Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
chanceXchange trade your unwanted dvds, games, cds and books for things you want
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Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Elusive Saharan Cheetah Captured in Photos | Big Cats & Carnivores | Endangered Species | LiveScience
Elusive Saharan Cheetah Captured in Photos via livescience.com
http://www.livescience.com/animals/saharan-cheetah-photo-niger-africa-101224....
AVG Rescue CD Cleans Your Infected Windows PC
AVG Rescue CD Cleans Your Infected Windows PC
http://lifehacker.com/5502999/avg-rescue-cd-cleans-your-infected-windows-pcThursday, December 23, 2010
The Complete Guide to Saving Your Windows System with a Thumb Drive
http://lifehacker.com/5504531/the-complete-guide-to-saving-your-windows-system-with-a-thumb-drive
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
Usbuntu Live Creator Makes Bootable Linux USB Drives
http://lifehacker.com/5319596/usbuntu-live-creator-makes-bootable-linux-usb-drives
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Give the Gift of No-Fuss Backup and Synchronicity to Your Less Tech-Savvy Loved Ones
Give the Gift of No-Fuss Backup and Synchronicity to Your Less Tech-Savvy Loved Ones
PSI - Consumer - Products-Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
via secunia.com
Monday, December 20, 2010
A week with Google's Chrome OS laptop, Day 1: Getting acquainted | Betanews
A week with Google's Chrome OS laptop, Day 1: Getting acquainted
via betanews.com
http://www.betanews.com/joewilcox/article/A-week-with-Googles-Chrome-OS-lapto...
10 Essential Tips for Improving Your Wi-Fi Network - Tested
10 Essential Tips for Improving Your Wi-Fi Network via tested.com
http://www.tested.com/news/10-essential-tips-for-improving-your-wi-fi-network...
Tested: Wi-Fi Antenna Boosters and Powerline Adapters - Tested
Tested: Wi-Fi Antenna Boosters and Powerline Adapters via tested.com
http://www.tested.com/news/tested-wi-fi-antenna-boosters-and-powerline-adapte...
Efforts to kill invasive plant worry beekeepers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_food_and_farm_bees_weed
Efforts to kill invasive plant worry beekeepers
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Boy Scouts of America Beekeeping Merit Badge Update
----- Original message -----
From: "admin@beesource.com"
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:10:37 -0600
Subject: Boy Scouts of America Beekeeping Merit Badge Update Dear Beesource Member,
I am taking the unusual step of emailing the members of Beesource forums
because I need to ask for your help on an important project. As you may be aware, Christopher Stowell, a Boy Scout and 14 year old
beekeeper from Oklahoma, recently led a campaign to reinstate the
Beekeeping Merit Badge.
BSA recently announced its response to Christopher's request, and the
news is mostly good. While BSA is not agreeing to reinstate the
Beekeeping Merit Badge, it is agreeing to incorporate beekeeping
activities into several different existing merit badges.
Emphasis of the importance of bees and beekeeping will be added to or
enhanced in eight existing merit badge pamphlets: Bird Study, Forestry,
Gardening, Nature, Plant Science, Pulp and Paper, Environmental Science,
and Insect Study. All of this will be accomplished by the end of 2015.
One of those badges, Environmental Science, is needed for a scout to
attain Eagle rank. Although the BSA is not reinstating a merit badge
specific to beekeeping, it is making changes that provide opportunities
to expose over 100,000 boys a year to the joys of beekeeping.
BSA is considering adding beekeeping projects, such as working with a
colony or harvesting honey, to one or more of those merit badges so that
interested scouts can earn advancement recognition for their beekeeping
activities. HOWEVER WE AS BEEKEEPERS NEED TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT!
BSA does not want to add activities to the merit badges unless it is
sure that beekeepers will be there to teach the scouts. The beekeeping
community needs to demonstrate that it will provide mentors to boys who
want to learn about beekeeping.
RIGHT NOW, there are three things that you can do to help.
First, BSA has invited all associations and experts in the beekeeping
community who are interested in helping with this project to e-mail us
at merit.badge@scouting.org. Please put "bees" in the subject line.
