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one article’s terrorist is another’s patriot

by Bill Posted on March 30, 2010

Last night I tweeted the following about the New York Times article, “Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers“: The tweet resulted in a few responses (the second of which, from @kichigai,  made the strong case that “I can’t help … Continue reading →

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replacing online advertising with add-art

by Bill Posted on February 5, 2009

Via @timoreilly, Add-Art replaces online advertisements with curated art images via a Firefox plug-in: This will obviously raise eyebrows in the the advertising community, as well as in companies that depend on advertisement revenues. But it also raises important questions … Continue reading →

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NYTimes Exposes 2.8 Million Articles in New API

by Bill Posted on February 5, 2009

Via ReadWriteWeb, the New York Times has announced the release of 2.8 million articles with 28 searchable fields in an new API (Application Programming Interface). Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb writes: What do you do when your industry is shifting under … Continue reading →

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palin Africa reports result of elaborate internet hoax

by Bill Posted on November 13, 2008

On November 6, 2008, reports began circulating online and on TV that Sarah Palin did not know (or could not grasp the idea) that Africa was a continent and not a country. The story, embedded with other Palin-McCain-infighting-related revelations that … Continue reading →

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