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The Poop on UN Week
25 Sep 2010 | No Comment

“Do you mean: poop suit?” Google asked. It was that kind of week.

A giant turd was terrorizing Manhattan — lurking in Central Park and Times Square, trying to gain entry to the United Nations. Even UN Week’s Digital Media Lounge had to batten its hatches against the fearsome feces, which taunted the inhabitants via Twitter:

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Reflections on Reading, Electronic and Otherwise
10 Dec 2009 | No Comment

I just had a reflective realism experience I had to share with you.

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Fun Video: Making Stairs Fun
13 Oct 2009 | No Comment

This video is a delight, even if it is a VW ad.

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Pittsburgh: Model for Recovery
5 Jun 2009 | No Comment

It’s shaping up to be a good year for Pittsburgh, with its Steelers winning the Super Bowl, its Penguins winning the Stanley Cup finals, and the G20 economic summit being held there in September. It doesn’t get much better than that for a city many considered to be past its glory days.

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Torture music video
21 Apr 2009 | No Comment

Jonathan Mann music video about the torture memos in language taken directly from them. Chilling.

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Making the Most of a Depression
20 Apr 2009 | No Comment

Surowieki asserts that, historically, companies that invest in advertising during a depression pull ahead — way ahead — of their competitors.

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6 Apr 2009 | No Comment

Fuck You, Penguin: A blog where I tell cute animals what’s what.: The new Wired magazine pointed me to this site, and it is pretty funny.  Bad language complements the snarky commentary on animals cute, odd, or indifferent.

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Article: The U.S. Economy Does Not Exist
6 Apr 2009 | No Comment

Our fifty states matter a lot less than our 100 largest metro areas, posits this intriguing article in Democracy.

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Article: Some Things About Traffic That May Surprise You
27 Mar 2009 | No Comment

Some Things About Traffic That May Surprise You

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Comment: The Problem With Non-Profits
25 Mar 2009 | No Comment

Ran across this about non-profit economics in the Freakonomics blog.