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September 2006 Archives


Virtual finger painting; Patti Smith to close CBGBs; New Guinea festival photos; Daily puppy

6:20 AM Sat, Sep 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Click for the video. (Attribution expanded):Virtual finger painting by Ksanlab (where I can't find it) via Techblog who cites Fresh Creation: : “Touch Me Tender” is an early prototype interface that eventually aims to replace photo editing programs such......

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Firefox Portable; Post-Cluetrain thinking; Nice Italian Nike ads; Shameful terror bill; Bugs

12:48 AM Fri, Sep 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Firefox Portable: Take your browser, bookmarks, extensions and saved passwords with you on a thumb drive. Like having no hands: Doc Searls, whose Cluetrain quote, "Markets are conversations" approaches mantra status, wants to focus on what happens post-marketing, when we......

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The acidental surrealist: Mary Reynolds, American in Paris

7:07 AM Thu, Sep 28, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

The accidental surrealist: A link from Mark Woods of wood s lot (one of our deeper bloggers) unearths yet another American who took a flyer on freedom when most early 20th-century women were privately struggling with corseted convention. Warm Ashes:......

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Richard Clarke's new site; Space Elevator test; Email addiction; RSS feeds by email

10:16 AM Wed, Sep 27, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Quick links today: Richard A. Clarke, senior advisor to three presidents, has launched a substantial Website called Good Harbor Report, with a raft of editors and contributors, bloglike entries and forums. Space Elevator test: LiftPort has finished a 60-day test......

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Too tired for words

10:34 AM Tue, Sep 26, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

/\ . . . \/ Not so delicate.......

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Video: Bill Clinton and Fox's Wallace; 35 artists morph in 7 minutes; Facing Medicare drugs 'moat'; How Digg works

4:45 AM Mon, Sep 25, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

YouTube has the videos of Chris Wallace's Fox News Sunday interview with former President Bill Clinton: Chris Wallace Interviews Bill Clinton Pt 1 (09:20) Chris Wallace Interviews Bill Clinton Pt 2 (06:51) Chris Wallace Interviews Bill Clinton Pt 3 (05:47)......

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Blogger: What space smells like; Which apple for what? Banksy

2:57 AM Sun, Sep 24, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Space tourist Anousheh Ansari blogs from space on the X-Prize Blog. She was spacesick, but recovered in time for the docking with the International Space Station: ...finally the moment arrived and they were ready to open the hatch. Mike and......

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It's OneWebDay; Energy-saving tips from Consumer Reports; Bronco Cobb: Patriots all about fear; Immersion blender makes soup easy

11:45 AM Fri, Sep 22, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

OneWebDay: Doc Searls: The Web in the life of a Day Today is OneWebDay — Susan Crawford,'s great idea to create, maintain, advance, and promote a global day to celebrate online life. Autumn begins at 12:04 a.m. Saturday: 20 free......

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For our daughters: 100 women; Recipes for an abundant tomato harvest

8:26 AM Thu, Sep 21, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

For our daughters: 100 women. SomeWomen by Madame Levy at La Vache Qui Lit is photos and links, in filmstrips. Just the photos, larger thumbnails at Persephassa, a small press and more. Striking, women with bold lives. Update: Roxanne......

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Blogging the Thailand coup; Dali's Disney film; Top 10 college pranks; New office slang; Utne, out now

10:00 AM Wed, Sep 20, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Photo from 2Bangkok.com: Latest coup news / More photos / Discussion Blogging the Thailand coup: Preetang Rai at Global Voices (which won the 2006 Knight-Batten Award for innovations in journalism) posts a coup update. The top of it: It......

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Genius grant to jazz's Regina Carter; Free video-editing software; Elephants, and camels; Matt Taibbi scolds us

3:46 AM Tue, Sep 19, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

A MacArthur Foundation grant -- a half-million dollars and no expectations -- goes to jazz violinist Regina Carter: 'I'll Be Seeing You', subject of the June story at NPR at that link. MacArthur Foundation Names Recipients of 'Genius' Awards at......

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Pats angst; White jigsaw; 23 lots, no homes; Farewells: Richards, Fallaci; Firefox tip

9:53 AM Mon, Sep 18, 2006 | | Comments (2)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

I've updated this with reaction from New York papers overnight. AP New England Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi smiles as he leaves the field after the Patriots beat the New York Jets, 24-17. Pats fan, heart still pounding: We should have/could......

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Dalai Lama: War is outdated; The bad spinach; Every (?) Web 2.0 Company On One Page; Patriots-Jets, 4:15 Sunday

6:57 PM Sat, Sep 16, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Dalai Lama Tells Youths: War Is Outdated: DENVER - The Dalai Lama urged thousands of teenagers at a world peace conference Saturday to embrace globalization and accept people from all countries as neighbors and collaborators, not rivals. "There are......

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Mp3s: NYC radio the night John Lennon died, Nirvana 1992; How to cancel your cell phone contract; Ears on their knees

8:42 AM Fri, Sep 15, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Mp3s: New to me, from WFMU's Beware of the Blog, "Here's a dial scan of New York City's FM band from 25 years ago (MP3). It was recorded shortly after the news of John Lennon's murder broke. The recording was......

