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If you use X11 under os x, and are irritated by its default behaviour, you need the Xterminator. Xterminator lets you change the preferences of your X11 to make it more handy (launch on start, don’t show in dock, etc.)

In recognition of the limitations facing us with fossil fuels, many alternative fuel production methods are being tried. To date, they have focused on products available from terrestrial plants.
Sugars
Sugars are the medium-term energetic intermediates favored by terrestrial plants. While sugars contain less energy than lipids, the technology to ferment them into ethanol has been around for […]

Missed the beginning - now we’re talking about what average users do. A bunch of examples of how people are deeply confused by the frequency of crappy links.
Survey person gets deep into a survey on internet searches. They gave up because it’s too contextual. Early adopters search different from later adopters. What kind of data you’re […]

We’re getting an overview of mapmaking and how its useful - the Mark Monmonier discusses weather sites. Then he gets into political remapping- the impact here is quite large.
Jeremy Crampton talks about “transformation” as a motiviation for blogging. Personal transformation (self discovery, Focault’s technology of the self). Second is sociopolitical transformation, or changing people’s thinking. This […]

Fossil Fuels are the molecular mummies of photosynthesizers. The primary periods of fossil fuel formation are mass extinction events, particularly the late Paleozoic ( ~ 248 myear ago) and late Mesozoic (~ 65 myear ago). The Paleozoic mass extinction was the worst in the fossil record, with over 90% of marine fossils disappearing; the Mesozoic […]

Missed the beginning of the third talk while searching for watts - now I’m off in another room with a video feed and watts.
After a presentation about political linking, we get to hear from the very first woman: Lada Adamic. Needless to say she’s actually talking about social influence of linking. She starts with a reference […]

Saul Hansell talks about how “web 2.0” unbundles content. Talks about how pieces have to justify their economic existence.
Martin Nisenholz of the NYTimes talks about driving people to the package from the pieces as a counter to that.
Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia) talks about how he has a very small number of employees and a larger reach that About.com. […]