Say what you will about the president, but he totally “gets” the internet generation. Take a look at this site: Get the facts about the stability and security you get from health insurance reform | Health Insurance Reform Reality Check
Well designed, connected (you can share info on Facebook and via email) but each testimonial is low-fi youtube clips. Just gorgeous. A real coup for getting the facts amid the shouting crowds and protests.
What I did yesterday. Didn’t fight but it was fun energy.
YouTube - Wall Street Pillow Fight 2009 Including Arrest
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Video by Jay Rohrs. You should follow him on Twitter also.
This website Baudrillards Blender seems pretty intense though I lack the time to delve into it too deeply. Basically a blender for election coverage specify your criteria and hit your blend mode, you’re rewarded with a news clip from 2008 election coverage.
(via Baudrillard’s Bastard)
Finally got a chance to see Demetri Martin’s Comedy Central show and have to say I enjoyed. Check out this video from the show:
When I heard about the show I had doubts as to whether Martin might be able to stretch his material and quirky style of comedy to a full episode but so far so good.
Helen Suzman died on Jan. 1st. Didn’t know much about her so decided to read up on wikipedia
“Suzman was awarded 27 honorary doctorates from universities around the world, was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize[5] and received countless other awards from religious and human rights organizations around the world. Queen Elizabeth II made her an honorary Dame Commander Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire in 1989…”
27 honarary doctorates! and essentially knighted. Some times I aspire to high goals but somehow I think no matter how hard I try I’ll never reach her status.
The real bugger is that all of her awards and nominations were completely deserved as well since she was the longest standing anti-apartheid member of the South African parliament even when it was insanely unpopular.
BLDGBLOG seems dubious of a WSJ article predicting the dissolution of the U.S. into six fractionalized nations, under foreign influence.
Does this suggest the end of the perfect California burrito?
The NY Times discusses some of the more popular buzz-words from 2008.
I’m sort of surprised by how many words on the list I recognize since they all seem to have a slant towards various subcultures. Unfortunately the article also has pointed me towards yet another podcast to subscribe to.. sigh.. information overload.
(via kottke)
Wow. Just found out about Book22
“It is our company’s policy that the products we sell be purchased for married couples only. As explained in the book of Genesis, God created woman from man’s flesh and bone to be his companion. In so doing, he illustrated that in marriage man and woman symbolically become one flesh.”
Interestingly no listing for toys, however, there is a section labeled massage.
(via digg)
A recent skirmish with net neutrality led me to actually use a Yahoo proxy to access Google. Apparently “I’m feeling lucky” doesn’t translate very well into Chinese and then back to English.
This article by the New York Times was on Digg’s front page and by now must be common knowledge. The sacrifice of privacy our new president-elect must make will undoubtably be difficult especially since, as this article points out, Obama is as addicted to his smart phone as the rest of modern, western civilization.
What was more astounding to me, however, was this sentence from the article:
“Mr. Obama, however, seems intent on pulling the office at least partly into the 21st century on that score; aides said he hopes to have a laptop computer on his desk in the Oval Office, making him the first American president to do so.”
Really? Really? First president to have a laptop on his desk? I can’t say I would be shocked to discover that Bush was a technophobe — I understand the luddite philosophy even if I disagree with it. But if Obama were to for some reason not use a computer I would fear for our country. So a step in the right direction but shockingly one 16 years over-due (if not more).
Favorited a video: Dylan Moran awkward dinner joke
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I wish I could just do one post on my blog that gives credit to all those spambots and never have to receive an email about a pingback again
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