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3G iPhones to keep current prices
Apple ‘s 3G iPhone to be priced from $399 By Richard Felton Wednesday, April 09, 2008 17:21 Chicago (IL) – We just came across a few more interesting 3G iPhone details. Industry sources told TG Daily that the device in fact will launch at WWDC 2008, in two or possible three different configurations, and prices…
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Aptera* What?
Ok, so you’ve probably heard of this, maybe, even seen it. But did you believe your eyes? It’s called Aptera. it’s a hybrid car. Whether anyone would make it is conjecture but it changes the dynamic of what is possible. This from Newsweek magazine: The Aptera: A funky new hybrid-electric car gets 300 miles per…
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From The New Republic, a poem
An Azalea Blooms in the Murderer’s Yard Ralph Sneeden, The New Republic Published: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 And shirtless boys fire rocks with rackets from the lawn next door. Ping and twang, then sounds of invisible tunnels torn through the canopy of indifferent oaks. Perhaps it was them I saw, the scoundrels, casting their lures…
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Scalia and Free Speech
I was wondering if you might indulge me and consider what Scalia is saying in this post. Both Scalia and his teenage interlocutor seemed aware of some “Road to Damascus” conversion that Scalia had gone through in his Free Speech thoughts. “I have the capacity to admit I made a mistake,” Scalia started out in…
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Automaton?
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A better mouse-trap
In a way, the technological advancement of the modern age has been astonishing. We have conquered worlds unknown and are on the verge of yet more breathtaking discoveries. Yet we’re still saddled with battery technology that belong with Barney Rubble and cohorts. Now comes news that researchers out of Peoria, er, the Argonne National Laboratory…
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Non-union shop*
Let’s see. BMWs have never been my favorite. I’m all for innovation and cutting-edge engineering but there’s something to be said for beauty, too. While BMWs have always had a reputation for the former and, as to the latter, beauty has always been in the eye of the beholder. This writer from the Telegraph in…
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Nino in full
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia hosted about 26 students from the Thomas Jefferson High School in Alexandria ( Fairfax County),Virginia at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday. C-Span organized the meeting as part of its “Students and Leaders” program with sitting Supreme Court Justices. Susan Swain of C-Span explained that TJ, as the school is known,…
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"The women in my life"
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Nebraska
It’s a big country out there Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin