I did my civic duty as an elected Democratic Party delegate from my precinct to the Clark County Democratic Convention this morning. Whew! There was a bit of an underestimation concerning the attendance and registration logistics and I have and … Continue reading
Why We Banned Legos – Rethinking Schools Online This was a really interesting article (to me at least) concerning territoriality, ‘control issues’ and the rest. (tags: lego schools power sociology teaching anthropology children ethics activism via:ed)
[en] .htaccess Editor – Easily create an .htaccess file online “an easy-to-use web 2.0 way to create text to put in an .htaccess file.” [via Susan] (tags: htaccess apache webdev unix sysadmin resources blogging via:susan)
Event# us2008nsa9 happened at 6:15 this morning about 19km (12 miles) east of (and 9 km (5.6 miles) below) Wells, NV. We didn’t feel it down here [in Las Vegas]. [this post has been edited]
These aren’t much, but I’m no photographer either. For awhile we had good visibility of last night’s lunar eclipse here in southern Nevada. Ian and I went back in to get some coats at about 6:20 pm (PST -0800UT) and … Continue reading
Wikileaks – Wikileaks Wiki devoted to whistle blowing and leaked documents that was shut down by Bush appointee Justice White’s order to censor wikileaks.org, now back at wikileaks.be (tags: wikileaks FOIA activism censorship 1st+amenement)
Pivot Table Tutorial for Excel 2007 The real reason, for me at least, to use Excel is pivot tables. This will show you how. Otherwise I would seek out a relational database. YMMV. (tags: excel howto pivot tutorial productivity) Dive-bar … Continue reading
Simpsons Church Sign Generator, The First Church Of Springfield! YA web sign generator. Why? Because we can. (tags: fun funny generator humor Simpsons) Respectful Insolence: The American Academy of Pediatrics versus antivaccinationist hypocrisy More on the AAP’s campaign on anti-vaccination … Continue reading
CNN is reporting that Fidel Castro has resigned as Cuba’s president. This should be interesting…
Mythbusting Canadian Healthcare, Part II: Debunking the Free Marketeers | OurFuture.org part 2 of the series I linked to on the seventh (tags: culture economics health politics canada healthcare medicine 2008+election health+care) Human Culture Subject To Natural Selection, Study Shows … Continue reading
