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Commitment: Providence Moves, Too
“There is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.”
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Ask a Mac: Calendar, Contacts Swallowed by the Cloud
Yipes! My iPhone’s calendar and contacts have stopped syncing with my MobileMe calendar and contacts. Alas, Apple’s cloud solution is convenient but not a hundred percent reliable. Here are two ways you can cope.
Who Put the ‘Wrong’ in Doctor Who?
Wink and a nod: Is there a coded message behind actor Christopher Eccleston’s explanation why he quit Doctor Who after just one season? He says he “didn’t enjoy the environment and the culture” of the show. And the media is just leaving it at that.
Design by Community? Nokia’s Dumbphone Concept
Crowdsourcing is supposed to be the smart way to do things these days, but Nokia’s turned it into a popularity contest that’s supposed to magically result in the best next-generation smartphone? Seriously?
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Voyager’s Garrett Wang to Lead Dragon*Con Trek Track
Dragon*Con, North America’s largest fan-run SF convention, has hired a pro — actor Garrett Wang of Star Trek: Voyager — to lead its popular Star Trek track at this year’s event.
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Time to eScape: Kids’ Adventure Series Comes to the Web this Summer
What if you woke up one day at summer camp to discover all the adults had disappeared? That’s how our new kids’ adventure series, eScape, begins when it comes to the Web this summer. You can check out the trailer right now!
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Celebrated Jumping Frog Leaps Again (Electronically)
Though long in the public domain, there’s no complete electronic version of Mark Twain’s debut book, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Sketches, and Amazon’s Kindle store and iPhone app proved disappointing. So I took matters into my own hands.
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Who’s the Devil Haiti Made the Deal With?
Pat Robertson’s delusional view of the world actually makes God the bad guy.I hope Jesus is nothing like the vindictive and ill-informed Christian broadcaster and one-time Republican presidential candidate who claims Haiti has suffered throughout its history because of a supposed “deal with the Devil” slaves made in order to defeat their French overlords.
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Stapled Shut: How a Misprint Got Me a Sweet New Monitor
Learn how a misprint in this week’s Staples advertisement could get you an HD monitor for a lot less than you think.
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Pic of the Day: Photo/Graphs
Nikki Graziano is a photographer who’s also into math. Courtesy of Wired.com, we learn how the graphs of mathematical functions are mirrored in nature. Graziano, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, “overlays graphs and their corresponding equations onto her carefully composed photos,” Wired says. To her, it’s simply a demonstration of “how awesome math is.”