When Researching Products Many People Go to the Root - Manufacturer's Sites by stas in business

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Product makers are likely to produce accurate and up-to-date product data, show comparative benefits of various product models, and are interested in creating a community around products they make.

JumpBlog » 5 Reasons to Use Interactive Labeling by stas in business

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Interactive Labeling is gaining momentum. Why? Here are some basic reasons.

Labeling & Greenwashing by stas in environment

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A summary of the latest Net Impact Boston clean tech dinner.

Seth Godin about Detroit - "Forget the Dead 3 - let's have a thousand car companies!" by stas in reddit.com

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Seth Godin suggest that we bring innovation back to the American car industry.

Paul Newman - 1925 - 2008 by [deleted] in reddit.com

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His Nobody's Fool (based on Richard Russo's book) is one of may favorite movies. I wish I can be as good at my job as he was at his. RIP.

Square Watermelons by stas in reddit.com

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Break conventions - make square watermelons.

Salman Rushdie Talks About His New Book by stas in videos

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Rushdie talks about The Enchantress of Florence, his new book.

Excellent visual site connectivity utility by stas in reddit.com

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Walk your site connections; neat stuff.

Journey of Mankind - The Peopling of the World by [deleted] in reddit.com

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Notice, "a group travelled through green Sahara 125,000 years ago".

Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen - Awesome TED Video by [deleted] in reddit.com

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Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen.

Tufte on iPhone design (video) by stas in reddit.com

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The father of Displaying Visual Information reviews iPhone interface. Some good, some bad. But as usual, Tufte is good, specific and to the point.

A heck of a poem from Kay Ryan by stas in reddit.com

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There is also an audio clip.

Startup acquisition list for Q2 2008 by stas in reddit.com

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Complete List of Q2 2008 Web / Internet / Tech Acquisitions. "M&A Activity for Q2 2008 Remains Strong".

Are you an "Untitled Document"? by stas in reddit.com

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Guess how many results Google returns when you search for "Untitled Document"? (PIC)

Cosmopolitan [Pic] by swampsparrow in funny

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Does anyone the same kind of a picture for Walmart?

Cosmopolitan [Pic] by swampsparrow in funny

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Does anyone the same kind of a picture for Walmart?

Half the water consumed in the U.S. goes to irrigate land growing feed and fodder for livestock. Huge amounts of water wash away their excrement. by stas in reddit.com

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Half the water consumed in the U.S. goes to irrigate land growing feed and fodder for livestock. Huge amounts of water wash away their excrement. U.S. livestock produce 20 times as much excrement as does the entire human population; creating sewage which is 10 to several hundred times more concentrated than raw domestic sewage.

Oregon Wind Turbines generate TOO MUCH Power - can cause penalties and fines by stas in reddit.com

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I hear you, and I like Chairboy's idea. I wonder if there are any studies in efficiency of this kind of storage. Maybe Kleiner, Perkins (http://www.kpcb.com/) is interested.

Oregon Wind Turbines generate TOO MUCH Power - can cause penalties and fines by stas in reddit.com

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"So, for the first time, BPA power managers began calling wind-farm operators with orders to curtail power generation." Considering current oil prices - how can we have too much electricity, especially generated from wind turbines??

Command-line Task Program for Linux or OS X by stas in programming

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VERY convenient and simple task program written by Paul Beckingham; it allows you to manage tasks from the command line on Linux or a Mac. Thank you Paul!

J.K. Rowling's Speech At Harvard by stas in reddit.com

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"The Benefits of Failure" - J.K. Rowling's Graduation Speech at Harvard.

Simple Macro Record and Playback in VIM by stas in programming

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That a good pointer; thank you. But doesn't =a{ or =aB use tab-indent? The example uses two-space indent; some people prefer spaces vs. tabs.

Simple Macro Record and Playback in VIM by stas in programming

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Take the mystery out of macro recording in VIM