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Posts from February 2010

links for 26 February 2010

play play play 26 February 2010 – This comic is always good, but sometimes it is the kind of good that hits me in the gut. Leak in Shark-Filled Aquarium in Dubai Mall 25 February 2010 – And they shall have their revenge. BBC News – British Library warns UK's web heritage 'could be lost' [...]


links for 25 February 2010

Yelp Is Sued After Dispute Over a Review 24 February 2010 San Fran Library Hires Social Worker for Homeless – NYTimes.com 24 February 2010 – This article makes me more than a little sad, and not just because I work here.


links for 24 February 2010

Britain To Stop Funding For Homeopathy 23 February 2010 – … didn’t see that coming. Then again, I live in California. (via Clay) Rape Analogy: The “Walking in a Bad Neighborhood” Theory 23 February 2010 – Brilliant article overall, but especially for this: “The behaviors associated with femininity occupy a strange space in our culture. [...]


links for 23 February 2010

Bay Area deemed least affordable region in U.S. – San Francisco Business Times: 22 February 2010 – No surprise here. What is surprising to me is how much civic dysfunction we are willing to tolerate while paying such exorbitant prices to be here.


links for 22 February 2010

Darth Vader Working On a Saturday 22 February 2010 – How do I convince FunkyPlaid to do this for our wedding? Writers describe the positive impact of D&D on their lives 20 February 2010 11,000 Rejections on the Wall, 11,000 Rejections 22 February 2010 – Thanks, Ang, for sharing this. It makes me feel significantly [...]


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