[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Ensure People Remember Your Ideas with SUCCESs
- [Lifehacker]
Whether you're giving a presentation or convince your boss you've got a great idea, making your ideas stick in people's minds isn't strictly a measure of its brilliance. Developer and blogger Zachary Burt examines how to make sure people remember your ideas.
- Xoki Creates Moving Color Playlists for Relaxation Breaks
- [Lifehacker]
It's Friday afternoon, and if you're stressed out after a whole week of work, webapp Xoki will relax you by creating a custom, blank, color-changing background in your browser.
- There’s a Difference Between Whistleblowers and Hustlers
- [Firedoglake]
Last Friday, many outlets covered the story of Adam Dillon, a former British Petroleum contractor-turned-whistleblower who claimed he was fired for taking covert photographs of BP cleanup operations.
- "Officer Sues Over Arizona Immigrant Law"
- [CrimProf Blog]
"A lawyer for a Phoenix police officer told a federal court Thursday his client could be sued for racial profiling if he enforces Arizona's new immigration law…"
- NYT says academic plagiarism is not just dishonest, it undermines learning
- [Adjunct Law Prof Blog]
Here's an important editorial that ran in the New York Times earlier this week: A friend who teaches at a well-known eastern university told me recently that plagiarism was turning him into a cop. He begins the semester collecting evidence,…
- Lynne Stewart gets 10-year federal prison sentence the second time around
- [Sentencing Law and Policy]
As detailed in this AP article, Lynne Stewart "was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison in a terrorism case by a judge who boosted her original sentence by nearly eight years after concluding she lied to a jury and lacked remorse." Here are more details…
- Rancho council declares support for Arizona immigration law
- [Orange County Register]
RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – Council members formally declared their support for Arizona's anti-illegal immigration law by adopting a resolution Wednesday night that expresses the city's support for SB 1070.
[DAMMIT. -L]
- Demo A.G. Candidates Heap Praise on Voice's "NYPD Tapes" Series
- [Runnin' Scared - Village Voice]
All five Democratic attorney general hopefuls praised Voice staff writer Graham Rayman's continuing "NYPD Tapes" series about police abuses…
[I haven't linked to the NYPD Tapes series lately, but it is not to be overlooked.
Cliff notes on part 1 and 2:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/05/the_nypd_t<wbr>apes.phpSee also:
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/the_nypd_tapes/-L]
- Judge denies Schwarzenegger bid to compel pay cuts – Reuters
- A California judge on Friday denied Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's attempt to force State Controller John Chiang to process pay cuts to the federal minimum wage for some 200000 state employees…
- Ubuntu Accessibility Team Personas Survey
- [The Fridge]
[Call for survey respondents re how people with disabilities use their computers. Please signal boost. -L]
- Download: Hurdy-gurdy from Caroline Phillips and Bidaia
- [TED Blog]
Earlier this week, Californian-born, French-resident entrepreneur and musician Caroline Phillips told the TED University participants at TEDGlobal about the hurdy-gurdy, a polyphonic instrument that is over 1,000 years old and was played throughout Europe — while only a handful of people play it today, including Phillips. Her short performance captivated the audience, which asked for an encore.
Caroline has created a link for TEDsters to freely download the album she recorded together with Mixel Ducau, her partner in the duo Bidaia. The album is called Oihan, which in the Basque language is a first name meaning "Forest."
- Another scorcher is forecast; thunderstorms, lightning, hail, brush fires are possible
- [L.A.Times]
[NO SERIOUSLY WTF NATURE. -L]
- Venture capital rose 49% in first half of 2010
- [MarketWatch]
Venture capital investments rose sharply in the first half of this year, fueled by strong interest in clean technology and the life sciences sector…
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