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How Would We Report on the Government Shutdown if It Were Happening in Another Country?
But the pleasant autumn weather disguises a government teetering on the brink. Because, at midnight Monday night, the government of this intensely proud and nationalistic people will shut down, a drastic sign of political dysfunction in this moribund republic.
Non-Chemical Warfare: Violence Continues in Syria
Over the past past 2 1/2 years, the widespread use of conventional, non-chemical weapons by both Syrian government forces and rebel groups has resulted in the loss of more than 100,000 lives.
Wow. The Internet is a busy busy busy place. But it belongs to Google and Facebook. And email.
Ninja Remote – Stealth TV Gadget
Use your stealth to control television (and cameras with the Ninja Remote 2) at: bars, restaurants, the gym, stores, doctor offices, hospitals, or hotels anywhere.
There are heroes among us, muting and turning off public TVs everywhere.
In Chicago, 3-D Printers Are Available To Anyone With A Library Card
3-D printing may be the way of the future, but for the average Joe, actually getting ahold of a 3-D printer to use on the cheap remains somewhat challenging.
Feedly will support third party RSS readers
Well, I guess I’m not giving up RSS:
We are also hearing from users that saving their feeds is not enough: One of the key features of Google Reader was that they had an ecosystem of apps — apps that people love and depend upon.
We have been working behind the curtains with the developers of Reeder, Press, Nextgen Reader, Newsify and gReader as design partners for our Normandy project[1]. Today we are excited to announce that you will be able to access your feedly from all these apps before Google Reader retires and that the access to feedly API will be free.
I’m very glad to see Reeder’s developer is planning to support the Feedly API.
Harley Davidson National Rally in China
This is kind of surreal.
This website displays a collection of the dominant colors used by major brands.The site and collection is by Galen Gidman.
Reeealllly fffaaaaaarrrrrrrr.
Promoting old books with new movies
Many books get re-released with new covers when their movie counter parts hit the theaters. Here’s look at several iconic covers side-by-side with their newer versions.