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• « Friday « May 30, 2008

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     1. {05302008}
     2. {12:18:14 PM}

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     1. Dream On (Hulu.com) Full streaming episodes of one of the best comedies ever broadcast on American television. Hulu looks very interesting, by the way.
        12:18:14 PM

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• « Thursday « May 29, 2008

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     1. {05292008}
     2. {07:15:53 PM}

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     1. Actor Harvey Korman dies at age 81

         

        (EW.com)

         
     2. I was a child raised on 70's TV -- I watched everything from Good Times to Sanford and Son to Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, Dallas, The Love Boat, and every cheesy show in between. A so-called latchkey kid, TV was my third parent. But every Saturday night, most of us would gather around the big tube to watch The Carol Burnett Show, and aside from Tim Conway, I always thought Korman was the funniest guy on the crew. And the best thing about him was: he always laughed during his bits. Clearly, he was a guy who enjoyed what he did, and to me, anyone who can bring laughter to people, in a way that's not abusive or derogatory, is a treasure. He'll be missed. I'll have to break out my Blazing Saddles DVD, you provincial putz! I'm so glad we had this time together, just to have a laugh and sing a song, it seems we've just got started, and before you know it, it's time we have to say, 'So long.'

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     3. I was a child raised on 70's TV — I watched everything from Good Times to Sanford and Son to Starsky and Hutch, Baretta, Dallas, The Love Boat, and every cheesy show in between. A so-called latch..."
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     1. keywords:
     2. humor
     3. entertainment
     4. tags:
     5. harvey
     6. korman

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• « Tuesday « May 27, 2008

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     1. {05272008}
     2. {11:38:42 AM}

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     1. 24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot (CollegeHumor video) Jack Bauer saves the world with AOL 3.0. ROTLMAO!
        11:38:42 AM

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• « Monday « May 26, 2008

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     1. {05262008}
     2. {11:24:13 AM}

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     1. Brain Hacking: 10 Easy Steps to Improving Your Memory (Marc and Angel Hack Life blog) Think of your mind as a series of disorganized file cabinets. The information is already there. If you follow the 10 steps below, you can access any file you want at a much quicker pace.
        11:24:13 AM

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• « Friday « May 23, 2008

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     1. {05232008}
     2. {04:56:52 PM}

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     1. Brett Ratner Launches Branding Consultancy

         

        (Advertising Age)

         
     2. He's worked with divas, mutants and mismatched cops. Now TV, music-video and movie director Brett Ratner is wrangling marketers.
        Please, make it stop: creating celebrity endorsement deals, and applying Hollywood production values to advertising is not brand consulting! It's advertising. Period. AdAge, come on, you should know better. What Ratner is doing here, though, does have some relation to branding: he's extending his own personal brand. But please, do not call him a brand consultant. Branding is a much higher-level process, where you explain to your prospective patrons -- through a wide variety of signals and techniques, which may include advertising, or not -- how you're different and why you're better than your competition. And that's it. Branding has nothing to do with stupid, asinine Hollywood directors. They are not brand consultants. Oh, I'm sick of this garbage.

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     3. He's worked with divas, mutants and mismatched cops. Now TV, music-video and movie director Brett Ratner is wrangling marketers...."
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     1. keywords:
     2. marketing and advertising
     3. business
     4. tags:
     5. non-branding
     6. celebrities

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• « Wednesday « May 14, 2008

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     1. {05142008}
     2. {03:30:15 PM}

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     1. Obama and turnout by black voters

         

        (TheHill.com)

         
     2. A lot of experts are starting to anticipate a sharp rise in voter turnout among African-Americans this November, fueled by pride in Sen. Barack Obamas (D-Ill.) candidacy. The specter of this surge is frightening a lot of incumbent Republican officeholders who think they will be drowned in a rising tide of African-American voters.This panic over impending black, mostly Democrat, turnout may not be entirely justified.
        My view: yeah, here we go, start spreading that fear and doubt... black people are going to rush out to polling places and take over! The sad thing is it will probably work. Irrational fears of incumbent white politicians being bounced from office due to this swell of black voter interest -- whether real or perceived -- will probably get more white people to the polls than ever before. God bless a America.
        
