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November 2006 Archives


Defending news mags; GQ interviews Al Gore; Iran president blogs to Americans; Football tonight; Animals levitate; Lego-making

11:08 AM Thu, Nov 30, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Time, Dec. 24, 1956, featuring painter Edward Hopper Save the waiting-room schools: I don't much want to wade into the crossfire of the alpha-male news-biz heavies over Jeff Jarvis's post, Whither magazines?, but I'd like to add a small......

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Avant-garde YouTube; Lou Reed writes; Afghani disembowelled for teaching women; Mozart radio; Ugly animals

10:35 AM Wed, Nov 29, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Elevate yourself: UbuWeb becomes The YouTube of the Avant-Garde: UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats à la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser......

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Links: 301 ways to save money; Photo, open source gift guides; Top 'censored' stories; Kids' digital library...

6:00 AM Tue, Nov 28, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Busy at work, busy at home, terse at blog... 301 Saving Money Posts -- Hundreds of Ideas on How to Save Money from Free Money Finance. The Photojojo Holiday Gift Guide - What to Buy and Why in 2006 Also,......

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Tryptophan weekend: Eat, sleep, surf, eat; More Christmas mp3s; Reinstate Saddam?

12:36 PM Sun, Nov 26, 2006 | | Write a comment
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We are all fat and lolling over here, wallowing in a weekend of sloth and sleep, turkey and pecan pie. Music alternates with the drone of TV football. We suspect we're not alone. More 'Santa's Boots' mp3s: As I promised......

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Worst gift ever: The Transparent Refrigerator

2:13 PM Sat, Nov 25, 2006 | | Comments (1)
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Worst idea ever: Invisible Japanese Refrigerator, from Japan's National Electronics. Name it accurately, and people will run away screaming. Invisible? This is a TRANSPARENT Refrigerator. At our house, this fridge would be decadent art after two days, a DaDa poem,......

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'Santa's Boots' and more for your alt--holiday mix CD

12:33 PM Fri, Nov 24, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Too much Bing? Today is a great day to make a mix CD of new holiday tunes and alt-versions of the Christmas music of your childhood. It's a gift your friends and selected relatives will appreciate, it's Buy Nothing Day,......

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Happy Thanksgiving from Arlo Guthrie: Video of 'Alice's Restaurant' live, 2005 (18:33)

12:26 AM Thu, Nov 23, 2006 | | Write a comment
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YouTube - Arlo Guthrie/Alice's Restaurant (18:33) Provided by jguth3 Arlo performing Alice's Restaurant at the Guthrie Center. July 2, 2005. Happy Thanksgiving!!! In 1991 Arlo bought the church in Great Barrington, Mass., that had been Alice Brock's restaurant, and......

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Dinner-table conversation: JFK, cat talk, polygamous wife, lefty joy, P2P, Donut Robot of Love

10:01 AM Wed, Nov 22, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Nov. 22, 1963: Lyndon Baines Johnson takes the presidential oath of office on November 22 as Air Force One carries his wife, Lady Bird, Jacqueline Kennedy -- still in her blood-spattered pink suit -- and several White House aides......

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Thankspanicking

7:56 AM Tue, Nov 21, 2006 | | Comments (1)
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Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 29, 1947 Burnt Turkey by Constantin Alajalov Thanks angst? Ever been at a Thanksgiving dinner where the tension of getting the perfect meal on the table resulted in hurt feelings and a meal eaten in......

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Seymour Hersh on Iran; Gore film online; 'Fix' your PC; BBC links here, an expat reacts

10:50 AM Mon, Nov 20, 2006 | | Write a comment
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AP Caption contest: What is Bush saying to Putin? Wearing the traditional "ao dai," Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, foreground right, talks with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet while U.S. President George W. Bush, background left, talks with Russian President......

