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Open source software, co-operative business, science and news geek. Project manager. Consultant.

I use Diigo because I came here from Furl on St. Patrick's Day, 2009. Though I miss some of the features of Furl, (caching - coming soon to Diigo), I love many things about Diigo, particularly highlighting and sticky notes.

Member since Mar 17, 2009, follows 26 people, 37 public groups, 8393 public bookmarks (8800 total).

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  • The Debatewise Blog - The Global Youth Panel - Nov 2009 24 minutes ago
  • TheDigitalKitty.com =^_^=: When buying a laptop, make sure to look for build quality - 2008 about 2 hours ago
    • The Panasonic is a bit more portable with lighter weight, better sizes, more durability, and longer battery life. However, they are extremely expensive, and not available with special components like discrete graphics chips. The Thinkpads are extremely durable and light, though not as much as the Panasonic, but they are faster, easier to obtain, and cheaper.
  • TV PC 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! about 3 hours ago
  • Opensuse 11.2 M8 on Macbook Pro 5,3 - openSUSE Forums - Oct 2009 about 4 hours ago




    • Obviously he also never heard of preferred folders for externally built modules, in this case installing the modules to /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates should be preferred
    • I finally managed to get all the hardware working on my MBP 15"



      Used the x86-64 DVD to install (already had REFIT boot loader on my machine) and then...
  • openFATE - #302485: sync GPT and MBR on MacBook (mactel) about 4 hours ago
    • Then I installed openSuSE and even though I didn't even have it format or recreate the partitions my MBR was destroyed; I could no longer sync the GPT and MBR tables.
  • BT line down, how do you get a refund? - MoneySavingExpert.com Forums about 15 hours ago
  • Instant (Bad) Karma | RSands Consulting |Nov 2009 about 23 hours ago
    • But Android and iPhone are growing by leaps and bounds, largely at the expense of Symbian and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile. Actually, this fact is not lost on Symbian’s backers. Sony Ericsson is launching the Xperia X10 Android-based multimedia smartphone in early 2010. Samsung, according to Korean investment house HTC Investment Securities, is going to ditch Symbian completely, focusing on Android and their own Bada platform, announced today. Even Nokia is hedging their bets, with their new, hotly anticipated N900 tablet running the Maemo mobile Linux platform, and not Symbian OS.
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        David Corking about 23 hours ago

        Really? Isn't the smartphone market is a rising tide that lifts most boats? Most people still don't have smartphones yet.

  • testimonial evidence (anecdotes) - the skeptics dictionary on 2009-11-09
    • For example, a physician will take anecdotal evidence from a patient about a reaction to a new medication and use that information in deciding to adjust the prescribed dosage or to change the medication. This is quite reasonable. But the physician cannot be selective in listening to testimony, listening only to those claims that fit his or her own prejudices. To do so is to risk harming one’s patients.
    • For example, a physician will take anecdotal
      evidence from a patient about a reaction to a new medication and use that
      information in deciding to adjust the prescribed dosage or to change the
      medication. This is quite reasonable. But the physician cannot be selective
      in listening to testimony, listening only to those claims that fit his or
      her own prejudices.
  • Schneier on Security: Zero-Tolerance Policies on 2009-11-09
    • It's the combination of the four that work: rules plus discretion plus appeal plus audit.

    • Zero-tolerance simply means that the discretion of authorities becomes UNAPPEALABLE. Once they've decided to start the turning of the wheel, there is no process to stop it, or to punish the authority for poor use of discretion -- since, nominally, no discretion exists.



      It's the exact reverse of what is aimed for -- a blind justice system that is automatic and equitable. By removing discretion, you give authorities infinite discretion.

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  • Barry Schwartz on our loss of wisdom | Video on TED.com on 2009-11-09

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  • Accelerated Family Learning - Friends of Campaign4 Learning

    9 members, 1181 items

    This is a fab group where campaign for learning meets up and shares resources that are found on the web. We can also encourage talks among members to help each other and give tips. The group is intended as a growing virtual space where everything will be aggregated by members - to help one anothe

  • Astronomy

    24 members, 125 items

    Share links to astronomy and astrophysics resources, stories, and other ephemera.

  • Atheist Thoughts

    41 members, 78 items

    Thoughts on atheism, science and questioning the Bible.

  • Best Atheism in the Web

    6 members, 40 items

    This group wants to find out the very best sites for us godless people.

  • Bicycle Commuting

    17 members, 29 items

    This group is to bring to as many bicycle commuting resources and support alternate means of transportation.

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