week 142 : 22 Feb 2007 (George Washington's birthday)

Agriculture

SPAM varieties: the pseudo-meat, not the email

Yahoo! Suggestion Board

 Attorney General

OpenID: a distributed identity system

Xgrid: for Mac OS X .. then use the Xgrid@Stanford Widget to monitor it

 Commerce

InPhase Technologies: "the equivalent of 462 CDs on a single 300 GB cartridge"

 Defense

Quack "Electrodiagnostic" Devices: you mean this snake-oil doesn't really work?

 Education

Curriki: a curriculum Wiki

 Energy

Extron Electronics: "a leading manufacturer of professional A/V system products"

 Health and Human Services

BabySIM: baby simulator, by Medical Education Technology

 Homeland Security

Dissection Alternatives: a Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine site

Project Darkstar:: "a research effort aimed at simplifying the process of developing multi-player online games that can be deployed on a massive scale and made available to players using virtually any client device."

 Housing and Urban Development

One Laptop per Child: a $100 laptop for the world's children education

 Interior

Texas Citizens for Science: when you think of science, you think of Texas, right?

 Labor

Altiris: system deployment and configuration -- IT Asset Management Process and Services

 State

Promises Malibu: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehab in Malibu, California

 Transportation

Yahoo! Pipes: "an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator -- create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant"

 Treasury

National Score Index: See How Your Credit Score Compares

 Veterans Affairs

Scientific Linux: Linux variant #301?

week 141 : 15 Feb 2007

Agriculture

Dallas Farmers Market Friends

 Attorney General

Celltrace.com: for a fee, track any cellphone if you know its EIN

 Commerce

The Peanut Institute: where peanuts go to school, presumably

 Defense

Bits du jour: "offers one great deal a day, on a Windows or PDA program, or a service like internet faxing or hosting. It's Bits (anything digital) of the Day"

 Education

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) System Search

 Energy

Ubuntu:Edgy : soon to be followed by Ubuntu:Feisty, then Ubuntu:Gritty .. (see where I'm going with this?)

 Health and Human Services

SmugMug: "The ultimate in photo sharing. Online photo albums, photo sharing, photo hosting and photo storage."

 Homeland Security

WizMark: I won't even try to explain this one

 Housing and Urban Development

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: "is a 64-mile, fully operational steam railroad"

 Interior

Texas: The Trust for Public Land

 Labor

Roller: free and open source Java blog software

 State

New Scientist: International News, Ideas, Innovation

 Transportation

CSX600 Processor: by ClearSpeed, of course

 Treasury

Nordic Gene Bank

 Veterans Affairs

Old Imprints: A gallery of antique prints and maps, books, ephemera, vintage magazines and vintage posters

week 140 : 8 Feb 2007

Agriculture

VoTexas: flushing your votes, the Texas way

 Attorney General

Digit (UK): "comprehensive coverage of the art of graphic design, 3D, animation, video, effects, web and interactive design, in print and online"

 Commerce

Bfiz: "we will post one piece of jewelry on sale for 24 hours"

 Defense

Homebrew Mobile Phone Club: (thanks, Alec)

 Education

Clackamas (Oregon) Community College

 Energy

North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts: "a nonprofit arts advocacy organization"

 Health and Human Services

Hu Hu Kam Memorial Hospital: in Sacaton, Arizona - a small rural town within the Gila River Indian Reservation

 Homeland Security

Lock Picking 101: Guide to Locksmithing

 Housing and Urban Development

Green Yoga Asssociation: "indicates our conscious intention to honor and care for the Earth as part of yoga"

 Interior

Green Party: UK style

 Labor

Usability Sciences: "Delivering business impact through the science of usability"

 State

M/A/R/C Research: "a brand development research and consulting firm"

 Transportation

Cog Railway: the best way to experience Pike's Peak

 Treasury

AT&T AccessAll: "a $100 million philanthropic initiative that connects families and communities with technology tools that can improve lives"

 Veterans Affairs

Infrant Technologies: not to be confused with Infant Technologies

week 139 : 1 Feb 2007

Agriculture

Dead Roses.com: Dead Roses for any occasion!

 Attorney General

The Cozy Moose: "lakeside cabins at Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine"

 Commerce

Google Apps: among (lots of) other things, you can park a domain for $10, apparently

 Defense

United States Institute of Peace: "Committed to the Prevention, Management, and Peaceful Resolution of International Conflicts"

 Education

Piltdown Man: a classic hoax

 Energy

Bathsheba Sculpture: the art of geometry

 Health and Human Services

Poisin Pen Letters™: "when you care enough to send the very worst"

 Homeland Security

North Texas Linux Users Group: meets monthly in Irving

 Housing and Urban Development

Clackamas, Oregon: site of the only known hippie commune that has WiFi

 Interior

Anthro: "furniture (carts, desks) for technology"

 Labor

Linux "No Suitable 'Software package' Equivalent"

 State

Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences: Chinese culture is about 4,000 years old - as long as the Earth has been around!

 Transportation

HINcity: "Hot Import Nights is the leading lifestyle car show"

 Treasury

Colorado Railroad Museum: trains & railroad history in Golden, CO

 Veterans Affairs

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