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• « Wednesday « August 31, 2005

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     1. New Orleans Is Now Off Limits

         

        (New York Times)

         
     2. The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told reporters late on Tuesday that it would be three to four months before residents would be able to return to their homes, but in Baton Rouge today, officials questioned that timeline.
        Stunning. Depressing. Catastrophic beyond words, especially for New Orleans' poor, who started with little and now have nothing.
        
        Updated:
        Network for Good
        Ways to help victims of Hurricane Katrina

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     3. The mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, told reporters late on Tuesday that it would be three to four months before residents would be able to return to their homes, but in Baton Rouge today, officials questioned that timeline...."
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     1. {08312005}
     2. {09:17:46 PM}

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     1. The definitive collection of idea generation methods

         
     2. The methods have been drawn not just from the worlds of creative problem solving and innovation, but also from other worlds such as organisational change, strategic planning, psychotherapy, the new sciences and the creative arts.
        
        b/w: 43 folders

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     3. The methods have been drawn not just from the worlds of creative problem solving and innovation, but also from other worlds such as organisational change, strategic planning, psychotherapy, the new sciences and the creative arts...."
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     1. {08312005}
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     1. The Impact of Hurricane Katrina (New York Times) Interactive maps overlay hurricane's devastating effect on New Orleans, Mississippi coastline, and Gulf oil industry.
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• « Tuesday « August 30, 2005

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     1. {08302005}
     2. {08:31:48 PM}

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     1. GodCasting?

         
     2. Podcasting + religion = a new tool for evangelism. First videogames (see previous post), now this. Isn't it interesting how eager religious heads seem to be about jumping on technology bandwagons? What does that say about religion? Technology? And isn't that single bite out of the Apple Computer logo biblically symbolic? (b/w NY Times b/w Rebecca's Pocket)

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     1. {08302005}
     2. {01:19:53 AM}

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     1. Crushed by Our Own Greed? (Lexington Herald-Leader) Your share of the U.S. tab is $145,000.
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• « Monday « August 29, 2005

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     1. {08292005}
     2. {03:09:07 PM}

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     1. Eye for an eye

         

        (New York Daily News)

         
     2. Christian video-game manufacturers are convinced that with the right mix of high-tech graphics and nonstop action, theology will not be a barrier.
        Move over Grand Theft Auto heads, the Lord's videogame is coming to save you. But then if you've ever read The Bible before, it would be hard to find less violence in its pages than in any videogame.

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• « Sunday « August 28, 2005

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     1. {08282005}
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     1. GooglePark: Scoble Goes To Google (C9) Microsoft geek blogger visits Google via South Park. Amusing nerd humour.
        10:11:14 AM

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• « Thursday « August 25, 2005

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     1. {08252005}
     2. {09:06:43 AM}

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     1. My Top 10 TV Shows

         
     2. Of all time, in no particular order:
        
        

        1. Saturday Night Live
        2. I Love Lucy
        3. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
        4. Bewitched
        5. The Simpsons
        6. The Flintstones
        7. Seinfeld
        8. Miami Vice
        9. Survivor
        10. Dream On

        
        Honorable Mentions:
        

        1. The Sopranos
        2. SportsCenter
        3. Diff'rent Strokes
        4. The Brady Bunch
        5. Martin
        6. Any Looney Tunes
        7. Animaniacs
        8. Girlfriends
        9. Reboot
        10. In Living Color
        11. Mission Impossible

        
        My taste seems to run to cheesy comedy and cartoons. This explains a lot!
        
        Update:
        Laosan's list (Na Han blog)

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        1. Saturday Night Live
        2. I Love Lucy
        3. Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
        4. Bewitched
        5. The Simpsons
        6. The Flintstones
        7. Seinfeld
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• « Tuesday « August 23, 2005

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     1. {08232005}
     2. {07:59:51 PM}

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     1. Paris Book Vending Machines Feed the Mind Day or Night

         

        (AOL News)

         
     2. Parisians craving Homer, Baudelaire, or Maupassant in the middle of the night can get a quick literary fix at one of the French capital's five newly installed book vending machines.
        Book vending machines are a great idea for societies that prize thinking and literacy. This sh*t would never fly in the States... but DVD vending machines, well, now there's an opportunity.

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     3. Parisians craving Homer, Baudelaire, or Maupassant in the middle of the night can get a quick literary fix at one of the French capital's five newly installed book vending machines...."
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• « Monday « August 22, 2005

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     1. {08222005}
     2. {08:23:41 PM}

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     1. Six Feet Under

         

        (HBO.com)

         
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     3. It's over, and in the end everyone kicks the bucket. Life's a b*tch, and then you dvd.

