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• links for 2009-01-31

  Dolphins, the chefs of the sea Dolphins are pretty adept butchers. Funny how PETA members can be so adamant about not eating meat, and yet so friendly towards mammals that would gladly wield a cleaver—if they had hands instead of fins. (tags: animals science trivia) McSweeney's: US Airways Flight 1549: It Just Doesn't Add Up. [...]

  31 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-30

  Chicago Sun-Times: Why the great DTV push is a bunch of dead air Andy Ihnatko on why moving to digital TV is going to screw over a lot of people. Hooray government mandates! (tags: tech television regulation stupidity)

  30 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• biting the hand that feeds you

  From the Economist this week: New York state’s comptroller said that BONUSES paid by Wall Street firms to their New York City employees (residents and commuters) fell by 44% in 2008, costing the state $1 billion in lost tax revenues and the city $275m. Finally, an end to the bonuses! The rich no longer getting [...]

  29 Jan 2009 Economics, Politics, Telegram Metro (NYC); one comment. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-29

  Washington Wire: New Head of NOAA Holds Stock in Offshore Drilling Companies This is why we need to get the Bushies and their cronies out of offi–oh wait. I mean–yeswecanhopechange! (tags: politics) The Onion: Point/Counterpoint on Israel "The Israeli Conflict Is Far Too Nuanced And Complex To Sum Up In One Op-Ed" v. "Not If [...]

  29 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-28

  McSweeney's: My Ideas for Staged Photos Set Me Apart From Other Wedding Photographers. (tags: humor)

  28 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• i am still 15 years old

  Do Indian journalists not read what they write? In a 19-year-old communal riot case, a Delhi court has acquitted 34 people accused of resorting to violence, and pulled up the police for its sloppy probe.

  27 Jan 2009 Nerdery & Sundry; one comment. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-17

  The National Football Post: The Death Of The Tampa 2 An interesting look at the rise and fall of Monte Kiffin's flavor of the Cover-2 defense. It seems the NFL strategy cycle has brought timing offenses (like those in Arizona and, yes, Dallas) that have exposed the over-top zone. And that means the attack-minded defenses [...]

  17 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-16

  LA Times – Pop and Hiss: Indie 103.1 is off the air Southern California's only redeeming quality is no longer on terrestrial airwaves. Instead, you'll have to go online to listen to them (as I've always had to). (tags: music tragic) superuseless superpowers I don't know, you guys, in-flight flight would be way helpful if [...]

  16 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• links for 2009-01-15

  Photo Clichés A collection of clicheed photos. (tags: humor photography) WSJ: Ending the West's Proxy War Against Israel Among other interesting stats: more than 11m Arabs have been killed across the region, mostly Muslims at the hands of other Muslims; the death toll from the Intifadas has been in the tens of thousands. But the [...]

  15 Jan 2009 Uncategorized; no comments. permalink   

• viral marketing on the death star

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  15 Jan 2009 Nerdery & Sundry, Technology; no comments. permalink