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children's Taste Preferences (2007)

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.02h48. Dirty Jobs Strikes Green Gold in Earth's Grossest Occupations

Host Mike Rowe talks about the science behind the Discovery Channel's oddball hit, and how it's the most environmentally sound show on TV without even trying.

.02h48. Jargon Watch: Digilanti, Milkomeda, Social Operating System

And so the geek vocabulary grows.

.02h48. The Future of Bridges: Self-Replicating, Irregular Designs

Self-replicating bridges might be more robust, but also weirder looking, than the nearly magical pieces of civil engineering that human beings come up with.

.03h42. An Introduction to Linux Audio

Linux has come a long way in the last 10 years. At that time, if you were looking through the main audio and music applications on other operating systems, you would have struggled to find comparable, fully developed, apps on Linux.  [Not now. There are TOO many now.  Save me! - ADM]

.03h48. Exotic Warfare

[http://www.exoticwarfare.com]: a site dedicated to exposing the truth about [military (ab)uses of] the high-tech electromagnetic nanotech energy threads and...

.03h50. 3rd Canadian held in Beijing - Toronto Star


RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
3rd Canadian held in Beijing
Toronto Star - 2 hours ago
A third Canadian has been detained in China for protesting the country's actions in Tibet. Students for a Free Tibet says Ladon Tethong, the group's Tibetan-Canadian executive director, was arrested in Beijing today along with a colleague, Paul Golding ...
Canadian protesters held in China Globe and Mail
Beijing police detain two more Tibetan activists (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com
Canoe.ca - Canada.com - CTV.ca - Edmonton Journal (subscription)
all 167 news articles

.22h18. Will We Ever Catch Up?
We'll see.  May be.  Maybe not.

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