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     3. It's over, and in the end everyone kicks the bucket. Life's a b*tch, and then you dvd...."
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• « Tuesday « August 16, 2005

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     1. {08162005}
     2. {09:56:17 PM}

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     1. Money Tree

         

        (RedEnvelope.com)

         
     2. For my birthday, my amazing friend and colleague, food blogger writer and brand strategist Lools of Lulu Loves Manhattan got me a "money tree." It's supposed to bring you good luck and wealth. Shortly after I unpacked it, I checked this California Lottery ticket I had purchased on Sunday to break a sawbuck, and discovered that I had won a total of three dollars: mega + two digits. I promptly re-invested the winnings into three more tickets. So far, this money tree seems to be working. Stay tuned.

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     1. {08162005}
     2. {01:02:49 AM}

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     1. Internet TV DTV is a new, free and open-source platform for internet television and video. Now this looks cool!
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• « Monday « August 15, 2005

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     1. {08152005}
     2. {12:00:51 PM}

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     1. Crowe reaches phone-hurling settlement

         

        (Newsday.com)

         
     2. Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe will pay a whopping $10.8 million settlement to the Mercer Hotel porter he is accused of injuring during his notorious phone-hurling outburst in June.
        Two words for Gladiator: anger management.

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     3. Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe will pay a whopping $10.8 million settlement to the Mercer Hotel porter he is accused of injuring during his notorious phone-hurling outburst in June...."
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• « Saturday « August 13, 2005

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     1. {08132005}
     2. {12:32:47 AM}

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     1. The Aristocrats - Trailers

         

        (RottenTomatoes.com)

         
     2. The world's filthiest joke, told by a couple dozen different comedians.
        This flick has not yet made it to the Bay Area, but I was curious to hear the joke. The South Park clip here gives you an idea, and yeah, it's truly disgusting. That's my warning; this ain't work-safe.

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     1. {08132005}
     2. {09:53:21 AM}

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     1. Warming hits 'tipping point' (Guardian Unlimited) Siberia is melting ... for real!
        09:53:21 AM

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• « Friday « August 12, 2005

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     1. {08122005}
     2. {09:26:53 PM}

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     1. Kicking up Dusty (ESPN.com/Page 2) [I]n the words of the great racial philosopher Charles Barkley: I may be wrong...but I doubt it.
        09:26:53 PM

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• « Thursday « August 11, 2005

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     1. {08112005}
     2. {09:45:59 PM}

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     1. Terrell Owens

         
     2. Here's my take on TO: I disagree with his tactics, but I agree with his strategy. He needs a better contract or a trade. What I don't like about TO here is that he signed a contract, and even though he outperformed it, he shouldn't have signed the deal in the first place. And people warned him about how bad it was last year. He should honor the contract. But the NFL owners completely exploit the players, and are rarely challenged about their practices. Of course, part of the problem here is that the owners have better collective bargaining negotiators than the players union, but players are human beings, not just cogs in a money-making machine. Besides the NHL, the NFL is the toughest sport in terms of the destruction and debilitation of human bodies. To make an NFL club, you risk career-ending, life-changing injury every time you step into the coliseum. And yet, the owners have the gall to offer unguaranteed contracts. So if you blow out your knee, or crack a vertabrae in your neck -- very likely in this league -- they'll cut your *ss without blinking an eye. The owners shoulder business risks, which they can insure, amortize and write-off, but the players risk, literally, their longterm health every play. Yeah, the players make millions. But the owners, through ruthless exploitation of the players, make billions. And it's the players we come to see. Recognize.
        

         

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     1. {08112005}
     2. {10:53:48 AM}

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     1. For $100,000, you can watch Stones concert with Schwarzenegger

         

        (SFGate.com)

         
     2. Here's the bottom line: $10,000 a pop to get in on a private preconcert reception and front-and-center seats to watch the show -- or $100,000 to sit with the governor in his luxury box.
        When Ahnuld stole the governorship of California, he said he was "one of the people." How many of the people can afford to blow $100K on a night of schmoozing with bad actor who sounds like his mouth is full of marbles?

