Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Amarillo’s Army of God: Kyle
- Bachmann To Vote For Resolution Promoting Census After Leading Campaign To Smear It: Guest Blogger
- Stars make search more personal – This sounds like a good, useful idea.
- The freest and most democratic nation? – I love this country. But driving a drumpbeat of exceptionalism only blinds us to the areas where we fall far short of our ideals.
- Judging Books by Their Covers: U.S. Vs. U.K. – I always love comparing book covers between editions, publishers, countries for the same book. Some interesting design choices here.
- Days Get Shorter Because of Chilean Earthquake [Science] – I plan on taking advantage of this to catch up on my sleep.
- Leverage DVD news: Press Release for Leverage – The 2nd Season | TVShowsOnDVD.com – Glee!
- 10 Modern Cartoons That Are Making Children Dumber – Man, it’s hard to argue much with this list. Thank heavens there’s nothing here that Kay insists on watching.
- Isildur’s Bane – I’m seriously disappointed by the Obama Adminstration’s actions regarding homeland security and this sort of thing. But it seems a sad truism that, once granted a power, governments never let go of it, and, in fact, use it to argue that they are justified in asking for more.
- Working the ref – And, once again, if you can’t win on the facts, try smears instead. (The side note about the GOP firing parliamentarians they felt weren’t being open enough to their own reconciliation efforts is just frosting on the cake.)
- The blockade is gone, but it’s not forgotten – Heh. “After all, if the rules let Jim Bunning hold up unemployment benefits for 200,000 Americans just because he feels like it, maybe voters won’t get so outraged when the GOP talks about how important the filibuster is.”
- D.C.’s Catholic Charities Dumps Family Insurance So They Don’t Have To Cover Same-Sex Partners – I can understand their logic, as much as I disagree with their reasoning. But I can also understand how that will make them that much less attractive of an employer, and rightfully so.
- Virgin America dumps Flash over lack of iPhone support – Good for them. Flash is grotesquely over-used and unfriendly for the web ecosystem.
- NC congressman wants Ronald Reagan put on $50 bill – Ronald Reagan – Salon.com – Grant is no jewel I can think of a dozen (or three) other presidents I’d rather see before Reagan.
- 17 More Images You Won’t Believe Aren’t Photoshopped | Cracked.com – Fun.
- Google Wave Gets a Smarter API – I think Wave needs better/clearer integration with other Google tools. It also needs some success stories in major companies to show how its power can be leveraged and to overcome the critical mass of users problem.
- Let’s Do It – That makes me feel much better.
- Why DRM doesn’t work… – The core problem with DRM is that it’s intended to keep people away from the product, with an exception to be reluctantly (and partially) made for folks who pay for the privilege. There is little to no incentive for companies to make DRM easier to navigate or less onerous (the idea that their business depends on it is counteracted by their intense fear that online access will destroy their business regardless).
- Media Matters staff: Breitbart now calls ACORN tapes “less about ‘criminality’ than facility with which employees all knew how to work system” – Sounds like a top-flight lobbying firm to me …
- Todd Gregory: No, right-wing bloggers, the Brooklyn DA is not a “member” of the Working Families Party – Because, of course, when you lose on the facts, the next thing to do is try for a win on the smear.
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You’re actually going to lose sleep now, as the day is a microsecond shorter, not longer. It’s not like the time is taken from the day and added to the night, you know.
Damn, no wonder I feel so tired today …