        b/w: [email protected]

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     3. A lot of experts are starting to anticipate a sharp rise in voter turnout among African-Americans this November, fueled by pride in Sen. Barack Obamas (D-Ill.) candidacy. The specter of this surge is frightening a lot of incumbent Republican officeholder..."
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     1. keywords:
     2. politics
     3. racism
     4. tags:
     5. black+people
     6. voting
     7. obama

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• « Saturday « May 10, 2008

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     1. {05102008}
     2. {11:35:37 PM}

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     1. Kiss Me, I'm a Fashionable Bigot

         

        (Bitch Magazine)

         
     2. My take: As I was reading this two-for-the-price-of-one article, I first thought it was, interesting; then later I realized the first part was just an excuse to see how many times the n-word could be slipped into a document that wants -- no desperately begs -- to be enlightened... which is pretty ironic for an article that decries that people today don't understand irony. Read it for yourself. Either the author of the piece is brilliant beyond comprehension, or as befuddled as the people she's apparently trying to critique. I think: the latter.

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     3. My take: As I was reading this two-for-the-price-of-one article, I first thought it was, interesting; then later I realized the first part was just an excuse to see how many times the n-word could be slipped into a document that wants — no d..."
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     1. keywords:
     2. racism
     3. black people

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  2. datetime

     1. {05102008}
     2. {10:10:27 PM}

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     1. D'Antoni accepts offer, chooses Knicks over Bulls (ESPN.com) The so-called pundits don't like this move, but as a long-suffering Knicks fan, I like the potential entertainment value in a run-and-gun system on the Madison Square Garden hardwood.
        10:10:27 PM

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• « Friday « May 9, 2008

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     1. {05092008}
     2. {11:40:54 AM}

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     1. Tensions, Suspensions, and a Police Funeral in Philadelphia

         

        (New York Times Blog)

         
     2. Race is in the mix as well: White officers, black suspects, a history of friction and mistrust between the police and the black population.
        Arrest alleged perpetrators, yes. Convict them in a court of law, fine. But until we start seeing videotapes of police whaling on white suspects, this story writes itself: it is racially-motivated police brutality. Period.

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     3. Race is in the mix as well: White officers, black suspects, a history of friction and mistrust between the police and the black population...."
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     2. racism
     3. crime

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• « Thursday « May 8, 2008

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     1. {05082008}
     2. {09:24:24 AM}

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     1. GoMobo Order Food Online or with your Mobile Phone - Skip the Line!
        09:24:24 AM

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• « Wednesday « May 7, 2008

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     1. {05072008}
     2. {03:14:33 PM}

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     1. Global Disasters

         

        (BuzzFeed)

         
     2. A major volcanic eruption in Chile, a horrifying cyclone in Myanmar, a series of global earthquakes...

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     3. A major volcanic eruption in Chile, a horrifying cyclone in Myanmar, a series of global earthquakes......"
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     2. environment
     3. science

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• « Tuesday « May 6, 2008

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     1. {05062008}
     2. {06:14:57 PM}

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     1. 75 College Students Arrested in Calif. Drug Raid

         

        (New York Times)

         
     2. One student was about to graduate with a degree in criminal justice, said Special Agent Ralph Partridge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, which took part on the operation. Another was studying for a masters degree in homeland security.
        Given how A) media-saturated young people are today; and B) that we glorify criminals in said media, is any of this a surpise? I mean, come on, Grand Theft Auto, anyone? That doesn't glorify thugs and misanthropes? Is our future going to be filled with law enforcers who are basically crooks? Or, maybe, that's the current reality and it's starting to get normalized.

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     3. One student was about to graduate with a degree in criminal justice, said Special Agent Ralph Partridge of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, which took part on the operation. Another was studying for a masters degree in homeland security...."
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     1. keywords:
     2. colleges and universities
     3. crime
     4. tags:
     5. grand
     6. theft
     7. auto
     8. thugs
     9. gangs
     10. drugs

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• « Monday « May 5, 2008

  1. datetime

     1. {05052008}
     2. {11:46:29 PM}

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     1. Quick Guide to Twitter (iAdam blog) If you are worried that you are too old for Twitter, think again
        11:46:29 PM

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  2. datetime

     1. {05052008}
     2. {10:29:06 PM}

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     1. Get Satisfaction

         
     2. Help with the products and companies you care about.
        The tagline for this site/service is: 'People-Powered Customer Service.' I've only just discovered it today, but it seems like a perfect wedding of Web technology and all of this growing 'social media' interest. I'll check it out and report back later.

