Open Thread and Diary Rescue
jotter has High Impact Diaries: August 27, 2008. Light Emitting Pickle brings Top Comments 8/28 - Convention Quotes Edition (plus bonus vacation photos!). Enjoy and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.

Convention Open Thread
CONVENTION OPEN THREAD.... It's a packed house, of course, at Invesco Field in Denver, and the fourth and final night of the Democratic Convention has been going off without a hitch. Tim Kaine ("Move, mountain! ...

Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread
It was my turn to pick up the credentials this morning, which means hiking a couple of miles across downtown Denver. Which isn't exactly a hardship when the weather is 75 degrees, the humidity is low, and the sky is sunny. ...

Open Thread and Diary Rescue
(taylormattd). jotter has High Impact Diaries: August 26, 2008. Carnacki has tonight's Top comments - Obama to battle for West Virginia. Please feel free to suggest your own rescues, and otherwise use as an open thread.

Mississippi, Las Vegas Apple Stores set to open
Apple Store Renaissance at Colony Park (Ridgeland) will open at 10:00 AM. The store is located at 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, next to Williams Sonoma and J Crew. You can find full travel directions here. This will be Mississippi's ...

Julie Coin Beats Ana Ivanovic at US Open, Biggest Upset in History
The 25-year-old Coin is ranked 188th in the world and has never played in a Grand Slam before, and this is already being called the biggest upset in US Open history. Coin broke Ivanovic three times in a match that lasted nearly two ...

Open Thread
McCain has some kind of symptom… Open Thread below…

How Open Should Open Source Data Visualization Be?
Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, ...

Open Source South Africa
Last fall, the government of South Africa announced that it was adopting Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Open Document format (ODF) as official standards for government communications. South Africa’s moves are adding further ...

Napster: 'We're Open To A Sale'; Vote NO On The Ice Cream Franchisee
It also notes that contrary to suggestions, it is open to a sale if that turns out to be the best option. Release. If this all sounds familiar, it is. The company said exactly two years ago that it had retained UBS to explore strategic ...

Morning Open Thread
Chat away...

The Open Source Business Resource: Education Issue
The August issue of the Open Source Business Resource (OSBR) is dedicated to education. It is now available online, including two articles specifically devoted to open education: “A Flat Network for the Unflat World: Open Educational ...

Midday Open Thread
Forty Years Ago Today...

Midday Open Thread
Google has taken an odd, circuitous route to approving two open-source licenses on its Google Code site.