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• Declassified government docs show U.S. let Saddam gas Kurds for farm deal

  Declassified U.S. government documents show that while Saddam Hussein was gassing Iraqi Kurds, the U.S. opposed punishing Iraq with a trade embargo because it was cultivating Iraq as an ally against Iran and as a market for U.S. farm exports. According to Peter Galbraith, then an idealistic Senate staffer determined to ...

• Ho-Ho-Horror

  Een geweldige collectie huilende kinderen op de schoot van de Kerstman. Hoe waren wij zelf ooit... De South Florida Sun-Sentinel brengt blijkbaar ieder jaar zo'n serie. Dit jaar zijn er alvast 232 foto's van krijsende kinderen, allemaal bang van de Kerstman.

• Linux op iPhone

  I'm pleased to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple's iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch. Openiboot, a open source bootloader for the iPhone/iTouch built for the Linux port. This is a rough ...

• The Simpsons en (m)Apple

  The Simpsons hebben een boodschap voor alle Apple fanboys en -girls. You think you're cool because you buy a $500 phone with a picture of a fruit on it. Well guess what? They cost 8 bucks to make and I pee on every one!

• 24 ways, editie 2008

  Vandaag begint december en dus ook een nieuwe editie van '24 ways'. Tijd om weer heel wat bij te leren over webdesign en development. Zeker de moeite voor al wie bij wil blijven. 24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose ...

• Fragments of Canadian Meteor Found

  Fragments of the big meteorite that lit up the Canadian skies across the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan last week have been found, according to a report in CBC online. University of Calgary scientists said they located several meteorite fragments late Thursday afternoon, and they were planning to take reporters ...

• Helvetireader

  Helvetireader is a userscript that pares down Google Reader to what I consider to be the essentials. In particular, it's made for looking at feeds in the expanded view, using Keyboard Shortcuts instead of on screen buttons. It’s not going to suit how everyone uses Google Reader, so you can ...