Daily Archives: July 29, 2003

Wolfowitz Kills Terrorist Market Brainstorm

Sorry, you won’t be able to buy shares in Usama Bin Laden anytime soon, as reported here this morning. Reacting to immediate intense pressure, Paul Wolfowitz killed the project "I couldn’t believe that we would actually commit $8 million to … Continue reading

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Harvard Square Flash Mob Set

The first Flash Mob in the Boston area is set for Thursday in Harvard Square.  Over 500 mobsters have signed up for the event, and today received an email from the shadowy organizers.  The event will take place "sometime after … Continue reading

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Eureka! Blogs do Educational Technology

An excellent posting by Paul Stacey about his discovery of blogs, RSS and more information than he ever dreamed of concerning his field, e-learning. Includes background on all of the above with lots of links to live sites and seminal … Continue reading

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Q: What do you do with an Elephant with Three Balls

  A: Walk him and pitch to the Rhino Q: What do you get when you combine Vermont wool from recycled sweaters, a Holstien cow from upstate New York, ground cork from Mississippi, various secret potions, silt from a secret … Continue reading

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DARPA Creates Opinion Aggregator to Predict Attacks

The Defense Department’s research wing, DARPA, usually involved in more mundane projects like inventing the Internet and Robot Races, may soon be selling shares in Usama Bin Laden. The idea is an extension of the proven power of free markets to … Continue reading

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Open-source Mail and News Reader

The Mozilla Thunderbird (stand-alone Mozilla based mail/news reader) developers have just released version 0.1 , available for Mac Linux ,Mac OSX and Windows. Thunderbird is a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. The intended … Continue reading

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