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links for 2007-01-26

  • Google Biased on “African Ingenuity” | White African
    “It turns out that if you type in the words “African Ingenuity”, Google will ask you if you really meant “American Ingenuity”… Nice.”
    (tags: funny humour google bias africa america search suggestions)
  • Starling Fitness » The Wii Sport Experiment
    “If you play Wii Sport religiously for 30 minutes every day, you could lose weight.”
    Nintendo must be so happy — they’ve rekindled the DDR market! ;-)
    (tags: wii gaming sports athletics exercise weightloss nintendo)
  • John Reid says gay rights a matter of principle- from Pink News- all the latest gay news from the gay community – Pink News
    “The Home Secretary has told a Westminster audience that the fundamental principle of equality must not be undermined.”
    (tags: gaypolitics gayrights equality discrimination uk government legislation)
  • BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Caverns give up huge fossil haul
    “The kangaroos range from rat-sized animals to 3m (nearly 10ft) giants.”
    Woah, I wouldn’t want to encounter a 10ft tall kangaroo!
    (tags: australia bbc biology evolution nature news science fossils caves)
  • BBC NEWS | Business | Criminals ‘may overwhelm the web’
    “Experience showed that about 50% of all pirated Windows programs came with Trojans pre-installed on them, Mr Markoff said.”
    Quite a frightening statistic and probably the real deterrent for people on the ground against piracy, if they knew the risks.
    (tags: security virus trojans windows microsoft operatingsystems bbc news preinstalled)
  • Zackie Achmat – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    “Achmat publicly refused to take Aids medications until all who needed them had access to them, which drew former President Nelson Mandela to plead with Achmat at his home to begin drug therapy. Achmat respectfully refused Mr Mandela”
    (tags: aids activism zackieachmat treatment HIV drugs leadership politics)
Posted by delicious @ 9:18 PM on January 26, 2007
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