Scout Jordan

Hi, I'm Jordan Running. By day I write about software for Tucows.com. By night I blog at swirlee.org (sometimes), do some programming, take some photos, and otherwise keep myself busy.

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The Bond Dossier: What We Know About Quantum of Solace

Movies – Casino Royale pulled Bond out of fanboy hearts and made him relevant (and desirable) across all demographics. 500 bucks says you would've been hard-pressed to find more than five women in the opening night crowd for The World Is Not Enough. Here's what we know to date and our take on Quantum of Solace and what guys and gals will be lining up for.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 04:48pm

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U.S. lifts block on solar applications for public land

Gadgets & Tech – Companies seeking to install utility-scale solar plants on federal land in the sunny Southwest found one barrier removed on Wednesday.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 03:33pm

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Stone Age Art Caves May Have Been Concert Halls

Science – Prehistoric peoples chose places of natural resonant sound to draw their famed cave sketches, according to new analyses of paleolithic caves in France. In at least ten locations, drawings of horses, bison, and mammoths seem to match locations that focus, amplify, and transform the sounds of human voices and musical instruments.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:36pm

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10 Things You Can Like About $4 Gas

Money – The world had long assumed that Americans were just unrepentant energy pigs. If gas prices went up, well, we kept our Explorers aimed at the horizon, and little changed.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 12:53pm

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Google wins YouTube source code ruling against Viacom

Gadgets & Tech – Google won a legal ruling that allows it to keep secret from Viacom the source code central to search functions on YouTube. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the search giant doesn't have to turn over the code to Viacom, which filed a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google in 2007.

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Voted for on July 03, 2008 01:03am

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It's Official: Firefox 3 Sets a Guinness World Record

Gadgets & Tech – Ahh, the power of marketing. Mozilla has announced that they've officially been added to the Guinness World Records for most downloads in a 24-hour period. The final tally: 8,002,530 downloads of Firefox 3 back on June 18th.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 05:49pm

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The World's First Album Cover

Music – Alex Steinwess, a then 23 years old designer, convinced Columbia's suits to create the first true album cover. Until then, 78s were sold in generic sleeves.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 05:37pm

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Australians making odd choices for funeral songs

Music – Australia - Hymns are being replaced at funerals in one Australian city by popular rock classics like Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," a cemetery manager said Wednesday. ... Leading the funeral chart is crooner Frank Sinatra's classic hit "My Way," followed by Louis Armstrong's version of "Wonderful World," a state

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 04:09pm

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HOWTO: Get Better Fireworks Photos This Fourth of July

Art & Design – When you snap pictures at the fireworks display on Friday, you'll either wind up with immensely rewarding photos or frustration that makes you wish you'd left your camera at home and just enjoyed the show. Before you go, arm yourself with a few tips and tricks that will prepare you to capture fireworks in all their brilliant glory.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 03:13pm

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Microsoft Seeks Partners For a New Run at Yahoo

Money – Microsoft Corp., positioning itself for a new run for Yahoo Inc.'s search business, has approached other media companies in recent days about joining it in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, say people familiar with the discussions.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:58pm

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National Outbreak of Grave Robbing in America

News – Rising scrap metal prices, coupled with the lagging economy, have triggered a string of cemetery thefts both locally and across the nation.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:53pm

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US contradicts itself over its own ID theft advice

News – When it comes to the risks of identity theft, the U.S. government isn't taking its own advice. The nation's Medicare agency and the Pentagon compel at least 52 million Americans to carry their Social Security numbers in their wallets, contrary to warnings by the Federal Trade Commission that people should avoid doing so.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:53pm

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Supplies of Rare Earth Elements Exhausted By 2017

News – Oil is just an organic substance that was created by natural biological processes; we know that we have a lot of it, but we're using it up very rapidly, no more is being created, and someday it'll be gone. The disappearance of elements, though, that's a different matter.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 01:19pm

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Gitmo Torture Techniques Inspired by Communist China

News – The military trainers who came to Guantanamo Bay in December 2002 based an entire interrogation class on a chart that had been copied verbatim from a 1957 Air Force study of Chinese Communist techniques used during the Korean War to obtain confessions, many of them false, from American prisoners.

View Story Discuss (1) (nytimes.com) 2 days ago by Neophile

Voted for on July 02, 2008 12:50am

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Time Warner AOL Officially For Sale

Gadgets & Tech – At a meeting with about a dozen senior members of AOL's staff yesterday, Jeff Bewkes left at least one member of management with the impression that the company is for sale, a source close to the company says.

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Voted for on July 02, 2008 12:31am

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