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In my business, I often do data converion. Google Refine aids in that considerably. For example, you’ve merged several mailing lists and discovered that data in one of the fields has been entered multiple ways and needs to be standardized. Google Refine allows you to do that with a couple of mouse clicks. Sweet. [...] James Carville was beyond blunt today, saying “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he’d have two.” James Carville and Stan Greenberg on the failed Obama economic message. “During the campaign… their message of ‘what we are doing is working,’ people would get mad, okay,” said Carville. “Most kind [...] Ron Paul has introduced a bill saying the government can not do to us what would be illegal for us to do. In the speech, he says Americans have been submissive to the government for too long, the members of Congress should undergo the same screenings, and that we need to stand up and [...] Lawrence Lessig, founder of Change Congress and activist for clean government says the anti-corruption goals of the Tea Party are admirable and that the left should work towards the same goals. Traditional liberals will no doubt be driven batty by a prominent progressive activist like Lessig saying this, because they too often view Republicans as [...] photo © 2010 Peter Hellberg | more info (via: Wylio) Asphalt retains heat well. Researchers want to harness the energy. Here’s how they plan to do it. Embed photovoltaic cells in the pavement and use it to power street lights. Put water-filled pipes in the asphalt, which would be warmed by the sun, to melt [...] Rather than growing algae in expensive, enclosed reactors, they plan to test growing algae outdoors in ponds. Algae, in theory, has the potential of producing 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of fuel per acre, higher than most other forms of biomass by a wide margin. Algae can also grow in brackish water on marginal land, so [...] Golly, it seems like most everyone except ranking members of both major parties are saying the scanners are dangerous and the new procedures invasive and ineffective. It aims at compliance and submission, says the Pirate Party of Oklahoma, in an enimently sensible interview with Third Party and Independent Daily. What is the Pirate [...] Click through for chart in all its ginormous glory Dan Edstrom is an expert in charting such relationships and it took him a year to find out who actually owned his home. Note the “Black Hole” on the right side near the top. Apparently some details are unknowable, even to an expert. Such a [...] So says Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips in an interview with CAIVN. CAIVN: What do you think about the TSA’s “nude” body scanners? Judson Phillips: I am appalled by them. First is the radiation hazard which the regime does not even address. Second, I don’t want people staring at me without clothes [...] photo © 2009 Chris Halderman | more info (via: Wylio) Hmmph. I feel sorely cheated. Even though I’ve been clean and sober many years now with no desire to go back to that world, you’d think I could have rated at least a couple of acid flashbacks. But no… Nada, zilch, none. Sigh. [...] |  | ||||
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