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     3. Here's the bottom line: $10,000 a pop to get in on a private preconcert reception and front-and-center seats to watch the show — or $100,000 to sit with the governor in his luxury box...."
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• « Wednesday « August 10, 2005

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     1. {08102005}
     2. {07:43:33 AM}

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     1. SF Giants' flagship radio station fires host, two officials

         

        (ESPN.com)

         
     2. The San Francisco Giants' flagship radio station fired controversial talk-show host Larry Krueger and two station officials Tuesday night, six days after Krueger ranted about the Giants' struggles during his postgame radio show. Krueger said San Francisco has too many "brain-dead Caribbean hitters hacking at slop nightly."
        I commend KNBR. Krueger is the same guy who questioned Dusty Baker's intellectual capacity when he was coaching the Giants. He was bound to slip eventually. Some people will say that this is "political correctness" going too far, the guy made a mistake, give him another chance...to do what, disparage more people? I say, no one gives a d*mn what you say when you're hanging out at your private country club, or in your own home, or at your local klavern meeting, but when you're in the public eye, speaking from a bully pulpit to millions of people, think twice before sharing your half-baked cultural theories. In this particular case, so-called Caribbean people, like me, are patrons of KNBR, and they don't need to be insulted like this. Clearly, this is a business move on KNBR's part; they have to be worried about keeping their audience and sponsors. It doesn't matter why they made the move, but just that they did; things like this can't be tolerated. It's the only way to chase the cancer of racism from civilized public discourse. I've already granted that it will continue to exist in private circles, but so be that; the measure of a society is how it functions in the public sphere. For Krueger there's always right-wing radio; Limbaugh needs a sidekick.

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     3. The San Francisco Giants' flagship radio station fired controversial talk-show host Larry Krueger and two station officials Tuesday night, six days after Krueger ranted about the Giants' struggles during his postgame radio show. Krueger said San Francisco..."
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• « Tuesday « August 9, 2005

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     1. {08092005}
     2. {11:26:14 AM}

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     1. PostSecret Anonymous secrets and confessions told on postcards. Interesting.
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• « Saturday « August 6, 2005

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     1. {08062005}
     2. {06:44:11 PM}

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     1. How schools are destroying the joy of reading (USATODAY.com) Forget about education, textbooks are getting dumbed-down for political reasons, and students -- our future -- are paying the price.
        06:44:11 PM

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• « Thursday « August 4, 2005

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     1. {08042005}
     2. {08:21:26 PM}

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     1. Things you can do with RSS (TimYang.com) any task that requires search or information retrieval from a server.
        08:21:26 PM

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     1. {08042005}
     2. {11:58:18 AM}

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     1. Wal-Mart opens in Shanghai

         

        (China Herald blog)

         
     2. Only 100,000 people show up...[but] for the fighting crowds it has been a disappointing experience.
        Why disappointing? Because Wal-Mart's prices are higher than what people can find locally. In China, Wal-Mart is no bargain. Ain't that a blip!?

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• « Wednesday « August 3, 2005

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     1. {08032005}
     2. {10:17:55 AM}

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     1. The Dark Side of Technorati Tags

         

        (Om Malik's Broadband Blog)

         
     2. GigaOm: "I tag my post, Technorati benefits, and despite all that, my tags help spammers who clog my RSS readers gain more readers. That's absolutely rotten!"
        I agree; but since Technorati hasn't even been registering my tags for the last six weeks, I'm past the point of caring. Technorati is a site that went from useful to crap in the blink of an eye, and it's been breathtaking. Tagging, as currently practiced by Technorati, is a travesty, a sham, a mockery ... a traveshamockery! For these reasons, they're undoubtably headed for a big payday soon, as they're at the top of the tagging pyramid. The minute an Internet service hits that tipping point of diminishing returns is exactly when the "real world" notices and starts investing. But the crest of innovation has already passed, nothing lies ahead but wasteland.
        
        Update:
        KneeJerk-080805 (Jenett coolstop)

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• « Monday « August 1, 2005

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     1. {08012005}
     2. {12:39:19 PM}

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     1. Palmeiro suspended for steroids, denies intentional use

         

        (ESPN.com)

         
     2. Rafael Palmeiro was suspended 10 days for violating Major League Baseball's steroids policy.
        Athletes have been legally taking cortisone -- a steroid -- and assorted creams, sprays, and shakes for years. It's entirely possible that Palmiero didn't know what he was being given. Since we don't have access to the list of banned substances, how can we really know what's going on? But in the world of sports, where there's no nuance and no shades of gray, only winners and losers, you're either taking 'roids or not. Let the knee-jerk actions begin.

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