links for 2007-12-06

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[Renewing the Countryside](http://renewingthecountryside.org/) A great series of books detailing stories of rural development and preservation. (tags: [community](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/community) [rural](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/rural)) [Rural-Urban Interdependence](http://www.brookings.edu/projects/blueprint/~/media/Files/Projects/blueprint/blueprint%20docs/1102_ruralurban_dabson.pdf) Why metropolitan and rural America need each other - a paper from the Brookings Institution. (tags: [rural](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/rural))

links for 2007-12-05

      1 min read      Technology

The Printable CEO™ Series A set of printable time-management forms. (tags: productivity organization calendar)

links for 2007-12-03

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[The Oscar Wilde Collection](http://www.oscarwildecollection.com/) I'm a recent arrival to Oscar Wilde's works - my Irish friends finally convinced me. (tags: [Wilde](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/Wilde)) [US says it has right to kidnap British citizens - Times Online](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2982640.ece) America once again places itself above the rest of the world. Can you imagine the outcry if Pakistan claimed a right to kidnap Americans off the street and take them to Pakistan prosecution? (tags: [politics](http://del.icio.us/ddeery/politics) [humanrights](http://del.

links for 2007-11-30

      1 min read      Technology

Universal Digital Library: Million Book Collection , hosted by Carnegie Mellon University A collection of free books. (tags: Books library ebooks)

links for 2007-11-28

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Ponoko Make your own 3D objects. (tags: design manufacturing)

Thanksgiving Ceilidh at Dalkeith House

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Thanksgiving in a Scottish Palace!

      3 min read      Ireland · Photography

Our good friend Kat Lui is spending the fall semester teaching at the Wisconsin in Scotland program in Dalkeith, Scotland. This gave us the perfect chance to not only spend a second Thanksgiving in a row with Kat, but also to spend a few days and have Thanskgiving dinner in a palace. We flew from Dublin to Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, arriving to a rainy Edinburgh. We caught the airport bus to downtown Edinburgh, and my first glimpse of rainy Edinburgh was picture-perfect.

Dublin Festival of Lights 2007

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Tech design with thought

      1 min read      Technology      Professional · Technology

CNet has a good interview with Don Norman, designer extraordinaire and author. I’d highly recommend his books, they’ll get you thinking about design in new ways. Best passage from the interview: “It was only the development of the factory, the industrialized revolution, then later the white collar revolution that everybody had to be in their offices at the same time. But guess what? We’re now in a world society. Making sure we’re all in the office at the same time assumes we’re all in the same time zone…I think we’ll find interesting mixes of scheduled activities where everyone must be encountered in more flex time, more flexibility.

links for 2007-11-20

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Free Templates Free templates for CMS and blogging systems. (tags: css templates)