May 2010
28 posts
Local boy with cancer turns into a superhero for a... →
Erik got into his red-and-blue superhero costume, and called on the powers of Moonshine Maid, who owns a DeLorean sports car. For good measure, more than 20 motorcycle officers from the Bellevue Police Department and King County and Snohomish sheriff’s offices escorted Electron Boy to Seattle.
“They shut down 405 — they shut down I-90,” marveled Moonshine Maid, aka Misty...
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Arizona Passes Law Giving the Phoenix Suns Instant...
Last week, Arizona lawmakers passed what’s being called the ‘toughest immigration law’ in the country. While legal analysts and pundits debate the new law’s legal and ethical validity, the San Antonio Spurs are prepping for a different kind of collision on the court: the second round match-up between the Spurs and the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Western Conference Semifinals...
April 2010
24 posts
Oklahoma Passes Constraints on Abortion -... →
The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to try to influence them against having an abortion.
What. The. Fuck?
“Steve Wynn’s attorneys reported that Francis repeatedly passed gas during...”
– Joe Francis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
That classy Girls Gone Wild guy. (h/t @pbones)
Breakin' the Law?
Here’s an interesting fact: in California, the finder of a lost item is required to tell the police and turn it over to rightful owner. —Nilay Patel, Engadget editor via Twitter.
I’m assuming if no such effort is made to return the lost item, then it’s considered theft.
If the reports that Apple considers the device stolen pan out, could the company cite the Economic...
Why So Few Women in Silicon Valley? - NYTimes.com →
CANDACE FLEMING’S résumé boasts a double major in industrial engineering and English from Stanford, an M.B.A. from Harvard, a management position at Hewlett-Packard and experience as president of a small software company.
But when she was raising money for Crimson Hexagon, a start-up company she co-founded in 2007, she recalls one venture capitalist telling her that it didn’t matter that...
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iPad and the Environment
There’s so much to say about iPad’s impact on everything from business models and UI design to the future of all that is holy. Sure, there’s a lot of thoughtful and straight analysis out there AND gadget fetishists’ spank-ful essays, but really, this tablet represents a massive change in one key respect: Compared to similar devices on the market, the iPad is the most...
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Eddie Floyd Got To Make A Comeback