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Political phone spam; 'Art is a cat'; Ex-rock star wins N.Y. primary; All-women talk radio

7:52 AM Thu, Sep 14, 2006 | | Comments (2)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Journal photo / Andrew Dickerman Richard Olmsted and Julianne Abramson, volunteers for Senator Lincoln D. Chafee, make telephone calls to voters before the primary. Take me off your list: Now they've done it. The Washington Post's Jim VandeHei and......

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How the Web reacts to Chafee win

4:20 AM Wed, Sep 13, 2006 | | Comments (3)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

3:46 a.m. Providence Journal photo by Gretchen Ertl Steve Laffey watches the returns come in with his daughter Sarah, 9, and wife Kelly at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick. He lost the Republican primary for U.S. Senate to incumbent Lincoln......

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Primary night live from The Providence Journal newsroom: Chafee wins, Laffey concedes

11:21 PM Tue, Sep 12, 2006 | | Write a comment
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projo.com photo / Sheila Lennon Providence Journal political columnist M. Charles Bakst, reporters Steve Peoples and Scott MacKay in the newsroom just before the polls closed. (If you just got here, you might want to scroll to the bottom......

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'I’m tired of September 11th'; R.I. primary vote; Pizza-delivery tales

10:06 PM Mon, Sep 11, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

I’m tired of September 11th. Primary advice: This is a blogitorial: An election is to gauge the support of the voters. Don't vote for somebody you don't want to see in office. More complicated caroms have a high chance of......

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Buffalo Bills: 'A False Start'; Roasted Vegetable Tian; Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard; Houseblogs; Best overlooked movies; Nixing Amazon video

10:03 AM Mon, Sep 11, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Heart attack A.C.: The Pats of old are back, the ones we bit our nails for every game. The Bills beat themselves -- literally, with QB J.P. Losman brought down in his own end zone by Ty Warren to give......

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Game times and recipes for TV tailgaters; Voter phone fatigue; Resize photos online

11:00 AM Sun, Sep 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Tailgating recipes: If you're really tailgating, you should have left for Gillette Stadium by now. Here are a few more recipes for those tailgating in front of the TV: Put me in, cook is cooking with beer. Super Bowl Recipes......

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Dylan Thomas live; Early rock guitars, videos; SI mag: Pat Tillman; Bills fans cover Pats; 'Remember the Name'

9:07 AM Sat, Sep 09, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Strawberry Alarm Clock's guitars on eBay. Music Thing has the story of the Amazing 60s Mosrite/Von Dutch guitars. The bidding, which ends Sept. 14, is up to $15,100 now. (Via Boing Boing) Dylan Thomas Live(s)!: Back when the Internet......

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Steelers shine, Bettis is bored, SI sees Pats 23, Buffalo 10 Sunday

8:52 AM Fri, Sep 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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AP Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch (16) celebrates with tight end Heath Miller (83) after the two connected on a 87-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against the Miami Dolphins in the opening game of the NFL football......

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Football season starts tonight at 8:30; Online alarm clock; The basics of Japanese cooking

7:49 AM Thu, Sep 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

NFL season starts tonight: Miami at Pittsburgh (8:30 p.m. ET, NBC) -- Daunte Culpepper v. Ben Roethlisberger Charlie Batch. Full TV schedule. - Monday Night Football on ESPN. Added: Sunday Night Football schedule. (text - flash) Hometown takes: Miami Herald:......

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Google offers newspaper archive search; Dylan outtakes from 'Freewheelin' sessions; GMail keyboard shortcuts

8:58 AM Wed, Sep 06, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Google "liberates" newspaper archives: From Search Engine Watch (Google Debuts 200 Year News Archive Search): ...Google has partnered with news organizations including Time, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Guardian and the Washington Post, and aggregators including......

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7 more gardeners join the Garden Blogs megalist

6:22 PM Tue, Sep 05, 2006 | | Write a comment
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A fig-loving squirrel is trashing fruit in Loretta Allison-Wieland's Los Angeles garden. Her garden blog: A Tramp in the (Organic) Garden. I've added a bunch of gardeners -- many admiring their harvests -- to the long-running Garden Blogs list.......

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Working for a living: The Stagnation Tax; Summer's end, basil, labor and sand

11:13 AM Mon, Sep 04, 2006 | | Write a comment
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11:13 a.m. Working for a living: In The Stagnation Tax at TPMCafe, Stirling Newberry -- Net consultant, liberal and principal in an equity fund -- tours, at some length, the last 100 years of both parties' economic policies, history and......

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We want Deion! Games for a rainy day; Cell phone reviews

10:02 AM Sat, Sep 02, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Deion Branch catches a pass from Tom Brady (#12) in a happier September. Branch offers refused Patriots then are hit with two grievances: Ron Borges of the Boston Globe has the escalation of the......

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When women who can count don't count: Office 2.0 conference speakers 98 percent male

9:33 AM Sat, Sep 02, 2006 | | Comments (4)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Testosteroni: The Office 2.0 Conference (all your programs on the Web, like GMail) promises a wide ranging group of visionaries and industry leaders -- 53 men and one woman. Reactions: Holy sausage party and Okay...rather than just complain... -- Tara......

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Ann Coulter on Chafee: 'They Shot the Wrong Lincoln'

9:15 AM Fri, Sep 01, 2006 | | Comments (5)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Shoot-from-the-hip right-wing columnist Ann Coulter tossed off a screed yesterday that castigates R.I. Sen. Lincoln Chafee for being the scion of a wealthy Republican family. (President Bush escapes her wrath for the same crime of being his father's son, however.......

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