links for 2009-02-17
2009 February 17
- "The Net, like any large human-built institution, is far from perfect — but that doesn't mean that we would be better off tearing it down and starting over." Totally agree.
- "Forget the JMS no-show, this is the real biggest story of NYCC '09: keep an eye on web-based comic distribution this year. I have a feeling that the shift to reading even mainstream books online starts now." I have to agree.
- NYT writes that the Catholic Church is facing problems because of some of the most recent actions by Benedict, with overseas parishes.
- Putting money into the arts is one of the few consistently proven areas that helps the economy overall.
- "Twenty-thousand layoff notices will go out on Tuesday morning" California has some major problems.
- Facebook on it's own TOS.
- 22 free icon packs, total of more than 5000 icons.
- So what's going on with Facebook and their Terms of Service.
- What do you do when you funding gets increased by $100 Billion?
- "President Obama’s plan to reduce the flood of home foreclosures will include a mix of government inducements and new pressure on lenders to reduce monthly payments for borrowers at risk of losing their houses, according to people knowledgeable about the administration’s thinking." Still working on this problem.
- "Don’t you dare touch your stylesheet until you have written your markup!" I liked that point.
- "The Council of State said the state had permitted or facilitated deportations that led to anti-Semitic persecution without being coerced by the occupiers. But the council also found reparations had since been made "as much as was possible, for all the losses suffered". " So says the French.
- I agree.
- "Former prime minister Tony Blair has won $1m (£697,000) for his leadership on the world stage." Pretty sure Bush is never going to win this.
- "Um. What gives? Many manufacturers have committed to the Android platform. Where are the handsets? Mobile World Congress is one of the biggest mobile events of the year. Android's failure to show up makes me very nervous about the platform's future. " Indeed.
- Ahhh this trial is already looking fun.
- Oh my gosh she is so funny.
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