June 2009
64 posts
Michael Jackson is Dead, Jeff Goldblum is Alive. Can Twitter Tell the Difference? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD →
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Insightful reflection about Twitter, Michael Jackson and the trust factor.
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“Guess where I’m going next weekend? Not Glastonbury! Have you ever been to Not Glastonbury? Oh my God, it’s amazing. Just the variety of food you get at Not Glastonbury is really incredible these days - seriously, stuff from all over the world. And honestly, the plumbing situation at Not Glastonbury is fantastic - hot showers and everything! Whenever you want! And of course, the music, oh my God. There is so much at Not Glastonbury, all tastes are catered for. Yeah, the traffic can be a bit of a bugger and there are always some annoying idiots around but generally, it’s cool. Truly, there is no place on earth I’d rather be this weekend than Not Glastonbury.”
—Hadley Freeman | The Guardian
Random YouTube Insult Generator →
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Have you ever hated a YouTube video so much that you didn’t know what to comment? Well say hello to the Random YouTube Insult Generator! Simply hit the refresh button to get a new angry comment to…
“The cost of the redaction was £1m. The contract was to scan and redact. The redaction was the labour-intensive thing. The brief was straightforward – to delete details and items on a receipt that did not form part of the claim.”
—a senior Commons source speaking to The Times. It cost £1m to conceal the wholesale theft of public money by MPs. It just gets better and better doesn’t it? (via brokenbottleboy)
“And it’s been a good day for citizen journalism. Frankly, you’ve done most of the work. It’s been great. Some of us do wonder if there will be any role left for professional journalists if you’re doing it all the investigation yourselves, but that’s another story. In the meantime, thanks very much. And keep digging.”
— MPs’ expenses – live coverage | Politics | guardian.co.uk
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Wallpaper* Magazine | Sex Issue: Type Tart Cards | →
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Designers create tart cards for fonts.
Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive « alex.moskalyuk →
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The authors take the position that persuasion is a science, not art, hence with the right approach anybody can become the master in the skill of persuasion. Here are 50 ways.
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Weekend Competition: Tom Swifties - Schott’s Vocab Blog - NYTimes.com →
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“Tom Swifties” are curious puns that monkey with the description of reported speech for comic effect. For example: “I manufacture table tops,” said Tom counterproductively. (and 2174 other user-sumbitted examples)
