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1. | Google Trends
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| | ....One of the new services Google introduced at Press Day was Google Trends, which opens up Google’s Zeitgeist data for searching. Google presented this to journalists as a tool they could use to better do their jobs, but the fact is that journalists need harder numbers .... | 
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2. | NY Times/CBS News poll
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| | .... TV. We can't see "quiet progress" on TV.
Rice is amazingly smug considering only 29% of Americans approve of the way Bush is handling Iraq while only 27% approve of the way he's handling foreign policy according to the latest NY Times/CBS News poll.
Anyway, what else is going on?.... |
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3. | Evolution of Dance
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| | ....YouTube has a video on the Evolution of Dance. It’s a six-minute video from a comedian and it’s definitely worth watching..... |
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4. | Newspaper snippet generator
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| | ....- Create your own newspaper headlines with the newspaper snippet generator (pictured above). Slot this one with church sign generator and tombstone generator.
- HD-DVD will connect via USB to the Xbox 360 and be available before .... |
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5. | DailyBulletin.com - U.S. tipping Mexico to Minuteman patrols
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| | ....The Customs and Border Protection agency at DHS has issued a statement, much-ballyhooed by blind Bush supporters, which calls the Inland Valley Bulletin's story on the Border Patrol/Minutemen/Mexican government "inaccurate." Let's examine the full bluster:.... |
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6. | Colbert Roasts President Bush - 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner - Google Video
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| | ....Since then, millions of people have either watched the video or read the transcript of his skewering of both the president and the press corps, and have discussed it avidly. Tens of thousands of people have gone to the website ThankYouStephenColbert.com .... |
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7. | GOP Reaches Deal on Tax Cuts
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| | ....I have provided the chart that the WaPo referenced for their story today: GOP Reaches Deal on Tax Cuts ..... |
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8. | Bush’s Public Approval at New Low Point
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| | ....Earlier in the week, the USAT/Gallup Poll had Bush’s approval rating at 31%. Now the NYT/CBS News Poll has the number at 31% as well: Bush’s Public Approval at New Low Point..... |
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9. | Google Co-op
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| | ....Google has a new program called Google Co-op, which allows a group of subject experts to label results to add to Google onebox results for relevant search queries..... |
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10. | Bungie.net : Top Story
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| | ....As everyone else living in a normal timezone already knows, Bungie announced that Halo 3 is in development for the Xbox 360 and is expected to be released in 2007. The announcement says in no uncertain terms that this is the final game .... |
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11. | WUSA9.com - White House Responds To 9 News Exclusive
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A copy of President Bush's schedule for his trip to Florida was found in the trash by WUSA-TV. "The documents details the exact arrival and departure time for Air Force One, Marine One and the back up choppers, Nighthawk 2 and Three. It lists every passenger .... |
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12. | Digital Lynch Mob
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| | ....Here’s Vaughn Ververs reacting to Richard Cohen reacting to the reaction to .... |
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13. | the New York Times
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| | ....Here's the New York Times first read of the letter I discuss below:.... |
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14. | Scotsman.com News - International - Creationism dismissed as 'a kind of paganism' by Vatican's astronomer
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| | ...."Believing that God created the universe in six days is a form of superstitious paganism, the Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno claimed yesterday..... |
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15. | canceled a government contract because the contractor criticized President Bush
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| | ....On April 28, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson told a real estate group that he had canceled a government contract because the contractor criticized President Bush. (If true, Jackson’s conduct appears to violate federal law.).... |
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16. | Nintendo Wii
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| | ....E3, the gaming convention, is going down this week in LA, the biggest star of the show is Nintendo’s new gaming console the Wii. (formerly the Revolution).... |
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17. | A List Apart: Articles: The Four-Day Week Challenge
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| | ....A List Apart: Articles: The Four-Day Week Challenge
"And then it hit me: there will always be more to do. Working more won’t change that. In fact, working more is actually counter-productive.".... |
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18. | Myspace.com
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| | ....Myspace.com IM Client.... |
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19. | AllTheWeb Livesearch - not supported
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| | ....AllTheWeb Livesearch Beta. Neat..... |
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20. | Google Desktop Download
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| | ....The Inside Google Desktop blog announced the release of a new version of Google Desktop. The new version's main feature are Google Gadgets, some of the many widgets include Weather Globe, Google Calendar and many more..... |
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21. | LILEKS (James) Screedblog
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| | ....It’s an Iowahawk/Lileks cage death match! LILEKS (James) Screedblog. (Hat tip: Occasional Reader.).... |
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22. | La Shawn Barber’s Corner » Should George Bush Be Impeached?
