Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
Singer Chris Whitley dies aged 45 | BBC News
Singer Chris Whitley, who mixed rock and roll with blues and alternative rock, has died of lung cancer aged 45.
Whitley earned critical and commercial success with his 1991 album Living with the Law, recording 11 follow-ups and touring with Bob Dylan and ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Lawmaker Returns Home, a Hawk Turned War Foe - New York Times
While Mr. Bubp, a Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, opposes a quick withdrawal for forces, "he did not mention Congressman Murtha by name nor did he mean to disparage Congressman Murtha," said Karen Tabor, his spokeswoman. ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Iraqis' Want U.S. Timetable for Withdrawal | Air America Radio
During a reconciliation conference backed by the Arab League, Iraq's political factions collectively called for a timetable for withdrawal of foreign forces. About 100 Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish leaders signed a closing memorandum on Monday that "demands a withdrawal of foreign ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005
Wired News: Outsourcing to the Heartland
Rural Sourcing claims to provide information technology services at 30 percent to 50 percent below most U.S. consulting firms by tapping into the increasing number of IT professionals in rural America, where overhead and wages are lower than in metropolitan areas.
I've been a contractor in ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
I heard this again on the iPod on the way home from work. Hearing it confirmed a long-held opinion - that this is the most evocative rock lyric ever written:
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away.
They haunt this dusty beach road in the skeleton ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
Intel and Fender have teamed up to create the world's first surf guitar ...
Pocket-lint.co.uk Intel create super-charged internet-enabled Fender Telecaster news story
Beginning with the iconic FENDER Telecaster - made famous by legends from Bruce Springsteen to Franz Ferdinand – the ‘surf guitar’ is the world’s first to allow you to ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
Gaffer tape defeats Sony DRM rootkit | The Register
Now analyst house Gartner has discovered that the technology can be easily defeated simply by applying a fingernail-sized piece of opaque tape to the outer edge of the disc. This renders session two — which contains the self-loading DRM software — unreadable.
"The ...
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Monday, November 21st, 2005
It's interesting what a little market pressure will bring. First, Dell makes Linux available on its servers, then this:
Taiwan's Hon Hai, Asustek, Quanta seek AMD-based deals with Dell - report - Forbes.com
TAIPEI (AFX) - Dell Inc has informed its Taiwan contract makers of plans to develop devices based on Advanced ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
A new blog on my reading list has this to say today:
1115.org - West Coast Cap Peelers » » Marketing War
The President’s pride is the only thing sustaining this war. Having already determined that 10 dead and 100 wounded soldiers each week won’t cause rioting on the streets of D.C., ...
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Friday, November 18th, 2005
Is it possible that a bow tie actually chokes the blood supply to the brain? Tucker Carlson is even less cogent than usual about the about the Jack Murtha story.
Why we can't abandon Iraq immediately - The Situation with Tucker Carlson - MSNBC.com
Also, a small but I think significant complaint: ...
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