“Mitt Romney needs to answer questions about his Mormon faith”

November 27, 2007

If Christopher Hitchens were to moderate the next Republican Presidential debate, you’d be able to stick a fork in me and call me done.

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‘Golden Compass author hits back’ by BBC

November 27, 2007

Can I just say that people who wet themselves over ideas they don’t like really p*** me off.

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“He’s getting his assistant to buy socks”

November 27, 2007

One of Lefsetz’s readers on the ethnography of labels, circa 2007. Anthropologists, take note. Readers, prepare to giggle uncontrollably. Update: Mike’s thoughts on the issue, and of course Ethan has something to say (I have to say my thoughts first turned to him when I heard the story). You’ll laugh, you’ll cry – but mostly […]

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Do the World Some Good

November 26, 2007

… and pop by Scott Adams’ blog (yup, that Scott Adams) and leave a supportive comment. He appears to be taking a big step away from blogging, and that would be a darned shame. 517 comments as of this moment.

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“Update: More Leopard Problems Plague Apple”

November 25, 2007

Apparently, I really did a number on Leopard when I broke it (or so many of my commenters would have you – or themselves – believe). I’ve done a full wipe and reinstall and issues remain. Still is a lovely OS though – just released too soon (as a good friend who got the dreaded […]

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The End of the Internet Draws Near, Part MCMLXVII

November 25, 2007

Remember that Nemertes Research Group report of a week or two ago that forecasted clogged pipes and a glacially slow internet? You know, the one that was tarted up for the mass media – the media that one would expect to be particularly gullible? The one that Mike Masnick flicked aside (“Death Of The Internet […]

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The book showrooms of the future

November 25, 2007

On The Media, one of my favourite podcasts, has a great episode this week on the past, present and future of books, including ebooks and online bookstores. It got me thinking of a recent book buying experience I’d had – I was looking for something on learning to play the piano, and had spent about […]

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Speak For Yourself

November 24, 2007

I’m a huge fan of Arianna Huffington, but right about now I’m having a hard time believing that she wrote this load of, well, piffle: “Here’s the bottom line: If you believe in a God who only judges and punishes, or if you believe that there is nothing but an accidental, indifferent universe, it’s going […]

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Ask Mitt Anything Except

November 24, 2007

CNN: “Following his “Ask Mitt Anything” event in Amherst, Mitt Romney told voters and reporters that presidential candidates should refrain from discussing with young people their early life “indiscretions.””

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National Post Relaunches

November 24, 2007

A spiffy new design graces The National Post. I haven’t done much exploring, but the site says it’s free of paywalls and includes everything produced by the paper. First impression: only OK. Update: Actually, after further use, I’m warming up to it nicely.

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“Garry Kasparov Arrested at Russian Rally!”

November 24, 2007

Predictably.

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“Illegal immigrant rescues boy in desert”

November 24, 2007

It’s meaningless in the context of the broader debate in the U.S. over whether to let in more brown people, but this story is no more or less meaningless in that sense than the stories of criminality and violence by immigrants that some – like Matt Drudge and Lou Dobbs – love to highlight to […]

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