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La Shawn Barber, a conservative blogger argues yes, and even drafts articles of impeachment for President George W. Bush: "According to Article II, Section 4, of the .... |
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23. | Webby Awards
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| | ....There in. Webby Awards. The best of the Web for 2006..... |
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24. | CNN.com - Spears: Another baby on the way - May 9, 2006
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| | ....Why is this woman allowed to breed at all?.... |
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25. | Like Scratches in the Sand - This would have been easier if I could draw.
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| | ....Like Scratches in the Sand - This would have been easier if I could draw..... |
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26. | Bloglines
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| | ....Bloglines. I’ll need to keep up with my friends’ lives if I can’t contact them otherwise..... |
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27. | Converting a colour photo to a single layered stencil with Photoshop - Tutorials - Stencil Revolution
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| | ....Converting a colour photo to a single layered stencil with Photoshop - Tutorials - Stencil Revolution.... |
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28. | Think Progress » Jackson Fabricated the Entire Story, Spokesperson Claims, Contradicting Prior Response
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| | .... speech that he believed it was logical to deny federal contracts to contractors who did not support the President. Now that his outrageous speech has sparked calls for an investigation, HUD officials are spinning like crazy to save Jackson's job. Think Progress has the official response:
Dustee Tucker, a spokeswoman for Jackson, told the Dallas Business Journal Tuesday that Jackson's comments at his April 28 speech were purely .... |
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29. | Nintendo Wii - Hardware Information
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| | ....According to the specs of the new Nintendo Wii (their new game machine), "Wii can communicate with the Internet even when the power is turned off." Nintendo accentuates the positive: "This WiiConnect24 service delivers .... |
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30. | FlickrBlog
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| | ....Leah and I use Flickr quite a bit — in this post to FlickrBlog they indicate several changes that sound pretty great. I’m looking forward to seeing them roll out. I particularly am looking forward to improved search .... |
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31. | The Raw Story | Kerry hits back at Mary Cheney over 'son of a bitch' comments
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| | ....Mary called Kerry a son of a bitch. Kerry's reply? Better than being the oh-so-willing daughter of a bigot..... |
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32. | Le Monde.fr : La lettre de Mahmoud Ahmadinejad à George W. Bush
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| | ....A confession: I read my news out of order. Yesterday, I read the letter that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent to President George W. Bush. What with all its talk of monotheism, I did not like it:.... |
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33. | Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities
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No More Black and White. An article in the Washington Post about a census report released today shows that 45 percent of children under 5 are racial or .... |
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34. | Two Parts Vodka, a Twist of Science
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Two Parts Vodka, a Twist of Science [NYT].... |
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35. | Free Alaa!
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| | .... the mechanics of the internet itself to bring world-wide attention to Alaa’s case. They launched a campaign called “Google bombing for Alaa,” an effort to manipulate the ranking of the world’s search engines so that a blog dedicated to freeing Alaa (http://freealaa.blogspot.com/) would be the first page displayed when a person searches for information on the word “Egypt.”.... |
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36. | New 'Anti-Abortion Pill' Kills Mother, Leaves Fetus Alive | The Onion - America's Finest News Source
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The Onion reports a new pro-life pill.
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37. | Steve Vaught walks across America to lose weight and regain his life
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| | ....Steve Vaught is The Fat Man Walking, and just finished his walk across the country (previous video) today. He blogged about it at www.thefatmanwalking.com and was on the NBC Today Show this morning — video is now online. .... |
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38. | Google Press Day 2006
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| | .... member of the press? You'll find the webcast here, where you can watch. Below, I've listed all the slides. Many of these are broken now, but they'll appear as the day progresses. Over at Google Blogoscoped, Philipp Lenssen is doing a good job live blogging the commentary. Valleywag is also live blogging here. InsideGoogle is also live blogging in parts -- watch the home page there. Matt Cutts is also blogging here. Can't .... |
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39. | Poll: Dems Have 2006 Advantage, Bush, Republican Congress Show Nearly Record Low Ratings - CBS News
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| | ....CBS NEWS/NEW YORK TIMES POLL: Americans have bleaker view of direction the country is heading than at any time in 23 years..... |
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40. | IMG_0546 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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IMG_0546
From: www.flickr.com
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Tugdual Grall posted a photo:
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IMG_0545
From: www.flickr.com
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Tugdual Grall posted a photo:
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