Mon Jun 9, 2008 @ 9:37 pm

"Alle welpies helpen"

I just saw this on TV. It's hilarious:

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Tue May 13, 2008 @ 9:15 pm

The Internet is down!

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Wed Apr 30, 2008 @ 10:27 pm

"A screen that ships without a mouse ships broken"

I’ve been reading Clay Shirky’s writing on social patterns in new media for a few years now, and I love this quote from this video (15 mins):

(Found at Lifehacker)

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Thu Mar 20, 2008 @ 6:32 pm

Cable News

Summarizing Liz Cox Barrett’s summary of the State of the News Media report from the Project for Excellence in Journalism:

Money spent on reporting (2006)
  • CNN: $273 million
  • Fox News: $266 million
  • MSNBC: $145 million (it’s presumed that …

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Wed Jan 23, 2008 @ 8:45 am

The Wire; David Simon's quest; journalism and the city

Over the last three weeks or so, I watched the first four seasons of HBO’s “The Wire”, catching up in time to watch the fiifth and final season, which is airing now. The fifth season focuses on a fictionalized version of the Baltimore …

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Fri Nov 30, 2007 @ 2:17 pm

On being super

I have a super power. I have Peter Petrelli’s power. I just haven’t met any other supers.

Yet.

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Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 8:27 am

TV: The Riches' quiet cell phone

I’m late – as always these days – to the show, but I’m very much enjoying FX’s The Riches. The show involves a family of gypsies or travelers, who struggle to pose as a “normal” family in a wealthy, gated community …

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Fri Sep 15, 2006 @ 3:36 pm

I want my iTV

This week, Apple announced a slew of new offerings: updated iTunes, including movies for sale, and a new vaporwarehardware product, called iTV.

Just a sliver shy of a year ago, Apple held a similar event, where they announced the video iPods and unveiled …

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Wed Jul 26, 2006 @ 1:27 pm

Colbert & Congress

I saw this on Monday... Then, today, this popped up on the Colbert Report:

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Tue Feb 7, 2006 @ 1:49 pm

An Unexpected Down-side

So, I've just discovered an unexpected down-side to the move to Canada: This country lacks good Super Bowl Ads.

The Super Bowl airs here. But without the ads.

Well, most of the ads.

Just not all of them.

Thank you Google Video, although - GM's "Maize …

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