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Very interesting piece on why people vote Republican. Really it seems to be more an exploration of what being conservative means, at least as conservative is defined in the U.S.
links for 2008-09-14
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Feeling Gaseous
An hour ago I was sitting in the barber’s chair when a guy comes in and says the line for gas at the Quality Mart in Lewisville is crazy long. Then another guy comes in and says that a station in Yadkinville is charging $5.99 a gallon and that the Citgo on the corner of Dull Rd and Styers Ferry is at $4.49 a gallon. On the way home I confirm the second price when I pass the station and I also remember that I need gas for the drive to Salisbury tonight.
I’m now sitting at Costco where the price is $3.55 a gallon and the lines are 10 deep at all six pumps. I also heard the attendant tell someone else that it has been like this all day. Sheesh. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
links for 2008-09-12
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What's important for journalists to know for the future. Basically, what will future news media look like and how it differs from traditional news media.
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This might be an essential add-on for your home internet access if your provider starts capping your monthly usage and charging you extra if you exceed it.
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Useful tip for anyone who runs a wireless network in their home with Windows PC's in the mix.
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Interesting "guerrilla dining" concept. Essentially they throw dinner parties on an irregular basis in varying places around Winston-Salem. They send out email invites to people who have signed up for the alerts and take the first 30-ish people who register.
links for 2008-09-11
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The children of some of the people who died in the Pentagon on 9/11. I can't believe it's already been seven years.
Thanks to Esbee for linking to the article.
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Jeff Jarvis's reverse syndication theory seems spot-on to me. Need to think this through.
links for 2008-09-10
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This ain't your parent's weed. What am I saying, it's not even my own generation's weed. Salvia, a hallucinogen traditionally used by shamans in Mexico, is considered the most potent hallucinogenic herb and it's legal in most of the US. Lots of video on YouTube of people tripping on it. Just a heads up to you parents out there.
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The blog of the Congressional Budget Office's director.
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Independent news site for Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill area.
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Not bad for an ex-ballplayer. Jim Bunning calls out Paulson on the Frannie bailout and says it's socialism. Whether or not the bailout was the right thing to do, Bunning's right that it violates the ethics of free market purists.
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Best description I've seen of the Keystone Kops-esque snafu that caused United Airlines' stock to tumble for no reason yesterday.
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Local newspaper, without the paper. Local news site? Best part of story is that the company that started the site did so because the legacy paper (this is in Batavia, NY) didn't have a website.
links for 2008-09-09
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CNN story about DC school system's radical changes. Some interesting points: 12% of DC 8th graders are considered proficient readers and 8% are proficient in math. New chancellor has closed a bunch of schools, cut administrative staff and fired a bunch of principals. She's also instituted an incentive program for students' good behavior, which can include up to $100 in cash per month. Not everyone is happy.
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Cory Doctorow gives his reasoning behind not accepting micropayments for his work. His sunflower analogy is the best explanation I've seen for content creators making much of their stuff available for free.
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Google's digitizing and archiving newspapers from all over. Previously they were working with the big dogs like the New York Times and Washington Post, but now we'll be able to see papers from all over. Wonder when the Winston-Salem Journal will go live?
links for 2008-09-08
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Fred Wilson's blog traffic is increasingly coming from feeds (about 20%). He surmises that feeds might some day replace search as the primary driver of traffic and web info flow. I think he may be right, and I consider his work to be a "canary in the mine" for things related to developments in the web world.
links for 2008-09-06
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Blog of woman who rowed solo from California to Hawaii. Cool enough, but she also updated her blog via satellite phone. That's uber-cool.
links for 2008-09-04
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Creating fake identities. Hmm…
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This is way cool: Wired is blogging how they get a feature story done, from concept to print. There's another reason I love that pub.
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Not sure how long this video will stay up on YouTube, but check it out if it's still there. She asks for people to pray for a natural gas pipeline, among other things. "I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies in getting that pipeline built."
links for 2008-09-03
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Social media consultants change their business from consulting to producing educational video.
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Self employed are likely to face harder time getting mortgages because of rash of default on 'Alt-A' loans, otherwise known as 'liar loans' because they required little or no verification of income. Lots of defaults on Alt-A loans is leading to banks not wanting to lend, which means that self employed will have a harder time getting loans. Also those with current Alt-A loans are seeing them reset at higher rates just as their businesses are seeing slimmer margins.
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Google launches its newest app, video, geared to the enterprise market.
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