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Founder of delicious leaves Yahoo, which had stalled on developing a new version of the site that it had purchased; no ads on site, no development of it, same old story; Yahoo also dropped its good podcasting directory.

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Obama--who taught law at the University of Chicago for a decade--is thoroughly embedded in the mind-set known as the Chicago School. Naomi Klein tells how Obama pays too much heed to free market, no regulation advisors.

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how to keep your old cell phone number when you switch carriers

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Lots of pros and cons and readers' reports summarized; some hitches you may not have thought of. Mothersite has good listing of how to get free ebooks in Kindle format or convert them to it.

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overview of and links to various ways of using Powerpoint

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a nuanced and well-argued critique of an important political book

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Review of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World's Food System by Raj Patel: "... why we shouldn't feel guilty about our food choices but angry with a corrupt food system."

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interesting roundup from an UK perspective

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Oprah's live streaming video book reviews deliver up .5 million simultaneous streams in a two-week period; later available as podcasts on iTunes; breathes new life both into book sales and podcasts

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"Apple Inc. is mulling a plan to upend its iTunes business by giving people unlimited free access to the music library if they're willing to pay more for the iPod and iPhone"; I might pay a lump fee to download all that music!

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Food crises in world history arose regionally from crop failures, war or pests; now there's a lack of supply everywhere at once. Like we speak of peak oil, we can speak of peak food.

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get free shipping coupons for popular stores

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reasons to keep cookies turned off in your browser except when absolutely necessary

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"Six of the country's prefab legends, and mavericks...Sander Architects, Alchemy Architecs, LivingHomes, Modern-Shed, Rocio Romero, and Lindal Cedar Homes." Environmentally friendly prefabs but spendy.

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a fun portal to many aspects of the Internet with images of the icons of all the sites, organized into categories; good for how to do things, less for information or news.

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I have not tried too many of these but probably will

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evaluation of documentary festivals, giving their pros and cons from a maker's point of view

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Sugar cane farmers, in one region of Australia will not burn their crop at harvest time. Instead they will ship the still green waste and cane residue to a new 30 megawatt plants, where it will be burnt to generate power.

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savvy analysis of why single-payer health insurance makes economic sense

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James Fallows on economic ties between US and China, detailed case studies examined.

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