July 2008
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“Earnings at US publishers plunged in the second quarter as ad revenue continued...”
– Media companies suffer huge falls | Greenslade | guardian.co.uk
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“That’s the same length as the course that teaches soldiers assigned to...”
– America’s Broken-Down Army - TIME
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“Barack Obama on Thursday night gave a soaring address that invoked echoes of the...”
– Obama Urges Unity in Berlin - TIME
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“Here’s one for Sam’s Idea Bank: Next time you make a big purchase,...”
– Tell Zell: More Farewells
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“what Mr. Ballmer is doing is calming the troops with obvious ideas, reorganizing...”
– Editorial - Steve Ballmer Addresses MS Employees About Apple || The Mac Observer
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“In a lame-duck administration counting the days before a troubled 8 years...”
– Feds Let Troops Fight, Won’t Help Them Vote - Newser
“One Russian musician noted that “expressing psychological emotions is not...”
– Russia Goes After Emo - Newser
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“the words of the BPI: “Most importantly, for the first time ISPs will be...”
– Six Major ISPs Join P2P Crackdown - TrustedReviews
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“And if all else fails, fall back on this golden rule of wrongdoing in the White...”
– Crimes and Misdemeanors - By Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine
WatchCrimes and Misdemeanors - By Emily Bazelon, Kara Hadge, Dahlia Lithwick, and Chris Wilson - Slate Magazine
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“…the Arctic may hold as much as 90 billion barrels of undiscovered oil reserves,...”
– Oil Survey Says Arctic Has Riches - NYTimes.com
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Facebook: Movement or Business? - TIME →
Facebook: platform or “movement?”
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“The committee which the government dismissed was elected in 2004, in line with...”
– BBC SPORT | Olympics | Iraq banned from Beijing Olympics
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Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid on Pakistani Jets -... →
WTF!? Okay, so the F-16 has sort of been replaced by the F-22 (The current F-22 is a direct replacement to the F-15, and Air Force plane. A version of the F-22 to replace the Navy F-16 is coming). Even as ‘old’ technology, the F-16 is a frightening weapon. I’m not arguing that it has nothing to do with counter-terrorism – I’ll let the military officials decide what is...
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“Since coming into office last year, President Nicolas Sarkozy has blamed the...”
– BBC NEWS | Europe | MPs scrap France’s 35-hour week
5 ways where iPhone 3G still lags enterprise-wise →
The iPhone 3G may have a lock on the Sexiest Gadget Alive title for 2008, but in the frumpy and boring world of things that matter to enterprise IT managers, it’s no pinup.
Apple pushes MobileMe surprise to XP,Vista via... →
Stopbadware.org, an anti-malware advocacy group founded by Google Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc., notified Apple it would soon issue a “badware” alert for Software Update because…
8 Great Villains We Want in the Next Batman Movie →
With The Dark Knight set to break box-office records, a sequel is almost certainly in the works. With Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhardt’s masterful performances as The Joker and Two-Face, respectively,…
New iPhone commercials - "What is 3G?" +... →
Apple has launched some new commercials for the iPhone 3G that have voice-overs to match their given regions. Regional versions also feature the logos of the local carriers. The first commercial…
Totally Free Godaddy Domains - For Real! →
If you’d like to do the same, get a free domain and give 5 others free domains as well. Here’s the IndyCar Godaddy link. Remember, makes sure you ain’t paying nothing before you check out by…
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“It got drunk and now it’s got a hangover,” Mr Bush said at a private...”
– BBC NEWS | Americas | ‘Wall Street got drunk’ says Bush
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“The mayor showed up unexpectedly at the data center and provided the engineers...”
– San Francisco Admin Coughs Up Passcodes in Secret Jailhouse Meeting With Mayor | Threat Level from Wired.com
Gavin Newsome is like James Bond!
If Fonts Were People →
Times New Roman and friends battle the forces of evil.
WatchFont Conference - CollegeHumor video
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David Gallo: Underwater astonishments
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A Glossary of Prison Slang →
Real good piece of reporting by MoJo. The piece on the CA prison system is particularly good.
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“Among potential cost-saving moves: sharing more content among Tribune-owned...”
– Tribune News | Chicago Business News, Analysis & Articles | Trib buries news in redesign test | Crain’s
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Borrowers Betrayed - The Miami Herald →
Really good investigative journalism. The web interface needs work, but it’s still better than a lot of the web interfaces for series that the NTY does.
Apple posts profit of $1.07B, ships nearly 2.5... →
Apple said Monday that third-quarter profits rose more than 30 percent to $1.07 billion, or $1.19 per diluted share, on sales of $7.46 billion for the three-month period ended June 28, 2008. These…
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The Internet Is No Substitute for the Dying... →
Way to say nothing. This is just a rant that argues that we are all doomed. The internet does not hold the future, the Big Media has cursed us all.
Old Media think at it’s best.
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“No single party has held the White House, the House and a filibuster-proof...”
– The tricky 60 - John Bresnahan - Politico.com
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WatchPhil Clevenger - Lightroom Interface Designer on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
WatchKeith Barry does brain magic | Video on TED.com
The Debt Trap - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com →
Graphic is very well done.
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“Seventy-five percent of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said...”
– Acceptance of Gay People in Military Grows Dramatically - washingtonpost.com
Looks like media awareness does help sometimes.
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“I went to Madrid and learned about March 11 bombings. And I rode their metro....”
– MediaShift Idea Lab . Reforming a Mean World: Hero Reports | PBS
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“In her first public comments since Saturday’s meeting in Switzerland, Rice...”
– Rice: Iran Not Serious At Nuke Talks - TIME
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“It’s a devastating blow to the McCain campaign — not just that Maliki moved to...”
– McCain is odd man out on ‘time horizon’ - David Paul Kuhn - Politico.com
Copyright: so complex, here's a slide rule to... →
Copyright in America is too complex.
Schmidt: YouTube + ads = 'holy grail' | News -... →
no shit!? Google wants YouTube to make money!? Never would have guessed. Great post about nothing there Stephen Shankland.
“ur claims that Afghanistan is the “front line in the war on terror”...”
– How to Save Afghanistan - TIME
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“Perhaps a quarter of teachers are illiterate, and the majority are educated only...”
– How to Save Afghanistan - TIME
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“In a statement, Radboud University hailed the ruling and said: “…in...”
– BBC NEWS | Technology | Oyster card hack to be published
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“Moreover, the F.C.C. cannot impose liability on CBS for the acts of Janet...”
– Super Bowl Indecency Fine Is Rejected - NYTimes.com
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“Not surprisingly, the NYT’s translation is remarkably similar to Der...”
– As Americans buy less gas, they’re inadvertently cutting into money for highway projects. - By Daniel Politi - Slate Magazine 