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Warning Labels on Fat Kids

July 14, 2005

Some folks wanna put warning labels on Soft Drinks.
I think that, just to be sure, the US should install warning labels
on all fingers indicating that putting them in proximity to one’s
mouth while holding food could result in dire obesity, particularly in North America. But does
anyone really think that Warning Labels are meaningful anymore, after
decades [...]

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Waiting For Spielberg..

September 20, 2003

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/magazine/magazinespecial/ MFMERHANT.html
September 21, 2003
Waiting For Spielberg By MATTHEW ROSE
Unlike most urban legends, the one about the Iranian exile stuck at the Paris airport for 15 years is true. Surrounded by a mountain of his possessions near the Paris Bye Bye lounge at Terminal 1 in Charles de Gaulle International Airport, Merhan Karimi [...]

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Cool Flash Mapping Tool..

September 4, 2003

http://www.bryanboyer.com/indyjunior/
What is it?
IndyJunior is a fully customizable map which you can use to easily display your geographic location. Joshua Davis did it first, but we do it with an XML data file and a whole host of configurable options. Feed IndyJunior some latitude and longitude coordinates and you’ll be plotting your course like [...]

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What Should Google Do?

August 22, 2003

http://blog.fastcompany.com/archives/2003/08/21/ what_should_google_do.html
What Should Google Do?
What good is a blog if we can’t use it to opine on how people smarter, busier, and more successful than we are should do their jobs?
Actually, the point of What Should Google Do? (my free PDF) is to show all of us how easy it us to [...]

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Arrogance of Empire…

August 21, 2003

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9115,1022027,00.html
Arrogance of empire Paul Foot Wednesday August 20, 2003 The Guardian
In hospital last month for a (literally) nerve-wracking operation on my back, I was lucky enough to have with me an advance copy of Robert Harris’s novel Pompeii. At one level, the book is a thriller that kept me going [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security Ate My Homework…

July 10, 2003

GMU grad student compiles extensive map of US fiber optic networks, starts people worrying: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23689- 2003Jul7.html?nav=hptop_tb
washingtonpost.com
Dissertation Could Be Security Threat Student’s Maps Illustrate Concerns About Public Information
By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 8, 2003; Page A01
Sean Gorman’s professor called his dissertation “tedious and unimportant.” Gorman didn’t talk about [...]

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Anthony Cox’s Google Bomb..

July 10, 2003

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,994676,00.html
The war on the web
Anthony Cox describes how his spoof error page turned into a ‘Google bomb’ for weapons of mass destruction
Thursday July 10, 2003 The Guardian
I had always wondered how those viral emails or amusing web page addresses forwarded to me built up such [...]

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VoIP Taking Off in Africa…

July 6, 2003

The New York Times: Searching for a Dial Tone in Africa By G. PASCAL ZACHARY
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/05/business/worldbusiness/ 05VOIC.html?pagewanted=all
CCRA, Ghana, July 3 — The Internet bubble has long since popped in the United States, Europe and Asia. But in parts of Africa the Internet is serving as a powerful force for change, primarily by allowing companies [...]

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Bloggers ARE the Internet…

June 25, 2003

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,974523,00.html
Blogging’s too good for them
Paul Carr Monday June 9, 2003 The Guardian
Walking through the streets of Blogistan this week, I couldn’t help noticing a certain tension in the air. The natives were restless. The saloon bars were abuzz with nervous chatter. And it wasn’t about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Something was most [...]

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Prince William’s Gate Crasher Joins the Ranks of the Infamous..

June 24, 2003

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,984267,00.html
Who dares wins
The ‘comedy terrorist’ who gatecrashed Prince William’s 21st birthday party may have zero talent for jokes or impersonation. But there’s one quality Aaron Barschak possesses in spades – chutzpah. And that, writes Simon Hattenstone, can get you a very long way
Simon Hattenstone and Isabelle Chevallot Wednesday June 25, 2003 The [...]

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