Myrtle’s Melon
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009A truly inspiring act of quality Journalism committed here:
Archive for the ‘News’ Category
A truly inspiring act of quality Journalism committed here:
How could Google News be down?
Thursday, May 14th, 2009Update: Of course, it is back up. Only down for a few moments.
Google News Pull Quote Spotted
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009I spotted the above pull quote while doing a search with Google News recently. I use google news on a daily basis and have never seen this before. You must click "show all 'xNumberoOf' news articles" link at the bottom of a story to possibly bring one of these up.
Swine Flu History and Origin via Google News Timeline
Monday, April 27th, 2009Before the swine flu media frenzy nears a crescendo maybe we should glace back toward the origin and history of the term "swine flu". This whole "epidemic" -- quickly morphing into a phenomenon across all media -- gives excuse to fire up the slick new Google News Timeline and explore ...
Using my blog as a bookmark
Thursday, March 26th, 2009Here are three things I'm currently looking forward to checking out in more depth; that is, spend some more time on: David Lynch Foundation Television -- The psychologically macabre director has launched a video intensive site promoting his love of transcendental meditation. Good Magazine blurb here. Stereofame -- Chance to win prizes ...
Another list of ‘Best of 2008′ lists
Wednesday, December 31st, 2008Review: The best (and worst) films of 2008 [CNN] Our Favorite Blogs [PCmag.com] The 50 Best Albums of 2008 [Pitchfork] The most-read stories of 2008 [BBC News] Remembering Who We Lost in 2008 [ABC News] WFMU's Top Ten of 2008 Lists [WFMU] Top 10 Most Brilliant Gadgets of the Year [Pop Mechanics] The Best Viral Political Videos ...
ABCnews’ ‘Around the Web in 2008′ — new sites for 2008
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008ABCnews.com compiled a list of Web sites new in 2008. To save you the trouble of clicking through six pages littered with ads, I will now list them with a brief description: Webgiftr -- "is a social website that makes gift giving easy and fun" Hitchsters -- "helps you share taxis ...
Google Reader and Tasers
Monday, July 21st, 2008Here's a little something I'm playing around with. I am quite tired of reading about Tasers in my Google Reader and thought I'd try to bother someone else with this. Instances of Tasers died down recently it seems, but they still pop up in the news with enough frequency ...