Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-20

Barchet, Navy: 1922 http://tinyurl.com/yprylg #
Spirit switched to Indian customer service. How can an airline have outsourced their customer service?! # What’s next? Bringing in foreign stewardesses on employment visas? Keeping them in sweatshops? Blech. I’m not sticking around for that. #
Hijacking in New Zealand http://tinyurl.com/32gsaw #
Architecture students think outside the box to design low-cost, less-waste housing http://tinyurl.com/2tgob9 #
Rockville Rooster: 1925 http://tinyurl.com/3xweuc #
That Rockville Rooster link from 1925 is a photo taken in Rockville, next door to where I live, 83 years ago. What a difference! #
WTD 416 http://tinyurl.com/39njbq #
Trying out Enso (humanized.com). Don’t like the caps lock trick. Changed it to right Ctrl key. #
Tourists Overrunning Tibet http://tinyurl.com/3c58s3 #
How to turn greenhouse gases into gasoline http://tinyurl.com/2jm3rz #
Solar Bubbles Get $21M of Funding http://tinyurl.com/3662td #
The Art of Nonfinishing: 7 Time-Saving Ideas http://tinyurl.com/2e4mp8 #
Bathgate Avenue: 1936 http://tinyurl.com/2rlscy #
Foreign Hackers Stealing American Health Care Records http://tinyurl.com/3b2r3d #
Analysts: Studios will gain from HD DVD’s exit, but consumers’ won’t http://tinyurl.com/24w2ro #
Guana Cay Residents Fight Development http://tinyurl.com/33vkp9 #
Why You Shouldn’t Trust (Some) IRS eMails http://tinyurl.com/2sl5md #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-19

E-Vade: world debut for lightweight, 500 kW sportscar http://tinyurl.com/yoaekm #
Pennyland: 1928 http://tinyurl.com/2s5rsy #
Benevolent Worms http://tinyurl.com/347bzg #
Songza: Better Music Through Design http://tinyurl.com/2hmfdm #
It’s official: HD DVD is dead http://tinyurl.com/2vpcz3 #
How The Rights To Your Photo Are Being HijackedThrough Photo Contests http://tinyurl.com/236lko #
They Shoot Browsers, Don’t They? http://tinyurl.com/2mfntw #
Stradivarius for sale http://tinyurl.com/2kjnqy #
Lockheed Martin receives contract to develop FBI’s Next Generation Identification System http://tinyurl.com/2npj4z #
Dumb Money: The Movie Theater http://tinyurl.com/39d4q4 #
iPod shuffle Now Just $49 http://tinyurl.com/2qfwrl #
Sleep Like a Parisian http://tinyurl.com/2tbkk9 #
The Spinning Room: 1911 http://tinyurl.com/3dbcvl #
Loving Songza: http://www.songza.com/ #
UN agency: Submarine data pipeline cuts may be sabotage http://tinyurl.com/26o88b #
Sprint’s ‘Push to Talk’ can now send e-mail, photos and contacts http://tinyurl.com/36hubo #
Theory: Chuck Jones on the Art of Animation http://tinyurl.com/33vg9t #
Spending Money on the Wrong Security Threats http://tinyurl.com/28qlp9 #
A Real Lifesaver: 1915 http://tinyurl.com/2go8x9 #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-18

Man Narrowly Maneuvers Through Intersection http://tinyurl.com/2gfdmn #
The Loaves of Summer: 1923 http://tinyurl.com/ytztth #
Tracking photowalks http://tinyurl.com/yqc4fy #
Sonic Weapon http://tinyurl.com/ysb7jp #
Suffering From ‘Importantitis’ http://tinyurl.com/2knccm #
The Dakar to return – in South America http://tinyurl.com/3ahp7t #
Bethlehem-Fairfield: 1941 http://tinyurl.com/355spp #
Analyst: 400,000 iPhones in Use on China Mobile Network http://tinyurl.com/2sb8oz #
R.I.P. analog wireless: The old FM cellular bands can now shut down http://tinyurl.com/yp9d65 #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-16

Malware Threatens Mac Users: Report http://tinyurl.com/yorfvp #
iPhone users show affinity for Google searches http://tinyurl.com/26qmob #
HotPlug http://tinyurl.com/2s8bse #
Girl Shooters: 1922 http://tinyurl.com/2xb59x #
Microsoft ‘Frees’ Office Formats http://tinyurl.com/yrn4u6 #
Costs Drop, But Business’ Storage Strategies Still Fail http://tinyurl.com/yu4crh #
Lance Armstrong: “We have to promote bike commuting” http://tinyurl.com/yuzw9y #

Condensed knowledge for 2008-02-15

Nanotech Clothing Produces Power From Motion http://tinyurl.com/2qmsrz #
Federal Lab Says It Can Harvest Fuel From Air (With a Catch) http://tinyurl.com/2ouh2g #
WTD 413 http://tinyurl.com/3ap3wz #
Freddie the Newsie: 1915 http://tinyurl.com/2rfep8 #
Edward and Peary: 1923 http://tinyurl.com/335m3n #
An angry Microsoftie vents his spleen http://tinyurl.com/2tkb8l #
440: 1923 http://tinyurl.com/2leekk #
Sun expands its catalog of pay-by-the-hour service apps http://tinyurl.com/2ornuh #
EC Commissioner proposes doubling terms of performers’ copyright http://tinyurl.com/2laxdd #