December 2009
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“In a historic vote, Philadelphia’s City Council this morning approved...”
– This is good, good news. [full story]
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Dangerous Minds + Harry Potter = Dangerous Wands. [via]
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“The menorah was lighted and Hebrew prayers chanted, while the officer watched...”
– [full article from the NY Times]
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“This holiday season, as a token of our appreciation to our most enthusiastic...”
– From the Google Blog. I leave it as an exercise for the reader to find the irony in Google sending out actual mail as a holiday thanks for you using their email service.
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“I got something in the mail last week I’d been wanting for years: a Too Much Joy...”
– A rather interesting story about music royalties may be found here. [via]
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Entertaining reading: the Royal Society, in celebration of it’s 350th anniversary, has put a number of early papers online. There are a number of articles they wish to highlight and a fancy-but-hard-to-use timeline, but there is also an index of online issues (spanning 1665 - 1886) available here. For example: Antony van Leewenhoeck: Observations,...
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