links for 2007-02-24

  • Oorlog met Iran?
    US contingency plans for air strikes on Iran extend beyond nuclear sites and include most of the country’s military infrastructure. It is understood that any attack would target air bases, naval bases, missile facilities and command-and-control centres.
    (tags: BBC news USA politics propaganda war Iran)
  • A UN human rights envoy has compared Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories to elements of apartheid. The report says Israeli practices are discriminatory against Palestinians. Israel has dismissed Mr Dugard’s report as being one-sided.
    (tags: BBC news israel politics)
  • Here are the following 14 possible articles of impeachment against the President and Vice President. If we are to impeach, we must impeach both Bush and Cheney. It will not do any good for us to impeach Bush and have Cheney take the Oval Office and pick s
    (tags: Bush justice politics)
  • A retro keyboard that is fully functional and of a sufficient quality that it can be used everyday by a touch typist. Result: a venerable keyboard retro-fitted with glass and nickel keys and mounted in a polished brass frame.
    (tags: design keyboard hardware art retro computers)
  • Prepare for the morning the evening before. Set the breakfast table, make lunches, put out the clothes you plan to wear, etc. Don’t rely on your memory. Write down appointment times, when to pick up the laundry, when library books are due, etc.
    (tags: productivity health life)
  • Footage of Aaron Fotherinham doing some pretty sweet tricks in his wheelchair. He also performs the worlds first wheelchair backflip. Napoleon D. comments: “Dude, thats is flipping sweet!”
    (tags: video wheelchair stunt)
  • Teddy Hwang customized the wp dashboard using only CSS. It really shows the power and flexibility of CSS since he didn’t change any of the html markup for the admin pages. The current double menu design that Digg has was perfect for the WordPress admin.
    (tags: WordPress blogging CSS/HTML)
  • Your own dynamic Einstein picture. You can change the text on this image to whatever you like. Change the text in the form below, then click on “preview image”. The text in the image will change accordingly. You can align the text with spaces and enters.
    (tags: generator humor Einstein)

Gepubliceerd door Stijn Vogels

Sinds 2003 analyseert Stijn Vogels wereldgebeurtenissen. Met een geschiedenisdiploma van de Universiteit van Gent worden zijn inzichten gepubliceerd op zijn blog, Aardling. Stijn heeft ook een wereldwijde schrijversgemeenschap opgezet gericht op internationale betrekkingen. Gekend voor “connecting the dots” tussen technologie en politiek, streeft hij ernaar door middel van zijn doordachte analyses een waardevol perspectief te bieden op onze snel veranderende wereld.