Author: jedreynolds
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Lorde’s Suppressed Grammy Award acceptance speech (Full Transcript) 26 January 2014
Originally posted on Snoopman News: Queen Bee Sting: Grammy audience told to read more Lorde: Thankyou soo much everyone for making this song explode because this world is mental. (Laughter). Planet Earth is run by psychopaths that hide behind slick marketing, ‘freedom’ propaganda and ‘economic growth’ rhetoric,[1] while they construct a global system of corporatized…
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Hang this Poster in your Office
flyer_xp-to-xubuntu_USletter.png PNG Image, 765 × 990 pixels – Scaled 79%.
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ShellCheck helps you learn to shell script
This is a lot of feedback for a shell script in progress!
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Girls and Software | Linux Journal
I totally enjoyed this essay. My son is in elementary school. Last year, his school offered a robotics class for girls only. When my son asked why he couldn’t join, it was explained to him that girls need special help to become interested in technology, and that if there are boys around, the girls will…
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Online Game Design in Python Class
Originally posted on Bellingham HCL Parent Association Connect: Attention Middle School Grades 6-8 – Starting again in February, Kris DeBruine (the FMS Technology teacher), will be offering an online Game Design in Python class. This class is open to all HCL students in grades 6-8. It is a fully online course for students to complete…
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Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must allow more time for play, not less – Comment – Voices – The Independent
I think many teachers and parents would agree. “…a common Chinese term used to refer to the products of their schools is gaofen dineng, which essentially means good at tests but bad at everything else.” via Give childhood back to children: if we want our offspring to have happy, productive and moral lives, we must…
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Losing Net Neutrality Is The Symptom, Not The Problem: Now Is The Time To Focus On Real Competition | Techdirt
This is a really great point because national broadband providers act not only as utility monopolies (Internet service) but also as content providers. This should be considered conflict of interest. A logical role for municipalities to adopt would be to become local broadband providers by buying out the POTS copper lines that the telcos are…
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Proud of…birthday…arduino…ten gig
And to focus on the better things in life… I’m happy that I had a good birthday weekend jus hanging out with the kids. And getting my xtracycle fixed. I’m quite proud of myself for building my first Arduino based WiFi attenuator. I look forward to getting better with my soldering skills. But my first…
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Morning Rant on 9/11 and Data Collection
So when I woke up and saw the Tribune’s syndicated article about how the Whitehouse though it would have prevented 9/11 by more pervasive data collection, I got rather angry. Why? The article and the topic are focusing on manipulating the reader. Entirely not on any greater topic. Who wants this surveillance? It does the…
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An Adventure in Long Distance, All Weather, Bike Commuting
He departed at 5:00, knowing it would take about one hour and five minutes to get home. His wife has to leave for a meeting at at 6:15. Pulling on his gloves while he waits for the light at Second and Main to change, his leg is raised on the pedal, about to thrust down.…
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