• Journalist becomes the story at Mark Zuckerberg SXSWi keynote | Geek Gestalt – A blog by Daniel Terdiman – CNET News.com
  Apparently the woman who did the interview of keynoter Mark Zuckerberg on stage at SXSW absolutely bombed. As one of the worst public speakers EVER I have great sympathy for her.
  (tags: publicspeaking)
• Tech Beat Zuckerberg Interview: Take Two – BusinessWeek
  BusinessWeek, the company that employs Sarah Lacy, the woman who did the apparently awful on stage interview with Facebook’s Zuckerburg, posts about a second interview he did because the folks at Facebook felt that the first (keynote) interview wasn’t ope
  (tags: journalism)

• Scientific Misconduct Blog: The 2008 Pharma “Competitive Intelligence” Conference
  Post re. Pharma CI conference from Scientific Misconduct blog.
  (tags: pharma competitiveintelligence)
• YouTube – Randolph Childress Crossover
  Video of Wake’s Randolph Childress breaking UNC’s Jeff McIness’s ankles.
  (tags: basketball wakeforest)
• YouTube – Sutor Montegranaro – Randy Childress e Chiaramello show time
  Video of Wake’s Randolph Childress playing overseas.
  (tags: basketball wakeforest)

• Homeschoolers’ setback sends shock waves through state
  California appelate court upholds CA law saying that anyone who home schools has to be a certified teacher. Teachers union happy, parents not.
  (tags: education)

• Forbes.com – Magazine Article
  Forbes’ article on Martin Eakes, leader of Center for Responsible Lending.
  (tags: finance economics)

• Tech Support Gets a Reprieve While Users Take a Hit – Pogue’s Posts – Technology – New York Times Blog
  Funny tech support transcripts.
  (tags: funny)
• Cool Tool: Popcorn Popper as Coffee Roaster
  Roast your own coffee beans with a hot-air popcorn popper.
  (tags: coolstuff diy)
• bookofjoe: Armani Tennis Racquet
  If someone showed up to play me with an Armani tennis racquet I’d be doubly inspired to beat him like a drum.
  (tags: sports)
• More Expense = Less Pain – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Expensive placebos are more effective than cheap placebos. In other words the placebo effect can be influenced by the perceived value of the placebo.
  (tags: economics healthcare)
• The Power of Small Business – Freakonomics – Opinion – New York Times Blog
  Study shows small companies create more jobs than larger businesses.
  (tags: smallbusiness)
• 29 N.J. Students Punished After Using Pennies To Pay For Lunch – Education News Story – WCAU | Philadelphia
  Kids given detention because they paid for their lunches with pennies.
  (tags: education stupidpeople)
• Shin Guard Rash » On The Pitch
  Good recommendations for soccer players dealing with shin guard rash.
  (tags: soccer)

• Micro Persuasion: Media’s Rising Digital Acuity Puts Agencies at Risk
  Ad agencies being dis-intermediated? Steve Rubel links to a presentation at IAB by Christopher Vollmer of Booz Allen Hamilton that says that media companies are doing a lot more creative and many media types and marketers expect to be doing more business
  (tags: advertising marketing media)
• Those Moments As A Coach… » On The Pitch
  Best explanation for why one would coach that I’ve seen.
  (tags: soccer)
• Web Worker Daily » Archive Easy, Inexpensive Ways to Get More Out of Wi-Fi «
  Post mentions three ways to add to home wi-fi network experience, including a wi-fi extender and a network USB hub, but the third is most interesting. It’s the Eye-Fi, which is an SD card for cameras that allows for wireless picture transfers using the w
  (tags: wifi photo)
• Web Worker Daily » Archive WordPress Goes Social By Acquiring BuddyPress «
  Blog platform provider WordPress buys BuddyPress a service that sounds like it enables WordPress users to create customized social networks via WordPress plug-ins. Some interesting possibilities here.
  (tags: blogs blogsoftware socialmedia)
• Kevin Kelly — The Technium
  1,000 True Fans basically outlines what artists and other producers need to do to make a living in the world of the Long Tail. Great read found via Godn’s blog.
  (tags: web2.0 socialmedia art howto marketing publishing entrepreneurship businessmodel strategy web)

• In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards – New York Times
  Amaker working his “magic” at Harvard.
  (tags: basketball)
• The Gaza Bombshell: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com
  Bush and Rice strike! Or as Cone put it: Bay of Pigs meets Iran Contra.
  (tags: government middleeast)

Lack of preparation can be a real pain in the tookus. My daughter needs a physical in order to try out for her school’s soccer team and since her regular doctor is booked solid for the next millenium we had to do the walk-in thing at the PrimeCare off of Hanes Mall Blvd. Two hours of sitting with the hackers and wheezers of the city has gotten us into the exam room…yeeha! Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

• NAFTA has had its trade-offs for the U.S. – Los Angeles Times
  Article in L.A. Times on NAFTA.
  (tags: economics)
• Vie de Malchance – C’est la guerre. » More Wal-Mart Wine
  Fec reports on Wal-Mart’s answer to 2-buck Chuck. If I didn’t hate going into Wal-Mart so much I might consider trying it.
  (tags: wine)
• LibraryBytes: An image that needs no introduction…
  Helene links to a great image of “50 Reasons Not to Change”. Ranges from “It’s too ambitious” to “I’m all for it, but…”
  (tags: businessopinion)

• In Parts of U.S., Foreclosures Top Sales – New York Times
  First sentence of the article: “Mortgage foreclosure notices are going out so fast that in some states the number of new foreclosure proceedings each month is greater than the number of homes sold that month.” Lovely.
  (tags: economics)