a free education? how can that be possible?

Free Science and Video Lectures Online!: Free Computer Science Video Lecture Courses

Compilation of Web 2.0 Tools for School

With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them through their upcoming academics. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students networking and utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise.

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The best insurance company commercial I've ever seen

Is this in San Francisco?

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mmmm cheeese.... sponge

Apartment Therapy - LA

i read this when i was a kid

Boing Boing: FOUND! Lazyweb request: name of children's stories from 1940s or 1950s

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neato tats.

NewsSnacks - The Best RSS Homepage Ever

On top of having all your feeds in one place, NewsSnacks allows you to import OPML files from the web, have multiple layouts, and even grab other users' setup for your homepage.
Feeds that are in the system can also be rated and personalized. Check it it out, really impressive stuff.

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Sony eBook Reader hands-on - Engadget

"..a 6-inch E Ink display, enough battery life for 7,500 page turns, support for DRM'd BBeB and unprotected PDF, TXT, RTF, and Word files -- but the big news is that this thing will in fact support RSS feeds. Sort of." Lots of good pics.

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God doesn't exist, science does

Professor Richard Dawkins argues that belief in god is irrational and inflicts great harm upon societies.

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no duh!

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eew

Floppy Disk Bag

Digg founders launch 2nd business - Revision3

Revision3 has close to $1M in financing from a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, and Greylock Partners, a VC firm that has backed the start-ups Facebook and LinkedIn, as well as Digg.

It is trying to capitalize on the rapid growth of Internet video. The company is built around a series of video podcasts.

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crap. i missed it.

Laguna Art Museum: Current Exhibitions

all about Steve - Boom!

Family Guy Episode Uses the word Fucking

Watch the guy in the hummer say "fucking"

Who needs a Mighty Mouse? Hold shift for horizontal scrolling

A slick scrolling trick built into Mac OS X: with a standard scrolling mouse, you can hold the shift key in most apps to scroll horizontally.

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Walmart says "Serious Ramifications" if Studios Hopped in Bed with Apple

His message, according to a studio exec involved in the discussions: that there would be "serious ramifications" if the studios hopped in bed with Apple. The situation between Bentonville and Hollywood has gotten so heated and so high-level that Jobs recently phoned Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott to ask him to moderate his stance, according to a source.

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Fuck Wal-Mart!

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i want a fish loft, but first i need fishies

Fishloft - Aufbauanleitung

creepy

Charles & Marie: Soupe du Jour

Inventing The Future: 10 Radically Innovative College Programs

The next 20 years of American innovation will be shaped by these 10 cutting-edge science and engineering programs. But before they change the world, these undergraduates will have to finish their homework.
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UCI is mentioned.

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bookshelves made of people!

Tangram