LINKS FROM February 2005
Is this the next Burger King viral campaign?
The contents of the ever famous Oscar gift bag
Lawyer tries to name Boston arena for Jeter
The person who bought naming rights to the FleetCenter for a day wants to call it the Derek Jeter Center
Bloggers and critics put the New York Times executive editor through it. He gives it back.
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Whither The Wall Street Journal?
What will the effects of the Wall Street Journal's subscriber only online model be?
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Think tank: Cultural diversity breeds creativity
Our cities can profit from the creativity that cultural diversity brings
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Forget wikis, blogs and other online learning tools -- one professor says the future of higher education is mobile.
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Awesome list of AP feeds by word and category
Tylenol goes underground to woo the 18-29 set.
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South Korean Students Burned for SMS Cheating
Info about the South Korean SMS cheating scandal
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Romance Beckons (in Case You Missed It)
The story of a successful Craig's List missed connection
The Way We Live Now: Unintelligent Design
Asking questions about intelligent design theories
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Airbag Industries interviews Jason Kottke on his newfound freedom
The Ten Bestselling Books Of All-Time
Not surisingly the Bible tops the list
Turns out that her secret question was the name of her favorite pet . . . idiot
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After Thompson's suicide, attorney saw clues
Interesting article about the clues that Hunter S. Thompson gave his confidants before killing himself
A Room With A View: TVs Still Beat PCs In Kids Bedrooms
Looking at the cultural effects of having TVs and internet in children's bedrooms
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The Devaluation of Information
From Terry Heaton's TV News in a Postmodern World. Discusses the effects the internet has on the value of information.
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Hey, this isn't really Mischa, but you probably figured that out already. We hope you're not disappointed, but you didn't really think that you were actually gonna get Mischa Barton's phone number in AdAge, did you? This was all just a way to get you on t
These are true works of art
Mobile backup failure puts friendships in peril
A third of mobile users don't keep a separate record of important numbers
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The Web Not the Death of Language
Turns out that college students who communicate online are not butchering the language as many are led to believe.
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Doing kottke.org as a full-time job
Jason Kottke has decided to quit his job and blog full time. He's asking for contributions to help him achieve his goals.
San Francisco Chronicle article on the end of Justin Hall's blog and blogging in general
A good CSS trick that allows you to sign specific attributes to specific items
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Paris Hilton's Sidekick Was Hacked
Not sure it's true, but this site has her pictures, addresses and notes . . . pretty funny
N.J. to hit Blockbuster with fraud lawsuit?
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey sued Blockbuster Inc. Friday, claiming the video rental chain is deceiving customers with its new 'No More Late Fees' rental policy.
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Daily Show: Bloggers and the Media
Clip from the Daily Show all about blogging
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George Clooney vs. Russell Crowe . . . both are talking serious smack
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Well thought out description of just what social software is
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A fantastic article from the Wall Street Journal that clearly describes the current state of blogging vs. mainstream media
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A parent's primer to computer slang
Lots of great tips on understand what your children mean when they write "1337"
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Nerve.com interview with Malcolm Gladwell about Blink
A response to the MIT Technology Review article on him and his belief that we can reverse the aging process
MIT Technology Review article on Aubrey de Grey
Half of Gmail Switchers from Hotmail
Between 52 and 56 percent of people coming to GMail switched from Hotmail
Retro-rock that kind of sounds like all the rest.
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Odd music industry silence regarding Allofmp3.com
Interesting article on how Allofmp3.com can legally exist thanks to Russian law
"My point and I do have one: posts accumulate. And when, brought together, they begin to network. Created discretely, they begin to interact with one another. Larger themes, and posts, begin to emerge. Before we know it, we’ve got a book on our hands. O
Compares the mentions of love vs. hate for brands as listed on Google
Cultural divide in IM: presence vs. communication
There's a divide between different kinds of IM users, one is constantly online and the other shows up to talk
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Open Windows Into Your Students' Souls
Build Student Response by Replacing Paper-And-Pen Journals with Online Forums and 'Secret Identities'
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Just go to http://del.icio.us/api/posts/all
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iPod/MP3 Player Adoption At Tipping Point
More data from the Pew study on MP3 player adoption
Fatboy Slim - The Joker [Video]
The video is adorable . . . how else can you describe dressed-up kittens?
Five things you don’t want to hear from someone emerging from a bathroom after 35 minutes
Another great list from 5ives
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Ostrich Ink interviews Whatevs' Uncle Grambo
A great breakdown of the real costs associated with putting up The Gates in Central Park
Details: The Kevin Federline Interview
Some excerpts from KFed's Details interview
11 percent of the US population owns an MP3 player
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Some great free MP3 downloads
Weblog Authoring Tools Market Share
A great summary of what's going on in the world of blog authoring tools
Five fast email productivity tips
Some good tips from 43 Folders
Guardian profile of Snoop Dogg
Reviews of music by nrb210 for 2005
An attempt to keep track of the music I listen to during 2005 using Hublog and del.icio.us
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Friendster starting to give me useful information about - my friends
Friendster added some features that makes the service a little more useful
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It's a wearable flower that changes color depending on wifi signal strength
Who knew that Jesus' goals-against average was so good?
