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10 Important News Stories as Depicted by 5-Year-Olds
Posted by walkertr, at 02:13PM 08/29/08 :
Comcast Places Limit On Subscriber Bandwidth
Note: Effective Oct. 1, Comcast will limit its broadband subscribers to 250 gigabytes of data per month. That amount, according to Multichannel, equals roughly 62,500 digital songs. According to Comcast, the cap is “much more than a typical residential customer uses on a monthly basis.” In fact, the median monthly usage by those customers is about two to three gigabytes.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:59PM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:
Port-o-Pong Inflatable Beer Pong Table: Drinking Is More Fun When You Can Drown
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:54PM 08/29/08 :
Searchles | Show 'Japanese “We Are The World”'
Note: Japanese impersonators cover the infamous, star studded charity single from the ’80s. It looks like it’s part of some kind of game show, though I have no idea what the concept could possibly be. I’m just trying to decide if my favorite one is Bruce Springsteen or Ray Charles in black face.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:46PM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:
The Most Amazing Snowboard Trick, so amazing its funny.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 12:57PM 08/29/08 :
Anchorage Paper Also Surprised By McCain VP Choice
Note: The news this morning that John McCain had selected little-known Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate was such a surprise even in her home state that the newspaper's top story on its Web site, even two hours after the news emerged, mainly quoted The New York Times.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 12:03PM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:
More Proof That Dolphins are Bad Ass
Posted by maybelline, at 09:29AM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:
The Worlds Most Wanted White-Collar Fugitives
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 09:09AM 08/29/08 :
Boeing Gives $1M to MLK Memorial
Note: The Boeing Co. has announced a $1 million donation to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Posted by bob_sacamano, at 08:56AM 08/29/08 :
Obama Takes Aim at Bush and McCain With a Forceful Call to Change America
Note: Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination on Thursday, declaring that the “American promise has been threatened” by eight years under President Bush and that John McCain represented a continuation of policies that undermined the nation’s economy and imperiled its standing around the world.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 12:00PM 08/28/08 :
Veoh Prevails in Infringement Lawsuit
Note: A California court has dismissed a copyright infringement case against Veoh, ruling that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act could not possibly require sharing sites to be solely responsible for vetting the content they host.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 11:35AM 08/28/08 :
BackType, A Twitter For Comments
Note: BackType is the newest YCombinator startup to launch from their summer program. They’re a blog-comment focused startup - founders Christoper Golda and Michael Montano are for the first time aggregating all comments from millions of blogs into a single, searchable, parsable stream. Think Twitter for all comments on the web.
Posted by maybelline, at 09:29AM 08/28/08 :
Neatorama Blog Archive Unexpected Places on the National Historic Landmark List
Note: There are some places you pretty much expect to be on the National Historic Register. Sprawling manors, Presidential birthplaces, historical monuments. But there are some pretty unexpected spots on the list too. Here are a few of them to check out the next time you’re looking for diversions from your road trip.
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Posted by bob_sacamano, at 03:02PM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:10 Important News Stories as Depicted by 5-Year-Olds
Posted by walkertr, at 02:13PM 08/29/08 :Comcast Places Limit On Subscriber Bandwidth
Note: Effective Oct. 1, Comcast will limit its broadband subscribers to 250 gigabytes of data per month. That amount, according to Multichannel, equals roughly 62,500 digital songs. According to Comcast, the cap is “much more than a typical residential customer uses on a monthly basis.” In fact, the median monthly usage by those customers is about two to three gigabytes.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:59PM 08/29/08 and by 1 others:Port-o-Pong Inflatable Beer Pong Table: Drinking Is More Fun When You Can Drown
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:54PM 08/29/08 :Searchles | Show 'Japanese “We Are The World”'
Note: Japanese impersonators cover the infamous, star studded charity single from the ’80s. It looks like it’s part of some kind of game show, though I have no idea what the concept could possibly be. I’m just trying to decide if my favorite one is Bruce Springsteen or Ray Charles in black face.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 01:46PM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:The Most Amazing Snowboard Trick, so amazing its funny.
Posted by the_wako_kid, at 12:57PM 08/29/08 :Anchorage Paper Also Surprised By McCain VP Choice
Note: The news this morning that John McCain had selected little-known Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate was such a surprise even in her home state that the newspaper's top story on its Web site, even two hours after the news emerged, mainly quoted The New York Times.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 12:03PM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:More Proof That Dolphins are Bad Ass
Posted by maybelline, at 09:29AM 08/29/08 and by 2 others:The Worlds Most Wanted White-Collar Fugitives
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 09:09AM 08/29/08 :Boeing Gives $1M to MLK Memorial
Note: The Boeing Co. has announced a $1 million donation to help build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Posted by bob_sacamano, at 08:56AM 08/29/08 :Obama Takes Aim at Bush and McCain With a Forceful Call to Change America
Note: Barack Obama accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination on Thursday, declaring that the “American promise has been threatened” by eight years under President Bush and that John McCain represented a continuation of policies that undermined the nation’s economy and imperiled its standing around the world.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 12:00PM 08/28/08 :Veoh Prevails in Infringement Lawsuit
Note: A California court has dismissed a copyright infringement case against Veoh, ruling that the Digital Millenium Copyright Act could not possibly require sharing sites to be solely responsible for vetting the content they host.
Posted by Kimberley McKee, at 11:35AM 08/28/08 :BackType, A Twitter For Comments
Note: BackType is the newest YCombinator startup to launch from their summer program. They’re a blog-comment focused startup - founders Christoper Golda and Michael Montano are for the first time aggregating all comments from millions of blogs into a single, searchable, parsable stream. Think Twitter for all comments on the web.
Posted by maybelline, at 09:29AM 08/28/08 :Neatorama Blog Archive Unexpected Places on the National Historic Landmark List
Note: There are some places you pretty much expect to be on the National Historic Register. Sprawling manors, Presidential birthplaces, historical monuments. But there are some pretty unexpected spots on the list too. Here are a few of them to check out the next time you’re looking for diversions from your road trip.
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