links for 2008-01-08

• This American Life – 322: Shouting Across the Divide
  “In the 1930s, the designer of the U.S. Supreme Court made a frieze to adorn the courtroom walls. It depicted eighteen great lawgivers through ages, including Moses, Solon, Confucius…and Muhammad. The only problem is that Islam forbids such portrayals o
  (tags: islam tal diversity tolerance conflict brand audio radio us)
• Virginia Heffernan – The Medium – An Interface of One’s Own – New York Times
  “Scrivener is “aimed at writers of all kinds — novelists, journalists, academics, screenwriters, playwrights — who need to refer to various research documents and have access to different organizational tools whilst aiming to create a finished piece
  (tags: wp word comparison pc mac nyt via dick swhpl)
• The Next Generation of Online Shorthand – New York Times
  “(In hopes to keep the list relevant to the youthful target audience, I invited my more recent summer interns, Zach Brass and Bart Stein, to write a few. Their suggestions, along with some from my occasional research assistant Emma Story, appear here alon
  (tags: texting language ttotd nyt)
• Harvard Pilgrim Health Care – for Members
  (tags: medical healthcare maine insurance dirigo dirigochoice)
• The Lectionary Page
  “A Liturgical Calendar for Upcoming Weeks
  With Links to the Lessons
  From the Episcopal Lectionary (BCP)
  and Revised Common Lectionary (RCL)”
  (tags: episcopal calendar bible lectionary bcp chruch spirit)
• acorn89’s bookmarks tagged with “PDF3D” on del.icio.us
  I think acorn89 may work for the company that markets the PDF3D SDK.
  (tags: 3d pdf england cad visualization stl ah sdk library mynote)

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