Are humans hard-wired to be religious?
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What are the coolest uses for RSS?
An Ask MetaFilter question with some interesting answers
The Education of Elisabeth Eckleman: An Escape With Geoff
In this installment, Elisabeth makes time for friends, but not for studying, and gets the grades to prove it.
The Many moods of Mischa Barton
Mischa Barton's range is simply unparalelled
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Non-Blogger Fired For Blogging!
Are blogs getting just as bad as the mainstream media they attack?
Sorted lists of reviews, using rvw! and del.icio.us
Great way to keep track of album reviews using del.icio.us
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More electronic than I expected
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Timing Isn't Right for G5 PowerBook
An argument against all the G5 speculation
A high quality arial picture of the Central Park gates
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Between Truth and Lies, An Unprintable Ubiquity
What's really going on with bullshit?
Spinning Frenzy: P.R.'s Bad Press
The New York Times covers all the bad P.R. that P.R. has recieved as of late. Also includes some good history.
MP3 Blogs are a great opportunity for lesser known artists to reach a mainstream audience without giving away a lot of music
From Personalization to Socialization
"Replace the word information with relationship, and you get how people want to use the net, with other people."
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SMS Text Messaging and Youth Culture
Thoughts on the importance of text messaging in youth culture
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A User's Guide To Middle School Romance
If you're in eighth grade and planning to fall in love, READ THIS FIRST!
An interview with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog
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Colleges' Land Lines Nearing Silent End
"It used to be you'd call someone because you had a reason to call," said Ian Johnson, 28, a graduate student at American. "Now you call because you're bored waiting for the bus to come. . . . It's almost a noise pollution."
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Britney's Latest Letter To Fans
Is Britney Spears using product placement in her new letters?
10 Million iPods, Previewing the CD's End
What is the fate of the CD?
Aggregation Advertising Aggravation
Considering some of the hurdles to contextual advertising with RSS
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Eagles fans have a right to want to get rid of Freddie Mitchell
Best Web 2.0 Companies of 2004
Three Web 2.0 companies that came out of 2004 on top
Because we don't want to think about things we don't care about . . . makes perfect sense to me
You There, at the Computer: Pay Attention
New York Times examines the attention issues associated with using computer and the internet
Reuters covers RSS and specifically the recent wave of branding newsreaders
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How To Talk When You Can't Speak
Is it possible for people to communicate with their unconscious mind?
Golf GTI commercial and Elsewhere
An interview with the guy who plays Gene Kelley in the Golf GTI commercial
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From the Economist: Does Robert Scoble, a celebrity blogger on Microsoft's payroll, herald the death of traditional public relations?
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Web services are poised to revolutionize the way content sites get their goods to the folks who want them
The search engine that searches for all things Doogie Howser
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The Problems with Downloading Laws
The penalties for stealing a DVD from a store is less than the penalty for downloading one
Why Bloglines Doesn't Need Weblogsinc's 73 Blogs To Make Money with Advertising.
Really good comments on the Bloglines taking advertisements debate
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Another BitTorrent site for TV shows
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Excerpts from the Fortune article all about Apple and Jobs
Top 10 overpaid players in the NBA. Is it any surprise that three of them are Knicks?
NFL Mascots That Could Not Actually Wear a Football Helmet Without Suffocating.
A short, but very funny list by McSweeneys
CNET's new web-based RSS reader
smashTheTONES will take almost any MP3 or MIDI file from your computer and send it to your cellular phone as a short ringtone for free!
Matters of Dispute: How Catholic is the Pope?
The Guardian answers two important questions: Is the Pope Catholic and does a bear shit in the woods?
Including sunscreen wipes and personized roses
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Some very cool programs on this list
How to never miss an episode with BitTorrent and RSS
Great tips on how to make BitTorrent work more like Tivo
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Enter an IP address to find its location
Jeremy Zawodny talks about blogging at Google and Yahoo
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Turns out Robot Co-Op, the makers of 43 Things, has serious Amazon investment money
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Thundercut Alters Downtown WALK Signs in NYC
New York Magazine article about the couple that puts figures on the WALK/DON'T WALK signs
Use for:username to tag things for other people
This is a really good idea and I'm subscribing to for:nrb210 right now
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Buying a house? Pick up a flatpack at Ikea
Ikea is going to start selling flatpack houses in England
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The Google blogger that caused the big stir at the end of January no longer works at Google
Everything you ever wanted to know about snowflakes and snow crystals
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What does your phone number spell?
Tagging, the Web's newest game, lets you see what other people are reading and thinking. Welcome to the key-worded universe.
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In Barrooms, Smoking Ban Is Less Reviled
I haven't talked to anyone who has a problem with the New York smoking ban anymore
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A Conversation with the CEO of Flickr
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Some great redesigns for the Metafilter site
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Another ridiculous list from your friends at McSweeneys
Here are MP3s of the near impossible-to-find recording of the Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan
Here's the news of Bloglines being bought by Ask Jeeves from the AJ Blog
It's now official. Bloglines has been eaten up by Ask Jeeves.
