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April 04, 2008 Hot Trends
Reminder: People Are Stupid
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:56:01 PDT
Whenever I hear about a poll telling me what a group of Americans think, I generally write it off. Now, folks, I don’t think everyone is stupid - I just think the average American is too distracted or preoccupied or apathetic to pay attention to the stuff that some of us feel is important. Today, the press is all over the CBS/NYT poll that shows 81% of Americans feel the nation is “on the wrong track.” I agree with those Americans, but probably wouldn’t share their reasoning. What didn’t ge
AP News Alert - The Associated Press
Free router distro gains wild WiFi features
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:29:51 PDT
Zeroshell 1.0.beta8 lets one physical radio support multiple logical SSIDs, each with a different encryption and authentication scheme, VLAN, and function (client/AP). http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7321889656.html
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
Vanity Fair's ex-editor shifts to aggregating news (ZDNet)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:54:07 PDT
Tina Brown is hooking up with InterActivCorp to create a competitor to the Drudge Report, or possibly the Huffington Post.(From Reuters) Move over, Matt Drudge. A fresh site for aggregating links to the hottest news stories is coming courtesy of Barry Diller and Tina Brown. Diller...
WTF moment at yahoo news
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:10:55 PDT
Police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard. After the stickup, he left in his wheelchair and was last seen motoring down a nearby street toward El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare.
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:56:01 PDT
Whenever I hear about a poll telling me what a group of Americans think, I generally write it off. Now, folks, I don’t think everyone is stupid - I just think the average American is too distracted or preoccupied or apathetic to pay attention to the stuff that some of us feel is important. Today, the press is all over the CBS/NYT poll that shows 81% of Americans feel the nation is “on the wrong track.” I agree with those Americans, but probably wouldn’t share their reasoning. What didn’t ge
AP News Alert - The Associated Press
AP News Alert The Associated Press - 19 hours ago KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — A police official says a suicide bomb attack has killed three policemen and a civilian in southern Afghanistan. |
Free router distro gains wild WiFi features
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:29:51 PDT
Zeroshell 1.0.beta8 lets one physical radio support multiple logical SSIDs, each with a different encryption and authentication scheme, VLAN, and function (client/AP). http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7321889656.html
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
Vanity Fair's ex-editor shifts to aggregating news (ZDNet)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:54:07 PDT
Tina Brown is hooking up with InterActivCorp to create a competitor to the Drudge Report, or possibly the Huffington Post.(From Reuters) Move over, Matt Drudge. A fresh site for aggregating links to the hottest news stories is coming courtesy of Barry Diller and Tina Brown. Diller...
WTF moment at yahoo news
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:10:55 PDT
Police are looking for a bank robber who favors a decidedly slow-speed getaway vehicle — an electric wheelchair. Police said a man in his 60s with gray hair and a beard. After the stickup, he left in his wheelchair and was last seen motoring down a nearby street toward El Camino Real, a major thoroughfare.