Second, if you are interested in serving as a merit badge counselor,
contact your BSA local council to initiate the process.
http://www.scouting.org/localcouncillocator.aspx
Finally, if you are willing to be a mentor, please contact BSA directly
and let them know you are willing to be a mentor. BSA has requested that
interested beekeepers e-mail them at: merit.badge@scouting.org and
please put "Honey Bees" in the heading. Just write a few words letting
them know that you are willing to act as a mentor, and please give BSA a
way to contact you and let them know what states and counties you are
willing to mentor in.
If you have any ideas about this project, feel free to post them in the
forum on Beesource that is dedicated to the Beekeeping Merit Badge
Project (http://beesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=284). If you
have contacted BSA, please leave a post on Beesource. Showing your
support helps to draw attention to this project and helps to get other
people to act.
Thanks for your support,
Barry Birkey
Beesource.com
From: "admin@beesource.com"
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 23:10:37 -0600
Subject: Boy Scouts of America Beekeeping Merit Badge Update Dear Beesource Member,
I am taking the unusual step of emailing the members of Beesource forums
because I need to ask for your help on an important project. As you may be aware, Christopher Stowell, a Boy Scout and 14 year old
beekeeper from Oklahoma, recently led a campaign to reinstate the
Beekeeping Merit Badge.
BSA recently announced its response to Christopher's request, and the
news is mostly good. While BSA is not agreeing to reinstate the
Beekeeping Merit Badge, it is agreeing to incorporate beekeeping
activities into several different existing merit badges.
Emphasis of the importance of bees and beekeeping will be added to or
enhanced in eight existing merit badge pamphlets: Bird Study, Forestry,
Gardening, Nature, Plant Science, Pulp and Paper, Environmental Science,
and Insect Study. All of this will be accomplished by the end of 2015.
One of those badges, Environmental Science, is needed for a scout to
attain Eagle rank. Although the BSA is not reinstating a merit badge
specific to beekeeping, it is making changes that provide opportunities
to expose over 100,000 boys a year to the joys of beekeeping.
BSA is considering adding beekeeping projects, such as working with a
colony or harvesting honey, to one or more of those merit badges so that
interested scouts can earn advancement recognition for their beekeeping
activities. HOWEVER WE AS BEEKEEPERS NEED TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT!
BSA does not want to add activities to the merit badges unless it is
sure that beekeepers will be there to teach the scouts. The beekeeping
community needs to demonstrate that it will provide mentors to boys who
want to learn about beekeeping.
RIGHT NOW, there are three things that you can do to help.
First, BSA has invited all associations and experts in the beekeeping
community who are interested in helping with this project to e-mail us
at merit.badge@scouting.org. Please put "bees" in the subject line.
Second, if you are interested in serving as a merit badge counselor,
contact your BSA local council to initiate the process.
http://www.scouting.org/localcouncillocator.aspx
Finally, if you are willing to be a mentor, please contact BSA directly
and let them know you are willing to be a mentor. BSA has requested that
interested beekeepers e-mail them at: merit.badge@scouting.org and
please put "Honey Bees" in the heading. Just write a few words letting
them know that you are willing to act as a mentor, and please give BSA a
way to contact you and let them know what states and counties you are
willing to mentor in.
If you have any ideas about this project, feel free to post them in the
forum on Beesource that is dedicated to the Beekeeping Merit Badge
Project (http://beesource.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=284). If you
have contacted BSA, please leave a post on Beesource. Showing your
support helps to draw attention to this project and helps to get other
people to act.
Thanks for your support,
Barry Birkey
Beesource.com
Friday, December 17, 2010
YouTube - BBC Jody McIntyre interview- Police Drag Cerebral Palsy sufferer from wheelchair
BBC interview wheelchair user and cerebal palsy sufferer Jody McIntryre after he was dragged from his wheelchair by police on two seperate occasions at the anti-tuition fees protest on the 9th December 2010 in London.
via youtube.com
Smart chip implant will combat chronic back pain by blocking spine signals | Mail Online
Smart chip implant the size of a match head will combat chronic pain by blocking spine signals
via dailymail.co.uk
U.S. ranks 25th in the world for Internet connection speed
U.S. ranks 25th in the world for Internet connection speed
LinkExtend - The Ultimate Browsing Tool
LinkExtend.com
LinkExtend provides meta-site-ratings for computer safety, child safety, company ethics, and popularity. Safety results come from eight online services giving you a safer browsing experience. Site links, titles, files and reviews are also included.
via linkextend.com
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
Critical missing feature: Please add a bookmarklet to xmarks
Critical missing feature: Please add a bookmarklet to xmarks
http://getsatisfaction.com/foxmarks/topics/critical_missing_feature_please_ad...
