November 2010
AirPrint Hacktivator →
Enables AirPrint (printing from iPhone, iPad) on any printer attached to your computer, not just those on the small list of officially approved models.
About Me. →
Signed up for this a while back; got my invitation and stuck my data in, and this is the result. I don’t know what purpose it serves, really, but FWIW.
How I got lost in translation and found my true... →
Literary translator Maureen Freely writes about her experiences on the job. Interesting stuff.
NO BLASTERS!: My TSA Encounter →
noblasters:
“You don’t need to see his identification.”
On November 21, 2010, I was allowed to enter the U.S. through an airport security checkpoint without being x-rayed or touched by a TSA officer. This post explains how.
Edit: Minor edits for clarity. I have uploaded the audio and it is available
A Mother's Journey
awarewolves:
Note: I’ve come across this beautiful set of photographs sometime last year, and I see it fit to share it with you as we mourn for our own loved ones and all the others who already passed away. Let us altogether offer this day of prayer to the souls of our dead, both eternally remembered and also those who are neglected and forgotten.
- A...
“So, if you knew before you knew anything about it that it was unconstitutional,...”
– http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/11/tea_party_shows_its_first_sign.php
Chinese captain "a captain in the Chinese navy"
Gordon Chang (starting at 30:28 in the audio file here): “There are reports that that captain, who is supposed to be a captain of a fishing boat, is actually a captain in the Chinese navy. And if this story is indeed true—which comes from the Japanese Ministry of Defense and other sources—then basically China engineered this crisis, and the Chinese military is behind it. That’s extremely...
Twitter plugin →
“I tried to prevent (being touched) with my hands but Mrs. Michelle held her...”
– Indonesian Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring, a conservative Muslim, telling his Twitter followers that he unintentionally shook hands with first lady Michelle Obama. (via officialssay)
APEC 2010 →
Quote of the day →
Weblio E-J/J-E dictionaries →
These look like a solid set of glossaries. Lots of industry-specific terms in the various sources that go into the thing.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/02/how... →
“The fact that the president took on the structural flaws of a broken free enterprise system instead of focusing on things that the average voter could understand explains why his party was routed on Tuesday.”
The latest from the crowdsourcing gang! →
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“So that was the end of my cooperation with Lionbridge. The hilarious thing is...”
– A Personal Response to Lionbridge VP Didier Helin’s Unilateral Demand of a 5% Discount, by Miguel Llorens 