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Polaroid is closing its facilities that produce its instant film.

Google has posted their position on Microsoft’s bid for Yahoo.
I sure as hell hope Microsoft does not end up buying Yahoo because, like everything else Microsoft buys, they end making things worse, not better. If the deal goes through, goodbye Flickr.

That’s right, heading back to school, but just for one class right now. Taking a GIS class at one of the community colleges. Interesting so far.

Check out Obama’s victory speech from his win in Iowa

If you missed out on something in 2007, don’t worry there are tons of lists to let you know what was the best in 2007

As part of their series on global color COLOURlovers has just added Colors of Global Cuisine: Persian
And the pictures make me hungry.

One of my favorite new sites I have discovered is Fora.TV. It’s like NPR with video!
Check out some of the great stuff they have
Al Sharpton and Christopher Hitchens

The Clash Between Faith and Reason

Paul Krugman: The Future of the Middle Class?

Islam & the Western World: An Interfaith Dialogue

I love the Freakonomics guys. Check out How is Abstinence-Only Sex Education Like South Africa’s Driving Exam?

It’s official, Arco Arena, home to the Sacramento Kings, is dead. There is absolutely no energy in the building any more.
I was at the Knicks vs Kings game tonight and the place was only half full. Read that last bit again. Arco was never half empty or 3/4 full. Arco was sold out and [...]

From Fora.TV: Christopher Hitchens Debates Alister McGrath
A debate, dialogue, and discussion with Christopher Hitchens and Alister McGrath.
The Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs at Georgetown University host a debate between writer Christopher Hitchens and Oxford University professor Alister McGrath on the role of religious belief in [...]