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Friday, June 17th, 2005
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7:03a - Flu
The Coming Influenza Pandemic? Weblog.
http://influenzapandemic.blogspot.com/
"The Coming Influenza Pandemic. Is a global influenza pandemic on the way that could kill millions of people? Are we going to relive the horror of 1918? If it happens, are we even remotely prepared to save ourselves? Scientists from around the world are concerned...our site will track news of influenza from around the world."
Wikipedia and the Next Pandemic, by Stephen O'Grade. tecosystems (weblog), June 3, 2005.
http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000736.html
"Against this mess of red tape and conflicts of interest, researchers are choosing to employ...Wikipedia? Well, at least one researcher is. ... Citing the impact that Wikipedia had post-Tsunami, Dr. Lucas Gonzalez of the Canary Islands in Spain is attempting to use the publically authored and edited site to help prevent, slow and survive an outbreak. I find this fascinating not simply because it's an illustration of the growing public awareness of the power of things like Wikipedia, but because of how different a world we live in." [More]
Avian influenza. Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avian_influenza
(via Kentongood)
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7:06a - Doctor Who: old fans, new fans
clash of the fandoms, by John. The Doctor Who Blog (DWIN), June 10, 2005.
http://www.dwin.org/blog/archives/000081.html
"The 'old fans' like to point out perceived problems with the plots, and remark on inaccurate science. ... The 'new fans,' on the other hand, talk about ships, and not spaceships. Slash, OT3, and fangirling." [More]
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7:07a
Stuffed Bear Seeks Employment, by Michael McGrorty. Library Dust (weblog), June 2, 2005.
http://librarydust.typepad.com/library_dust/2005/06/stuffed_bear_se.html
"She took my license, wrote something on a slip of paper and said, 'Now then. What can we do for you today?' I was rather hoping that he wouldn’t, but the bear piped right up: 'This guy needs a job or his wife’s going to toss us out.' The woman looked at the bear and asked 'How do you get him to talk like that?' I put my thumb over the bear’s mouth and replied 'It’s getting him to shut up that’s hard.'" [More]
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7:23a - AIM: are you online right now?
A bit of code to put on your webpage to tell others whether you're logged in to AIM right now or not.
http://www.librarywebchic.net/wordpress/2005/06/16/are-you-online-code/
(see it in action here)
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