Libby Judge “Perplexed” by Commutation

July 14, 2007

From the WSJ’s Law Blog comes word of this footnote in Judge Walton’s sentencing order: “It is fair to say that the Court is somewhat perplexed as to how its sentence could be accurately characterized as ‘excessive.’ Although it is certainly the president’s prerogative to justify the exercise of his constitutional commutation power in whatever […]

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The Wild, Wild North

July 14, 2007

A cast of characters today in The Star on Canada’s reputation for being light on corporate crime. The gem in the bunch: “In 2006, Jacob Frenkel, a former enforcement lawyer with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, was asked to talk about the differences between how the U.S. and Canada were cracking down on […]

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While Rome Burns, Facebook Fans Fiddle

July 14, 2007

Lots of nattering in the ‘sphere today over how much Facebook was worth between 3 and 3:15 today, or something. Sigh. Meanwhile, Conde Nast’s Portfolio.com runs a piece on the slowly advancing lawsuit that alleges that Mark Zuckerberg stole the Facebook code, design and business plan from UConnect.

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“He Chose the Course”

July 13, 2007

A bizarre press conference over Iraq at the White House yesterday, with President Bush blaming Saddam Hussein for the U.S. invasion of Iraq: “Actually, I was hoping to solve the Iraqi issue diplomatically. That’s why I went to the United Nations and worked with the United Nations Security Council, which unanimously passed a resolution that […]

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What I Want in a Feed Reader

July 12, 2007

Lately I’ve been getting mightily annoyed with the daily feed reading – hard as I try, the feed count is straining to creep upwards, constantly testing the limits of the little daily time I have for reading. And it seems that whatever I try, much of that reading time is wasted on duplicate posts – […]

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Dream in High Park

July 12, 2007

Even though I’ve lived right next door to High Park for about 15 years, I’ve never been to Canstage’s annual “Dream in High Park” – our nightly Shakespeare in the Park theatre. And after seeing A Midsummer Night’s Dream – the company’s 25th anniversary production – last night, I’m struggling to understand whatever possessed me […]

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Facebook – a .04% clickthrough rate?

July 12, 2007

The juxtaposition this morning of John Batelle’s post on Facebook’s stratospheric valuation, and Reach Students blog’s report of a “shockingly poor” .04% clickthrough rate on Facebook campaigns, is at the very least jarring.

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Does Joost really have 500,000 subscribers?

July 12, 2007

Via Lost Remote, an article in the Hollywood Reporter about VH1 launching a new series on Joost, en masse 10 days before the first episode airs on VH1. A very cool development, to be sure. But the article notes that Joost now says it has 500,000 subscribers. The number caught my eye because I couldn’t […]

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Canadian Wireless Costs, Redux

July 10, 2007

A few months after Tom set the house on fire with his post on Canadian wireless data rates (and got flooded with comments and traffic), Research in Motion, Google, and well regarded telecom analyst (and brother of my undergrad roommate, but that’s another blog post) Lawrence Surtees took shots at carriers for, variously, high data […]

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Ning’s New Round

July 10, 2007

Now we know why Marc Andreessen recently blogged that one ought to try raise as much as one can – he was doing just that at the time. This is starting to look awfully familiar. Rob Hof seems skeptical. Colour me skeptical, too. I’ve only a little time for social networks, and Facebook is absorbing […]

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The truth about diets?

July 7, 2007

I love Slate – every few days another smart, provocative article. This time, a podcast caught my … er … ear while waiting on a plane – a piece on whether dieting actually make us fatter.

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Apple European iPhone Negotiations

July 7, 2007

It looks like Vodaphone is turning to “sore loser” leaks and spin in negotiations over the European iPhone rights.

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