driftabit's newest posts Atom Feed from Searchles Fri Jul 25 18:00:40 -0400 2008 en-us End of the Affair: Barack Obama and The Press Breakup driftabit Around midnight on July 16, New York Times chief political correspondent Adam Nagourney received a terse e-mail from Barack Obama's press office. Wired Working on a Google-Baiting Widget driftabit Also considering launch of ... an extreme sports blog? Memphis police director sues for critical bloggers' names driftabit Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of Godwin and his department. Profiteers?: 25 Companies That Benefit From The War driftabit The Iraq war is many things to different people. It is called a strategic blunder and a monstrous injustice and sometimes even a patriotic mission, much to the chagrin of rational human beings. For many big companies, however, the war is something far different: a lucrative cash-cow. China says has more people surfing the Web than US driftabit China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday. Work stress? You're not alone, CDC says driftabit If you could push a button to lose weight, would you do it? Sure you would. That's why diet and nutrition crazes are so popular. An interactive guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking. - Slate Magazine driftabit If you've ever thought "Hey, I could really use a chart to keep track of who in the Bush Administration could face criminal charges, and for what", you're in luck Once Naked For Nirvana, Now A Teen Spirit : NPR Music driftabit Imagine if millions of people had seen you naked before you were old enough to say "embarrassing." That's the story of Spencer Elden, whom you may know as the little baby floating towards a dollar bill on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album, Nevermind. Joe Cocker driftabit The death of HAL: Robots wont want to destroy us after all driftabit Husband revenge (Or how to teach wife dont touch your gun) driftabit Husband revenge (Or how to teach wife not to touch your gun) driftabit wow, practical jokes involving guns The rise and fall of an American beer driftabit Before it was bought by Belgium's InBev, Budweiser trampled local breweries across this land. Who's crying in their (piss) beer now? Private social network Facebook to go Web wide | Technology | Reuters driftabit The leader of a youth movement that swept the world this past year by encouraging Web users to share bits of their lives with selected friends, spoke on Wednesday of spreading his service across the Web, even while apologizing for past excesses.