From the monthly archives:

July 2008

carr

carr
A reblogger rebukes me for dismissing the Atlantic article by Nicholas Carr in my last post during a fit of blogger rage. What can …

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Joy Indian Restaurant (2)/5) on Yelp.com

Joy Indian Restaurant (2)/5) on Yelp.com
Cautiously optimistic, but I need to try the dine-in experience before this one graduates to three stars. The glum …

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Online Literacy: Just As Important As The Old Kind?

Online Literacy: Just As Important As The Old Kind?
The debate over online reading, and whether it actually represents a step away from overall literacy, …

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Please Buy This Gentrification-Kit! [Class War]

Please Buy This Gentrification-Kit! [Class War]
Hey, did we know that some neighborhoods have corner stores, which sell foodstuffs? The Bodega Party in a Box

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Objectified, a film about industrial design

Objectified, a film about industrial design

Objectified is an upcoming film about industrial design by Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica.

Objectified is a documentary

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Canadian Oil

Canadian Oil

BUSINESS BUZZ – Canada is the United States’ #1 source of foreign oil. Does this mean we can finally send troops across the …

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Google hits 1 trillion URLs, skips trillions more [Googletards]

Google hits 1 trillion URLs, skips trillions more [Googletards]
The story isn’t that Google has found 1,000,000,000,000 unique URLs on the Web. It’s that …

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SnagFilms: Best Thing for Documentaries Since Netflix

Originally in: GigaOm's NewTeeVee.com

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Last week’s splashy entry into the online video arena of SnagFilms, a widget platform for watching and sharing documentary films that’s being headed up …

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