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Finish Line
via xkcd.com by (author unknown) on May 14, 2008
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One Wonkette Commenter Was Better Than The Rest Of You Yesterday [Higher Vistas]
via Wonkette by Jim Newell on May 14, 2008
We like to celebrate our commenters on those occasions when they write something so trenchant that it's elevated to the purple plains of the Main Stream Media. Such was the case yesterday with Starred Commenter(TM) SayItWithWookies. On the post that yours truly titled"President Bush Gives Up Golf For Iraq," S.I.W.W. — as (s)he is known in the Starred Commenter Lounge — commented "Has he...
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Amazon May Sell $750 Million In Kindles by 2010 (That’s A Lot Of Kindles)
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 15, 2008
The Kindle, Amazon’s ugly but useful ebook reader that launched in November 2007, may be a burgeoning hit, says Citigroup Analyst Mark Mahaney. Citi expects Amazon to generate between $400 million and $750 million in revenue from the Kindle by 2010, or 1% - 3% of Amazon’s total revenue.The key points of differentiation with the Kindle and competing devices is the fact that books and other...
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Inventor of the Web Wins $350,000 to Reform New Media Journalism
via Mashable! by Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins on May 15, 2008
Timothy Berners-Lee is the inventor of the Web, a fact that often gets overlooked when other showboats come along and claim that they invented the entire Internet (I’m looking at you, Mr. Gore). However Berners-Lee didn’t just end his involvement at the mere moment of innovation.While still at PodTech, Robert Scoble conducted an interview with Sir Berners-Lee, last November. During the...
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How Do You Handle the Laptop Dilemma? [Ask The Readers]
via Lifehacker by Adam Pash on May 14, 2008
You just sat down at the internet café, you've got your coffee, your scone, and your laptop all plugged in and ready to roll, but—you need to hit the head. What do you do? Wired's Lore Sjöberg discusses this situation—what he calls the laptop dilemma—in detail, offering five options: Leave your helpless laptop alone, ask a neighbor to watch it, take your laptop with you to...
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Comment on Competition Needed Among “Climate Ready” Crops [Guest Post] by Jarred
via Comments for Tropophilia by Jarred on May 15, 2008
Looks like the world Community Grid has started a project investigating “super rice,” which sounds like it’s one of these climate ready crops being developed: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/join-the-hunt-for-super-rice/.
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Hardball is exhilarating right now. Pat Buchanan ... [Programming]
via Wonkette by Jim Newell on May 14, 2008
Hardball is exhilarating right now. Pat Buchanan is screaming at Chris Matthews about patronizing to West Virginia, calling him a dick, and Chris Matthews is telling Pat Buchanan that he's a has-been racist sympathizer. Somehow this is about John Edwards, Son of the South. Just thought it was worth sharing.Oh my god Pat Buchanan is so mad. This is comedy gold, run to the teevee! UPDATE:...
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Edit Google Spreadsheet With Everyone
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 14, 2008
Ionut Alex. Chitu reports you can now edit a spreadsheet with anyone who knows the URL, as an option, and not just people with a Google account which you invite. To set this up, start at Google Docs and click New Spreadsheet. Prepare your data and hit the Share tab; now configure the “Anyone can [edit] this without logging in” box, and share the URL Google provides you with. Ionut says,...
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Google Invests In BrightSource
via John Battelle's Searchblog by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
One of the key themes this year at the Web 2 Summit will be how the web is addressing the larger limits of the world. Google.org is set up to do that, I applaud the investment they are making in solar. More here.
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Happy Birthday, Pop
via John Battelle's Searchblog by (author unknown) on May 15, 2008
My father, Richard Battelle, turned 74 today. Happy Birthday, Pop!I don't blog about family much, and today I realized, as I snapped this rather out of focus shot on my phone, that perhaps I should from time to time. If I truly believe in this whole Database of Intentions and search thing, I realize that this site, which is pretty much my main outpost on the web, should memorialize folks like...
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