http://megite.com Megite is the newspaper for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news sites and weblogs. Copyright 2009, Megite 30 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:01:18 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_1 70f829b8689c360ac2db8863398c35f0 Plans for Walter Reed National Military Medical Ctr (click to view full) General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) in Fairfax, VA won a $322.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide... [summary] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:01:18 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_2 416bb010cca832fe559fed6f54220a78 Over the Tigris river, through the desert and through a rough neighborhood where people occasionally throw RKG-3 anti-tank grenades at US military vehicles......we drove. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:10:26 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_3 b2d7742333cace7a84cd31c68ffb9fee Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T05:00:00-08:00 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_4 7bd27665463bfca66217c806339dfdc9 I teach a lot of courses, and collecting information to keep them relevant takes time. If I'm on the Internet, I might come across something good. The old way: I'd save it to my desktop, drag it to the relevant folder, and hope to remember the file (and what's inside it) when the time comes to teach the course again. This process requires that I' ... (Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-26T05:00:00-08:00 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_5 548dc2e1818e959b225baba499b4a5ff (CNN) -- Newly released text messages reportedly from the morning of September 11, 2001, show panicked family members trying to contact loved ones and officials frantically trying to grasp what was happening. (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:01:37 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_6 68a3ee0e619f616c5b1d6490ac55b28b BAE’s LTLM Night Goggles BAE Systems’ Electronic Solutions division in Nashua, NH won a $42 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply 1,203 night vision goggles, known as laser target... [summary] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:15:32 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_7 64aebe0357cb69668e9afd3a7f8501b0 Global Defense Technology & Systems in McLean, VA raised net proceeds of $36.3 million in an initial public offering, which closed Nov 25/09. A total of 4.6 million shares of common stock were... [summary] (Read on Source) ]]> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:15:32 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_8 cb3029a59248514586a84ac1b935ad04 Like the audio version of Just A Geek, this is a super-annotated edition, filled with tons of what I call "audio footnotes" for lack of a less stupid-sounding term. I hope we've created something that's more like sitting down in a room with me while I tell you stories, than it is a typical audiobook. I don't think a traditional publisher would ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:51:00 PST http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_9 247cd183d058d3768ca4ae872964c2f0 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:26:37 PST http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_10 658bce325245f129c57c6e93fe9091f8 Remember ACS:Law? The shakedown organization that appears to have taken over where Davenport Lyons left off (including using some of the identical documents), and who has "partnered" with DigiProtect, the company that gleefully admits that it purposely puts files on file sharing networks just to collect the IP addresses of anyone who downloads, ... (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:25:14 +0000 http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_11 1e1414febbea45f008de3ed1f2e8f902 Read on Source) ]]> 2009-11-25T21:26:34Z http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_12 207dfc67f9c98a9dbb3c48c9b1a6a520 Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:10:07 PST http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_13 da85d39a7f87ef92669a0caa1f390236 A dog rides in a U.S. soldier's backpack on Combat Outpost Jeleran, Afghanistan. The dog, named Cookie, is the unofficial mascot of the 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Francisco V. Govea II (Read on Source) ]]> Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:02:37 PST http://megite.com/duediligence/1259270490/1#item_14 32fe93d37174b24db5400aae8d31ced1 [This post is an annual event here...] The Bartender at Madfish Willie's reposts my patented Irish Paratrooper Turkey Recipe every Thanksgiving. Blackfive: "How To Cook A Turkey" 1) Go buy a turkey. 2) Take a drink of scotch whisky (Laphroiag, Lagavulin, or Caol Ila). 3) Put turkey in the oven. 4) Take another 2 drinks of whiskey. 5) Set the ... (Read on Source) ]]>