Northrop Grumman Unveils X-47B Navy UAV - Fighter Plane-Size UAV from Northrop Grumman Unveiled - Popular Mechanics

"Northrop Grumman unveiled its first completed X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System at its Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility. This giant UAV could soon be one of the most lethal unmanned aircraft in the U.S. military." Tags: aircraft, military, navy, uav View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components

"Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular video formats." Tags: mac, quicktime, software, video

DIY Gas Mask: A PopSci Fan's Step-by-Step Guide | Popular Science

"Instructables.com member TimAnderson uses a 1942 Popular Science article as a guide for creating a DIY gas mask." Tags: diy, hack, science

Collide Magazine | ARTICLES + | Typography 101

For you typeface neophytes, a nice introduction to typography by the folks at Collide Magazine. Tags: design, font, typeface, typography View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Do I look like the blue bird of happiness?

I wish I could explain why I love this captioned picture so much. It never fails to make me smile. Tags: animal, bird, fun, humor, photo

Wall-E Bento! on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This is rather impressive. Tags: food, fun, movie View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

The Tax Foundation - Property Tax Map

Not surprisingly, Texas has the highest property tax as a percentage of median income. What this map does not show, however, is that there is no state income tax in Texas, as opposed to a low property tax state like California. Having lived in a property tax + income tax state before (Louisiana), I like what we have here in Texas. Percentages of funds generated from property taxes are also specifically allocated (schools, for instance), rather than just going into a black hole account. Tags: finance, liberty, politics, taxes, texas

Tweet Congress

"We believe transparent government is better government. Twitter enables real conversation between lawmakers and voters, in real time. Find your representatives in Congress, follow them and give them a tweet full!" Tags: congress, government, politics, twitter View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Ursula And Olive: Geek of the Year Interview - Chris Hicks - Sole Artist and Designer of the Mighty Muggs

Chris Hicks is the designer of Hasbro's line of Mighty Muggs figures, which run the gamut of Star Wars (of which I have several), to Indiana Jones (I have just Indy himself), to Marvel super heroes (Captain America). Hicks confirms Transformers Muggs are on the way. I just wish Hasbro could work out a deal with DC. I'd love a Mighty Muggs Batman... Tags: design, toys View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Sichuan's earthquake, six months later - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Powerful images. Tags: china, disaster, nature, photo

TidBITS Home Macs: Minimize Desktop Distractions

New TidBITS staffer Doug McLean talks about software Mac users can utilize to keep those pesky distractions to a minimum while trying to get work done. Tags: mac, software, tips View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Bookcase: Infinity Bookcase Stores Finite Amount of Books, Is Infinitely Cool Anyway

Oh, I so wish I had a room big enough for this... Tags: books, design, furniture

ET Had It Right: Phone Home! | Dad-o-Matic

"Phone Home! In this age of email, text and instant messages, it is easy to forget the power of your voice." Tags: communication, family, phone, tips View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Redeemer Sermon Store: The Reason for God

Free sermons related to Tim Keller's book "The Reason for God" from the series "The Trouble with Christianity: Why it's so Hard to Believe it" in MP3 format. Tags: bible, books, christianity, church, god, sermons View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

The 50,000 Pairs in 50 Days Challenge • Soles4Souls

"Soles4Souls is a charity dedicated to donating shoes to the poor via shoe drive, shoe drop, giving shoes to children, disaster relief, shoe help. Donate shoes to help shoe charity." $5 buys two pairs of shoes, so it's a donation nearly anyone can make. Tags: charity, donation, helping, shoes

JellyTelly

Phil Vischer's latest project, currently in beta. Tags: children, fun, kids, teaching, values

Civic Literacy Report - Civics Quiz

From the Intercollegiate Studies Institute: "Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams." Yours truly scored 81.82%, or 27 out of 33 questions. Tags: civics, constitution, education, government, history, liberty

How to Get Rich « blog maverick

"But whatever you can save, save it. As much as you possibly can. Then put it in 6 month CDs in the bank. "The first step to getting rich is having cash available. You arent saving for retirement. You are saving for the moment you need cash. Buy and hold is a suckers game for you. This market is a perfect example. Right at the very moment when cash creates unbelievable opportunity, those who followed the buy and hold strategy have no cash. they cant or wont sell into markets this low, that kills the entire point of buy and hold. Those who have put their money in CDs sleep well at night and definitely have more money today than they did yesterday. And because they are smart, disciplined shoppers, their personal rate of inflation is within their means. Cash is king for those wanting to get rich" Tags: finance, money, tips View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Panel of Experts: Now dig this Indiana Jones DVD review | Film | Arts & Entertainment - Times Online

