Most Popular DIY Projects of 2008 (and All Time)

http://lifehacker.com/5113372/most-popular-diy-projects-of-2008-and-all-time

 

Golden Ray photos of mass migration

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/06/24/earay124.xml

 

Lifehacker – Top 10 Modern Life Survival Skills

http://lifehacker.com/398153/top-10-modern-life-survival-skills

 

8 Things You Must Do If Your Identity Is Stolen

When your identity is stolen you stand to lose everything, here are 8 steps you must take immediately to protect yourself.

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Beware of opening links in a new window

http://www.webcredible.co.uk/user-friendly-resources/web-usability/new-browser-windows.shtml

W3C: http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/sam77-0.htm

I recently Google’d this topic because I needed to know if it is better to open links in a new window or not. Well, it turns out that it’s better not to.

I was having all of the links open in a new window because that’s what I do a lot while browsing. It’s a lot faster for me to open a new tab then close it, than it is to open a link in the same tab and click back. I guess I need to bind a key combo for opening links in a new tab, because right clicking the link for a menu is annoying.

All future posts on this blog which contain links will not open them in a new window. It’ll save me two clicks when embedding them, anyway. And I’m also going to go through all the previous posts and change them…*groan*.

 

Would you watch Saddam Hussein die?

http://raincoaster.com/2007/01/01/would-you-watch-saddam-hussein-die/

I wasn’t even aware there was an ethical issue around watching Saddam Hussein die. When I went to an article which had the video, I fired it up with indifference. I wasn’t shocked by the video, just indifferent, for lack of a better word. At the time I didn’t think anything of the video.

Now as I look back, I think maybe I watched it because everyone else was. It wasn’t even that bad. It was just a hanging, not a decapitation or quartering. No blood, no guts. When I saw the CNN clips, I was confused why they didn’t just show the hanging. I thought, well, there’s proof that he’s going to be hanged, but you can’t be sure that he’s dead until you see him die.

I’ve said this before: I’m against the death penalty, but in extreme cases, exceptions can be made.

Anyway, there’s an interesting debate in the link.

 

How to spin a pencil around your thumb

http://www.wikihow.com/Spin-a-Pencil-Around-Your-Thumb

A great way to waste some time…and be at least slightly productive.

 

Saddam Hussein Executed

What a great way to end the year of 2006. Although I am opposed to the death penalty, in extreme cases exceptions can be made.

Some articles I read on this subject:

http://ballyblog.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/extra-extra-it-is-finished-saddam-hussein-hanged/

http://webmerica.org/2006/12/30/video-of-saddams-hanging/

http://thehillchronicles.com/2006/12/29/saddam-executed-for-crimes-against-humanity/

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/29/hussein/

http://webmerica.org/2006/12/30/new-footage-saddams-uncensored-hanging-warning-extremely-graphic/

http://webmerica.org/2006/12/31/a-pledge-to-a-better-america-saddam-husseins-execution-fallout/

http://webmerica.org/2006/12/31/cnn-translates-saddam-hussein-execution-video/

My reply to a post on the subject:

http://leedeth.wordpress.com/2007/01/03/would-you-watch-saddam-hussein-die/

 

Behold, The Virgin Birth

The world’s largest lizard has astonished biologists by being able to produce offspring by an “immaculate” conception without the help of a male. “Although other lizard species are known to be able to self-fertilise, this is the first time this has ever been reported in Komodo dragons,” Mr Buley said.”

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Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better

Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. In fact, it’s been said that the average adult only uses 10% of his/her brain. Imagine what we may be capable of with more advanced learning techniques. Here are 77 tips related to knowledge and learning to help you on your quest.

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