Archive for October, 2007


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SlateEContentChicago DefenderDaily SouthtownNWI Times
Slate Magazine's best feature finally gets its own landing page.
What does it take to parlay YouTube stardom into an entertainment career?
Beware houses in Md. with "No Candy" signs.
And I'm underwhelmed.
Ron Rosenbaum examines the ethical dilemma. It's amazing that the elite media can still hold stuff back like this.
Much of this is completely wrong.
Two words. Samantha. Bee.
Revolting.
Dubner thinks alcohol laws would be tougher; marijuana laws, more lenient, if we discovered them today.

Maka-Maka - Featured on BuzzFeed

Links to commentary on Google's social networking announcement.

The State Were In (kottke.org)

Announces series of interviews with blog heavies.

Jessica Hagy (kottke.org)

Explains how her clever index cards led to an agent and book deal.
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

Bummer. I guess they're still selling like hotcakes.
Answer? Nope.
Would YOU want to work for her?

CNN Supports Citizen Journalism. In Second Life.

Why spend money on a new foreign desk when nerds will work for free? I thought Second Life was over already, anyway.
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.
"Although HR departments should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees, some hiring managers aren't so savvy."
"Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace."