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AP Exaggerates The 'Conversation' It's Having With Bloggers; Caught Copying Text From Bloggers As Well
via Techdirt by Michael Masnick on June 18, 2008
The situation with the Associated Press and its rapidly disintegrating relationship with bloggers keeps getting worse. First up, as a bunch of folks have sent in, some bloggers are noting that, despite the AP's own claims about quotes over five words long no longer being fair use, AP reporters often quote huge chunks of text from bloggers. That link discusses an AP article just this week...
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How to Make Windows Vista Less Annoying [Windows Vista]
via Lifehacker by The How-To Geek on June 17, 2008
Editor: Say hello to fellow tech writer and Lifehacker reader The How-To Geek, who was kind enough to pull together some of best Windows Vista power tweaks here on Lifehacker today. Whether it's the nagging prompts or the irritating notifications, Windows Vista's default settings can grate on your nerves... which doesn't help you be the productive person you want to be. A few simple...
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Random Bag Searches About to Begin: What do they think this is...
via Curbed LA by Marissa Gluck on June 16, 2008
What do they think this is - New York? Metrolink riders will soon be subject to racial profiling"random" bag searches in an attempt to rout out the next Mohamed Atta. Metrolink promises the searches will be quick (typically under a minute) and relatively painless. Unless you find giving up your civil liberties painful. Then, yes, it hurts. What are you, some kind of commie? [Metrolink News]
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Block Text Message Spam [How To]
via Consumerist by Chris Walters on June 17, 2008
If you've ever received cell phone spam, you know how infuriating it can be—especially if you pay by the message. David Pogue of the New York Times recently got hit with a spate of junk text messages on his Verizon plan, and he figured out how to block most of them. If you're with AT&T or Verizon you can block any messages sent through the Internet, as well as change your text message...
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OneSpot Makes Publishing Personalized Memetrackers Simple
via louisgray.com by louisgray on June 17, 2008
News aggregation sites that can help highlight the freshest, most relevant or most popular news from around the Web are essential to separating the signal from the noise. But all too often, these memetrackers are siloed, without readers having all that much input into what's considered most relevant, or determining what content gets in and what does not.The success of Gabe Rivera's...
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Tron Guy on his disappointing nomination for Bravo's A-List Awards
via Waxy.org Links by (author unknown) on June 15, 2008
his category was cut from the broadcast and he lost to Perez Hilton, who didn't even show
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A Little Piece of Yugoslavia in London
via Talking Points Memo by (author unknown) on June 17, 2008
Shared by Superbunker A orphaned country in a hotel suite. (see also: Soviet Unterzoegersdorf)Even some of the European attendees here at the IPI Conference were surprised to learn that Serbia has a royal family. They had been in exile for 60 years, having fled in 1941 in advance of Hitler's invading army, until Crown Prince Alexander II and Crown Princess Katherine took up residence in the...
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Everyone Becomes a Local on MONA's Neon Cruise
via blogdowntown by Ed Fuentes on June 16, 2008
BULL FROM HORN: Eric Lynxwiler takes neon fans on a tour of L.A.'s lights. The popular tour begins and ends in Downtown Los Angeles. Photo by Ed Fuentes.For those who want to call themselves an Angeleno, it should be mandatory that they take the Museum of Neon Art's Neon Cruise.It's an appreciation tour of the city that uses neon lights as way-finders. While ducking tree branches,...
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Ring shaped magnet opens electronically locked doors
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on June 16, 2008
Barry Wels says: "A magnetic ring (called the ring of the devil) opens some electronic (and electromechanical) locks. Technical details on how this ring works, as well as a video of an opening of an electronic lock can be found at the link below."The ‘ring of the devil’ is capable of attacking this kind of electronic motor lock on two ways.Scenario 1: An electronic motor is nothing more then...
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Artificial Islands of the Dead Sea [Geo-engineering]
via io9 by Annalee Newitz on June 16, 2008
The Dead Sea, a body of water that sits at the nexus of several political hot spots in the Middle East, has been a source of contention for decades. Now a New York City architecture firm called Phu Hoang Office has proposed a way to turn the sea into a thriving center for tourism and eco-research. The firm proposed the creation of artificial islands (pictured) called No Man's Land that would...
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