Archive for October, 2007
Explainer 2007 - Answers to your questions about the news. - Slate Magazine
Published October 31st, 2007.
Slate Magazine's best feature finally gets its own landing page.
In a City Far, Far Away From Hollywood, the YouTube Tales of a Lesser Vader - New York Times
Published October 31st, 2007.
What does it take to parlay YouTube stardom into an entertainment career?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103002060.html
Published October 31st, 2007.
Beware houses in Md. with "No Candy" signs.
Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday
Published October 31st, 2007.
And I'm underwhelmed.
RonRosenbaum.com: Shocking Inside DC Scandal Rumor: A Media Ethics Dilemma
Published October 31st, 2007.
Ron Rosenbaum examines the ethical dilemma. It's amazing that the elite media can still hold stuff back like this.
http://www.observer.com/2007/slate-launch-business-site
Published October 31st, 2007.
Much of this is completely wrong.
Exclusive: NBC Planning Major Office Expansion! - Ausiello Report | TVGuide.com
Published October 30th, 2007.
Two words. Samantha. Bee.
ABC News: Suicide Blonde Found Guilty, Mentally Ill
Published October 30th, 2007.
Revolting.
On the Legalization or Not of Marijuana - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Published October 30th, 2007.
Dubner thinks alcohol laws would be tougher; marijuana laws, more lenient, if we discovered them today.
Maka-Maka - Featured on BuzzFeed
Published October 30th, 2007.
Links to commentary on Google's social networking announcement.
The State Were In (kottke.org)
Published October 30th, 2007.
Announces series of interviews with blog heavies.
Jessica Hagy (kottke.org)
Published October 30th, 2007.
Explains how her clever index cards led to an agent and book deal.
Times Reporter Kurt Eichenwalds Tragic Attempt to Save Child-Porn Star Justin Berry - Money 2007 — New York Magazine
Published October 30th, 2007.
Amazing account of how a NY Times reporter's effort to rescue a child porn star ruined his life.Kurt saw things, or imagined things based on the life that these kids lived--he imagined their lives, through the facts that they gave him. As a human being, he said, `What would it be like to be this 13-year-old boy who's raped?'
Nintendo rules out Wii price cut - Yahoo! News
Published October 30th, 2007.
Bummer. I guess they're still selling like hotcakes.
Can Google kill PowerPoint? - By Paul Boutin - Slate Magazine
Published October 30th, 2007.
Answer? Nope.
The Raw Story | Obama would snub VP offer from Hillary if asked
Published October 30th, 2007.
Would YOU want to work for her?
CNN Supports Citizen Journalism. In Second Life.
Published October 30th, 2007.
Why spend money on a new foreign desk when nerds will work for free? I thought Second Life was over already, anyway.
Google&8217;s Response to Facebook: &8220;Maka-Maka&8221;
Published October 30th, 2007.
A social layer across all Google apps could be pretty neat. It's also the sort of left-field idea that usually works for them.
& Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview questions | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
Published October 29th, 2007.
"Although HR departments should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees, some hiring managers aren't so savvy."
In Event of Moon Disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Published October 29th, 2007.
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace."