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« Monday « July 31, 2006
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Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade -- Alleged Cover Up
(TMZ.com)
What are the odds that Mel Gibson will ever get another movie made ... in Hollywood?
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Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade -- Alleged Cover Up
(TMZ.com)
What are the odds that Mel Gibson will ever get another movie made ... in Hollywood?
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« Sunday « July 30, 2006
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Lights, Camera -- Jamming
(Technology Review)
A prototype device seeks out cameras and blocks them from taking pictures and video. (This is being touted as an anti-piracy tool, but it could be pro-privacy...which means it will never get into regular folks' hands.)
07:23:31 PM
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Lights, Camera -- Jamming
(Technology Review)
A prototype device seeks out cameras and blocks them from taking pictures and video. (This is being touted as an anti-piracy tool, but it could be pro-privacy...which means it will never get into regular folks' hands.)
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« Friday « July 28, 2006
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Schools must block MySpace, many other sites
(Techcrunch)
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[This law] will require schools and libraries to block access to a potentially huge range of sites on the internet. The goal is to protect children from adult predators. Sites that must be blocked include those that allow people to post profiles, include personal information and allow communication among users.So basically, any site that allows you to "interact" falls under this law, which includes, basically, every Web site on the Net. Now, if you used the word "fascist" to describe the potential upshot here, some narrowminded people would consider that being overly dramatic! OK, so I'm being overly dramatic, but fascist isn't the correct word, because that implies a mashup of government and industry dominance...hey, wait a minute, hmmm... Actually,the correct word here is "totalitarian." When governments try to legislate areas of life where parents are solely responsible, that's an attempt to impose total control over the lives of citizens. And I don't think those are American values. Thanks G.O.P.
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Chat rooms could face expulsion (ZDNet)
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Barkley eyes Alabama governor's office as a Democrat
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"Alabama, that's my home. I'm thinking about running for governor; they need my help," the always quotable Charles Barkley said.For those of you who think Barkley could do it -- after all, bad actor and pro wrestler, Jesse 'the Body' Ventura, became governor of Minnesota, and bad actor and steroid-pumped bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzeneggar is currently inflicting my home state of California as governor, so why can't bad golfer and great baller Sir Charles run a backwater state like Alabama -- well, I offer you this photograpic evidence:
Clearly, the guy is bananas, no, really, crazy! What sane brutha, in these f*cked-up times, would choose to pose for a national magazine cover in chains? On purpose? Now, if it was at gunpoint, that would be a different story, but this knucklehead made the decision on his own. I have a word for that: moron. Boy, wait 'til he gets to the governor's mansion, huh? But as long as people keep putting mics in his face, he'll keep talking, and we'll all have a continuous stream of cheap, dumb humor.
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« Thursday « July 27, 2006
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Landis' drug test puts another hero in doubt
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Floyd Landis, Tour de France champion and new American idol, supposedly comes up dirty in a drug test.And all the sports writers are now saying, 'There are no more fairy tales!' Do people really believe in fairy tales? I don't get it. Sports is entertainment. People, fundamentally, come to see a show. Is it really that important if the show is chemically-altered? Please.
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Was This Why Harold Got The Axe?
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We can't say for sure why Harold Reynolds was fired from ESPN because ESPN hasn't put out a statement.This one is for hardcore baseball fans -- and fantasy baseball headz, like me -- but here's what's ironic (and sad) about this situation: ESPN's lack of comment. If this were some ballplayer who had allegedly harassed female colleagues, or had verbally assaulted superiors, allegedly, ESPN would have been running 24-hour updates on the story, based on nothing but rumor, innuendo, and bare splinters of truth. But when one of their own is accused and disciplined, we hear nothing, we see nothing. They'll say, the reporters aren't the story, but here's a guy who been a familiar face on ESPN -- on TV! -- for more than 10 years. And we hear nothing. Generally, the media is part of the problem, a big part.
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« Wednesday « July 26, 2006
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Desktop-integrated internet office
(Lifehacker blog)
Manipulate documents on your desktop, using applications that live on the Web.
