Author: lekiare

Work is right next to a high school.  This makes mornings a pain and afternoons a nightmare when it comes to dodging parents and poorly driven vehicles.  Then of course you can’t ignore the teens.  Whether it’s skipping school or making out for all the world to see, it’s there.  Right outside my window.  At the risk of sounding old and uncool, were we this bad when we were young?

Anyway, on my way home I happened to pass by a student’s car defaced by post it notes.  Seriously.  Post it Notes.  Every note listed a reason why that student was wonderful.  It was the cutest thing. 

3-D printed portable wheelchair ramps
Thingiverse user Nanonan 3D-printed small wheelchair ramps to carry in his bag as he rolls around Berlin. Simple and effective! Download the files here.

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Habitable exoplanets are bad news for humanity
Intelligent life hasn’t contacted us yet, possibly because it self-destructs.

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Protests Mount Against Mexico’s Proposed Telecommunications Law, Which Would Bring In Censorship, Allow Real-time Surveillance And Kill Net Neutrality | Techdirt

Many people will be familiar with the name Carlos Slim as intermittently the richest person in the world, generally vying with Bill Gates for that title. Some will probably be aware that his huge fortune — currently listed as $69.67 billion in his…

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Supreme Court Discussion In Aereo: At Least The Justices Recognize The Harm They Might Do | Techdirt
The oral arguments in the Aereo case happened this morning before the Supreme Court and you can read the transcript here (it’s still a travesty that there is no live broadcasting (or any video recording at all) of the proceedings, but that’s…

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Inside the Supreme Court for Aereo’s last stand
Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia after the Supreme Court arguments.
The Supreme Court heard arguments today for and against Aereo, the startup that streams broadcast television to subscribers over the…

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Supreme Court Justices Grill Coca-Cola Over Scarcity Of Pomegranates In Pomegranate Juice
As the top judicial body in the land, the United States Supreme Court has asked some pretty tough questions in its day. But yesterday the justices had a question for Coca-Cola that doesn’t seem lik…

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What you need to know about Aereo’s battle with broadcast television
Today, the United States Supreme Court will spend one hour hearing the latest arguments in an old, important debate that affects everyone watching

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Family Members of Asylum Seekers – Beware!
"The sister of my asylum-seeker client recently got an unpleasant surprise from the U.S. Embassy in her country. The sister is a prominent journalist who had come to the Embassy several times (at the Embassy’s request) to brief U.S. diplomats…

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