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October 29, 2008

It's lovely

Good find on "It's Lovely!" blog. This is what I imagine Jon's place in NYC was like... minus all the room.

October 27, 2008

You mean I can get paid for this?

Will user-edited sites like Wikipedia suffer in an economic downturn?

Um... has he seen the Star Trek Wiki? The entry on Picard alone rivals small novels. Don't underestimate the nerds!

This is cute


(via Huffington Post)

Broadband abroad

This is a 2003 article in the NY Times about how South Korea is killing us when it comes to broadband speeds. Five years later... we really haven't come very far. Sad.

October 23, 2008

Wha?

Another Bush admin member going for Obama. I'm not sure which is more surprising: that former Bush press secretary Scott McClellan is voting for Obama or that D.L. Hughley is a host on CNN.

Ron Howard acts in the name of change

Opie likes Obama.

October 22, 2008

This has to be a joke.

Palin considers herself an intellectual. Would like to name next son 'Zamboni.'

October 21, 2008

Yes, more, but it's good

Some images of Obama over the past couple years by photographer Callie Shell. (via kottke)

Dogs rule

Video of Two-legged dog (why is Oprah surprised a dog can be house trained if it only has two legs?)

David Sedaris: Undecided.

Crazy MN representative that said Obama might be anti-American: "It's a trap!" (meanwhile her opponent has received $640,000 in donations since then)

Frontline "The Choice 2008" (YouTube version) (This looks good... there needs to be more time in the day.)

This is kind of cool

October 20, 2008

Dunktastic

October 19, 2008

Socialist or terrorist.. which is it?

October 18, 2008

...wow.

Amazing shot: 100,000 people show up to Obama rally in Missouri.

(And, Aimee and I voted today).

October 16, 2008

Highlights from the debate

(I love the Walter Cronkite look-alike).

October 15, 2008

Obama explaining his tax plan on the street

538

New York Magazine on Nate Silver, the guy behind fivethirtyeight and using demographics to accurately predict voting results. (via waxy)

October 14, 2008

I know who I'm voting for

CHESTER

October 13, 2008

Some background on the

Some background on the Obama HOPE posters and knockoffs. I like this one. (via waxy)

October 11, 2008

Stamp out smoking

Ebert's thoughts on removing a cigarette from Bette Davis's hands on a new stamp. I tried to find the original with the cigarette but my Google-Fu failed.

October 10, 2008

Introducing... the KazooKeylele

I'm really sorry.

October 7, 2008

"When she said 'okay,' two hearts became one."

The wedding of Angela and Andy (via Aimee).

Survey says...

12 respondents.
Voting for?
11 for Obama
1 for Sideshow Bob
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Favorite 'za?
2 for Great Plains
2 for Pizza Hut
1 each for Beaverdale Pizza, Bulldog Pizza, Pizza Luce, Aimee's Taco Pizza, Felix & Oscars, Jake's Pizza in Green Bay (Hi Mark!), Stonewall Pizza in Lenexa, KS, and Bleecker St. Pizza, NY
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Favorite Star Wars?
2 for A New Hope
4 for Empire Strikes Back
3 for Return of the Jedi
1 for none of thee above (sic)
1 for best what?
1 for The one that isn't tediously long and poorly acted
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Favorite Oxy skit?
2 votes for Jerry the pizza guy
2 votes for Tom Bodet
1 for time machine sandwhich, Cutting Crew/Corey Hart, No Sleep Plan, anything with reverse video, "Beat it," What the heck is an Oxymoron, and a write-in for all of episode 4.
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Correct answer for How does Integrated Marketing Communications serve to facilitate positive relationships with a company and its stakeholders?

Through leveraging synergies and eliminating knowledge silos among subject mater experts. I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Runner-up:

By providing real-world foundational premises that Joe and Jane (plus Trig, Track, Bristol, Willow and Piper) Sixpack can integrate into their household financial strategies.

October 6, 2008

When the economy bombs,

...at least one job market will still be doing well:

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...NYSE photojournalists. Specializing in despondent men since 1929.

You just knew she'd be back

October 5, 2008

Woodsie probably has a pun for this

October 4, 2008

Caption time

Toilet-Running-Question

October 3, 2008

This is very important.

Andy's Waste of a Survey. Your response is valuable to us.

Thank you.

October 1, 2008

Google 2001: An Internet Oddity

This is cool. You can search a 2001 version of Google. Before Facebook, YouTube, Flickr, and a funky-looking Yahoo. With links to Archive.org pages.