Lesser known editing marks: Geist: Comix (via India, Ink)
Year: 2006
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Lesser known editing marks
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Amimon Promises Wireless HD Link In 2007
A big-screen plasma TV would look pretty sweet hanging on your living room wall, wouldn’t it? But unless you want to start drilling holes and pulling cable, you’re going to have an unsightly additional feature: A black HDMI cable snaking down from the flat-panel to your HD-DVD, Blu-Ray player, or set-top box.… Story continues … “Amimon Promises Wireless HD Link In 2007”
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Political Compass Questionnaire
On the political compass, I fall in the “lefty libertarian” quadrant — not far from the Dalai Lama. In AD&D terms, I think that means “chaotic good.”
Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/ Authoritarian: -6.15
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Ms. Dewey and Clippy: Separated at birth?
I may be way off base here, but isn’t Ms. Dewey uncannily similar to Microsoft’s earlier pathetic attempt at humanizing the computer, Clippy? Sure, one is a babe, and the other is a cartoon paperclip. But work with me here: They both have a pretentious, officious manner.… Story continues … “Ms. Dewey and Clippy: Separated at birth?” -
Which historical lunatic are you?
I’m Emperor Norton, it seems. Rum and Monkey: The Historical Lunatic Test
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PCMagCast – Technology News Video Webcasts
A small but growing collection of short, useful how-to videos from PC Magazine: PCMagCast Video
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The chilling consequences of nuclear war
The solution to global warming? Nuclear winter! Climate scientists to discuss the chilling consequences of nuclear war
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Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
“The glorious thing about the Internet is that it allows us to aggregate the combined stupidity of literally millions of people:” Seven Habits of Highly Successful Websites (Aaron Swartz’s Raw Thought)
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Tech Tips Video: Search Smarter
The first installment in a series of short (2-3 minute) how-to videos from PC Magazine and PCMagCast, starring yours truly. In this video, I show you how to get rid of that animated puppy that pops up when you’re searching for files on a Windows XP machine.… Story continues … “Tech Tips Video: Search Smarter” -
News is something someone wants to suppress.
“News is something someone wants to suppress. Everything else is advertising.” —Lord Northcliffe
By that measure, there are mighty few true news reporters in tech publishing right now. Declan McCullough, certainly; Kim Zetter‘s coverage of e-voting machines also qualifies.… Story continues … “News is something someone wants to suppress.”