February 29, 2004
Apple Opens SF Store:
An all-glass staircase? Pics
here.
Posted by mowabb at
09:08 AM
February 28, 2004
Bush Unmasked:
Dumb and childish? Yes. Fun? Certainly. [link via
L-Cubed]
Posted by mowabb at
05:21 AM
February 27, 2004
iTunes/iPod Support Windows Media:
Looks like Apple just needs to flip a virtual switch to enable users to play WMA files. But who uses the WMA format? ;-)
Posted by mowabb at
10:27 PM
PepsiTunes Trick:
Buy a bottle of Pepsi, get a free song from iTunes --
every time!
Posted by mowabb at
08:08 AM
Rowling's Rich:
Who'dathunk writing children's books could generate so much filthy lucre?
Posted by mowabb at
07:29 AM
February 26, 2004
Professor iPod:
"The aesthetic has moved from the disc to what you play it on..."
Posted by mowabb at
06:27 PM
February 25, 2004
Teacher Trouble:
What not to do when your students offend you.
Posted by mowabb at
05:23 PM
Toilet Panopticon:
"While some viewers meditate on the exhibit’s psychological and cultural implications others revert to telling potty jokes."
Posted by mowabb at
07:28 AM
February 24, 2004
Survey: 20% Want to Watch Bin Laden Die on TV:
Nevermind the sick result; why is anyone even asking the question!? Oh yeah: Profit.
Posted by mowabb at
06:29 AM
Bush Bashes Kerry:
Does this mean Rove would prefer to run against Kerry, or are they just writing Edwards off?
Posted by mowabb at
06:26 AM
February 23, 2004
Rumsfeld Fighting Technique:
He's an existential poet a kung-fu master, and a complete menace to humanity! [link via
Three Years of Hell]
Posted by mowabb at
09:48 PM
TIA Lives On:
That's "
Total Information Awareness" if your memory's a bit short and it means scary violations of your civil rights. Thanks W! Thanks Rummy! Thanks Ashcroft! Yay!
Posted by mowabb at
09:44 PM
Anger Against Bush Growing:
``I've never seen anything like it,'' says Ted Jelen, a political science professor at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. ``There are people who just really, really hate this person.''
Posted by mowabb at
07:21 AM
February 22, 2004
Disenchanted Bush Voters Switch:
"[W]e are really disgusted. It's the lies, the war, the economy. We have very good friends who are staunch Republicans, who don't even want to hear the name George Bush anymore."
It's about time!
Posted by mowabb at
02:49 PM
Pentagon: Climate Change will Destroy Us:
"The Pentagon is no wacko, liberal group, generally speaking it is conservative. If climate change is a threat to national security and the economy, then [Bush] has to act."
We'll see, but I won't hold my breath.
Posted by mowabb at
02:45 PM
The Closest Thing to Modern Slavery:
Welcome to the Bush plans for immigration reform!
Posted by mowabb at
09:44 AM
Blogs Pump Bucks Into Campaigns:
"Chandler's campaign turned a $2,000 investment in blog advertising into over $80,000 in donations in only two weeks."
Posted by mowabb at
09:38 AM
Mediocre Law Student:
"John Kerry is a tool, and my man Dean is gone."
That about sums it up.
Posted by mowabb at
06:37 AM
February 18, 2004
Belated Disclosure:
"Now a champion at collecting special-interest money is gathering checks for Mr. Kerry, who's busy railing against those interests."
Posted by mowabb at
07:54 AM
Apple Sells 100,000 iPod Minis:
"iPod mini costs only about $50 more than a 256-megabyte flash-based player, yet it holds 16 times the music."
Posted by mowabb at
07:02 AM
Kerry Makes Whistle-Stop Tour from Deck of Yacht:
"Taking his yacht across the Midwest is the best way for Kerry to reach out to all the people who lost their jobs under George W. Bush."
Posted by mowabb at
06:58 AM
Prosecutor in Terror Case Sues Ashcroft:
The prosecutor alleges that "the Justice Department has exaggerated its performance in the war on terrorism, interfered with a major terror prosecution and compromised a confidential informant."
Posted by mowabb at
06:22 AM
February 17, 2004
Follow the Money:
Dean "received contributions from 1,426 counties, more than any other Democrat."
Posted by mowabb at
05:58 AM
How Kerry Won Iowa:
"They softened his elitist roots," said the strategist close to the campaign.
Posted by mowabb at
05:42 AM
Czech Town Mesmerized by Kerry:
Well, at least
someone seems smitten by Kerry...
Posted by mowabb at
05:37 AM
February 16, 2004
Clinton Pushes Clark for Veep:
"He's pushing hard because this is a credibility issue for Clinton since everybody knows Clark was the guy he created, but yet Clark did so poorly when he ran." [link via
Political Wire]
Posted by mowabb at
12:07 PM
Nader's Ready to Run:
"Nader always has rejected the spoiler label. 'It is not my job to elect my opponents,' he has said."
