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Jul
3rd

Fri

Surreality Only Beginning | TPM It looks like a duck and quacks like a duck. Either Palin is resigning ahead of some titanic scandal (which should emerge in short order if it exists) or her resignation was triggered by an even more…

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The Bobblespeak Translations: Gov. Palin Press Conference I’m not wired to be normal politics and as usual and not just hit our head against the wall and make a difference for our priorities and also there’s a full court press from the press and you need to…

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Jul
2nd

Thu

Draft Michele Bachmann: Michele for Governor of Minnesota!

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Microsoft Gets Twitter Search First | Reuters

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Uh, there is also the search provided by, you know, twitter…

One of the great brass rings in search is figuring out how to search tweets and real-time news as it updates, and it…

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Which way is RIGHT? Some drivers haven't figured out roundabouts - Chico Enterprise Record

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This is different from “normal” traffic intersections how exactly?

“I really don’t think a lot of people know what the heck they’re doin’,” Hiler said.

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Leaked AT&T Memo: iPhone 3GS Generated ‘Best Ever Sales Day’

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So, as an AAPL shareholder this is awesome. As an AT&T hater, well…

MacDailyNews has obtained an internal AT&T memo:

On this year’s launch day, iPhone sales exceeded sales…

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72-year-old retired boxer beats up knife-wielding knucklehead

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Ahahahahahahahaa

the inane Facebook photos make this story even more delicious

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Streetsblog Capitol Hill » Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here

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Whatwhatwhat! Accountability for projects we pay for?! Is this that Socialism I’ve been hearing so much about or is this the Fascism?

The biggest item on the administration’s…

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Jun
30th

Tue

Qwertial Aphasia

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So, I wonder how much Warren hates this one. Maybe I should share each one just to find out. What do you think, Ben?

If this were SMBC, the alt-text drawing thingy would be a giraffe hooker fluttering her eyelashes.

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Free vs Freely Distributed

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Yeah, thanks Mark, but Gruber said it shorter and better.

With the publication of Chris Anderson’s new book Free, the discussion about the role of free, today and in the future…

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Limbaugh: "I don't know" where Obama was born, "supposedly Hawaii" | Media Matters for America It’s true, I don’t know if Rush Lumbaugh rapes goats or not.

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PC World’s Nationwide 3G Network Testing

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Once you get rid of the crappy phone you realize what a crappy underlying service you have…

PC World commissioned an extensive nationwide 3G test in the U.S.:

The AT&T…

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Disparate impact Since judge Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Obama, one case in particular has captured people’s attention — Ricci v. New Haven. Judge Sotomayor joined a 7-6 majority…

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Jun
29th

Mon

Stop Password Masking

Jakob Nielsen:

Usability suffers when users type in passwords and the only feedback they get is a row of bullets. Typically, masking passwords doesn’t even increase security, but it does cost you…

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Malcolm Gladwell Reviews ‘Free’ by Chris Anderson I’ll preface my recommendation of this book review by telling you that I’m a big Gladwell fan, and that I think Chris Anderson is a hypocritical blowhard who tells you to give your work away for…

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