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Thanksgiving recipes plus tips for beginners

2:19 AM Fri, Nov 17, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Thanksgiving for dummies: You can do it. From the Greeley, Colo. Tribune. The basics: Cook, meet turkey. Even more basic, from my own experience: -- To streamline all this, buy a bagged stuffing, and milk, a pound of butter and......

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Trade deficit and the $; Siberian bears still awake; When Dylan played Plymouth; Congress to tackle phone spam?

9:17 AM Thu, Nov 16, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Opinion: The pain of a weak US dollar: Tough talk in Asia Times from Axel Merk, "the portfolio manager of the Merk Hard Currency Fund, a no-load mutual fund that invests in a basket of hard currencies from countries......

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Watching Al Jazeera English TV, streaming live on the Web

12:09 PM Wed, Nov 15, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

I got some screenshots by turning off video optimization, but they're of lower quality than the optimized view. Al Jazeera English TV launched today, based in Doha, Qatar, and I'm watching it, streaming very smoothly, after clicking "TV NEWS NOW,"......

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Links: Exiled Chinese poet; Lincoln Chafee: NYT op-ed; Toledo Blade: Coingate verdict; 'Paint' like Jackson Pollock

6:00 AM Tue, Nov 14, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Looking for the Web 3.0 post? Here's the link. Journal photos / Bob Thayer Chinese exile Huang Xiang, a poet often compared to Whitman, reciting a poem last night at Brown University. His appearance was part of a weeklong series......

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Updated: Web 3.0? 'Macaca' speaks; Transparent butterfly

2:19 PM Mon, Nov 13, 2006 | | Write a comment
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I've updated this with some feedback from other bloggers furthering the idea. Scroll down to "Update" if you read this yesterday, "Updated again" if you read it today. Astronaut Bowman as he appears in the "eye" of the renegade computer......

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Video: Lou Reed at Web 2.0 for AOL; Free mp3s: Patti Smith closing CGBG's, Dylan '75; Black Friday ads

7:13 AM Sat, Nov 11, 2006 | | Comments (2)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Lou Reed at Web 2.0 Summit, by Inky at Flickr. Lou Reed plays Web 2.0 for AOL: At the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this week booked Lou Reed. This post (Lou Reed 2.0) at Justinsomnia says he......

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New garden blogs

7:08 PM Fri, Nov 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
By Sheila Lennon    Email

I've also published these to the ever-longer, ancient and venerable Garden Blogs list. ragged radishes- an Otley allotment is "the gardening blog of a novice allotment owner... I’m plot no. 27 on the Burras site in Otley, West Yorkshire," blogs......

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Aftermath: Leaders, losers, numbers

8:44 AM Fri, Nov 10, 2006 | | Write a comment
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AP Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, left, meets with Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid of Nevada on Capitol Hill in Washington yesterday. Profiles: Pride of Baltimore: Nancy Pelosi Learned Her Politics At the Elbow of Her Father......

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Shakeup, shakeout, fallout

11:36 AM Thu, Nov 09, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Around the world: AP Pakistani Christians rally for the U.S. Democrats in Islamabad, Pakistan, today, and cheer the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Thank you, America. The Guardian (U.K.): For six years, latterly with the backing of both houses......

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Changes, insecurity, defense and Cheney's clout; John Hall victory song video

7:34 PM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Updated 7:35 p.m. Found it! Songwriter John Hall, U.S. Rep.-elect in N.Y.'s 19th district, sings a song as part of his victory speech, and the Times Herald-Record has video. Video: John Hall victory speech (and song). The song is Steve......

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The morning after on the Web

11:24 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Surfing around after four hours sleep... Conservative law blogger Ann Althouse on the CNN blog party: What happened last night? Waking up this morning in my quiet hotel room, I realize how insanely hard it was to try to watch......

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The opposition party may have won the House and Senate

5:32 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Updated 3:05 p.m. With the Pa., Ohio, Rhode Island and Missouri Senate seats now in Democratic hands, Democratic organic farmer Jon Tester leadingdeclared the winner in Montana and Jim Webb leading at this hour in Virginia, let the dialogue begin.......

