January 2008
Wil Wheaton endorses Barack Obama →
“I believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate running for president who can begin to repair the damage inflicted on my country by George W. Bush. I miss my country, and Barack Obama gives me hope that I can get it back.”
YouTube - Call to Action →
YouTube - Montel turns the tables on a Fox Morning... →
Montel Williams turned the question on live television when he choose to focus on the solders dying in Iraq rather than the passing of Heath Ledger. UPDATE: This morning Fox announced it will not renew “Montel”
Open access for all: prime 700MHz Block C hits... →
The FCC’s 700MHz spectrum auction hit an important milestone today as bidding on a nationwide license with open access requirements passed the reserve price of $4.638 billion. So far, total bids have exceeded the FCC’s $10.3 billion minimum.
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Four Indicted in Pirate Bay Case →
paulraps writes “Suddenly the founders of the Pirate Bay are not so hearty. The four men behind the popular file-sharing site were indicted in Sweden on Thursday on charges of being accessories to breaking copyright law. And this is more than just a shot across the bows. The prosecutor reckons that they can be hooked for ‘promoting other people’s copyright breaches’ but...
Millions in Middle East Lose Internet →
Shipwack writes “Tens of millions of internet users across the Middle East and Asia have been left without access to the web after a technical fault cut millions of connections. The outage, which is being blamed on a fault in a single undersea cable, has severely restricted internet access in countries including India, Egypt and Saudi Arabia and left huge numbers of people struggling to get...
Ari Melber: Obama's Bush Rebuttal Breaks Another... →
“Barack Obama’s response to Bush’s final State of the Union” was the most watched clip in the world, drawing a over 300,000 views in under 20 hours. The public has shown overwhelming and sustained interest in hearing from Obama directly. This is the third
TidBITS Opinion: iWork and iWeb Updated, Apple... →
Come on, Apple, acknowledge that you have professional users whose livelihoods depend on your programs and the information you publish about them. I’m not saying you have to overwhelm Software Update users with detail that most people couldn’t possibly un
Wil Wheaton endorses Barack Obama →
“I believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate running for president who can begin to repair the damage inflicted on my country by George W. Bush. I miss my country, and Barack Obama gives me hope that I can get it back.”
WWdN: In Exile: not that my endorsement means much... →
Wil Wheaton endorses Senator Obama! I believe that Barack Obama is the best candidate running for president who can begin to repair the damage inflicted on my country by George W. Bush. I miss my country, and Barack Obama gives me hope that I can get it b
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Kung-Fu Election →
This is Mortal Kombat with the characters replaced by 2008 presidential candidates.
Rumors of Google and Dell iPhone Rival →
An anonymous reader writes “Speculation is mounting that Google is plotting the launch of a mobile phone in partnership with computer giant Dell. Senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal their plans at next month’s 3GSM telecoms conference in Barcelona, although Google insiders deny an announcement is due in the near future.” Read more of this story at...
O-M-G →
Dude #1: Have you ever seen the movie Airplane!? Dude #2: L-O-L, Yeah. Dude #1: You know that one part— Wait… Did you just say ‘L-O-L’? Dude #2: Yeah… It slipped. Carousel Mall Syracuse, New York
Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-01-30
[Strange] You're having a bad day if you come home... →
(Lodi News-Sentinel)
Gonna Be a Voyage of Discovery, People →
Conductor: This is a Brooklyn-bound R train… No! J train… This is a Brooklyn-bound N train. Next stop, DeKalb Avenue. [Passengers laugh.] —N train, Canal St Overheard by: Bridgettttttttt Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted 2008-01-29
Wiretapping Debate: Stop the Spying →
As Congress resumes the debate on wiretapping legislation, People for the American Way and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have put together Stop the Spying, a site aimed at drawing attention to legislation that would grant immunity to the telecoms for complying with illegal, warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. People are being asked to upload photos, videos or simply to make...
Wiretapping Debate: Stop the Spying →
As Congress resumes the debate on wiretapping legislation, People for the American Way and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) have put together Stop the Spying, a site aimed at drawing attention to legislation that would grant immunity to the telecoms for complying with illegal, warrantless wiretapping of American citizens. People are being asked to upload photos, videos or simply to make...
The True Cost of SMS Messages →
nilbog writes “What’s the actual cost of sending SMS messages? This article does the math and concludes that, for example, sending an amount of data that would cost $1 from your ISP would cost over $61 million if you were to send it over SMS. Why has the cost of bandwidth, infrastructure, and technology in general plummeted while the price of SMS messages have risen so egregiously? How...
YouTube - Barack Obama's response to Bush's final... →
YouTube - Barack Obama’s response to Bush’s final State of the Union — Barack Obama’s response to the SOTU address
Source: youtube.com First Tweetered by: gedeon Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=cmNCALGHOC4
Promises, Promises... →
Passenger #1: Antenna-Man is in the next car, and he’s coming this way. That dude is crazy! Passenger #2: Alright! I gave that guy money last time I saw him ‘cause he said he was going back to Mars and he’s taking George Bush with him! —Manhattan-bound L train Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! · Del.icio.us · Posted...
Why Is Business Week Telling People They Can't... →
We’ve been linking to Business Week’s website for many, many years here on Techdirt. A quick search shows a long list of posts that all link to articles on the Business Week site. In fact, Business Week has hired a PR firm that has often sent us stories, requesting that we write posts to them. I actually found it rather amusing that a publication would have PR people to try to get more...
