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“I would be buying media properties”
Former Gawker editor and Awl founder Choire Sicha: "If I were going to be buying things now, I would be buying media properties. You get a lot of bang for your ...
Literary spam.
I love the high, faux-literary tone of this spam message I received today. Its content is essentially the same as many Nigerian wire fraud scams ... but the language is awfully ...
Jay Rosen: The journalism that bloggers actually do.
Jay Rosen: 'No one owns the practice of reporting or assigns the right to do it. It's a democratic thing to tell others what's going on and "show your work."' The ...
Sky: The final frontier
This looks really cool: Google Earth now lets you explore the sky, too. Google LatLong: Sky: The final frontier
One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
In short: keyboard is great; speed and battery life suck: Freedom to Tinker » Blog Archive » One Laptop Per Child, Reviewed by 12-Year-Old
The Obama Maneuver.
Our biggest trick -- and it's not really a big stroke of genius or anything -- is simply to make a huge and dramatic presentation and then not let anyone actually see ...
Spork of the gods.
Really, what could be more perfect than an elegant titanium spork? Spork of the gods
iPhone: Tool of Satan.
Lore Sjoberg unveils the dark secret: the iPhone is the tool of Satan! Beware the Magical IPhone
The greatest gadgets of all time.
If you understand what a "gadget" is, please go vote for your favorites here -- lots of people are unclear on the concept, so we need some smarties to offset the clueless: ...