"Each week experts assess the authenticity of a DVD. Here, archaeologists excavate fact from fantasy in the latest Indiana Jones caper." Tags: archaeology, dvd, indiana jones, movie View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Apple Notebooks Take Huge Performance Hit without Battery - Gearlog

"Apple MacBook and MacBook Pro systems saw up to a 37-percent performance drop without the battery installed." The gist: keep the battery in. Tags: apple, battery, mac, macbook, macbook pro, performance

YellowPagesGoesGreen.Org

Kill dead-tree Yellow and/or White Pages delivery to your home. Tags: books, phone, search View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

American Thinker: Obama Declares War on Conservative Talk Radio

Nope, not the Fairness Doctrine. Rather, through a little-known (to the general populace, at least) FCC rule called "localism". Tags: conservative, fcc, free speech, liberty, obama, politics, radio, talk radio View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

JPG Magazine: Stories: Photo Essay: Photo Essay - The Wolf

Scott Bourne shares my love of the wolf, only he's gotten to photograph them in the wild, something I would love the opportunity to do. Tags: animal, nature, photo, photography, wolf View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Text to Send a Bible!

You can donate a Bible via text message. Just send "Bible" to 20222, and your wireless bill will be charged $5. You can donate up to 5 times a month. Tags: bible, charity, child, children, donation, god, love

Are You a Writer? | Copyblogger

A little inspiration for my fellow writers, especially those currently caught in the maelstrom of NaNoWriMo. Tags: writing View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Leslie Carbone: Writing Well: Organization

"The most important factor in the successful organization of any piece of writing is knowing what you're trying to say." Good post by Leslie on using some up-front thinking and organization to maximize your writing's impact. This is mostly geared toward non-fiction, but fiction writers may find benefits as well. Tags: gtd, organization, writing View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

The Official Blog of Nectar » Blog Archive » 5 Tips For Dealing With Workplace Stress

Stretch, breath, tea, tunes, and vitamins. Simple, practical advice. Tags: career, health, job, stress, tips

I am not a mistake. I am a one issue man. « Shawnsblogspot.com

"I am angry because as I read scripture I think that the church should have solved all of these issues by being the kingdom of God on earth. I am angry because there should be no need for socialism from our government because the church should be meeting the needs of the widow, the single mom, the down-and-out and the drug abusers. I am angry because the church should be seeking to “take care” of teen-age pregnancies by loving on young Moms and helping them financially rather than shunning them and calling the sinners and their children the product of sin. I am angry because the world has turned us into multiple-issue people and we lack the fortitude and the guts to stand up for life no matter the cost. "So today I am taking back the issue of life and morals from the republicans and I am taking back environmentalism and social justice from the democrats. You do not own them and I will no longer be a a part of your political silliness at the expense of people. They do not belong to you. They belong to Jesus." Tags: abortion, bible, christianity, church, god, life, love, politics

patrick collison - an offline Wikipedia reader for the iPhone/iPod Touch

If you'd like to always have Wikipedia at your fingertips, even when you can't get lowly EDGE service, and you aren't opposed to giving up 2 GB--yes, gigabytes--of your iPhone or iPod touch, then this is for you. Tags: iphone, ipod, software, wikipedia View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

The Official Mac Pro Website

"Welcome to Mac Pro Systems & Software, Everything Macintosh... Everything!" Recommended by my friend Tom as a good resource for Mac parts you may not be able to get from Apple. (And perhaps for a better price than the ones you can.) Tags: hardware, mac View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Findings - Study Shows Conservatives May Enjoy Humor More - NYTimes.com

"Do conservatives have more fun? Should liberals start describing themselves as humor-challenged? Scientists try to find out." Tags: conservative, humor, politics, science View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia

Invisible Children » Buy Kilometers, Build a School

"It really is as simple as the subject says. Yannick Daoudi will be bicycling around Uganda throughout December & January to raise money for Keyo Secondary School, an Invisible Children partner school. To raise the money, he’s asking supporters to finance this by donating $3 for every kilometer he reaches on his 1000/km trip." Tags: bicycle, cycling, child, children, charity, education, helping, donation, kids

Obama Declines GOP Request to Redistribute Votes

"It's not that we want to punish your success," wrote RNC chairman Mike Duncan. "We just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you has a chance for success too. Our attitude is that if the election's good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody ... when you spread the power around, it’s good for everybody." Brilliant. Tags: gop, humor, obama, politics, sarcasm View all my bookmarks on Ma.gnolia