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Steven “Freakonomics” Levitt takes on the odds and strategies of poker.

The continued quest to create a “Python on Rails” turns up this interesting looking app. To be investigated further.

Tell your RSS from your Atom.

It’s taken a couple of years, but we finally have a well-documented standard for feed syndication. Hurrah to all involved.

Wow. Google’s conversion engine lets you chain units together.

Extremely kewl concept — A keyboard with leds, so the key displays change depending on context.

New beta version of MT. So far, everything seems good, except MT-Approval is broken.

Justin Frankel’s new toy, enabling “Faketime” jamming across the inertnet.

Yep, that about sums it up.

Some great material. As an aside, my favourite hidden gag in the new graphics: Look at the way the globe is rotating when captions are onscreen.

“The London bombs went off over 12 hours ago. So why is CNN-TV still splashing “breaking news” on the screen?”

Wow. The White House press corps suddenly grows a pair of balls and gives Scott McLellan the gubbing he so richly deserves. Could we see Karl Rove going to jail?