Derek Powazek – 10 Ways Newspapers Can Improve Comments “The internet didn’t create the angry letter to the editor, but it definitely put it into overdrive. And that’s okay – sometimes people need to vent. Your job is to direct the venting.” (tags: media community) ongoing • No Secret Software! “It’s simple: when data is [...]
Through the Wire
"Hey, I'm just happy to be here…"
July 30th, 2008
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Editorial – There Was Smoke — and Fire – Editorial – NYTimes.com “The strength of American democracy depends on our ability to be shocked by abuses like these — and to punish them appropriately.” (tags: politricks) David Byrne Journal: 07.28.2008: Almost Everything “Despite a sinister inflection to both the lyrics and the music, many songs [...]
July 29th, 2008
Conference of the Birds, 2008-07-29
Drat. Another archiving glitch; I only got about thirty minutes of the show, so I’m not going to bother posting it. Honestly, for some reason I wasn’t all that psyched about this week’s show, although looking over the playlist I can’t exactly say why. Artist: “Track” – Album (Label) The Ramblers: “Meda Gbefa” – The [...]
July 29th, 2008
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Los Angeles Times to be Written Entirely by Computer—By Ken Silverstein (Harper’s Magazine) “We analyzed past articles and found that 38% of all stories began with the writer mentioning the time of day. Our new software will duplicate that formula.” (tags: journalism losangeles) Share and Enjoy:
July 28th, 2008
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Similar Diversity “Similar Diversity is an information graphic which opens up a new perspective at the topics religion and faith by visualizing the Holy Books of five world religions. Communalities and differences of Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Judaism are (tags: visualization religion) A Label Man Who Defies One – washingtonpost.com “I thought it was [...]
July 27th, 2008
Ubu Hubbub
I’ve known this piece for a while, but it came up on the shuffle yesterday and I was reminded just how much genius Christian Bök brings to bear in the assembly of words in this poem. I couldn’t find the text anywhere, so I took it upon myself to transcribe it. Part of what I [...]
July 27th, 2008
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Cake Wrecks: Don’t Laugh; They’re “Special” Cakes shaped like puffer fish! (tags: food cake funny) Cake Wrecks: The Creepiness Continues “Not all Cake Wrecks are a result of poor construction, as you can see from this example. Some cake artists just seem to forget that, at the end of the day, their creation is meant [...]
July 26th, 2008
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The Waffle Day Controversy – Mr Breakfast.com including “a quick waffle history lesson” and some discourse on Swedish culture and language (tags: food breakfast sweden) We’re Losing the Portable-Toilet Naming Contest — Daily Intel — New York News Blog — New York Magazine “We consulted The Blue Book of Building and Construction to find the [...]
July 25th, 2008
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RE-ENACT ’68 “Armed with speeches, costumes, period props, rhetorical fireworks and a healthy sense of historical discourse, we will reclaim the art of historical re-enactment, long the purview of Civil War buffs.” (tags: chicago politics history) newsobserver.com | Minister of history “Because we don’t look at our history honestly, our conversations about race are often [...]
July 24th, 2008
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Op-Ed Columnist – It’s the Economic Stupidity, Stupid – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com ‘Last weekend, the resolutely analog candidate told The New York Times he is at last starting to learn how “to get online myself.” Perhaps he’ll retire his abacus by Election Day.’ (tags: john_mccain election_2008 economics politics) Theres Lots of Money in Those Old [...]