What is hint.io? Gawker's compromised data and the ethics of transparency | opensource.com
What is hint.io? Gawker's compromised data and the ethics of transparency
via opensource.com
http://opensource.com/life/10/12/what-hintio-and-why-are-they-emailing-you
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Revision3 > Ford Focus Global Test Drive - charity: water
Six Revision3 shows will be
competing for a spot on the 'Global
Test Drive'. The winning show team
will be determined by you so be sure
to check out the videos below and vote for your favorite. The winning show team will have a $20,000 donation to charity:water made in their name as well as a trip to join other 'Global Test Drive' winners in Spain for exclusive first access to the all new Focus....and you could be one of those lucky winners to join them!
via revision3.com
Revision3 has teamed up with Ford for the 'Focus Global Test Drive'. Join us as we 'Start something more than a car'. Our goal is to help charity: water while also giving you a chance to win an exclusive trip to Spain to be one of the first people to drive the all new Ford Focus!
http://revision3.com/fordfocus
Saturday, December 11, 2010
KoldCast - A New Era In Entertainment
from the page: KoldCast TV delivers only the best episodic programming from today’s brightest creative talents producing independent television in this new era of entertainment. New Shows premiere weekly and new episodes are released daily. KoldCast programming centers around the following genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, SciFi, Horror, Travel, Culture, Lifestyle, Fantasy, Mystery, Science, Technology News, Animation. Audiences from all walks of life watch KoldCast – from teens, 18 years and older, to cutting-edge seniors – both guys and girls discover Shows they enjoy, and our audience is international, with 209 countries/territories now watching. Most KoldCast Shows are available in crisp HD, and viewers can select between Standard Definition, 720 and 1080, depending upon local bandwidth, and other variables. KoldCast TV is a property of KoldCast Entertainment Media which also publishes The Sixth Wall, a popular pop culture website. via koldcast.tv
Tech Podcast Network - Welcome
via techpodcasts.com
Tech Podcast Network is a community supported web site dedicated to the promotion of technology by using the Internet.
http://www.techpodcasts.com/
Friday, December 10, 2010
Sonic Screwdriver Could Produce Ultrasonic Force Fields To Manipulate Objects
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-12/sonic-screwdriver-could-produce-ultrasonic-force-fields-manipulate-objects-scientists-say
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
Ancient dewellings found in Georgia
http://www.archnews.co.uk/world-archaeology/american-archaeology/4153-ancient-dewellings-found-in-georgia.html
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
Using Google's Chrome OS Laptop of the Future
http://gizmodo.com/5710532/an-hour-with-the-google-cr+48-chrome-netbook
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In Memory of Todd Daniels:
10 Of The Best Free Audiobooks From BooksShouldBeFree That You Should Listen To
10 Of The Best Free Audiobooks From BooksShouldBeFree That You Should Listen To
via makeuseof.com
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-free-audiobooks-booksshouldbefree-listen/
Thursday, December 09, 2010
Dear Google:
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I have already applied via the http://www.google.com/chromeos/pilot-program.html web page. I just want to elaborate as to why I feel that I would be a good choice as a participant in your pilot program.
1. I am a fan of Google and it's services.
2. I love tech, and I love trying new tech.
3. I am interested in accessibility & usability, because I am disabled with multiple health conditions, so I have more than one problem to address when using anything tech related.
4. I will give an honest review.
5. If I don't understand something, I will ask. I'm also willing to learn something new.
6. I don't claim to be an expert. In fact, I once may have been considered the tech guru among my family, friends, and acquaintances; but now due to my disabilities I have become somewhat of a newbie again.
Thank you for your consideration.