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Emancipating Lincoln

4:56 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach Lincoln Chafee looked happy and likable again at his concession speech. With a 62% approval rating, he lost. Rhode Islanders like him a lot, but most want checks and balances more, so hardworking Democrat......

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Still the One: N.Y. songwriter to rock the House

4:50 AM Wed, Nov 08, 2006 | | Write a comment
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John Hall, a songwriter who rose to pop-rock stardom in the '70s as lead singer of the band Orleans, has beat won the House seat in the 19th district of N.Y., The Democrat will replace longterm GOP Rep. Sue Kelly......

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S. Dakota: Abortion ban headed toward defeat

11:31 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
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The Argus Leader Media of Sioux Falls, S.D., reports, Opponents of South Dakota’s abortion ban are maintaining their lead over those who favor the law. With 303 of 818 precincts reporting results, 55 percent of voters cast “no” votes, according......

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Democrats pick up Pa., Ohio, Rhode Island so far

10:38 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
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WaPo homepage shows key races. Philly Inquirer: Sen. Santorum concedes defeat in Pa. Webb and Allen are virtually tied in Va., No results yet from Montana.......

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Key race: Dem Whitehouse beating Lincoln Chafee for Senate in R.I.

10:36 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
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The Projo Election Day blog is covering this in depth, but for those of you coming here from elsewhere, the "closely contested" Rhode Island Senate race is not a squeaker. Former state Atty. Gen. Sheldon Whitehouse has unseated Republican Lincoln......

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Contested races: actual returns nationwide; Early Senate exit polls, nationwide

9:22 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
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9:22 p.m. Contested races: actual returns nationwide: Talking Points Memo Election Central Scoreboard is updating every four minutes in a lightweight grid. (it's a lefty site, so avert your eyes from the ads on the right if this offends you;......

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Update: Blog links for election-day news junkies (CNN blog party starts; Exit polls; Dan Rather on Comedy Central tonight)

7:27 PM Tue, Nov 07, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Updated 7:27 p.m. The CNN blog party mentioned below has started, at a different url. (Dialup warning: The main page is very heavy because the first post contains the graphic logos of each participating blog. There's a blogroll list as......

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HBO voting machine documentary online; Eat crow in Indy; Stop the robocalls! Flaming with tags

11:10 AM Mon, Nov 06, 2006 | | Write a comment
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HBO SPECIAL: Hacking Democracy is online at Google Video, all "1 hr 21 min 57 sec" of it. Go eat crow at the Indy Star's Colts page, or not. Adam Vinatieri showed up and spared us six points. The ghost......

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Football today; Exit polls; Diebold out of its depth? 'Borat' star's TV marathon

9:35 AM Sun, Nov 05, 2006 | | Write a comment
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AP New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, left, and Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning shake hands after their AFC divisional playoff game at Gillette Stadium, in this Jan. 16, 2005 file photo, in Foxborough, Mass. The Patriots won, 20-3.......

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Do your political robocallers leave their numbers? Friday mp3s; Tale of the sale of a 'list of links

6:00 AM Fri, Nov 03, 2006 | | Comments (1)
By Sheila Lennon    Email

Are Political Phone Calls Driving You Crazy? Of course they are. (I got recorded intrusions from two out-of-state governors yesterday. I'd never heard of one of them.) But that question is actually the headline of a story by San Francisco......

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Flickr Halloween; Minn. paper restores some stock listings; GM crops obsolete? Best Web 2.0 sites; Machines voting

6:00 AM Wed, Nov 01, 2006 | | Write a comment
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Halloween at Flickr. The zeitgeist in pictures last night. The collage of fine jack-o-lanterns above is a nice way to get into it. A more sober collection: E&P's 7th Annual Photos of the Year Contest Reversing a trend: Now......

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