June 2008
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Obama & McCain Reps to Debate via Twitter →
buzzandersen:
(via amyyy)
… the presidential election is actually important, and conducting a debate via Twitter seems like a depressing acknowledgement that the soundbite is now the fundamental unit of American political discourse. Not only that, but the very fact that they suggest people follow along using hashtags (those most webcock-ish of Twitter mannerisms) on Summize underscores...
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just when I thought that things couldn’t sink any lower, Arrington The Hutt...
– Adactio: Journal—Supernova 2008
Two Thoughts
Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, Zimbabwe Information Minister
It’s a sure case that President Mugabe will win resoundingly. Now this is what Tsvangirai has been advised. Rather than face humiliation and defeat of that magnitude, he has been advised not to stand for the run-off election. Unfortunately he is depriving the people of Zimbabwe to vote, to exercise their franchise, and vote him out, because...
interesting timelapse on Flickr - Photo ^W Video Sharing!
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things magazine - monday, june 16, 2008 →
I really have no idea why there’s a link from there to here, except possibly the relatively high number of backlinks. Still, thanks. Of course, now people know this exists, the chances are it’ll atrophy…
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Entourage and Friends At A Glance - 10 Social... →
This truly atrocious piece on social networking apps - which seems to mean, in the author’s eyes, “Facebook or MySpace widgets”, since where else could you possibly have a social network? - has persuaded me not to get a Time subscription. Well done.
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Grr Argh
For some reason, when I do “Show (Original) File” on an image in iPhoto, the Finder opens the window in some default state unlike that of any other window. If I reopen it later, it keeps the view settings it had before iPhoto got involved, but the window frame size changes. Grr. Argh. WTF. Etc.
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Four tube drivers, three other staff members, and two police officers were...
– BBC NEWS | UK | England | London | Tube drinks party sparks mayhem Well done for proving why the drinking ban’s necessary, guys. Meanwhile, the BBC’s eyewitness report notes that people were smoking: “in my carriage one man snatched a cigarette from the hands of party-goer...