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Transgender Remembrance Day, noted by Google
November 20th marks Transgender Remembrance Day, which takes on a special significance in a world awakening to the need for unity among all people. In observing this day, the Gayglers - the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) group within Google - extend their wholehearted support to the LGBT community at large, as we reflect on the ( Read more... ) -
The closing arguments of Decision 2008, via FactCheck.org
Some good day-before-election reading, courtesy of FactCheck.org.
In the last few days, Obama has wrapped up his pitch to the electorate with some misleading claims we've heard before: Closing Arguments: Obama
In the final week, the McCain-Palin campaign unleashed some all-new misleading attacks on Obama: Closing Arguments: McCainIn essence, Obama ( Read more... ) -
POLITICS - good Time article on Palin's allure
In his presidential debate with Jimmy Carter, Reagan talked about an America that existed "when I was young and when this country didn't even know it had a racial problem." The blinding whiteness and fervent religiosity of the party he created are an enduring testament to the power of the myth of an America that existed before we had all these ( Read more... ) -
TECH: iPod Genius feature and MusicIP Mixer
From the C|Net first look article, "Using the Genius feature, you can take a single song from your collection and create an instant playlist of 25 songs that share similar musical characteristics." AAAAAAAGGGGGG! I've been enjoying (and singing the praises of) the MusicIP Mixer for years. It does an amazing job of this very thing, and I've always ( Read more... ) -
GAMES: A "Spore" Roundup...and Team Fortress 2
My wife knows I've been salivating over Spore for...well, I guess like two or three years, because I was freaking out from the first moment I heard about it. So imagine this irony: Spore comes out this weekend, and I don't plan on picking it up. I hope to get it someday, but right now I'm enjoying Team Fortress 2
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New Metallica video/song premiered
The Day That Never Comes is the title. I heard that the album has been leaked online (and that they are suing or anything), but I haven't sought it out. I'm one of the only people I know that enjoyed St. Anger and am looking forward to hearing the album, though I'm going to see if Rhapsody has it before I pick it up ( Read more... ) -
POLITICS - McCain is a genius
Time is running an article called Sarah Palin's Breakout Night that has some good coverage of Palin's speech and indeed the whole night of the Republican convention. When I saw the VP announcement on Friday, the first thing I said was, "this is brilliant." Now history is made regardless of who wins (I guess that was technically true anyway with ( Read more... ) -
DMCA and Pandora
So Steve Gilmore said some pretty goofy stuff on TWIT 157 about Pandora, complaining that their genome thing was dumb because when he selected one artist it played a bunch of other stuff. That really got to me for some reason, so today I posted a message on the Twit Forum, wrote an e-mail to Leo Laporte, and when I couldn't find Steve Gilmore's e- ( Read more... ) -
ZFT vs. Zappanale
There's a well-written update (published 8/21) on the ZFT vs. Zappanale lawsuit at Spiegel.de called The Legal Battle for Rock Legacy. Lots of good information. "Even Stanley Jackson Zappa, a nephew of Frank Zappa's who played tenor saxophone at this year's Zappanale finds his aunt's efforts 'crazy and sick.'"
