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Graffiti Bridge, Uncrossed 
(unknown author) via Sasha Frere-Jones on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
Claire Hoffman recently wrote about visiting Prince in Los Angeles, for Talk of the Town, and Thessaly La Force expanded on the experience for the Goings On blog. It seemed like the right time to share a minor story about almost m
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Hackathon Project Visualizes Global Connections & Interactions on Facebook
Justin Smith via Inside Facebook on Sun, 23 Nov. 2008
While many people quip that the increasing use of social networks is actually decreasing the amount which we physically interact with others in our local communities, it’s clear that social technology is increasing the amou
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me@charlie rose
(unknown author) via Lessig Blog on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
Selected excerpts (and past shows) here
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How a Tweet Lead to a Phone Call From Shaq
Adam Ostrow via Mashable | All That's New on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
As we reported yesterday, Shaquille O’Neal is on Twitter, and it’s definitely the real Shaq. But two days ago as a few people started discovering The Big Aristotle’s account, not everyone was convinced.
Bryant Blount (aka lord_b) was one
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RIAA Lawsuits May Be Unconstitutional
schneier via Schneier on Security on Wed, 19 Nov. 2008
Harvard law professor Charles Nesson is arguing, in court, that the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 is unconstitutional:
He makes the argument that the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 is very much unconstitutional, in that its hefty
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A Bunch of Rocks
(unknown author) via xkcd.com on Mon, 17 Nov. 2008
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Kevin Kelly on Web 10.0
Mark Frauenfelder via Boing Boing on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
Kevin Kelly writes:
I gave a talk yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit. It's a short talk, only 10 minutes long, so I decided to skip Web 3 - Web 9 and just speak about the upcoming Web 10.0 and wha
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Olbermann Smacks You Down In Very Special Comment [Things We Actually Like]
Ryan Tate via Gawker on Fri, 14 Nov. 2008
It turns out that the best person to make fun of MSNBC's scolding father Keith Olbermann isn't a little kid ala
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World of Echo
(unknown author) via Sasha Frere-Jones on Thu, 13 Nov. 2008
In the spirit of world music, as discussed in the context of M.I.A. here four years ago, I wanted to post a track by Buraka Som Sistema, a d.j. collective from Lisbon. (M.I.A. appears on the song and in the video below.) Good luck trying to divine its
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Headlines: November 12, 2008 [Afternoon Edition]
(unknown author) via The Morning News on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
Chart for tracking Obama’s transition to the White House.
What other 1600 Pennsylvania Avenues look like around the country.
“We realize we are late, an
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Code 46
Geoff Manaugh via BLDGBLOG on Wed, 12 Nov. 2008
On Monday, November 24, I'll be hosting a live interview at the Barbican in London with director Michael Winterbottom, for a special screening of his film Code 46. You can read a bit more about the event – as well as buy tickets –
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Miriam Makeba, Mama Africa, dies on stage
Jon via p2pnet news on Tue, 11 Nov. 2008
p2pnet news view Music | Freedom:- Famed singer and cultural crusader Miriam Makeba died suddenly of a heart attack on Sunday.
She was 76.
Whilst
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Is Your Web Truly World-Wide?
Chrix Finne via Google Reader on Mon, 10 Nov. 2008
The Reader team is happy to announce that another 20% project has come to fruition: automatic translation in Reader! Post by 20% volunteer and glottology expert, Brett Bavar.
Believe it or not, the
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Naked Cowboys Settles Suit with M&Ms
Jen Carlson via Gothamist on Sat, 08 Nov. 2008
The self-proclaimed World's Greatest Performer, the Naked Cowboy, must have gotten a sweet settlement deal from the M&M folks. The NY Post is reporting that "he kept mu
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Anderson Cooper Blooper Ruins CNN's Magic Invisibility Technology [Videuhoh]
Hamilton Nolan via Gawker on Thu, 06 Nov. 2008
Boy, CNN's election-night magic hologram technology was a hit! And all for the low, low price of $30
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Nobody Wants Bush's Memoirs [Books]
Sheila via Gawker on Thu, 06 Nov. 2008
You know what's next for any lame duck president: the inevitable post-presidency memoir. Only problem, other than the fact that he struggles with basic grammar and syntax: Bush is a hugely unpopular outgoing president, and most of the country hates him. Pu
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AP: "Suddenly, It May Be Cool To Be American Again"
The Huffington Post News Edito via The Full Feed from HuffingtonP on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
VIENNA, Austria — She was a stranger, and she kissed me. Just for being an American.
It happened on the bus on my way to work Wednesday morning, a few hours after compatriots clamoring for change swept Barack Obama to his historic victory. I was on the phone, and the 20-something Austrian woman seated in front of me overheard me speaking English.
Without a word, she tur
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Blizzard Sued By South Carolina Inmate
CmdrTaco via Slashdot on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
Benjamin Duranske writes "Jonathan Lee Riches, an inmate in South Carolina famous for filing long, handwritten, rambling screeds against celebrities, politicians, and even buildings, has filed a third-party motion in Federal Court in Arizona in the MDY v. Blizzard botting case claiming that Blizzard's World of Warcraft 'caused Riches mind to live in a virtual universe, where Riches explored the la
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A New Day
(unknown author) via Heading East on Wed, 05 Nov. 2008
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