Googlotics: Australia prepares for Google Politics

I mentioned in a prior post that on-line activity in elections was heating up (Turkey, for example). The elections of the future can and will be decided by the online campaigning. In the pursuit of open debate, we can hope to see lots of online chatting, blogging,...

Scroogled by Cory Doctorow

Well, I have been touting the fact that our on-line presence will become our CV in the future. Cory Doctorow has another spin that is wholly mind blowing. I’d summarize the story as Orwell meets The Matrix…on speed. SCROOGLED. A long read on a computer...

News media being remodeled…as we speak

The two-second news spot? As if the 24-second spot weren’t condensed enough (thanks CNN), we now seem to be moving into nano-news era. On top of that, via services such as blogs, Twitter, wikipedia and others, the proliferation of news services and sources seems...

Mr Rogers speaks to US Senate

Got turned on to this via a twit from my pal Mitch. The Youtube video is Mr Rogers’ talk with a US Senate sub-committee, in a meeting chaired by the notoriously “cold” Senator John Pastori, on May 1, 1969. It is worth watching the full 6 1/2 minutes...

France runs rings around Namibia – RWC 2007

France’s 87-10 drubbing of Namibia will definitely help return the team to a positive state of mind in preparation for the battle with Ireland (coming up on Friday, 21st, at Stade de France, Paris). Caveman Chabal’s two scores were priceless and the 13 try...

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