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Today’s Shared Items – December 16, 2010

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ArtsBeat: Blake Edwards, Prolific Comedy Director, Dies at 88 December 16, 2010 – A tremendous talent. Lotte Mart's cheapest fried chickens stir political controversy | The Australian December 16, 2010 The Maddow Blog – Ummmm…. December 16, 2010 – Reimagining a meme. Can economists make the system for organ transplants more humane and efficient? December 15, 2010 The Case Against Buying Christmas Presents December 15, 2010 – I feel this way a little bit more…

Today’s Shared Items – December 15, 2010

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Apple iBookstore Adding More Picture Books, Canadian Content December 15, 2010 – I love my Canadian friends, and I love Canada enough that making fun of our neighbor to the north doesn’t even strike me as all that funny. But come ON! The joke wrote itself here. Mark Zuckerberg – Person of the Year 2010 – TIME December 15, 2010 – Oh, the (un)irony. there is a link in this feature that allows you to…

Today’s Shared Items – December 14, 2010

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Apply To Be UT's Defensive Coordinator December 13, 2010 – I clicked through to the listing: here is part os my favorite section, under Working Conditions: “Use of manual dexterity. Climbing of stairs. Climbing of ladders. Lifting and moving. Exposure to large crowds” McDonald's: Customer database hacked December 13, 2010 – There’s a database of McDonald’s customers? Who knew?

Today’s Shared Items – December 13, 2010

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The Atlantic on track to turn a profit of $1.8 million this year December 13, 2010 Amazing time lapse video from inside Metrodome as roof collapses December 13, 2010 – Somebody help me. Didn’t another dome stadium cave in a few years back? I had actually thought it was the one in Minn. Inquiring minds…. Apple quietly drops iOS jailbreak detection API (John Cox/Network World) December 10, 2010 Blind Students Demand Access to Online Course…

Today’s Shared Items – December 11, 2010

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Biology and biography: The Q&A: Oliver Sacks, neurologist | The Economist December 11, 2010 – You can also be effectively face-blind if you are so near-sighted that you cannot distinguish facial features at any distance. You call this a Scotch collection? December 10, 2010 More bogus trends from the New York Times:Home bartending, ID theft, park rangers, and rebelling moms. December 10, 2010 – First they came for the rebelling moms, and I said nothing.…

Today’s Shared Items – December 10, 2010

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I'm in Charge of Ejukayshun! – Newsdesk: Austin News, Politics, Opinion Blog – AustinChronicle.com December 10, 2010 Same as the old boss: Lobbyists take over Freshmen GOP offices December 10, 2010 – …and because the president sought waivers to his own strict limitations on lobbyists in his administration, he was criticized. But because these fine people are Republicans, their hiring practices will only be commented on by the progressive media. Interesting. Bea Arthur Was Secretly…