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CSS Off Results

This year’s CSS Off results are in. The Unmatched Style folks have listed out the top 25 entries and will be emailing everyone their results shortly. Congrats to all who entered. It was quite a load on all the judges to get it done and done fairly, but also fun and darn interesting. Three quick things that stood out to me while judging:

  • I think I only saw one or two that didn’t use jQuery
  • Maybe only a handful that

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EU Parliament Urged To Reject Agreement With The US To Hand Over Passenger Data

There’s been an ongoing discussion between the US and Europe (and other countries as well) about the US’s demands that anyone flying to the US should have all sorts of data passed along to the US first. And while an agreement has been made, apparently… Continue reading

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DailyDirt: Toys Are Too Cool For Kids

Technology has come a long way in the last few decades. Just about every computer (or smartphone) we use now is vastly more powerful than the primitive electronics that helped put astronauts on the surface of the moon. Gadgets are getting so cheap that… Continue reading

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Ireland Signs Controversial ‘Irish SOPA’ Into Law; Kicks Off New Censorship Regime

Remember how EMI sued the Irish government for failing to pass a SOPA-like law that will force ISPs to act as copyright cops and censor and block access to websites that the entertainment industry doesn’t like? Well, apparently, the end result is that… Continue reading

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You Don’t Need A Mythical Club Membership To Call Yahoo’s Patent Threat Against Facebook Desperate

We just wrote about Yahoo admitting to the world that it was done and cooked as an innovative company when it chose to threaten to sue Facebook over patents. Plenty of other commentators wrote similar stories. We’ve all seen this pattern before: Comp… Continue reading

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You Don’t Need A Mythical Club Membership To Call Yahoo’s Patent Threat Against Facebook Desperate

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If Major Labels Are All About Helping Artists, Why Do We Keep Seeing Artists Calling Out Their Labels For Screwing Them?

It still really amazes me that anyone takes the major labels or the RIAA seriously when they make claims about how they’re doing what they do to help artists. The labels have a long and detailed track record of screwing over artists at every opportuni… Continue reading

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Big Bank CEO Who Makes $23 Million Says Press Should Stop Focusing On Bank Compensation… Because Reporters Are Overpaid?

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who made approximately $23 million last year, apparently doesn’t like the press picking on the salaries at big banks like his. So, he’s telling them that they’re the ones who are overpaid. To be fair, the context is th… Continue reading

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Who Cares If Piracy Is ‘Wrong’ If Stopping It Is Impossible And Innovating Provides Better Solutions?

It appears that the same arguments that many of us have been fighting for many, many years are suddenly playing themselves out again in the National Review Online. It started with a really fantastic article by Reihan Salam and Patrick Ruffini arguing … Continue reading

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UK Trying To Censor Parody Video About The 2012 Olympics

We’ve discussed for many years how the Olympics has a ridiculously overaggressive approach to attacking free speech for those who criticize or mention aspects of the Olympics without permission. In most locations that host the Olympics, special extrao… Continue reading

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