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title: links for 2008-11-10
date: 2008-11-11T01:05:17Z
modified: 2008-11-11T01:05:17Z
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  - Links
timestamp: 2008-11-11T01:05:17Z
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  - Links
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- [Where the oil comes from: Not from where I thought « Jon Udell](http://blog.jonudell.net/2008/11/09/where-the-oil-comes-from-not-from-where-i-thought/)
    
    "When I do these kinds of exercises, I’m always struck by two things. First, it amazes me how much of what we think we know is wrong. I was sure that the Middle East was the dominant regional source. Second, I’m always a bit discouraged by how geeky you still have to be — even with the great online tools we have now — in order to pull answers to simple questions out of raw data."
    
    
    
    (tags: [jonudell](http://delicious.com/sogrady/jonudell) [visualization](http://delicious.com/sogrady/visualization) [statistics](http://delicious.com/sogrady/statistics) [oil](http://delicious.com/sogrady/oil) [energy](http://delicious.com/sogrady/energy) [data](http://delicious.com/sogrady/data) [dabble](http://delicious.com/sogrady/dabble))
- [627338\_128545\_b14e41d48a\_p.jpg (JPEG Image, 658×384 pixels)](http://photos.jpgmag.com/627338_128545_b14e41d48a_p.jpg)
    
    amen
    
    (tags: [truth](http://delicious.com/sogrady/truth) [sense](http://delicious.com/sogrady/sense))
- [IBM Support – Number lock causes misbehavior in remote KVM – IBM BladeCenter E, IBM BladeCenter T](https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5069645&brandind=5000020)
    
    if you have an SK-8845 Lenovo keyboard that's behaving strangely under Linux or Windows, read this: the fix worked for me
    
    (tags: [sk-8845](http://delicious.com/sogrady/sk-8845) [lenovo](http://delicious.com/sogrady/lenovo) [thinkpad](http://delicious.com/sogrady/thinkpad) [keyboard](http://delicious.com/sogrady/keyboard) [linux](http://delicious.com/sogrady/linux) [windows](http://delicious.com/sogrady/windows))
- [Jane Austen wrote about baseball 40 years before it was 'invented' – Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2008/11/05/boausten105.xml)
    
    very strange. interesting, but very strange.
    
    (tags: [baseball](http://delicious.com/sogrady/baseball) [janeausten](http://delicious.com/sogrady/janeausten) [history](http://delicious.com/sogrady/history) [invention](http://delicious.com/sogrady/invention))
- [Raible Designs | LinkedIn Cuts 10% (a.k.a. The Journey is Over)](http://raibledesigns.com/rd/entry/linkedin_cuts_10_a_k)
    
    sorry to hear about this, but Matt's not going to be looking for very long. i suggest contacting him sooner rather than later.
    
    (tags: [mattraible](http://delicious.com/sogrady/mattraible) [linkedin](http://delicious.com/sogrady/linkedin) [layoffs](http://delicious.com/sogrady/layoffs) [contractor](http://delicious.com/sogrady/contractor))
- [Cloud-computing zombies for $299 per month | Tech News on ZDNet](http://news.zdnet.com/2424-9595_22-245989.html)
    
    the dark side of cloud computing
    
    (tags: [cloud](http://delicious.com/sogrady/cloud) [computing](http://delicious.com/sogrady/computing) [malware](http://delicious.com/sogrady/malware) [security](http://delicious.com/sogrady/security) [fraudasaservice](http://delicious.com/sogrady/fraudasaservice))