You're not the one who let me down, but thanks for offering.

Laptop Celebrity: How Ze Frank Became a Web Video Star

Seeded on Sat Mar 24, 2007 6:07 PM EDT (Slate)

The growth of the Internet is fueled by yearning: What will happen when I put my thoughts online? Will people notice? Will people respond to my personal video? How many hits did I get? Who looked at my profile today? Who read my post? Who linked to me? Will my blog make me famous …

entertainment

US 'blocks environment progress'

Seeded on Sun Mar 18, 2007 8:25 PM EDT (BBC News)

Germany's environment minister, Sigmar Gabriel, says the United States has blocked progress on two key issues to protect the global environment. He was speaking after a two-day meeting of environment ministers in the German city of Potsdam.

world-news, united-states, south-africa, germany, environment, sigmar-gabriel

The Internet Universe Loses a Constellation

Sat Mar 17, 2007 7:10 PM EDT

March 17th, 2007. St. Patrick's Day? Maybe. The end of the most impressive internship I've ever had the pleasure to be a part of? Definitely. Today all the little duckies in the pond fell silent. The Show with Ze Frank ended.

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entertainment, ze-frank, tech, the-show, vidoe-blogger, sports-racers, fabulosos, poewr-moves, duckies-in-the-pond

Election 2008: Learning in a Positive Light (non-partisan)

Sat Mar 10, 2007 1:00 PM EST

I have read many excellent articles about candidates lately, some with positive spin, some with negative, some taking a balanced approach. While the negative articles usually draw the most attention, I find I learn the most (good or bad) from the positive articles.

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politics, election-2008, green-party, gop, dems, libertarians, third-parties

Judge Says Linux Programmer Will Be Charged with Murder

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 11:41 PM EST (Wired News)

Prominent Bay Area Linux programmer Hans Reiser, 43, must stand trial for the alleged murder of his estranged wife, who's been missing since September, a judge ruled Friday.

us-news, tech, linux, reiser, murder

Does daylight-saving time really save energy?

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 11:24 PM EST (Slate)

While it did save energy, Nixon's act also increased the number of morning traffic accidents involving schoolchildren. These "dark morning" incidents were offset by a reduction in child accidents later in the day, but the government returned to the six-month schedule for 1976.

us-news, daylight-savings-time, congress, slate

FBI obtained records 'illegally'

Seeded on Fri Mar 9, 2007 1:46 PM EST (BBC News)

The FBI has been illegally obtaining information on the US public, a report by the justice department's inspector general has said. The FBI used the Patriot Act, passed after the 11 September 2001 attacks, to compel the release of information illegally or improperly, it said.

politics, fbi, mueller, patriot-act

Still more ways Bush is screwing returning vets

Seeded on Wed Mar 7, 2007 11:36 PM EST (Slate)

The real scandal is that he's felt no reason to be concerned until the recent spate of news stories revealed plenty of reasons that he should be.

us-news, bush, veterans, soldiers, slate

Concert Profile: Murder by Death 2-Mar-07 @ The Blue Note

Tue Mar 6, 2007 5:14 PM EST

After watching a Dropkick Mollys, Flogging Murphys, Dropping Floggies . . . whatever . . . clone band, Murder by Death took stage. Sarah came out first--decked like the darkside of Josephine Baker.

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entertainment, artistprofiles, imf, murder-by-death, reverend-horton-heat, concert, music, live-music, citizen-journalism

Israel, Iran top 'negative list'

Seeded on Tue Mar 6, 2007 3:01 AM EST (BBC News)

A majority of people believe that Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world, a poll for the BBC World Service suggests. It shows that the two countries are closely followed by the United States and North Korea.

world-news, iran, israel, bbc, usa, america, north-korea, negative-list

Best "anti-piracy" graphic ever (hilarious!)

Seeded on Tue Mar 6, 2007 2:55 AM EST (tuxick.net)

I caught this on boingboing.net. This has got to be one of the funniest, and unfortunately truthful graphic I have ever seen! WARNING, rated R for language.

odd-news, anti-piracy, dvd, piracy, movies

Ray of Hope: St.Louis Minister Talks about His Inspirational Hit, "I'm Gonna Whoop Somebody's A**"

Thu Mar 1, 2007 12:42 PM EST

First off, this is not a joke. This song (it is secular) has inspired hundreds of thousands of people to keep pushing through tough days at work.

