Monthly Archives: January 2006
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What’s up with Flickr and/or Bloglines?
I subscribe to several friends’ Flickr feeds in bloglines, and lately I’ve been getting a random set of photos showing up as “new” for all of them. (The same set in most cases!) Is it Flickr? Perhaps, but I can’t be sure. Is it Bloglines? Possibly, but again not definitely. Is it annoying? The damn [...]
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ecosystm
Nerd porn supersite information aesthetics points to a really cool visualization system called ecosystm. I really like this sort of art installation. They look great and they provide useful information. Yay!
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Do No Evil
Erich pointed this out: Compare and contrast the following Google result sets: http://images.google.cn/images?q=tiananmen http://images.google.com/images?q=tiananmen Way to be, Google. You rock.
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Crime Bus podcast
The podcast for the crime bus tour that Stephanie and I went on the other weekend is available now. Check out the first bus rider interviewed. She rocks!
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Happy Bobby Burns Day!
Be sure to have a wee dram and read a Robert Burns poem tonight! Here’s one of my favorites: When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown, But now he has gotten a hat and a feather – Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up [...]
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Poetry Corner: The Genius Of The Crowd
A good one from Charles Bukowski: The Genius Of The Crowd there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average human being to supply any given army on any given day and the best at murder are those who preach against it and the best at hate are those who preach love and the [...]
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Big Brother is watching you
From Search Engine Watch: Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Says No; AOL, MSN & Yahoo Said Yes War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.
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CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Your Source For Southern California’s Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Tour Noir Los Angeles With The 1947 Project
Hey, Stpehanie and I made the news! CBS 2 / KCAL 9: Your Source For Southern California’s Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports: Tour Noir Los Angeles With The 1947 Project
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I Have A Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963)
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of [...]
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