Tiki Bar's Johnny Johnny (Kevin Gamble) Saves... →
Today Kevin Gamble, also known as Tiki Bar TV’s “Johnny Johnny,” in an incredible act of heroism, saved a woman from an oncoming train in a New York subway. “The train is about 60 seconds away, so I immediately leap over the edge…So I haul her up on my shoulder, at which point she comes too, and I quickly get her back to the edge…”
Twitterer wishes: I’d love to have this level of interaction with many more people. Who would you like to have on Twitter? Interesting ppl?
DIY: 200 Dollar PC - PaulStamatiou.com →
$200…building your own mini-ITX form factor computer. For around $200 you can have a computer with the following specs: 1.2GHz Intel Celeron 220 processor, 1GB DDR2 RAM, 250GB SATA hard drive and a small 90W power supply
[Ironic] Army prohibits soldiers to travel to... →
El Paso Times
YouTube - Celine Dion is amazing →
celine dion is effin amazing!
A Portrait of the Intertubes as a Child →
What did the Internet look like in 1996? “…very few web designers had even the most rudimentary of aesthetic sensibilities, and nearly half of them were clinically retarded.”
The Pirate Bay Tops 10 Million Users →
An anonymous reader suggests we go over to Slyck for news that The Pirate Bay has cracked 10 million users. The publicity from the upcoming court case probably helped. “Today, The Pirate Bay asserts itself as the self-proclaimed ‘World’s Largest Tracker’ by topping over 10 million peers, while managing over 1 million torrents. Peter Sunde of The Pirate Bay told Slyck,...
17 Sensational, Free and Downloadable Graphic... →
Each link will take you to a page where you can download or view a high quality graphic novel or excerpt freely and with no strings attached. There are plenty more to be found, but these seventeen are some of the best youâll find.
Slashdot | DoS Attacks on Estonia Were Launched by... →
a 20-year-old Estonian student has been fined for participating in DoS attacks against various Estonian political and governmental websites last May. The situation was notable because it escalated tensions between Estonia and Russia when the latter was ac
Obama wins South Carolina. →
Based on exit polls, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is projected to win the South Carolina Democratic primary “by a substantial margin.”
Barack Obama Delivers Letterman's Top 10 List →
Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won’t keep. Appearing Thursday on the “Late Show With David Letterman,” the Democratic presidential candidate delivered a tongue-in-cheek list of his top 10 campaign promises, including a pledge to rename the tenth month of the year “Barack-tober.”
@LivePressAlert and @BreakingNewsOn are becoming my new fave Twitter-based services.
UI-patterns.com →
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe →
“The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything.”
Just realized that the woman next to me @ laundromat has been talking to her reflection
About 999,999 in a Million New Yorkers, to Be... →
Dad: The first president was George Washington, then John Adams, then Thomas Jefferson, then James Madison, then— Little girl: —Who’s the last president? Dad: The president now? George W. Bush. Little girl: I thought he was dead. Dad: No… Some people want him to be. —B1 bus Overheard by: Jennifer Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · Email · Quote this! ·...
German gov't caught buying malware to intercept... →
Documents on Wikileaks show that the German government had planned to release trojans — malware — designed to allow them to intercept Skype calls. The leaked documents include wrangling over the pricing and payment for the malicious software. The docs were leaked by the German Pirate Party.
The offer dating September 4th 2007, replies an inquiry by Bavarian officials on the...
German Bavarian gov't caught buying malware to... →
Documents on Wikileaks show that the German Bavarian government had planned to release trojans — malware — designed to allow them to intercept Skype calls. The leaked documents include wrangling over the pricing and payment for the malicious software. The docs were leaked by the German Pirate Party.
The offer dating September 4th 2007, replies an inquiry by Bavarian officials on...
Twitter / Leo: Amazon has unprotected high... →
“Amazon has unprotected high-quality MP3 downloads of both System X and Dream Theater. Excellent! Buh bye iTunes.”
Barack Obama's Top Ten Campaign Promises →
Obama made a taped appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman last night to deliver a list of his top ten campaign promises. If you remember, Hillary Clinton did the same last August. Her appearance, AFTER THE JUMP…
My cousins Jeep was hit by an IED in Iraq. He’s ok, but the 2 other guys died.
@SarcasticMomLC Thanks. I’m glad he’s okay. They’re patching him up and sending him back out. That part sucks. I voted for ya, BTW :)
Amusing Myself To Death : January 2008 →
Amusing Myself To Death : January 2008 CLOVERFIELD…”this wasn’t a film about any particular event or person—it was an illustration that we have become that which we never understood, even laughed at. we are now a culture with a monster hanging over our shoulder, just like everyone else.”
Ask E.T.: Interface design and the iPhone →
Amusing Myself To Death : January 2008 →
CLOVERFIELD…”this wasnât a film about any particular event or personâit was an illustration that we have become that which we never understood, even laughed at. we are now a culture with a monster hanging over our shoulder, just like everyone else.”
Seattle police receive spanking for taking... →
Thomas Hawk says:
Apparently the City of Seattle settled with amateur photographer Bogdan Mohora after the ACLU helped him file a claim over a false arrest when Seattle cops James Pitts and David Toner arrested Mohara for taking their photograph during the arrest. Bogdan was awarded $8,000 and the officers were disciplined. Just another friendly reminder that photography is not a crime, even if...
Iraq by the numbers: Day 1729 →
3,931 Americans dead As of Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008, at least 3,931 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,197 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers. $193 billion in 2008, via Atrios: War funding, which...
Hit me if you need me homie, I'll be on my... →
Link to video by Pete Miser. (thanks, Luke McBride)