Details and 10 pics of the Amazon Kindle *2*? (14)
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Yes, people. You’re looking at the first shots of Amazon’s Kindle 2. The follow-up to their popular e-book reader. Our ninja sent us a ton of shots, and we have to admit, they look pretty good. The unit didn’t go down too much in size which is unfortunate, but then again, you want something pretty large so it’s comfortable to read on. He says that the unit is a little wider and a little longer, ...
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Chad said:
Hopefully they get rid of the horrible, crippling drm on this thing.
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leonard said:
hmm, doesn't look like that much of an improvement. (will wait for the Plastic Logic device next year)
Current & Twitter Rock The First Presidential Debate (6)
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Tonight my friends at Current invited me to check out the behind-the-scenes action at their first ever Hack The Debate event where they joined forces with Twitter to provide real-time Twitter updates during Current’s broadcast of the presidential debates. While at the Current offices we were greeted by special guest Al Gore, who co-founded Current along with Joel Hyatt. I shot video of Al’s welcome speech where the subject of Twitter came up and he ...
Politics: Haven't we seen this election before? - BBC (5)
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The Obama v McCain race for the White House has been run before - NBC's The West Wing pitted a charismatic, non-white Democrat against a maverick, experienced Republican.In the The West Wing's fictional 2006 election, actor Jimmy Smits played Latino presidential hopeful, Matthew Santos. He announced his intention to run with the words, "We live in cynical times, but hope is not up for debate… there is only hope."
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Pradeep said:
//...so far at least, events have been a strange case of art reflecting life, reflecting art.//Also read, "2008/1980", by George Packer://I’ve begun to believe that the best analogy for 2008 is 1980. The country desperately wants to get rid of a failed Presidency and the failed policies of the party in power; but a lot of people still don’t trust the new guy. If true, then the debates will decide this election. After Reagan appeared with Carter on October 28, 1980, and more than held his own, a close race turned into a landslide.//http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/georgepacker/2008/08/20081980.html
chartjunk & Blog Archive & Tax Plans (that&8217;s one for you, nineteen for me). (23)
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There’s a graph that Obama supporters are sending around, showing the differences between the Republican and Democrat tax cut proposals. It shows that Obama is not in fact planning to raise taxes - he’s planning to cut them for all but the very, very rich. I couldn’t help but notice though - the graph is still massively weighted towards the interests of the super-rich. For example, the bottom two-thirds of the population are given only ...
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Pradeep said:
I had, earlier, linked to the original Washington Post chart (http://bit.ly/p99W). This, here, is certainly an improved version. Good catch!
Politics/Events: Making a mockery of 9/11 - Salon (1)
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Talking to Charles Gibson tonight, Palin sometimes reminded me of poor Miss South Carolina, who, asked why many Americans can't find the U.S. on a map, famously said: "I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uh, some people out there in our nation don't have maps. And I believe that our education, like, such as in South Africa and the Iraq, everywhere, like such as, and I believe that they ...
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Pradeep said:
But Charlie...http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=5783816
Cities: Announcement service in MTC buses soon - The Hindu (1)
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MILESTONE: A spanking new MTC bus on 21G route with speakers and a route map. CHENNAI: A pleasant voice will soon greet passengers boarding Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses across the city. The MTC has introduced the announcement service on a trial basis in deluxe services on 21G route and it would be extended to other buses in phases. The recorded announcements, to be made on speakers fitted in the buses, would inform the passengers of ...
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Pradeep said:
Will the route map show bus position too? I see black dots along the route. They probably light up.If not bilingual announcement, could at least display next stop. As they do in Shatabdi (http://bit.ly/jjERj Pic Courtesy: Anupam Varghese).
Cricket: Murali Kartik finds himself out of favour yet again - The Hindu (1)
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At Lord’s, the home of Middlesex, county members and supporters call him the ‘Special One’. He has been rated the best overseas player Middlesex has had since Desmond Haynes. That was 19 years ago. Since then, they have had players like Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer, Stephen Fleming, Jacques Kallis and Lance Klusener.
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Pradeep said:
So, the analysis from his last innings was 14-6-17-2 and in the match before that he had picked 7 wickets against the visiting Aussies. Hmm...reason enough to ignore him.FYI:Kumble's average is 45.76, since the beginning of this year (13 innings). http://bit.ly/4FMk68Bhajji's is 31.85, in the same period (13 innings). http://bit.ly/1yeREB
Everymoment Now (16)
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Everymoment Now. Exploring news histories and bringing context and scope to the moments shaping our world.
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Jon Wiley said:
It charts the mentions of Obama and McCain in the news each day until the election.
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Pradeep said:
See also, http://buzztracker.org, from the brain behind "Everymoment Now".
The American Idol candidate :: rogerebert.com :: People (2)
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I think I might be able to explain some of Sara Palin's appeal. She's the "American Idol" candidate. Consider. What defines an "American Idol" finalist? They're good-looking, work well on television, have a sunny personality, are fierce competitors, and so talented, why, they're darned near the real thing. There's a reason "American Idol" gets such high ratings. People identify with the contestants. They think, Hey, that could almost be me up there on that show!
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Must read.[emphasis mine]
StackOverflow: A Teeming Beehive of Programming Q&A (29)
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Digg for programming questions? Joel on Software and Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror start letting users into their well built site. The highly anticipated general release of StackOverflow, the social site for programming questions developed by rock star programmers Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, hasn't happened yet - but the doors are cracked open and many new users are streaming in this morning. You can get in via this beta URL, using"twitter@twitter.com" as your email ...
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Steve said:
I've been on the beta. This could be a great resource for developers
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Ryan S said:
I checked this out when Atwood put the credentials on Twitter, nothing exciting here... yet
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marcell said:
"The highly anticipated general release of StackOverflow, the social site for programming questions developed by rock star programmers Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood, hasn't happened yet - but the doors are cracked open and many new users are streaming in this morning."
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JayCrossler said:
Great idea - I've been hearing about this for a few months. StackOverflow is a place for programmers to use a social network to get answers to detailed questions...
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Pradeep said:
Been waiting for some news since it was first announced. Look forward to a full-fledged launch.The email/pwd combo (twitter@twitter.com/falkensmaze) mentioned in the article didn't work.
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b said:
I'm using the beta and it is worth checking out. Joel and Jeff also do the "StackOverflow" podcast & http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/ carries it.