Technology increases the ability of people to share, but will they share more than just technology?
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State of the Union Parsing Tool
Find words within the State of the Union. I've preloaded it with "terror" and "freedom" for your convienence.
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Why Napster will be a fully-integrated flop
The Register suggests that when you do the math Napster just doesn't make sense
MTV2's Two-Headed Dog Isn't Paper-Trained
MTV2 got caught seeding blogs and message boards
There's a lot we don't know about snow
Why selling skateboards is much harder than selling the idea of skateboarding
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Does Your iPod Play Favorites?
Life may indeed be random, and the iPod probably is, too. But we humans will always provide our own narratives and patterns to bring chaos under control. The fault, if there is any, lies not in shuffle but in ourselves.
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Looks like the Los Angeles Times is entering the RSS market with a branded aggregator
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Great ESPN.com Page 2 interview where Gladwell talks about the themes of Blink as they relate to sports
IFILM is hosting all the Super Bowl ads for your enjoyment
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How people ranked the ads. Anheiser-Busch took two of the top three spots.
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Super Bowl XXXIV Advertising Bonanza Review
Adland reviews and rates all the ads from the Super Bowl
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Thoughts on the Digital Lifestyle Aggregator
Some possible pieces of the DLA
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Whether it be a media collection at home, a calendar of memeories of road trips or to do lists for a picnic in the park - DLAs (digital lifestyle aggregators) will become a major part of our lives in the future.
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This comes according to Napsterization . . .
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Ask Jeeves to acquire Bloglines?
What could this mean for those investing in Ask Jeeves?
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The Guardian profile: Mike Skinner
He's the voice of The Streets, with two acclaimed albums to his name and a nice line in self-deprecation. But now, as CD sales push past the 2m mark, the blunt-loving Birmingham geezer faces the challenge of keeping it real
A game by the BBC that lets you feed characters lots of drugs. I assume it's promoting safe drug use.
Tags: drugs
Although I'm not a huge fan of the movie, there are some funny lines. Now you can play with them yourself at home.
Alcohol ingredients and products information
Find the ingredients and calories on any liquor
Some great toys on the list, though I kind of think that number one is a copout
PC Magazine lists their 15 favorite Firefox extensions
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Scott Blake is an artist who makes art out of barcodes
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Why Social Software Makes for Poor Recommendations
Friends aren't necessarily the people you trust most for recommendations
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With advertisers going to ever greater lengths to get attention, is it better to be boring?
Listen to music to help you sleep
Researchers have shown just 45 minutes of relaxing music before bedtime can make for a restful night.
Make your own "I Choo Choo Choose You" Valentines day card from the Simpsons
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False evacuation report causes confusion
Someone pressed the wrong button and told all of Connecticut it must evacuate. Wow.
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TOP TEN MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENTS OF 2004 ...
I can't believe there's one person insane enough to say something like this, nonetheless ten
Not Just for Emergencies Anymore
The elderly are increasingly making cell phones a part of their everyday life
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The Waiter You Stiffed Has Not Forgotten
New York Times article about waiters venting online. Includes the quote, "Last year a server at a Sizzler steakhouse in Norco, Calif., was arrested after a fight with Atkins-dieting customers over whether vegetables could be substituted for potatoes."
On hybridised RSS feeds as evidence of a need for weblog refactoring...
A serious look at the problems of blogging and RSS
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Gene Kelly Busts a Move for VW (Video)
Awesome new VW ad that features Gene Kelly breakdancing
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BitTorrent downloads of both new and old popular shows
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BusinessWeek review of Firefox gives the browser five stars
How can companies use blogs most effectively?
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Lots of links to fun virals and a best of 2004 virals
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Crystal Pepsi: Fan-Page for the Clear Alternative to Cola
Everything you ever wanted to know about Crystal Pepsi
Advice from Fodors on how to best pack for a trip
Where to buy the best gourmet chocolate online.
A website that posts auction oddities from all over the web
When Gym Membership Renewals Attack
Gothamist covers my awful Crunch Fitness experience. Cool.
I made the list of the top del.icio.us posters of the month
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The Top 100 Singles of the Decade's First Half
Pitchfork presents another list
Some offices opt for cell phones only
The implications for people's personal lives are huge
For Some Girls, the Problem With Math Is That They're Good at It
Former science editor for the Times talks about the stigma still attached to women being good at math and science
Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms
A new study found that monkeys will actually pay, in the form of juice, to see pictures of good looking monkeys
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Why Wilco is the Future of Music
Lessig interviews Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy
Not sure if this is true, but it's a great story nonetheless
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More Teens See Future in Business
Annual study finds increasing number of next generation see business as “ideal job,� followed by careers in medicine, education and entertainment.
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Wired jumps weighs in on the tagging boom
100 places to dine for under $10