image: Woodley Wonder Works / Creative Commons Some more hows and whys to the what of the fact that the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting , and should it disappear completely there’s 7 meters of sea level rise at the end of it all: New research published in Nature d… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Gail Collins thinks there’s “a new streak of craziness abroad in the land” regarding guns, and she contrasts two proposed pieces of legislation as proof. The first, introduced by Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, would put into place “modest” checks such as “making it more difficult to sell guns to people…
Continue reading …Simmer down, son — neither Elgato nor Other World Computing are actually shoving 12TB of hard drive space within a 2010 Mac Mini , but if you order one of their new bundles, you’ll definitely end up with as much. OWC is now selling pre-pimped Mac Mini machines, complete with bolstered storage options, an internal Blu-ray burner, Elgato’s EyeTV Hybrid tuner (or HD DVR), more RAM than usual and an Apple Remote. The company plans to offer both the 2.4GHz and 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo systems, and it swears up and down that the machine will arrive preconfigured and ready to rock your home theater. The addition of a Mercury Elite-AL Pro Qx2 4-bay storage solution enables you to keep even a vast library of digital content nearby, but there’s no telling how much the outfit will charge for such a luxury. Hit the source link if you’re scrounging for details, but don’t expect pricing or an order button just yet. Continue reading Elgato and OWC hawk upgraded Mac Mini HTPC bundles: Blu-ray burner, 12TB, TV tuner Elgato and OWC hawk upgraded Mac Mini HTPC bundles: Blu-ray burner, 12TB, TV tuner originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:19:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …A couple of New Jersey parents may have slapped their daughter and taken money from her paycheck to pay the cable bill, but that’s hardly child abuse or neglect, the state Supreme Court ruled yesterday. The child in question, now an adult, was removed from her home in 2008 after…
Continue reading …A 5-foot-long Monitor lizard named Elmer was reunited with his owner after being found wandering the streets of Riverside, Calif. The lizard escaped while his cage was being cleaned. (Jan. 27)
Continue reading …You know, honestly, this is probably one of the least offensive thing I’ve heard on Rush Limbaugh in a while. Not that it isn’t racist and offensive, but for crying out loud, the wealth of examples of offensive Rushbo soundbytes out there are so vast. Nevertheless, when a constituent brought this segment to the attention of California State Senator Leland Yee, he agreed that Rush was going out of his way to be racist and called for a boycott of Limbaugh’s advertisers . Objecting to Stern’s mocking of the Chinese language last week, California State Senator Leland Yee is launching a boycott of Rush Limbaugh’s advertisers, and he’s enlisting help from civil rights groups to gain traction. Yee was outraged over Limbaugh’s January 19 program, where he mocked Chinese President Hu Jintao because his speech was not being translated. Yee was singled out by Limbaugh on his show as one of those people who were not happy with his comments. Yee tells the Contra Costa Times , “I think this is very damaging for children (to hear that) Rush Limbaugh thinks it’s OK to make fun of another language or make fun of those individuals who may speak another language.” See, but for those brain-dead dittoheads, that’s threatening Rush Limbaugh’s First Amendment right to be offensive on a international, syndicated platform (you know that the Founding Fathers specifically included the EIB radio network in the Constitution, they did!), and thems just fightin’ words. So Leland Yee, he was asking for death threats as far as they were concerned. Mayoral candidate and state Sen. Leland Yee said racist death threats were faxed to his San Francisco and Sacramento offices today. They appear linked to his recent criticism of right-wing commentator Rush Limbaugh. The anonymous faxes, laced with racial epithets and misspellings, were addressed to “JoBama Rectum Sniffing Moron LEELAND LEE” and call Yee a “fish head,” according to a copy provided by Yee’s office. The faxes include a drawing of a U.S. flag-adorned pickup truck towing a noose that is looped around what appears to be a caricature head of President Barack Obama. The document says: “Without exceptions, Marxists are enemies of the United States Constitution! Death to all Marxists! Foreign and Domestic!” It also says: “Achtung! Fish Head Leeland Lee. Rush Limbaugh will kick your (insert racist and profane words here) and expose you for the fool you are.” Wow. Racist AND violent death threats? Based on loyalty to a conservative talk show host? I’m sure this happens on the other side too…
Continue reading …Are you ready to become an unpaid spokesman for all your favorite things? Facebook sure hopes so. The company has just rolled out a new advertising product called “sponsored stories” that will turn your posts into ads for companies you post about. In the example video, a user “checking in”…
Continue reading …New York Times editor Bill Keller’s lengthy essay on dealing with WikiLeaks and Julian Assange continues to ricochet around the blogosphere, with most of the attention focused on his not-so-flattering assessment of Assange as a person. He describes the WikiLeaker as “arrogant, thin-skinned, conspiratorial, and oddly credulous” and says Assange…
Continue reading …All hail the power of using energy more efficiently! Study after study after study (after study… … …) has shown that, along with energy conservation , energy efficiency is probably the most important component of getting a handle on humanity’s growing energy use and the environmental damage that currently entails. A new one from the University of Cambridge really lays it bare.
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