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• EUROPA - European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies
  (tags: ethics)

From Ireland’s prolific Pat Phelan comes word of a new web site that can allow you to hedge your gas prices against the rising tide. Check out Pat’s blog for details.

• The Stupidity of Dignity
  An assessment of the work of President Bush’s Council on Bioethics by one of the best science writers around.
  (tags: politics philosophy biology pinker)

• LaserMoleskine
  Custom laser-etched Moleskine notebooks. Pricey, but very cool!
  (tags: moleskine)

• Photoshop Brushes
  A good collection of Photoshop freebies.
  (tags: photoshop design)
• Presenting with style
  A presentation from the founder of the Presentation Zen blog on better presentations. Lots of good tips here.
  (tags: presentation powerpoint)

• Paul Graham at Startup School 08 | Omnisio
  A good talk on how to create a successful startup - including a surprising plug for benevolence.
  (tags: startup entrepreneurship)

• Freebase: an open, shared database of the world’s knowledge
  Cool stuff.
  (tags: database opensource)

• Census Atlas of the United States
  The first comprehensive atlas of population and housing produced by the Census Bureau since the 1920s. Data from decennial censuses prior to 2000 support nearly 150 maps and figures, providing context and an historical perspective for many of the topics p
  (tags: census reference statistics population)
• AfriGadget
  A blog showing ingenious gadgets from Africa. Basic needs-type stuff, but they get the job done.
  (tags: africa technology)
• CodeIgniter - Open source PHP web application framework
  CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications.
  (tags: php framework)

• Yahoo Releases Internet Location Platform
  An interesting API from Yahoo for dealing with real-world locations.
  (tags: geo api location)