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19 Jan 2009 03:58

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Culture: Do they really want to hurt Boy George? They made him cry.

  • When I walked into the cell I saw this fat, bald bloke sitting in the corner crying like a baby. He was shaking like a leaf, a total wreck. He kept sobbing over and over, ‘I can’t go to jail – I’ll be killed.’
  • Richard Lyttle • A British man who shared a jail cell with former pop star Boy George. George was sentenced to 15 months for false imprisonment of a male escort. We admit, this whole incident makes us feel a little grimy on the outside. • source
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19 Jan 2009 03:09

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Tech: YouTube’s much-wanted nifty new feature

  • Click to download Ever wanted to watch a video on YouTube, then save it for later? Well, you used to have to download a third-party app to do that, because the service seemed to frown upon it. No longer. Slowly but surely, YouTube is adding links to some of its videos allowing you to download them easily. Fans of open information, such as Lawrence Lessig, are applauding the move.
  • Obama’s vids the first YouTube is starting with copyright-free videos. As a result, the first videos picked for the honor were from Barack Obama’s ChangeDotGov channel. Check Obama’s January 17th weekly address for an example. (On a side note, how cool is it that we’ve evolved from “fireside chats” to YouTube weekly addresses?) source
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19 Jan 2009 02:42

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World: 1% of everybody’s got a faulty heart

  • 1% of people could be destined for heart disease based on genetics, especially in India.
  • 60 million people carry the bad gene, says a new study published in Natural Genetics. source
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19 Jan 2009 02:15

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Culture, Offbeat: Nothing is original, and we stole this too.

We admit, this screams “mission statement” for us at ShortFormBlog. And the Web in general. source
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19 Jan 2009 01:39

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U.S.: It’s MLK Day. How does Obama feel?

  • Certainly my presence is gonna reflect him, because if it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t be standing there.
  • Barack Obama • on whether Martin Luther King, Jr., will affect his inauguration speech on Tuesday, one day after MLK Day. He says that King’s influence is ingrained in him. • source
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19 Jan 2009 01:27

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Culture: Paul Blart: Money-making mall cop

  • $32.3 million for Kevin James’ post-“King of Queens” comedy flick
  • four movies made over $20 million at the box office this weekend source
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19 Jan 2009 01:16

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Tech: Polaroid photographs can be quite beautiful

Wanna see more instant-camera art? Check out Polanoid. source
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19 Jan 2009 01:08

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Tech: Save it like a Polaroid picture

  • Could instant camera film be saved? One investor wants to make sure that Polaroid doesn’t just turn into a footnote of popular culture. Florian Kaps, an Austrian artist and entrepreneur, bought the company and plans to start making the film once again, with hopes to bring it to market by the end of the year. “The project is more than a business plan,” Kaps said. “It’s a fight against the idea that everything has to die when it doesn’t create turnover.” source
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19 Jan 2009 00:54

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Sports: Who’s got the better Vegas odds for the Super Bowl?

  • 6½ points, the spread favoring the Steelers over the Cards source
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19 Jan 2009 00:48

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Sports: Kurt Warner, back in the Super Bowl again

  • I want to say Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl in the same sentence. The Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. How about it?
  • Kurt Warner • Arizona Cardinals quarterback. He was the Super Bowl MVP nearly a decade ago for another unlikely set of champs, the St. Louis Rams. • source
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