- Jamie
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ClearBits™ - BitTorrent Distribution of Open Licensed Media
open-licensed (Creative Commons) digital media via clearbits.net
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Alice Clarkson Turley
via aliceturley.com
Would like to know what the genealogy buffs think of this site.
SamKnows - Test My ISP and measure the actual performance of your broadband provider
I am a participant, and they have sent me a free NetGear Router, but you do have to participate in the program. I am hoping this might help increase the connection speeds in my area. From the page: Test My ISP Working together for better broadband. Since 2008, SamKnows has been campaigning for clearer information about actual broadband performance. What we've found in the last two years is that we're not alone in wanting this. We've been joined in our campaign by consumers, campaigners, ISPs, governments, hardware manufacturers and application designers. If you're a consumer in either the United States or the United Kingdom and you're interested in finding out more about your broadband connection - you can join our projects with the FCC and Ofcom. We receive emails from people all over the world and are looking to launch projects in other countries, so watch this space. You'll receive a free Netgear router so you can measure the actual performance of your ISP. You'll also get a monthly Report Card on the performance of our ISP that compares what you're getting with what you're being sold, benchmarked against the whole panel. This report card can be used by ISPs to diagnose any issues with your connection and improve your performance without you having to go to the trouble of switching ISP. Everyone's a winner! We'll also soon be available as standard on a series of routers and modems which you will be able to buy yourself and we via samknows.com
http://lifehacker.com/5708470/what-to-expect-in-google-chrome-os
http://lifehacker.com/5708470/what-to-expect-in-google-chrome-os
Monday, December 06, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Geek News Technical News and Podcasts
Geek News Technical News and Podcasts via geeknewscentral.com
LibreOffice Productivity Suite - The Document Foundation
Download LibreOffice Release Candiate 1
From the page: LibreOffice Productivity Suite
Download LibreOffice Release Candiate 1
http://www.documentfoundation.org/download/
Saturday, December 04, 2010
Untitled
Who can? We can! We are the Ladies Who Can. We can marmalades, preserves, fruit butters, syrups, jellies, jams, and just about anything else that sounds tasty. But that isn't ALL we do! We garden, we bake, we give, and we create. If you "can", then you're gonna love our website.
via ladieswhocan.com
- Seed Exchange - Swap Heirloom Seeds for Free
HeirloomSeedSwap.com the FREE Seed Exchange for Seed Savers Worldwide.
Grace Roots: So You Want To Keep Christ in Christmas
So You Want To Keep Christ in Christmas
http://blog.graceroots.org/2010/12/so-you-want-to-keep-christ-in-christmas.html
Friday, December 03, 2010
The Top 5 Current Facebook Scams To Watch Out For
The Top 5 Current Facebook Scams To Watch Out For
via makeuseof.com
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-current-facebook-scams-watch/
Thursday, December 02, 2010
» FDIC Going Broke and Why Bank Fees will Keep Rising | Saving to Inve$t
FDIC Going Broke and Why Bank Fees will Keep Rising
FDIC Going Broke and Why Bank Fees will Keep Rising http://www.savingtoinvest.com/2009/03/fdic-going-broke-and-why-bank-fees- will.html
NASA - NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2
NASA Sets News Conference on Astrobiology Discovery; Science Journal Has Embargoed Details Until 2 p.m. EST On Dec. 2
via nasa.gov
Service dogs’ rights | The Daily Tail | Dog Stories | Cat Stories
Service dogs' rights
via thedailytail.com
Xmarks Saved by Password-Syncing Service LastPass
Xmarks Saved by Password-Syncing Service LastPass
via mashable.com
Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs - WSJ.com
Race Is On to 'Fingerprint' Phones, PCs
via online.wsj.com
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Internet Privacy: Firefox Makers Look at Hiding Online Footprints
Internet Privacy: Firefox Makers Look at Hiding Online Footprints via online.wsj.com
Is “Google Me” Codenamed “Emerald City”? And Why Is Google Baraza Copying Quora?
Is “Google Me” Codenamed “Emerald City”? And Why Is Google Baraza Copying Quora? via techcrunch.com
The Most Helpful Ways to Use Google Voice that You're Not Using
The Most Helpful Ways to Use Google Voice that You're Not Using
via lifehacker.com
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