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Date:Monday Aug 17, 2009

links for 2009-08-17 • I'm a Photographer, not a Terrorist - Care about civil liberties in the UK? • ..... View Comments

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Date:Friday Feb 06, 2009

links for 2009-02-06 • As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God | Matthew Parris | Times Online | "Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset" - so writes Matthew Parris in the Times Online. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Wednesday Jan 14, 2009

links for 2009-01-14 • BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Czech EU art stokes controversy The latest art installation on display at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members with its lampoons of national stereotypes. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Thursday Dec 11, 2008

links for 2008-12-11 • Blog of helios: Linux - Stop holding our kids back A US school teacher ignorantly confiscates a boy's Linux discs and puts him on detention; all because she believed that anything that wasn't Windows was illegal and immoral. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Tuesday Dec 09, 2008

links for 2008-12-09 • Oliver Postgate - Creator of Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine and other Childrens TV classics Oliver Postgate passed away yesterday; famous for being a founder of Smallfilms (with Peter Firmin) the co-creators of children's TV favorites like "The Saga of Noggin. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Friday Nov 21, 2008

links for 2008-11-21 • The Commoditization of Massive Data Analysis - O'Reilly Radar Excellent piece by Joseph Hellerstein, comparing the traditional, enterprise favoured, database (SQL based, Relational Databases) and the online favoured datastore (MapReduce and Hadoop). • ..... View Comments 1 Trackback

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Date:Monday Nov 10, 2008

links for 2008-11-10 • JavaSE 6u10 - Java(TM) Runtime Environment Installation Changes to the default installation directory have implications for developers and implementors. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Friday Nov 07, 2008

links for 2008-11-07 • John Doerr’s Advice for Barack Obama: Hire Bill Joy - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com Please let this come true... • ..... View Comments