Archive for December, 2011
Smartphone Given You a Lobotomy? There’s an App for That
December 20th, 2011Via: Engadget: Do you have an iPhone 4S? Do you drive a car? Do you have amnesia? If you answered yes to at least two-and-a-half of these questions, you’ll probably be interested in Find My Car Smart — a Kickstarter project that wants to help dudes find their cars, with the help of Bluetooth 4.0 […]
Programmers Win DARPA Prize for Reconstructing Shredded Documents
December 20th, 2011Make sure to keep reading to the end… Via: Bloomberg: To most people, 10,000 slivers of shredded paper are as good as trash. To three coders in San Francisco, they’re a challenge—especially when the jumbled mass of paper once made up five classified government documents. The trio were not hackers trying to steal state secrets, […]
Swedes Arrested for Butter Smuggling
December 19th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Two Swedes have been arrested by Norwegian police for smuggling more than 250kg of butter into the country, offloading one consignment for more than £25 a packet. The two men, from the Northern city of Umea, managed to make their first delivery before a police patrol stopped their van on Saturday evening. “They […]
50 Economic Numbers From 2011
December 19th, 2011Via: Economic Collapse Blog: #1 A staggering 48 percent of all Americans are either considered to be “low income” or are living in poverty. #2 Approximately 57 percent of all children in the United States are living in homes that are either considered to be “low income” or impoverished. #3 If the number of Americans […]
Former Mexican Govrnment Officials Work for U.S. Intelligence
December 19th, 2011Via: AFP: At least 80 former Mexican government officials are currently working as informants for US intelligence agencies, the daily La Jornada reported, citing senior Mexican officials. Most of them are gathering information for the US Drug Enforcement Agency, the prestigious daily reported. Senior officials in the attorney general’s office and the interior ministry said […]
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-il Dead
December 19th, 2011Via: Reuters: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack while on a train trip, state media reported Monday, sparking immediate concern over who is in control of the reclusive state and its nuclear program. … South Korea, still technically at war with the North, placed its troops and all government workers on […]
Homeland Security: Paying with Cash?:
December 19th, 2011Via: YouTube:
Contributions from American Expatriates to Ron Paul’s Presidential Campaign
December 19th, 2011FYI for American expatriates: If you want to contribute money to Ron Paul’s campaign, here’s what you need to do. Send an email to Finance Director, John McCardell (johnm@ronpaul2012.com) stating that you are an American citizen living abroad, then call him at 703-563-6130.
Egypt Intensifies Crackdown on Street Protesters
December 19th, 2011WARNING: EXTREME VIOLENCE. Via: Sydney Morning Herald: Egypt’s military rulers escalated a bloody crackdown on street protesters over the weekend, chasing down and beating unarmed civilians, even while the Prime Minister was denying in a televised news conference that soldiers were using any force. In a highly incendiary development, video cameras captured soldiers stripping the […]
Breakthrough Could Double Solar Energy Output
December 18th, 2011Via: Science Daily: The efficiency of conventional solar cells could be significantly increased, according to new research on the mechanisms of solar energy conversion led by chemist Xiaoyang Zhu at The University of Texas at Austin. Zhu and his team have discovered that it’s possible to double the number of electrons harvested from one photon […]