An office suite that goes where you go.
Cool!
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Desktop-integrated internet office
(Lifehacker blog)
Manipulate documents on your desktop, using applications that live on the Web.
An office suite that goes where you go.
Cool!
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« Tuesday « July 25, 2006
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LiTha-Paint{Alpha}
A web-based drawing tool.
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LiTha-Paint{Alpha}
A web-based drawing tool.
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« Monday « July 24, 2006
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The Whole Foods Effect
(What's in Rebecca's Pocket blog)
Well, the sociopolitical code words get sneakier every day.
Nowadays, people can express their cultural biases through food choice.
Don't gentrify when you can foodify!
06:37:10 PM
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The Whole Foods Effect
(What's in Rebecca's Pocket blog)
Well, the sociopolitical code words get sneakier every day.
Nowadays, people can express their cultural biases through food choice.
Don't gentrify when you can foodify!
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We want Yi Jian Lian!
(Golden State Of Mind)
Yi Jian Lian is a 7 foot (and still growing) 230 pound big man tearing up the Chinese Basketball Association for the Guangdong Southern Tigers.
Oh brother - this guy's supposedly all that Yao was rumored to be: mean, smooth, and game-changing.
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We want Yi Jian Lian!
(Golden State Of Mind)
Yi Jian Lian is a 7 foot (and still growing) 230 pound big man tearing up the Chinese Basketball Association for the Guangdong Southern Tigers.
Oh brother - this guy's supposedly all that Yao was rumored to be: mean, smooth, and game-changing.
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Three flicks, three strikes...and out!
(Deadline Hollywood Daily)
M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, Ivan Reitman's My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and Kevin Smith's Clerks 2, all bombed.
There's yet to be a movie in 2006 that I've wanted to see, even if it went straight to video first!
06:32:08 PM
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Three flicks, three strikes...and out!
(Deadline Hollywood Daily)
M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water, Ivan Reitman's My Super Ex-Girlfriend, and Kevin Smith's Clerks 2, all bombed.
There's yet to be a movie in 2006 that I've wanted to see, even if it went straight to video first!
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Don't cry for A-Rod
(NY Daily News)
"This is his chance," Reggie Jackson said, "to be a real Yankee."
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Don't cry for A-Rod
(NY Daily News)
"This is his chance," Reggie Jackson said, "to be a real Yankee."
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« Saturday « July 22, 2006
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Inside LeBron James' Marketing Summit in Akron, Ohio
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Welcome SLAM readers: yes, I'm calling King James a corporate lapdog, because, well, he's sure starting to look like one. I work at one of the world's biggest branding firms, here (but these are my opinions) and I'm telling you: LeBron's rolling out an identity program, just like a good corporate brand should. Good for him, but I don't have to like it, and you don't need another baller telling you which soda to drink. So what.Emerging marketing endorsement heavy LeBron James convened an unusual 'marketing summit' for himself in Akron, Ohio, last week. Attending along with reps from Coca-Cola, Nike, Microsoft, Bubblicious and other interested corporations was Ad Age.More on LeBron. Here's what I like about it: a group of young Black men, all childhood friends of the young hoops phenom, and none older than 30, are showcasing some real business and strategic acumen as they roll-out what essentially is becoming an advertising agency called "LeBron James, Inc." Here's what I hate about it: by courting the Nikes, Microsofts and Cokes of the world, they have become corporate lapdogs before you can even spell the words "s-e-l-l" and "o-u-t." Does Coke, Nike or Microsoft need to make more money? Wouldn't it be better for regular people (i.e. consumers) if these companies actually had to compete for your attention? Why not, in the same strategic way that Team LeBron is thinking about exploiting (a word I don't use lightly, because that's the real name of the game here) LeBron, why not build your empire with a new set of companies. What about helping some Black-owned companies get a foot into the global game, for example? Instead, h'ep Da Man rob and plunder by painting a slam-dunking brown face on things. Oh well. So much for idealism. The rich get richer. And corporate monoculture continues to spread worldwide.
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