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WIRED + WIRELESS

iSlate vs. Kindle: Mobile screen smackdown

kindle The Apple enthusiast community — cult is such an ugly word — buzzes louder every day anticipating the unveiling of a shiny new amulet. We won’t know exactly what it is until Steve Jobs finishes his conversation with the burning bush and descends from the mountain. But the soothsayers in the valley below have been busy casting yarrow stalks and reading tea leaves. “He who is called Jobs will unveil a tablet computer called the iSlate,” they say: “It will be bigger than an iPhone and smaller than a MacBook. It will revolutionize the way people read books and magazines and watch movies.” “All hail He-who-is-called-Jobs,” the community chants. Read more at Wired+Wireless

THE RAMBLING SPOON

Khmer BBQ on the Bayon Walls

BayonFoodBWe did something the other day that we hadn’t done in ages: we became tourists for a day. Just as the morning sun cast its butter-colored rays across Siem Reap, we caught a tuk-tuk to the temples. With one-day passes in our pockets, we joined the throngs at Angkor (my, how things have changed!). More.

I’M BLACK AND I TRAVEL

It’s your world — go see it!

greg06For most of my career, I’ve covered police, fire and paramedics. Basically, if it burned, bled or wore handcuffs, I wrote about it. But anyone who knew me knew what I really wanted to be writing about — travel. Now, finally, I am, via my blog, “I’m Black and I Travel!

THE CRAFTY CHICA

Craft blog

ahoops-752237Can I just say I LOVE, love, love this idea? This is a large embroidery hoop that is covered in fabric, but wait – there is more! It is actually a corkboard! More.

GOTRYKE

Ask Gotryke: Searching for a Seven Seater

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What’s the perfect car? Well, that depends. On where you live. How you drive. Where you drive. What you like. On your style. On your budget. On leasing and buying. On who you are.

For our readers, confused by car buying. We have advice for you, personalized and customized. Our gift to you:

Hi Tamara — I was searching for info on the Ford Flex when I came upon your blog with a pic on my old buddy Lee with a Flex he painted. So I contacted him to find out what he thought of the car. He suggested I get in touch with you. I had no idea you wrote about cars!

Anyway, I have two kids and a dog and need a 7 passenger car mostly for traveling upstate — about 2 1/2 hours.

More car advice on Gotryke.

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Watchdog

In Flu Pandemic, Florida’s Hospitals May Exclude Certain Patients

by Sheri Fink, ProPublica – October 16, 2009 6:44 pm EST
Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases. More

With Few Strong Cases, Government Rushes Toward Plea Deals for Guantanamo Detainees

by Dafna Linzer, ProPublica – November 13, 2009
As the United States moves to prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others [1] accused of being conspirators behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, federal and military prosecutors are racing each other to strike plea deals with at least a dozen additional Guantanamo detainees whose testimony could be used against some of the most notorious prisoners.

The plea bargaining exposes the difficulty the government faces in bringing prosecutable cases against these defendants and others still in Guantanamo.
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We did something the other day that we hadn’t done in ages: we became tourists for a day. Just as the morning sun cast its butter-colored rays across Siem Reap, we caught a tuk-tuk to the temples. With one-day passes in our pockets, we joined the throngs at Angkor (my, how things have changed!). More.

Dinner for 1, w/Phone & Grin

So you’re a young Khmer guy in the big town of Siem Reap, and you’re out for dinner—alone. But your honey is on the phone, and your grin gives that fact away. You chat and chat with that grin real wide until the fried rice comes to the table. More.

Small Fish in a Big Soup

This is not the fish we had for breakfast. This happens to be a fish we had for lunch last year in a village along the Mekong. It was a big meaty snakehead, straight from the river, and our host, Monin, paid a pretty price for it. The fish pictured was not farmed. It had [...]