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BBC News – Is graphene really a wonder-material?
Is graphene really a wonder-material? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21014297 Once someone puts the 2 + 2 = 5 together, wait where this will go ! Think hard now…. 🙂
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BBC News – Plant-powered planes show promise
HYPERDRIVE| 15 January 2013 Plant-powered planes show promise http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130115-plant-powered-planes-show-promise As long as Biofuels comes from waste garbage and is not explicitly grown for this purpose, I see no problems with it. I was amazed a week ago to find out that out of 4 billion tons of food grown annually on a global basis, we…
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USA Today – Ford drops a new F-150 pickup on Detroit
Ford drops a new F-150 pickup on Detroit http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2013/01/15/ford-f-150/1835535/ Very nice on the outside Ford. I’m sold on the design. Let’s see all the goodies on the inside asap. Congrats.
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The Star – How a lawyer from Canada became a leading critic of U.S. national security policies
How a lawyer from Canada became a leading critic of U.S. national security policies http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/1315060–how-a-lawyer-from-canada-became-a-leading-critic-of-u-s-national-security-policies Here’s another Aaron Swartz with moral convictions, compass and direction and strong voice to say it like it is. Freedoms cost – and yes even if we agree to disagree at least it’s on the table and the debate about…
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Montreal Gazette – Cirque du Soleil Restructuring Sparks Layoff Rumours
Cirque du Soleil Restructuring Sparks Layoff Rumours http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/01/14/cirque-du-soleil-restructuring-sparks-layoff-rumours/ At the risk of repeating myself once again too many times – they would have better success setting up in Ottawa. One way or another the Circus will be coming to Ottawa – so might as well make it that one, cause my version is going to…
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Financial Post – Apple slips under US$500, stock trading at ‘critical level’
Apple slips under US$500, stock trading at ‘critical level’ http://business.financialpost.com/2013/01/15/apple-slips-under-us500-stock-trading-at-critical-level/ Stop your whinning please ! Too much hormones of the wrong kind. Just because I dumped iTunes from my Windows laptop and I don’t buy all things Apple doesn’t make it a sell proposition. Yeah, Steve Jobs is gone, get over it. As brilliant as…
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CNN – How Aaron Swartz helped build the Internet
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/15/tech/web/aaron-swartz-internet/index.html?hpt=hp_c1 …”(He) engineered his own dismissal and got cashed out, and then became a full-time, uncompromising, reckless and delightful s***-disturber,” wrote BoingBoing’s Cory Doctorow, a friend of Swartz’s, in a tribute.”…. If nothing else in the world, we need shit disturbers. They are the sounding alarms of all things gone off the rails when we…
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CNN – The scattered, futuristic world of home automation
The scattered, futuristic world of home automation http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/12/tech/innovation/future-home-automation/index.html?hpt=hp_bn5 Like cars and all vehicles, it’ll continue to be a moving target. No national standards association like UL or CSA or ANSI or whatever. So everyone’s tripping over themselves with great ideas. I can’t wait to see the Jetsons era. Heck I’ll settle for the Michel J.…
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CNN – Nobody needs a 6-inch smartphone
Nobody needs a 6-inch smartphone http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/15/technology/mobile/huawei-6-inch-smartphone/index.html?source=cnn_bin Of course they do silly. Now everyone will actually be able to use a standard to measure men’s claims to manhood. Silly you, women will now know if men are lying or telling it like it is. The only thing left I suppose is to put a ruler on…
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Journal de Montreal – La quête de Ben-Hur bientôt de retour
http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/01/15/la-quete-de-ben-hur-bientot-de-retour Finalement – il était temps. Mon Dieu ! Cool Ou bien quelqu’un a lu dans mes pensées ou mes ondes cérébrales du subconscient se sont projeté dans l’univers. Ce fut le premier film que j’ai vu dans le sous-sol d’une église à Laval, un samedi après-midi et j’ai payé un gros 25¢ à l’époque…
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