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August 2006 Archives
1:40 AM Thu, Aug 31, 2006 | Permalink |
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Fascinating. In the Rochester, Minn., Post-Bulletin, a politician is exposed as his own biggest fan. I couldn't tell where this story was going. Jim Romenesko boils it down: A reporter noticed similarities in the way that user "127179" writes and......
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12:54 AM Wed, Aug 30, 2006 | Permalink |
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How Google brings readers here: I don't know how many readers get this blog as an RSS feed, but I do know that many people get here via search engines. Among the strange search terms that somehow have somebody clicking......
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8:42 AM Tue, Aug 29, 2006 | Permalink |
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Just as I stepped out onto my front steps, I had a premonition of chaos, of falling, Next thing I knew I was in the air, pirouetting. I landed on my side, my right leg bouncing off a step, and......
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3:26 AM Mon, Aug 28, 2006 | Permalink |
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BOB ON BOB: Dylan talks: . by Louis Menand in the New Yorker. This is not a new interview, it's a riff of a review of “The Essential Interviews” (Wenner; $23.95). ...as an interview subject, Dylan probably ranks a few......
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11:52 AM Sun, Aug 27, 2006 | Permalink |
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Originally posted 00:48 a.m.; updated with Reche Caldwell stats 11:52 a.m. Pats 41, Redskins 0: New England Patriots' Rosevelt Colvin, left, sacks Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Brunell in the second quarter of last night's game. They looked that good. Reche......
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12:12 AM Fri, Aug 25, 2006 | Permalink |
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Bob Dylan kicks off the Pawtucket Arts Festival at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket. (AP) So that's what he looked like. Rick Massimo will be doing the review for projo, and you can get the set list soon on Expecting......
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1:28 AM Thu, Aug 24, 2006 | Permalink |
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I'm very busy with work and family -- just a few quick links: News River, wider than a mile...: : Bookmark the N.Y. Times's river of news. It's a continuous feed of just headline links, as they publish. Dave Winer......
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10:07 AM Tue, Aug 22, 2006 | Permalink |
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Liz Donovan, retired now from the Miami Herald, blogs this: Via Eat the Press, notice that one of the highest ranking searches on Technorati is 'Steorn'. What? Turns out this Irish company claims to have discovered a free source of......
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3:01 AM Mon, Aug 21, 2006 | Permalink |
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Genius: Ideas. The Times bites off and chews a big chunk of theory, but the theorist takes the cake. Here's how it starts (Elusive Proof, Elusive Prover: A New Mathematical Mystery): Grisha Perelman, where are you? Three years ago, a......
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2:47 AM Sun, Aug 20, 2006 | Permalink |
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Barbara George Remembered: Singer-songwriter Barbara George -- "I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)," a song she wrote and performed at 19, topped the charts in 1961 -- died last week at 64. Dan Philips sings her praises......
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7:46 AM Sat, Aug 19, 2006 | Permalink |
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Scene: The email from my daughter read, Got this as an event bulletin from a DJ friend on mySpace HI ! We would like to just remind everyone that our big show of the summer is this Saturday !......
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11:06 AM Fri, Aug 18, 2006 | Permalink |
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SPIEGEL Interview with Jimmy Carter: Former President plain-speaking to the German Press. Excerpts: ...Under all of its predecessors there was a commitment to peace instead of preemptive war. Our country always had a policy of not going to war unless......
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9:16 AM Thu, Aug 17, 2006 | Permalink |
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Viral video: A lone guitarist plays Pachelbel's Canon in D at rock speed. He's JerryC from Taiwan, and you can hear more at his site. Radio for summer nights: OTR.Network Library (The Old Time Radio Network) "... Old Time Radio......
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6:06 PM Tue, Aug 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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Experts are blogging about roses and ponds, a gringa in Honduras blogs the lore of her alternate reality, and a Vancouver painter posts photos of the flowers that end up in her ongoing 3-ft.-by-4-ft. painting, but most gardeners in August......
