January 2008
93 posts
MTV and MySpace Launch the Media Circus Debates: http://tinyurl.com/2emlc4
MakeMeKing waterboarding dare video: http://tinyurl.com/3cp8vs
Three Young Men Try Waterboarding And Tell the Tale: http://tinyurl.com/2w63o8
Where Is the Love? Students Eschew Campus Romance: http://tinyurl.com/34deoh
7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable: http://tinyurl.com/yustol
Collaborative Literacy: Wikified Notes - http://tinyurl.com/3c2qww
The internet rewards the lazy and punishes the intrepid http://tinyurl.com/2d5fv9
What About Her Clones? →
Woo early comic wooooo [explodes]
HadToSay: Web-to-Print System for Anonymous Love (Or Hate) Letters: http://tinyurl.com/33wjhy Just in time for Valentines day!
A Novel Way to Cut Waste: Lose the Cafeteria Trays: http://tinyurl.com/2phukd
The Rise of Twitter as a Platform for Serious Discourse: http://tinyurl.com/2adtf6
Holocaust Ad: http://tinyurl.com/2676xm
cool news storer thing: http://www.instapaper.com/
Try online voting and take part in a mock primary: http://onlineprimary.us/
I like twitter →
Can the Novella Save Literature: http://tinyurl.com/39zdxx
NY Post endorses Obama: http://tinyurl.com/2pnl4w
JoCo on the 404: http://tinyurl.com/35am9q
The Rise of Twitter as a Platform for Serious... →
For 2007, our Best Web LittleCo was Twitter, the microblogging/status application that captured the collective attention of Silicon Valley at SXSW last winter and has been on a meteoric rise ever since. We picked Twitter because it “has captured the imagination and become a new hybrid of chat, social networking and blogging.” But, unlike 2006’s Best LittleCo YouTube, which has...
I like twitter →
I don’t always have the fortitude to do longer blog posts. They end up being me talking about lots of different sites and news items and about my life. But it’s to the void. I like sending links out on twitter and then having a conversation about it if it interests someone. I think if I wanted to write a really long piece I would do it here. I like the skill and the art of writing. I like words....
Hilary Clinton is a liar: http://tinyurl.com/23ydk4
I like this better than lolcats: http://tinyurl.com/yq8lul
Other Kennedys for Clinton: *http://tinyurl.com/33tkc8
College Freshmens’ Minds Rarely Expand: http://tinyurl.com/3a2rr6
Hit song with random lyrics. Stolen from @codinghorror http://tinyurl.com/2btmkn
Slashdot Founder Questions Crowd’s Wisdom →
The founder of Slashdot introduces a new Web service, Idle, and takes aim at a rival, Digg.
Mahalo Daily » Blog Archive » MD045 - State of... →
Mahalo Daily » Blog Archive » MD045 - State of the Union Address (in 60 seconds) — The State of the Union… in 60 seconds.
Source: daily.mahalo.com First Tweetered by: JasonCalacanis Link: http://daily.mahalo.com/2008/01/29/md045-state-of-the-union-address-in-60-seconds
TechCrunch endorses Barack Obama: http://tinyurl.com/yw4eh7
The Top Ten Reasons Why Cybersex is Good for You: http://tinyurl.com/2ym2b5
State of the Union address in 60 seconds: http://tinyurl.com/357cuz
College Freshmens’ Minds Rarely Expand →
It is time to 5retire the ideal of the first year in college as a roller-coaster ride of exploded prejudices, mind expansion and self-discovery, writes James M. Lang, an English professor at Assumption College in Massachusetts in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Freshmen today are simply too practical.
Mr. Lang’s own experiences with students dovetail with a recent survey by Tim Clydesdale, an...
My favorite JFK campaign commercial. Listen to it and think about Obama: http://tinyurl.com/3dna2x
Nominate your favorite tech-oriented articles, essays, and blog posts from 2007: http://tinyurl.com/364xbr
Barack Obama’s response to Bush’s final State of the Union: http://tinyurl.com/ysl33r
Twittering for Academia: http://tinyurl.com/25u2cx I wish my professors would use it
Wired Campus: A Professor's Tips for Using Twitter... →
Wired Campus: A Professor’s Tips for Using Twitter in the Classroom - Chronicle.com — @academicdave in the Chronicle
Source: chronicle.com First Tweetered by: therefore Link: http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2699/a-professors-tips-for-using-twitter-in-the-classroom
Redux Discovers Friends So You Don’t Have To →
You’re probably familiar with the “recommended items” lists on sites like Amazon or Barnes and Noble. They help discover things you’ll probably like based on what you buy and what you view. Redux founder Darian Shirazi wants to apply the same power of discovery to growing communities of people online. The site is launching into beta today.
This site is part social network and part quiz show with...
Twitter - Public Timeline = Prologue →
http://mashable.com/
Perhaps we can call this one a de-mashup? Automattic has apparently been recently bit by the Twitter bug, and has become inspired by the format to create something that caters a bit towards the group blogging community, it would appear. The functionality of the system is that it creates mini-Twitter groups on the domain of your choice (separate from the actual Twitter...
XKCD supports Obama, as do I: http://tinyurl.com/2lo2bn Comments: http://tinyurl.com/2u948u
I still have a head cold. This makes me sad. But this cheers me up too: http://tinyurl.com/yvuhr9
Politics →
Okay, politics time.
I’m a political junkie, but I’ve largely kept that out of xkcd (other than occasional cracks about science and net-related issues). So this will be a one-time thing — after this post, you’ll hear no more political advocacy on this site for the rest of the election. But I think we’re at a balance point, where a few words between friends who are generally in agreement might...
@fleurdiabolique That whole Brave New World thing is starting to sound better and better.
@fleurdiabolique That whole
@fleurdiabolique wouldn’t it be nice if society thought that education was valuable enough to let you go to school for free?
@fleurdiabolique Then they’ll just have to buy a miracle!
@fleurdiabolique Does it have True Love? I might have to read it to see how it parallels to The Princess Bride
McCain Warns: "There Will Be Other Wars" (Sam... →
McCain Warns: “There Will Be Other Wars” — The presidential candidate who sang “Bomb bomb Iran” is already looking towards the war after the war in Iraq. — Sen. John McCain told a crowd of supporters on Sunday, “It’s a tough war we’re in. It’s not going to be over right away.
Source: The Huffington Post
Author: Sam Stein
Link: ...
New knowledge is cool! Dunbar’s number: http://tinyurl.com/2njgz2
Bug →
Robert Frost made me stumble across this article. Long, but fulfilling: http://tinyurl.com/2t3d4w