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May 10, 2009 - May 16, 2009 Archives

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Lots o' links: Storm drain art, Bilderberg, illusions, Google fail, home solar, Hubble

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Storm Drain Art from Brazil at design site Toxel.com It's Bilderberger time again: As The Times (U.K)., put it (Shadowy Bilderberg group meet in Greece -- and here's their address), Don't tell anyone, don't breathe a word, but the......

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 Tags  alternative energy   art   Bilderberg   Google   Hubble  

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Neither reported plan to pay for NYT news appeals: A modest proposal for a third way

10:36 AM Fri, May 15, 2009 | | Write a comment
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The New York Observer reports (New York Times Considers Two Plans to Charge for Content on the Web), By the end of June, The New York Times will come to a decision on how to charge for some of......

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 Tags  news business  

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Weekend: Plant sale, Dylan birthday tribute, Farrah's cancer documentary

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Notable, and happening this weekend: Garden fodder: Southside Community Land Trust holds its 17th Rare & Unusual Plant Sale Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at City Farm, at the corner of Dudley & West Clifford Streets......

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 Tags  Dylan  

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Ex-Projo staffers' Stimulus Times folds

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Scott Kingsley, formerly the assistant manager editor for visuals at The Providence Journal until the layoff of 18 newsroom staffers in February, has folded the print and online Stimulus Times he and a handful of other former staffers launched......

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 Tags  David DelPoio   Scott Kingsley   Stimulus Times  

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Pay news: Denver Post to charge, charity auction for HuffPost internship at $13k

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Locking up the news: Steve Outing notes that he's quoted in this Wednesday Denver Post story headlined Plan will charge for news online: The Post's owner wants to "bundle" services and reach younger readers., "but it's a tiny clip and......

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NASA reschedules East-coast rocket launch for next Tuesday

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AP A Minotaur rocket on the launch pad at Wallops Island, Va. Launch of a similar rocket was postponed last week when it rained every night in its 5-day launch window. The launch of the Minotaur rocket from Wallops......

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 Tags  Minotaur   rocket launch  

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Dylan music video could be a PSA for domestic violence

11:18 PM Tue, May 12, 2009 | | Comments (7)
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Oh great. Serious domestic violence, man vs. woman in what might be a fight to the death, ending in a passionate kiss, Scorpio falling, Plutonic sex and death, emotional release. Dylan's song, the first track on his new album Together......

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 Tags  Beyond Here Lies Nothin'   Dylan  

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Video: Yoko Ono's press conference ahead of today's NYC John Lennon exhibit

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I'm off for a few days to plant and to set up a new computer, with the old one gasping alongside. A home network makes this easier than it used to be. But I'm in keyboard confusion, two of everything......

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 Tags  John Lennon   Yoko Ono  

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A twisted First Dictionary, emphemera, invention cartoons

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Monday morning. Your body may be at work, but your mind can stay in art. Magazine Cover Ephemera, one of several ephemeral sets at Flickr by Suzee Que.   My First Dictionary is not for tots. It's more for fans......

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Video: Obama tackles comedy at Saturday's White House Correspondents Dinner

3:50 PM Sun, May 10, 2009 | | Comments (3)
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{Part 1} President Jokes @ White House Correspondents Dinner     {Part 2} President Jokes @ White House Correspondents Dinner......

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 Tags  comedy   Obama  

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