Monthly Archives: January 2009

links for 2009-01-22

A Portrait of Change – In First Family, a Nation’s Many Faces – NYTimes.com Fascinating story about the various backgrounds of Obama's extended family. (tags: politics news) Fanboy.com » Blog Archive » Social Media “Experts” are the Cancer of Twitter … Continue reading

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I think I just finished my novel today

Well, first draft only, but still, to do this in less than three months (while having a fulltime job, a family and a life), is just astounding. It pleases me immensely. Of course, now the task of revising and rewriting…

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links for 2009-01-21

Op-Ed Contributors – How to Repair a Broken Financial World – NYTimes.com Some tips from the last article on how the financial system could be fixed. (tags: business politics work) DeFiore and Company Another agency that does a wide variety … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-20

Talking Points Memo | Full Circle Video of Sprinsteen and Seeger at Obamarama. Really need to watch it, and find more of the show online. (tags: toread politics news music) Main Page – IBWiki Weird alt-history thing I found by … Continue reading

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So, does everything change tomorrow then?

Off to bed now, and when I wake up, Barack Obama will be President of the United States. I considered staying up for this one, or waking up, but it’s at 4am local time and I’m just not up to … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-19

Will Ferrell as George W. Bush, One More Time – NYTimes.com Piece on Will Ferrell's new stage show where he plays Bush. (tags: politics comedy) they.misled.us » Dark Room Dark Room — a Windows version of WriteRoom that gives you … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-18

Bug Blogger Blog for open source hardware group. Very interesting. (tags: web business technical maker entrepreneurship) BBC NEWS | UK | Magazine | The DNA of detection Interesting feature on Edgar Allan Poe and the origins of crime and detective … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-17

Welcome to Ad Manager Google Ad manager is one of the options out there for free ad serving using your inventory, as well as network inventory. Still beta, and worth considering, but I think OpenX is the better choice. (tags: … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-16

Jon Stewart's First Ever Daily Show | Comedy Central Insider – The Comedy Blog for Comedy Fans Good link to old videos of Jon Stewart's first ever Daily Show. Good stuff, must watch. (tags: video television toread history news comedy) … Continue reading

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links for 2009-01-15

He’s a PC, but he likes small niches » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism Interesting piece about John Hodgman's recognition of the success of niche markets, and how it pays to chase them even more … Continue reading

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