November 2009
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uk publishing group is starting a pilot paywall program across some of it’s titles: http://bit.ly/6Z8Bpa
uc irvine is introducing game science as a major. as in, let’s go play & talk about video games. awesome. http://bit.ly/4RkGwc
RT @GawkerDotCom: Seven Reasons Why White House Party Crashers are Awesome for America: http://bit.ly/5X1y00 (via @brianstelter)
ps. doing so made me smile.
i just played asteroids. the real deal original from atari which they now have on their site as a flex app: http://bit.ly/4PkReR
i’m the 47,380,745th richest person in the world. that puts me in the top .78% of the global population. you? http://bit.ly/6a2UM3
~@Chanders rushkoff’s argument is flawed from the get go. he writes as if google displays entire articles and reaps the entire benefit.
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are newspapers stuck in a prisoner’s dilemma with google? i don’t think so but nicholas carr does: http://bit.ly/71exub
Death, Taxes (And Tea): top wingnut moments of 2009 - http://is.gd/54szu
a wonderful email exchange: “Are you going to do the logo and charts for me or not?” http://bit.ly/83Ljio
iran confiscates nobel peace prize winner’s medal. doesn’t seem to realize that moral authority rests elsewhere. http://bit.ly/5WBhOV
final (redundant) thanksgiving observation: pecan pie is a beautiful fruit.
the US eats 690 million lbs of turkey on thanksgiving. singapore’s total population weighs 690 million lbs. coincidence?
raise your hands to the sky. touch your toes. bend left. bend right. deep breath. let the gobbling begin. happy turkey day all.
what i will tell my better half: i bought you a blu-ray player. the shock i will feign: wow, it plays ps3 games too, who knew?
a geographical cluster of crazy. palin, bachmann to head tea party convention this february. i want to go. http://bit.ly/6g1wmw
Carrotmobs, Jujutsu and Advocacy →
Mike Smith led us this week with an excellent account of his experience in grass roots organizing during the Obama presidential campaign. More importantly — and if we…
journo pulls out thesaurus to make writing snappy. in other news, dude’s just smoked his 115,000 joint: http://bit.ly/4ouGxh
was just invited to give a talk on new media and authoritarian regimes. this will be interesting.
read copyfraud today. very enlightening law article about those who falsely claim copyright on public domain works. http://bit.ly/7dUJey
luv: google translate’s submit a better translation feature lets me reek havoc with my 1 semester of german and underperforming spanish.
chinese blogger sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for “illegally holding secret state documents.” http://bit.ly/8zEiHG
um, why is my isp trying to be a news portal rather than the most awesome web app it can be? http://bit.ly/6ZIHRO
1896: when the telephone was disruptive technology and threatened the novel: http://bit.ly/86DVQO #theMoreThingsChange
reporters without borders reports that 12 journalists were killed in the philippines today: http://bit.ly/6H89MC
many thanks to @smittyPA for guest lecturing my class today with insights and wisdom gained from the 2008 elections. much appreciated.
yes. tumblr’s a coolhunting scrapbook. RT @kimbui: …tumblr… should be a collection of great things, not a collection of stuff about you.
was just interviewed about the future of jschool education. thought i’d be relatively mellow. didn’t realize I had a monday rant in me.
loving my international student articles: “many children’s fingers and toes were bitten by the frost in the past two weeks.” #language
CNN’s titillated by the AMA, headlining a “man on man kiss” in 3 of their 6 news categories for mobile. man on man?
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like nba basketball? then you’ll like this dallas/san antonio video: http://bit.ly/8DYNjh ps. you’ll like it more if you’re a dirk fan.
watching the @nytimes piece on jerking: http://bit.ly/5lguAN just a Q: what was the decision on why i can’t embed this elsewhere?
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what the hell? patent office grants company with patent on podcasting http://bit.ly/5OSexk
AP: Islamic nations seek treaty banning “blasphemy” http://is.gd/4ZOhi ~ I kinda think god can take care of herself (ht @dangillmor)
file under information you don’t need to know. NYC taxi tv uses windoze: http://yfrog.com/352j1j
~@andrea_r clued me in on feedwordpress earlier today. that’s one naughty plugin. was just playing with it locally.
good timing. chegg (the netflix for textbooks) raises another $57m as california regents raise university tuition. will be needed.
~@profsivek if klingon’s your thing you might like this. dad spoke it to son for first three years of his life. http://bit.ly/1JyGN6
you could see this one coming. developers quitting apple’s app store over opaque policies. via ars: http://bit.ly/4s4zep
fox does it again. uses old crowd footage for coverage of palin book tour: http://bit.ly/q7vUD
trying to come up with reasons to buy newsprint? here are 15 of them: http://bit.ly/1hoQZw
david broder’s afghan logic: “the urgent necessity is to make a decision — whether or not it is right.” http://bit.ly/1LtyNm
all your dictionary belong to us: “unfriend” is new oxford american’s word of the year: http://bit.ly/4u52X7
someday irony will reappear: a microsoft video about IE9’s support of standards and interoperability requires silverlight (ht: @gruber)
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