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us-news, ray-higgins, st-louis, ze-frank, sportsracers, music, imf

Chinese Cyborg Pigeons (Really, No Joke) with Photos

Seeded on Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:26 AM EST (Wired News)

The People's Daily Online reports that scientists in China have successfully used brain implants in pigeons to control the birds' movement: Pigeon_spy

science, china, cyborg-pigeons, wired

Pedophile Freed Because He Wrote a Book About Dracula

Seeded on Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:02 PM EST (BBC News)

An American historian jailed in Romania for paedophile offences has been released more than two years early because he wrote a book about Dracula. According to the law, Kurt Treptow was entitled to early release because his writing counted as work in prison.

world-news, pedophile, romania, dracula, books, artsvine

Artist Profile: Sunset Rubdown

Tue Feb 27, 2007 2:49 PM EST

Sunset Rubdown is to Wolf Parade what Ugly Casanova was to Modest Mouse, a chance for the beautifully weird to get beautifully weirder. Spencer Krug delivers a masterpiece of sparse, soul-piercing might.

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entertainment, artistprofiles, sunset-rubdown, music, wolf-parade, imf, indie-rock

Interview with God

Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:51 PM EST

I have recently been called a dirty atheist, a faithless heathen and a secular humanist. As for the first charge, I am quite cleanly. As for the third, I am guilty as charged.

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religion, god, athiests, humanists, armaggedon, heaven

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Western states united to bypass Bush on climate

Seeded on Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:34 PM EST (Reuters)

Five Western U.S. states have formed the latest regional pact to bypass the Bush administration to cut emissions linked to global warming through market mechanisms.

politics, al-gore, new-york, global-warming, emissions

A look at Soviet feminism.

Seeded on Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:29 PM EST (Slate)

The following essay is adapted from Clive James' Cultural Amnesia, a re-examination of intellectuals, artists, and thinkers who helped shape the 20th century.

world-news, feminism, ussr, russia, slate, clive-james, alexandra-kollontai

David Remnick speculates on Al Gore, candidate for the 2008 Presidential election.

Seeded on Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:20 PM EST (New Yorker)

And yet, despite the burden of injury and injustice, Gore, more than any other major Democratic Party figure, including the many candidates assembled for next year's Presidential nomination, has demonstrated in opposition precisely the quality of judgment that Bush has lacked i …

politics, academy-awards, al-gore, election-2008, bush, newyorker

Does Bush Know What Neocon Means?

Seeded on Sun Feb 25, 2007 3:29 AM EST (Slate)

Though he refused to read newspapers, he was aware of criticism that his administration had been excessively beholden to a particular clique, and wanted to know more about them.

politics, bush, neocon

New Music Buffet: Ours, Modest Mouse, Andrew Bird, Bright Eyes

Sat Feb 24, 2007 11:19 PM EST

This spring will be loaded with incredible releases. Here I highlight four of them:

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entertainment, music, imf, bright-eyes, modest-mouse, ours, andrew-bird, indie-rock

N Korea 'invites UN nuclear head'

Seeded on Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:55 PM EST (BBC News)

The head of the UN's nuclear agency says he has been invited to North Korea for talks on its nuclear programme. Mohamed ElBaradei said he hoped to discuss the suspension of North Korea's nuclear activity and the "eventual dismantlement of these facilities".

world-news, north-korea, rice, nuclear-program, un

Geffen's Real Beef with Clinton

Seeded on Fri Feb 23, 2007 1:51 PM EST (Slate)

My impression is that David Geffen isn't furious at Bill Clinton for not pardoning Leonard Peltier. He's furious at Bill Clinton for lying about whether he was going to pardon Leonard Peltier--at least that's what I think Geffen would say. ...

politics, clinton, geffen, democrats

New York's Case Against Rudy Giuliani

Seeded on Fri Feb 23, 2007 3:00 AM EST (Slate)

As someone who lived through Sept. 11 in New York City, I will always be grateful to Rudy Giuliani. The mayor's quick instincts and sound judgment that day prevented panic. His calm authority got the city through the worst hours in its history and set it on the path to recovery.

politics, giuliani, new-york, gop, republican, election-2008

Four Bewildering Remarks from the Bush Administration

Seeded on Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:25 AM EST (Slate)

The world might be less stressful if the president of the most powerful nation didn't so frequently convey the impression that he has no idea what's going on. Here are three recent examples of his bewildering remarks, plus one from his secretary of state.

us-news, bush, iraq, iran, rice, foreign-policy, bushisms

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