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11:00 AM Tue, Aug 15, 2006 | Permalink |
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Dell Battery Recall site: The numbers of the affected notebook batteries, and what to do if you have one. Customers may also call a toll-free number -- 866-342-0011 -- Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern time. A......
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11:04 AM Mon, Aug 14, 2006 | Permalink |
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Some notable thoughts on that last watershed week as we in Rhode Island enjoy this summer holiday. Americans abroad: We beep! Via Doc Searls, Craig Burton on RFID passports: What a screw up on the heels of this week's threats.......
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3:15 PM Sat, Aug 12, 2006 | Permalink |
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WHJJ has posted audio -- three mp3 files -- of the August 10 debate between incumbent Sen. Lincoln Chafee and his challenger in the upcoming Republican primary, Cranston Mayor Stephen Laffey. (The station hosted the debate Thursday from 5 to......
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2:13 AM Sat, Aug 12, 2006 | Permalink |
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Bacon mayonnaise: For the ultimate BLT. Make your own. The recipe, in painstaking detail, is at Skillet Doux: BLT with Bacon Mayo Makes doctors angry (and 2 sandwiches) In a post about Deconstructing Garlic, blogger Dominic Armato reports the results......
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11:00 AM Fri, Aug 11, 2006 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/Glenn Osmundson Showtime: At New England Patriots training camp Tuesday, defensive backs work on their choreography (aka a passing drill): They're #31, Antwain Spann, left; #26, Eugene Wilson, center, and #30, Chad Scott. Behind Spann, obscured, is #23,......
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3:46 AM Thu, Aug 10, 2006 | Permalink |
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Time to give the right brain some treats... 100 x 100 photographs of residents in their flats in hong kong's oldest public housing estate: 100 rooms, each 100 square feet in size. The photographer, Michael Wolf, was born in Munich,......
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10:48 AM Wed, Aug 09, 2006 | Permalink |
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5:21 p.m. CBS News/N.Y. Times exit poll results (.pdf) of voters yesterday in Connecticut's Democratic primary. 10:48 a.m. Connecticut Senatorial primary night videos at YouTube: Lamont Victory Speech - Aug. 8,2006 Lieberman Concession Speech - Aug. 8, 2006 (Part2) Lieberman......
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2:26 AM Tue, Aug 08, 2006 | Permalink |
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Screenshot from Jukebox Vanishing America. Jukebox Vanishing America is a screenwriter's love letter to jukeboxes, and to a Providence bar with a great one. The 8-minute documentary -- written by Providence native Matthew Turner -- will officially screen Thursday......
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5:49 PM Sun, Aug 06, 2006 | Permalink |
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Video: Hendrix at Woodstock: At Google Video, 56 minutes, 39 seconds of footage of Woodstock '69 and the entire Monday morning performance by Jimi Hendrix. Artwork of MC Escher - a photoset on Flickr: 479 drawings, from a simple......
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4:47 AM Fri, Aug 04, 2006 | Permalink |
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The Cosmic Muffin died. I missed this last week. The former WBCN radio astrologer, aka Darrell Martinie, died in Saugus, Mass. If it weren't for the Muffin's three-minute "weather reports," would any of us know not to make major decisions......
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11:05 AM Thu, Aug 03, 2006 | Permalink |
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11:05 a.m. CSNY '06 tour mp3s: Two sides now, one more tomorrow at BigO, Singapore. 10:22 a.m. Lieberman Trails Lamont by 13 Points in Connecticut, Poll Says Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Antiwar challenger Ned Lamont has surged to a 54......
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7:44 AM Wed, Aug 02, 2006 | Permalink |
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TODAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE THE MOST EXTREME HEAT INDEX VALUES...REACHING 110 TO 115 IN SOME LOCATIONS. -- National Weather Service Forecast Discussion A few links before I melt. The AC in the bedroom worked great, and I'm heading......
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10:28 AM Tue, Aug 01, 2006 | Permalink |
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Updated 10:06 p.m. Over now -- ended at 10 p.m. Today only, at LiveNation, $10 (plus $3.40 in fees) lawn seats at Tweeter Friday night for John Fogerty and Willie Nelson.......
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