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NPR Intelligence Squared - Download Pod
The NPR Intelligence Squared US (IQ2US) audio podcast is a series of recordings of public debates held in New York focusing on hot-button issues (most specific to the U.S.) like immigration, affirmative action, and global warming. The debates are held in the Oxford-style meaning there are one motion (topic), one moderator, three speakers for the motion, and three speakers against the motion.Prior to the start of the debate, visitors cast their votes for or against the motion. During the debate, the results of the initial vote are shown, and the visitors vote again at the end of the debate to decide which side "won."
The debates move quickly, and it's nice to learn things in the car on the way to work instead of listening to drunk 30-somethings talk about "news."
The IQ2US series holds five debates in the spring, and five debates in the fall, and is available from the iTunes Store or the NPR website.
For many of our daily tasks, the eternal debate (well, 'eternal' meaning 'over the last couple years') has plagued us all: whether to use a desktop app, or a web app? Both offer significant advantages, but not without equally constraining drawbacks. Read/WriteWeb, a tech blog by Richard MacManus, feels our pain, and has posted an in-depth perspective on the issue titled 
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