Posted by mowabb at
08:36 AM
Copyright Enters a Gray Area:
"It's a sign of everything that's wrong in the American copyright system."
Posted by mowabb at
05:55 AM
February 14, 2004
CBS Pulls Medicare Ad:
"The 30-second ad, titled "Same Medicare. More Benefits," has prompted strong criticism from Democratic lawmakers and a range of interest groups who say it is a barely disguised commercial for President Bush's re-election campaign."
Posted by mowabb at
10:35 AM
Replace Your Own iPod Battery:
And it'll only cost you $50. iPod just got even better.
Posted by mowabb at
09:40 AM
February 13, 2004
H-Bomb: Harvard Porn?
"We aim to create a forum for an honest discussion of sex on campus."
Posted by mowabb at
01:31 PM
Kerried Away:
Think Kerry is "electable"? Think again.
Posted by mowabb at
07:46 AM
Dean Favors Edwards Over Kerry:
"I intend to support the Democratic nominee under any circumstances," Dean said. "I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils."
So am I.
Posted by mowabb at
07:43 AM
Very Interesting, Kerry:
"I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations," Kerry said.
Posted by mowabb at
07:40 AM
America Coming Together:
Is this a good place for "Deaniacs" to put their energies if Dean drops out of the race?
Posted by mowabb at
07:38 AM
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Nino's Hair-Splitting:
"This was a government issue. It's acceptable practice to socialize with executive branch officials when there are not personal claims against them. That's all I'm going to say for now. Quack, quack."
Posted by mowabb at
07:35 AM
February 12, 2004
Bush In 30 Seconds:
Now you can own the top 50 on DVD (for a $30 donation to the MoveOn PAC).
Posted by mowabb at
09:36 PM
Kerry Affair?
I'm no Kerry fan, but doesn't this sound like a Rove Rumor? (But if it was, wouldn't they have waited 'til Kerry had the nomination for sure?)
Posted by mowabb at
06:03 PM
Why don't people vote self-interest?
"What elections have shown historically is that populism gets you to 45 percent, but it basically prevents you from getting above that," said a strategist for one of other candidates for the Democratic nomination.
Posted by mowabb at
11:23 AM
Office Space Meets Law School:
“You know, I never really liked taking exams…I don't think I'll do that either.”
Brilliant![link via
Veritable Cornucopia]
Posted by mowabb at
07:27 AM
Calpundit:
Bush may indeed have "fulfilled his obligation," as he says, but only because he had essentially been relieved of any further obligation after his transfer to ARF.
Posted by mowabb at
07:03 AM
Dean Backers and Internet Echo Chamber:
"There are obvious lessons from the Dean campaign, but 'Do not use the Internet' is not one of those lessons."
Posted by mowabb at
05:56 AM
February 11, 2004
Windows Flaws "Critical":
"This is one of the most serious Microsoft vulnerabilities ever released."
Posted by mowabb at
04:34 PM
NLG Fights Illegal Subpoenas:
And
wins! The U.S. Attorney withdrew the subpoenas!
Posted by mowabb at
12:39 PM
Progressives Should Vote Edwards?
Maybe so, but not just yet...
Posted by mowabb at
12:35 PM
February 10, 2004
A Brokered Convention?
Will the Kerry bandwagon effect earn him a plurality before the Democratic convention?
Posted by mowabb at
07:44 AM
Dean Still Fighting:
"... many supporters at campaign stops [in Wisconsin] and in Maine on Sunday urged him not to drop out. 'They don't want to quit, and I'm not going to quit on them,' he said."
Posted by mowabb at
07:42 AM
Signs of Sickness:
The boob generated more web searches than Sept. 11!?
Posted by mowabb at
07:40 AM
February 09, 2004
Bush "Believed" Saddam Was a Threat:
Um, gee, that's nice. Over 500 U.S. soldiers and hundreds more Iraqis are dead because Bush "believed" something that no one else believed?
Posted by mowabb at
07:38 AM
CNN Confesses:
"CNN's top executive believes his network overplayed the infamous clip of Dean's "scream" after the Iowa caucuses."
Posted by mowabb at
06:15 AM
PT Cruiser Convertible:
It looks a little silly with the top up, but top down? Yeah.
Posted by mowabb at
05:54 AM
February 08, 2004
Hi, Big Brother!
"In what may be the first subpoena of its kind in decades, a federal judge has ordered a university to turn over records about a gathering of anti-war activists."
This is way over the line.
Posted by mowabb at
07:26 AM
Press Power:
"Once they pull your reporters and your cameras, you're done, it becomes self-fulfilling. They're saying you're not a choice."
Posted by mowabb at
07:21 AM
February 07, 2004
Howard Dean Is Not A Soap Bar:
Davenet: "His challenge wasn't to get the most votes, because that would inevitably follow, once he won the battle with the television networks, a battle which he failed to even show up for."
