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Boston Globe Tailors Print Edition For Three Remaining Subscribers

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

(Flash required.) First click once on the image below; when the video starts, click “Skip this ad” in the upper right-hand corner…

Boston Globe Tailors Print Edition For Three Remaining Subscribers
And The Washington Post is now printing on fluffy pancakes with a side of bacon!
From The Onion.

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The Top 10 YouTube Videos of All Time

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A fun little snippet for you to ponder. ReadWriteWeb does a periodic analysis of the all-time top 10 YouTube videos (by the simple metric of number of views). As reported on the site with its latest summary (June 2, 2010):
We first did this list in August 2007, at which point Evolution of Dance by comedian Judson [...]

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Book Burning

Thursday, June 10, 2010

This blog entry was prompted by a contemporary cartoon strip about book burning.

It’s by Randall Munroe of xkcd.com (via Kate Eltham’s Electric Alphabet blog).
This led me down a long road of inquiry, first into the history of book burning, then over to Ray Bradbury’s wonderful 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451. Although most associate book burning historically with Nazi Germany, [...]

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“I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers…”

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

…quoted the blogger on his blog.

© Asa Mathat, the Wall Street Journal
At the All Things Digital conference last night, Steve Jobs, asked whether the iPad will be a savior for content creators, said: “I don’t want to see us descend into a nation of bloggers…I think we need editorial oversight now more than ever. Anything [...]

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