[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Haiti, ten months later
- [The Big Picture]
[Since the earthquake], Haiti's government, the United Nations, and many other aid agencies have struggled just to keep the population healthy and fed as it tries get back on its feet. Recent weeks have seen an outbreak of cholera, which has killed more than 300 people. The cholera strain is not native to Haiti, and reportedly matches strains found in South Asia, placing suspicion on U.N. personnel from that area who were stationed nearby. Some 1.3 million people are still crammed into thousands of makeshift camps dotted around the capital, leaving them vulnerable to both disease outbreaks and the elements – of particular concern as Tropical Storm Tomas now approaches, and may grow to Hurricane strength by landfall on Friday. (42 photos total)
- The Morning After
- [Calitics - Robert Cruickshank]
California Democrats are poised to have a clean sweep of the statewide elected offices, depending on whether Kamala Harris can maintain a razor-thin margin of victory over Steve Cooley. (Seriously, who the hell votes a Brown-Boxer-Newsom-Cooley ticket? WTF is wrong with those people?)…
- What Guides To Interacting With Police Leave Out
- [FWD/Forward - s.e. smith]
- REPORT: Meet The 2010 GOP Freshman Class
- [Think Progress - Scott Keyes]
- Video: Happiness Booster — Sing in the morning.
- [The Happiness Project - GretchenRubin - part of the 2010 Happiness Project Challenge]
- How to install Photoshop CS5 in Ubuntu Maverick 10.10
- [Make Tech Easier - Damien]
- Online Behavior Tracking and Privacy: 7 Worst Case Scenarios
- [Mashable! - Sarah Kessler]
[This is mostly not about cyberstalking or identity theft. -L]
- New Browser Extension Generates 2D Barcodes On the Fly
- [Mashable! - Jennifer Van Grove]
[Barcodes--gratuitously technological but awesome way to transfer data. Fewer dead trees, yay! -L]
- 12 Incredible Objects Being Made With 3D Printers Today
- [WebUrbanist - Delana]
[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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