October 26th 2005
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Apple,
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Apple's homepage right now is a Think Different ad with Rosa Parks. It doesn't rotate out if you refresh, it's just a big tribute to Rosa that clicks through to an article on her activism and her life. No plugs of Apple products.
I wonder if that ad was part of ...
September 16th 2005
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Politics
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From Towleroad:
One more thing folks might want to do over the weekend. It's easy as pie. Arnold still hasn't officially vetoed the same-sex marriage bill. Whether it makes a difference in the end or not, our voices can still be heard.
Follow these directions:
1. Call the Governator:916-445-2841 (his number is listed ...
July 7th 2005
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London's been hit by a series of explosions on public transport, including busses and the tube. A terrorist group is claiming responsibility, and depending on who you hear it from, it may be related to the Olympics or G8 or both. The majority of the tube attacks were clustered in ...
June 23rd 2005
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Navel Gazing,
Politics
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The Washington Post prematurely posts its obituary/retirement package for Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist
It made me pause for a moment to think that, for some people, the line between retirement and death is just a slash.
May 12th 2005
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Salon has a great primer on Senate procedure and the possible Nuclear Option, which may happen as soon as next week. Like 65% of the population (at least), I was clueless. Now I'm clue-full.
Astounding good news: the DC Court of Appeals just bitchslapped the FCC and the MPAA for trying to break our TVs. The broadcast flag, which would regulate recording, moving, or copying digital broadcasts, is now dead in the water. The court did a great job, specifying that regulating the non-broacast ...
If you haven't seen GoDaddy's superbowl commecial yet, stop, drop, and roll video (there's also an extended version on their site, worth viewing as well).
Back? Okay. Now. First of all, let's all join in a big group hug of GoDaddy for striking while the iron's hot and delivering a swift ...
January 30th 2005
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No, not Shelley Jackson, I'm thinking of the ink-stained fingers of Iraqis leaving the polls. From two Iraqi brothers blogging the election:
I walked forward to my station, cast my vote and then headed to the box, where I wanted to stand as long as I could, then I moved to ...
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening
That is translated through you into action,
And because there is only one of you in all time,
This expression is unique.
If you block it,
It will never exist through any other medium
And be lost.
The world will never have it.
It is not your business to ...
January 26th 2005
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Wonkette this morning, from the Presidential News Conference:
"10:18 Huh. Not mentioning private accounts in re: Soc. Sec. But whatever. It's all 'dictated by math.' Does that mean we have to invade math?"