Posted by mowabb at
11:47 AM
Scalia-Cheney Still Compromised:
"Further complicating the question: The host of the hunting trip is a prominent member of the energy industry."
Oh no, simply couldn't be any conflict of interest there!
Posted by mowabb at
10:48 AM
Sharp Decline in Bush Support:
"[F]or the first time, more voters in this poll's two years of tracking the question said they would definitely vote against Bush than said they would definitely vote for him."
Posted by mowabb at
10:45 AM
February 06, 2004
Stay of Execution:
"My job is just fighting about money with people who will all, at the end of the day, go home and sleep in their own beds."
(She says a lot more; go read the whole post!)
Posted by mowabb at
05:07 PM
James Moore:
"The rate of contributing is off the charts. This is DFA's second largest single day of fundraising in the entire campaign--and may pass the single day record."
Posted by mowabb at
07:29 AM
Open Source Novel:
Will it work? See also:
Exit Strategy
Posted by mowabb at
07:28 AM
Gebhardt, Labor Unions to Endorse Kerry:
"Kerry has the momentum because he looks like a winner. He looks like a winner because he's been winning,"
Huh? He wins because he's been winning? Is that any way to pick a president?
Posted by mowabb at
06:30 AM
February 05, 2004
Accelerating Rush to Nowhere:
"Everywhere he went, Kerry's path was cleared by establishment Democrats bearing fresh endorsements."
Posted by mowabb at
08:31 PM
David S. Bernstein:
"[C]omparing the Dean and Kerry campaigns’ spending in the three previous months reveals some interesting differences that may help explain why their fortunes reversed so dramatically."
Posted by mowabb at
06:24 AM
Jay Leno:
"Today is Groundhog's Day. President Bush looked over at his shadow and saw John Kerry."
Posted by mowabb at
06:22 AM
Divided Reading:
A network map of the relationships between recent best-selling political books. Don't people in the center read? Or is a map like this unable to see the center?
Posted by mowabb at
06:21 AM
The Fix:
Are "anonybloggers" operating outside any reasonable ethical line?
Posted by mowabb at
06:16 AM
February 04, 2004
Scripting News:
Next time we, as citizens, decide to endow a candidate with millions of our dollars, let's find out first what they plan to do with it. If they say "run ads" or hire expensive consultants, let's pass.
Posted by mowabb at
02:45 PM
February 03, 2004
The Black Commentator:
"Howard Dean has joined the list of victims of U.S. corporate media consolidation."
Posted by mowabb at
04:13 PM
The Mac BU:
It may be the only place at Microsoft where someone can be spotted wearing an "I Don't Do Windows" shirt.
Posted by mowabb at
04:10 PM
John Nichols:
"What if we lived in a parallel universe where Howard Dean was actually treated fairly by the media?"
Posted by mowabb at
03:41 PM
Dean Dismisses FCC Probe of Breast Incident:
"I don't find it terribly shocking relative to some of the things you can find on standard cable television," he added. "I think the FCC probably has a lot of other things they should be pursuing."
Posted by mowabb at
07:21 AM
Kerry Exaggerates Role in Key Legislative Battles:
How can Kerry "lead the fight" on anything if wasn't even present for most of his votes?
Posted by mowabb at
06:59 AM
The State of the Media:
"They roast Dean for trivia, brainwash anyone who's stupid enough to watch, and give the Republicans a pass as they lie on their way to war."
Posted by mowabb at
06:56 AM
February 02, 2004
Electing the Electable:
"Kerry won the Iowa caucuses, and from that moment on the election turned into a postmodernist literary critic's idea of heaven. It became an election about itself, with voters voting on the basis of who could win votes later on." [link via
Glorfindel]
Posted by mowabb at
07:13 AM
Annotated SOTU:
The Atlantic puts the spin in context.
Posted by mowabb at
06:42 AM
JJ's Bare Breast:
MTV and CBS are apologizing for the Superbowl half-time show that ended with Justing Timberlake exposing Janet Jackson's breast. I guess I should've watched the game.
Posted by mowabb at
06:34 AM
All Deaniacs Now:
"While other candidates hedged their bets, Dean spoke the truth, and when the mainstream media tried to marginalize his voice, the Net allowed the breadth and depth of the support for his message to be felt. Today, every Democratic candidate, including frontrunner John Kerry, embraces this position: They are all Deaniacs now."
Posted by mowabb at
06:29 AM
February 01, 2004
Supremes Have Juicy Cases This Spring:
Pledge of Allegiance, secrete detentions of citizens, presidential secrecy, civil rights for the disabled, free speech, legislative redistricting... This is one busy court.
Posted by mowabb at
12:06 PM
Dean Action Figures:
The perfect gift for your favorite Deaniac! [link via
L-Cubed]
Posted by mowabb at
08:21 AM
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