Economy and Enginnering IndicatorMon, 07 Apr 2008 03:22:08 PDT
I’ve talked to half of the people that I polled previously for my Engineering and Economy Poll and I’m seeing some positive changes. I’ve been crushed recently with new work and we’re even talking of hiring people. My California buddy says work has been steady to UP (a change from Neutral) and my NJ buddy #1 has been very busy (a change from Neutral), I remain UP. If the market has indeed bottomed and we’re seeing quite a bit of Engineering work, then I’ll take a risk and say that things will
WordPress 2.6 and Personal ProjectsMon, 07 Apr 2008 06:18:20 PDT
It is nice that WordPress 2.6 is not due until August. I was thinking that I would only have a single month for my pet projects, but I’ll have more than two and a half months to finish what I need. I believe with that amount of time, I can polish the patches I made in January and provide better arguments for inclusion into core. Inline Documentation Also, the biggest project will be finishing up the inline documentation for WordPress wp-includes folder and the wp-admin/includes folder. There m
EWN'er Receives Guggenheim!Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:25:56 PDT
Recent EWN addition, Robin C. Hemley, has received a Guggenheim for nonfiction and will be taking the next year off to write! I was fortunate enough to be able to meet and hang out with Robin a bit in Milwaukee recently as we were both part of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Spring Writers Conference and I must say, I am really looking forward to his 2009 Little, Brown book which is currently titled Do Overs. Just based on the speech he gave to open the Conference, which seems like it
Sex According to God... isn't what you think...Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:53:48 PDT
The big G.O.D. is much more chill about sex than most people think... Apparently, fisting is all good too. This is great news for all the pent-up pseudo Christians out there. (no pictures, SFW).
PROTEST DISRUPTS TORCH RELAY IN PARISMon, 07 Apr 2008 06:21:05 PDT
Security men tackled a protester, left, as Stephane Diagana, right, the 400-meter world champion in 1997 who is now president of France’s national athletics league, carried the Olympic torch at the beginning of its relay at the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Monday. Thousands of demonstrators from across Europe massed Monday around some of the most storied sights of Paris to protest the heavily guarded passage of the Olympic torch on what was supposed to be a majestic procession through France’s
Maroc - tagMon, 07 Apr 2008 04:53:50 PDT
Maroc - Casablanca actualité, news maroc, sport, foot raja wac wydad rabat tanger marrakech
Cityscape Asia 2008Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:44:51 PDT
Cityscape Asia is an event in Asia that showcases the latest trends in real estate, architecture, urban planning and design from around the world.
Passarella Death Squad Spring 2008 T-ShirtsMon, 07 Apr 2008 04:51:41 PDT
Passarella Death Squad from UK today launched their Spring 2008 collection that features some photographic print T-Shirts and some silhouettes of popular Disney characters. These tees are priced at £49.00 each and are currently available at oki-ni. (more…)
Top 6 Most Encouraging Trends in ComicsSun, 06 Apr 2008 07:30:08 PDT
The WonderCon 2008 Podcast Panel featured personalities from the podcasts “iFanboy”, “Around Comics”, “Comic Geek Speak”, and “I Read Comics” discussing the state of comics podcasting and comics in general. One of the highlights was when the moderator asked the panelists what they thought were the most encouraging trends in comics today.
UNCTAD to consider impact of economic trends on development (2) (Islamic Republic News Agency)Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:16:42 PDT
UNCTAD - Report Roundtable on "Harnessing knowledge and technology for development" will be held on April 24, UNCTAD said according to UN Information Center.
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