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Can a Google Phone Connect With Carriers? - WSJ.com

FRONTLINE: coming soon: showdown with iran | PBS

Ah, what a wonderful cautionary tale, understood even by us poor liberal arts majors...now the question is, does the Fox of the Fire have the same vulnerability, or does it reject SSL_NULL messages?

Too funny winner of the Hemingway imitation contest.

This is an interesting collaborative work involving 15 different writers working on the same novel. On top of that, it is designed to be read aloud, as an audiobook. The chapters will be released serially, one every week. I'm not aware of any other project attempting this before.

After watching some of the coverage of the Petraeus hearings, it makes me think - if there were a nuclear war, I'd probably have to listen to NPR just to get the facts, because FOX and CNN would be unwilling to report anything that might inconvenience the Bush Administration. I can see it now - "Yes, there has been a limited nuclear exchange, but so far casualties have been low according to our expectations, and we are confident survivability remains possible despite what must must seem to outsiders to look like overwhelming odds."

For once, the centrists are wrong. What Senator Feingold and Bill Richardson are proposing is the only militarily sensible solution for those who oppose the war.

Many say attack on Iran coming soon | Twin Cities Daily Planet | Minneapolis - St. Paul

FOX "News" is attempting to prod the U.S. into a war with Iran. Consequences are ignored.

Informed Comment Global Affairs: Iran War Rollout Starts: Link to Iraq Troop Reductions?

A search reveals 15 articles currently written on the coming blitz of Iran.

Bush has Iran in his sights - Opinion - The Marlborough Express

I am tempted to get a gaming console just for this.

Kyiv Post. Georgia accuses Russia of dropping missile

Bond gets shaken. Not stirred In May 2008, to mark the centenary of Sir Ian Fleming's birth, Penguin UK will publish a new Bond novel - Devil May Care , written by one of Britain's most admired novelists, Sebastian Faulks. The novel was commissioned by the Fleming estate and will be set in "several of the world's most thrilling cities" during the Cold War. Faulks enjoyed following Sir Ian's lead, he said "In his house in Jamaica, Ian Fleming used to write a thousand words in the morning, then go snorkelling, have a cocktail, lunch on the terrace, more diving, another thousand words in late afternoon, then more Martinis and glamorous women. In my house in London, I followed this routine exactly, apart from the cocktails, the lunch and the snorkelling."

Live Earth on MSN: The Concerts For A Climate In Crisis

What must surely be the coolest gig in this summer’s Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. On 7 July the science team’s indie-rock house band, Nunatak will debut in the global event that features over 100 of the world’s top musical acts. Concerts from all 7 continents will raise awareness of climate change world-wide.

I enjoy great music, but I don't enjoy being made to feel as though I'm inside a 19th-century ballroom. Jeremy Soule is a prime example of a contemporary composer who uses the instruments of an orchestra to great effect, while neither remaining tied to premodern forms, nor engaging in modern ism . He has provided the soundtracks for Neverwinter Nights and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and from the look of his current projects, it appears his career has only grown since then.

Holy cow - GOOG is getting serious about competing against MSFT in the enterprise. My wife, who is a manager in a SMB, says she wouldn't want to leave the familiarity of Office, but apparently some Fortune corporations are willing to give Google Apps a shot. How about you?