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YouBama – The Citizen Generated Campaign
“The goal of YouBama is to democratize the election campaign process. All content is generated by citizens and voted on by citizens. Voters can say what they want, how they want. Then they vote on the videos so the best ones rise to the top.”
(tags: civics web2.0 election_2008 barack_obama)
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Kung Fu Grippe: Jay J. Armes, Private Investigator, PM MAGAZINE
“I’ll admit it. There’s a part of me that hopes this is the sole 7 minutes of information that visitors from other worlds have to understand our civilization.”
(tags: seventies video investigators jay_j_armes)
The Linguists: A Very Foreign Language Film
“David and Greg will circle the planet to hear [...]
Artist: “Track” – Album (Label)
Baby Face Willette : “Tacos Joe ” – Behind the Eight Ball (Argo)
Yusef Lateef : “Ching Mau ” – Blues from the Orient (Prestige)
Charles Mingus/Eric Dolphy : “Starting ” – Mingus in Europe Vol. 1 (Enja)
Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble : “The Time Has Come ” – Chicago Now–Thirty Years of [...]
Races Entering Complex Phase Over Delegates – New York Times
“This new dynamic is not only challenging the way the candidates are approaching the contest, but is also throwing into confusion how the results of these contests should be judged, by the campaigns and by the news media that report on them.”
(tags: politics election_2008)
With a Whisper, [...]
Neatorama » Blog Archive » Rescue Annie: L’Inconnue de la Seine
“In 1900, the body of an unidentified young woman, an apparent suicide, was pulled from the river Seine in Paris… In 1958, the Inconnue was used as the model for the face of Rescue Annie.”
(tags: history)
Ironic Sans: Glamour Mug Shots
“I had an idea today to [...]
Mr Brain’s Pork Faggots on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
A real supermarket product.
(tags: food funny)
The Wine Antisnob – WSJ.com
“Mr. Hanni believes the solution lies in discarding cherished wine conventions and drilling down the physiological, biological and psychological reasons people like the wines they do.”
(tags: wine)
The Secret Museum of Mankind
“Published in 1935,the Secret Museum is a mystery [...]
Slate V – Hillary’s Inner Tracy Flick
Mashup of “Election” with current campaign footage.
(tags: election_2008 hillary_clinton video mashup)
Slice: A List of Regional Pizza Styles
“Last week on Serious Eats, community member HeartofGlass asked: “How many different kinds of regional varations of pizza exist?” I figured I’d compile a list of all the styles I’ve eaten or heard [...]
Va. Student’s Snow-Day Plea Triggers an Online Storm – washingtonpost.com
‘”People in my generation view privacy differently. We are the cellphone generation. We are used to being reached at all times,” he said.’
(tags: education life socialnetworking via:chrisbreitenbach)
1940 Rapid Transit map on Flickr – Photo Sharing!
historic map of Chicago Transit Authority routes
(tags: chicago transit history)
American Civil Liberties [...]
Study: False statements preceded war – Yahoo! News
‘Mea culpas notwithstanding, much of the wall-to-wall media coverage provided additional, ‘independent’ validation of the Bush administration’s false statements about Iraq,” it said.’
(tags: politics propaganda journalism war)
McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01/22/2008 | After attacks on Obama, Bill Clinton says: ‘I’m pretty chilled out’
“Clinton did distort some things on [...]
Daxophone,experimental musical instrument invented by Hans Reichel,bowed and plucked idiophone
“The Daxophone consists of a thin wooden blade fixed in a wooden block, which holds one or more contact mikes, usually mounted on a tripod. Most often, it is played by bowing the free end, but it can also be struck or plucked”
(tags: music instruments)
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