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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Member Since: May 26, 2006

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House Resolution Calls for Naval Blockade Against Iran

Politics – A US House of Representatives Resolution effectively requiring a naval blockade on Iran seems fast tracked for passage, gaining co-sponsors at a remarkable speed, but experts say the measures called for in the resolutions amount to an act of war.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 01, 2008 01:40am

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Gene Editing Could Make Anyone Immune to AIDS

Science – Some people have a mutation that makes them amazingly resistant to HIV -- and now, scientists may have found a way to give that immunity to anyone.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:45pm

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McKellan and Caviezel captured for AMC's The Prisoner remake

Television – [AMC has] managed to snag two big-time Hollywood names to join the cast of their remake of one of the smartest shows in television history. What started as rumor, that even we at TV Squad had a hard time believing, is now fact. Both Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan have been cast in AMC's remake of The Prisoner.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:41pm

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Flaws in medical coding can kill

Health & Fitness – ... The team's discovery - a flaw in a computer code that caused a drug pump to administer heavy overdoses - led to a recall, warnings and rewriting of the equipment's software. The discovery also illustrated a new threat behind some lifesaving medical devices.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:38pm

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Slide And VH1 Team Up To Annoy The Hell Out Of You

Television – Slide and Vh1 excel at making products geared towards America's lowest common denominator. The first makes SuperPoke, a popular social network app... The latter produces reality show classics like "Flavor of Love"... Next week, their powers will combine to bring you VH1's SuperPoke!Fest: a four day reality show marathon...

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 11:36pm

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Town Finds Drug Agent Is Really an Impostor

Do No Evil – "Sergeant Bill" boasted that he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government. ... Sergeant Bill, it turned out, was no federal agent, but Bill A. Jakob, an unemployed former trucking company owner, a former security guard, a former minister, a former small-town cop from 23 miles down the r

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 09:16pm

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Netflix Hears Customer Outcry, OptsTo Keep Profiles

Movies – Today, Netflix users received this email: "You spoke and we listened. We are keeping Profiles. Thank you for all the calls and emails telling us how important Profiles are. We are sorry for any inconvenience we may have caused. We hope the next time you hear from us we will delight, and not disappoint you. -Your friends at Netflix"

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 06:29pm

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Can past nuclear explosions help detect forgeries?

Art & Design – Can nuclear explosions advance art history? A former curator from the State Russian Museum in St Petersburg believes they can. She has developed a new method for dating paintings in collaboration with Russian scientists which, she says, provides "indisputable" evidence of whether a painting was made before or after 1945.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:52pm

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Face to Face: A Council of Eve Online Gamers

Video Games – For the more than 200,000 players of the science-fiction game Eve Online; for the company here that created it, CCP; indeed for the broader concept of how companies relate to their customers, the inaugural meeting of the Council of Stellar Management was a watershed in the evolution of online democracy.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:51pm

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Yahoo's Yang to Shareholders: Please Dont Fire Me

Gadgets & Tech – As Yahoo's shareholder meeting looms and Yahoo's stock continues to drop, Yahoo management is pulling out all the stops to try to persuade you not to fire them. The pitch? This detailed slide show, filed with the SEC.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:38pm

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Web Pioneer Andreessen Joins Facebook Board Of Directors

Gadgets & Tech – Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape, Opsware and Ning and the former CTO of AOL, is adding a new notch in his belt: he has joined the board of directors of Facebook, two sources close to the company confirmed to us. The company should be announcing it shortly, perhaps this week.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:22pm

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The Home Depot Shed Prank

Humor – Despite an ambitious number of signs, I felt my local home depot wasn't addressing some of the strongest benefits of owning a garden/storage/privacy shed/mini-garage/closet. I decided to make some new signs and try them out!

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:17pm

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Devo Sues McDonald's Over Happy Meal Toy

Music – Quirky rockers Devo are suing the bosses of fast food chain McDonald's over the use of the band's likeness in a Happy Meal toy. The hitmakers claim the "American Idol" tribute figure, New Wave Nigel, was based on their famous image, as seen in their "Whip It" video.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:12pm

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'Into the Wild' pilgrimages increase in Alaska

Travel – The film adaptation of the book "Into the Wild" only cemented the mystique for Alexander and others heading to Alaska this summer, hoping to retrace the last steps of Christopher McCandless along the Stampede Road near Denali National Park.

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Submitted and Voted for on June 30, 2008 04:09pm

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June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind

News – 1908: A fireball streaking across the sky and a massive explosion in the Siberian hinterlands marks the largest recorded collision ever between Earth and an object from space. The Tunguska event flattened 80 million trees covering 830 square miles of sparsely populated (but not unpopulated) Russian outback...

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