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     3. Help with the products and companies you care about...."
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     1. keywords:
     2. cyberculture
     3. business
     4. tags:
     5. social
     6. media
     7. customer
     8. service

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  3. datetime

     1. {05052008}
     2. {09:45:44 PM}

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     1. MySocial AIR OK... now it looks like the race for the ultimate desktop social media aggregator is on...and all of the cool ones are using Adobe AIR. Check this one out!
        09:45:44 PM

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• « Sunday « May 4, 2008

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     1. {05042008}
     2. {06:17:13 PM}

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     1. Skitch Skitch.com is a webservice that works hand in hand with the application Skitch to give you 1-click uploading of images for fast and fun image sharing.
        06:17:13 PM

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  2. datetime

     1. {05042008}
     2. {11:36:57 AM}

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     1. How to build the Open Mesh

         

        (Marc's Voice blog)

         
     2. [A] series of blog posts which attempts to map out many of the issues, constructs, technologies and standards required to build out the open mesh.
        Excellent overview of what the father of multimedia sees as the big issues in the social media space. This is so needed. From an end-user point-of-view, I don't mind that I'm subscribed to about twenty-five different social networks. What I do care about and want is a way to have control over all of my data, every last kilobit, and the ability to move that data where I want, when I want. Full control over my data and who can access it. From an application developer POV, I want to be able to build bridges between all these networks, in compelling and useful ways for the end users; see first sentence. Thanks Marco for framing the discussion.

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     3. [A] series of blog posts which attempts to map out many of the issues, constructs, technologies and standards required to build out the open mesh...."
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     1. keywords:
     2. cyberculture
     3. internet
     4. tags:
     5. social
     6. media
     7. web
     8. online
     9. identity
     10. open
     11. standards

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• « Saturday « May 3, 2008

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     1. {05032008}
     2. {06:02:14 PM}

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     1. The Story of Stuff (BuzzFeed) The dire consequences of American hyper-consumption in a refreshingly irreverent manner.
        06:02:14 PM

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     1. {05032008}
     2. {06:01:54 PM}

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     1. Review: Iron Man

         
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     3. Growing up, I read some comic books, but I was always more interested in drawing my own. So the Iron Man saga was not one that I followed much; I came into this flick with essentially virgin eyes. And I left impressed. The storyline was simple, as they usually are in comic books, and not worth spoiling, but set against the backdrop of war in the Persian Gulf region, there was even a whiff of verisimilitude. Robert Downey Jr., as Tony Stark, pulled off the playboy/weapons genius role perfectly, Jeff Bridges was a villain who oozed more and more evil as his screen time increased, it was good to see Gwyneth Paltrow on the big screen again as the trusty assistant, and Terrance Howard was solid as Stark's close friend and military insider. But the thing I loved the most were the special effects: in particular, the Iron Man suit was impressive and even, well, believable. When I was a kid, if I had known that Iron Man had been that cool, I would have read the whole series. Yes, it's still a comic book movie in the end, but it was good, fun entertainment. After striking out with the Hulk and the Fantastic Four, I think Marvel has found another bankable character to go with Spiderman.

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     3. Growing up, I read some comic books, but I was always more interested in drawing my own. So the Iron Man saga was not one that I followed much; I came into this flick with essentially virgin eyes. And I left impressed. The storyline was simple, as they..."
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     1. keywords:
     2. movies and films
     3. entertainment
     4. tags:
     5. iron
     6. man
     7. marvel
     8. comics

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     1. {05032008}
     2. {06:34:32 AM}

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     1. The Combinations Rule (Sci-Fi Hi-Fi blog) Quote: "Designing is basically the practice of combining stuff."
        06:34:32 AM

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