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- 28 Feb 2009
- 10:30am EST
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links for 2009-02-28
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(via design observer)
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I disagree with the inclusion of "Meh." It is sometimes the only word one can say.
- 27 Feb 2009
- 10:30am EST
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links for 2009-02-27
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A couple disposable cameras result in an brief outpouring of cute that only New York can provide. (What? What part of that doesn't make sense? It's not like I'm talking about Philly.)
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And you can download it, too.
- 26 Feb 2009
- 10:30am EST
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links for 2009-02-26
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If wisdom, calm, and the constant search for truth are virtues in Hinduism, then the VHP is hard-pressed to call itself a pious Hindu organization.
- 25 Feb 2009
- 10:30am EST
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links for 2009-02-25
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The irony of historical preservation: the same movement to prevent Brutalist architecture from overrunning older buildings is now helping to preserve Brutalist masterpieces from their own demise due to neglect and popular backlash.
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Max Borders looks back at recent leftward shifts among Beltway libertarians.
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New York Republicans rebel against a Bloomberg 3rd term. One wonders what New York might have been like if the GOP had rebelled against four-term Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1966.
- 25 Feb 2009
- 1:23am EST
- Music
in which i remember that i need to edit my page's LI tags
The first published top10 this year.
1) Indie Rokkers • Time To Pretend EP • MGMT
2) Three More Days • Till The Sun Turns Black • Ray LaMontagne
3) Notebooks • Wake Up, Thunderbabe • The Battle Royale
4) Eyes • … • Rogue Wave
5) I’m the Man Who Loves You • Yankee Hotel Foxtrot • Wilco
6) Talking • The End • Mouthful of Bees
7) To the Dogs or Whoever • The Historical Conquests Of… • Josh Ritter 
Murray • Musicforthemorningafter • Pete Yorn
9) For the Actor • Bring It Back • Mates Of State
10) No You Girls • Tonight: Franz Ferdinand • Franz Ferdinand
misunderestimating obama
From tonight’s address to Congress:
But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.
The first internal combustion engine was designed in Switzerland; the modern automobile—powered by either a gasoline or diesel internal combustion engine—was invented in Germany. What, now we have to bail out their auto industries, too?
But, hey, I won’t begrudge his economically vacuous rhetoric. It’s really just an excuse to spread other people’s wealth across our fifty-seven states anyway.
- 24 Feb 2009
- 1:03pm EST
- Politics, Technology
- This post contains political opinions. Reader discretion is advised.
tech stifling we can believe in
I hate to say I told you so, techhie and dynamist Obamaniacs, but: I told you so.
President Obama plans to appoint current Federal Trade Commission member Jon Leibowitz to lead the agency, which partially enforces antitrust laws and has taken a recent interest in online advertising.
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“Industry needs to do a better job of meaningful, rigorous self-regulation, or it will certainly invite legislation by Congress and a more regulatory approach by our commission,” he said earlier this month.
In November 2007, Leibowitz suggested that Internet companies should take an “opt in” approach to cookies instead of the current “opt out” approach, a requirement that would have roiled the industry. He also suggested the idea of a “Do Not Track” list for Web surfers.
In contrast to spam, which is a hellspawn phenomenon that should die a thousand bloody deaths, cookies are what enable perfectly legitimate organizations to see if you’ve ever been on their site before, and then customize content accordingly. It’s what enables web analysts (like yours truly) to track visitor behavior and improve site traffic, and what enables Amazon to recommend products to you. Leibowitz essentially wants me to fill out thirty registration forms before I can allow a site to track my browser. (I steadfastly refuse to fill out the one that the WaPo asks me to.) Now that’s the way to help improve online innovation!
Also, buried deep in almost all articles, was this note:
Leibowitz previously worked as a lobbyist for the Motion Picture Association of America. Before that, he was chief counsel and staff director for a Senate antitrust subcommittee.
A former lobbyist, and for an industry organization that had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the digital age? That’s the change I was believing in!
- 24 Feb 2009
- 10:30am EST
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links for 2009-02-24
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The hacks at Tech Crunch post a rumor whose source neither Last.fm nor the RIAA know about. Congrats, chumps, you're sending the digital journalism community back several years with every post.
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How full of crap ARE alarmist shrieks about our credit market debt, Johnny? (via jeremy H)
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Eisenhower's warnings about the military-industrial complex are famous. His warnings about academia becoming a politicized special interest with undue influence over public policy are not. I, for one, am _shocked_. (via JC)
- 21 Feb 2009
- 10:31am EST
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links for 2009-02-21
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(via Daring Fireball)
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An English physicist has made $19 eyeglasses with self-adjusting gel lenses. They're meant for people in developing countries who can't afford good eyewear, but it would certainly make it easier to afford contacts _and_ glasses for people in the first world.
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Four congressmen share an apartment, which looks like the kind a group of dudes in their mid-20s might share. Hilarity ensues. Though more hilarity might have ensued if they managed to rope filthy-rich Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) into joining them. (via Kottke)
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An illustrator lets his four-year-old daughter critique his work. Hilarity ensues. (via Design Observer)
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A humorous collection of sad secure website verification questions.
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This Dr. Seuss classic was the result of an experiment to see if he could write a book in 50 words or fewer. Just showing that creativity often results from constraints.
rick santelli's capitalist rant
He’s no Jim Mora (he actually makes sense), but CNBC’s longtime man in Chicago works up the crowd at the CBOT:
(via Jeremy H)