- A Brief History Of Unions – Video
- [Campaign for America's Future - Dave Johnson]
I came across this great, short video from the PA AFL-CIO titled A Brief History Of Unions:…
…a few other interesting short videos:
Labor History Part I
Labor History Part II
Labor History Part III
Origins of the Labor Movement
- Introduction to Linux – A Hands on Guide
- [Ubuntu Geek]
This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
- The Arizona Shooting: An FAQ
- [Tiger Beatdown - Sady. I've already posted more than enough about the shooting for one day, but I can't get over this particular bit from Sady. Click through for the rest of the paragraph. -L]
…to go back to that “favorite books” list, what it demonstrates most clearly is not that Jared Loughner is mentally ill, but that Jared Loughner is stupid.
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- Life After Peak Travel – Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic
- One of the hallmarks of the 20th century was the increasing availability and decreasing cost of travel. People could get more places more easily, and so they did. Each year people drove more. Now, there's a new study in Miller-McCune that purports to show that that trend has stopped in eight industrialized nations…
Your kids may drive less than you have. They may see less of the total globe than you did. But that doesn't mean they'll lead less meaningful lives.
- Transform Your DSLR into a Supercharged, Professional Video Camera
- [Lifehacker - Adam Dachis]
If you've got one of Canon's amazing video-capable DSLRs, you know you've got a powerful camera. What you may not know is that you can add some incredible features, for free, with an open-source firmware add-on called Magic Lantern. Here's how.
- How WordPress Themes Actually Work
- [Mashable! - Jolie O'Dell]
WordPress developer and all-around web geek Joost de Valk has just graced the Internet with a highly useful infographic.
For a medium that leans toward the amusing, infographics can occasionally be enlightening or even helpful for later reference.
This one serves as a sort of “cheat sheet for how your blog works” and takes the reader through the basics of a normal WordPress theme.
It’s a posts-to-plugins look at the anatomy of a typical WordPress theme.
- Replace OpenOffice.org with LibreOffice in Ubuntu
- [Lifehacker - Kevin Purdy]
The LibreOffice suite has more momentum behind it than OpenOffice.org, and also writes to the .docx format natively. Here's how to switch out OpenOffice.org for a more regularly updated LibreOffice repository.
- Would a placebo work for you?
- Brain scans reveal who is more likely to succumb to a placebo to treat pain
- The Top 5 Diversity Stories of 2010
- [tolerance.org - Lisa Ann Williamson]
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
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