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29 Sep 2009 22:58

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Tech: When you turn on this urn, it runs a really old version of Unix

A nerd on Slashdot honored his nerdy brother by putting his remains in a Sun SPARCstation computer, which is obscure, nerdy, and awesome. source
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29 Sep 2009 22:43

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Music: Don’t Forget to Be Awesome: There’s a YouTube record label

  • Alex Day, above, has an album coming out on Thursday on DFTBA Records, a label created by two YouTube-based musicians. (DFTBA, by the way, stands for “Don’t Forget To Be Awesome.”) These guys made a pitch about the label, and we admit, while we don’t get into the nuances of YouTube culture that brought the label to the forefront, this is a smart idea.source
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29 Sep 2009 22:20

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U.S., World: It’s finally official, guys: Canada is now a part of the U.S.

  • For the stimulus plan, “Buy American” can mean Canada, too. The White House will reportedly exempt our neighbors up north from the stimulus provision which favors buying American-made products. It had become a sore spot in Canuck-American trade relations, eh? source
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29 Sep 2009 22:11

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Sports: Alchemy wasn’t involved: A bunch of Wizards get hypnotized

  • It’s like the commercial, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. What happens in hypnotism stays in hypnotism.
  • Washington Wizards star Mike Miller • Describing the bizarre sight of a hypnotist at their training camp. New coach Flip Saunders brought in John-Ivan Palmer, described as “the World’s Fastest and Funniest Hypnotist,” for the team’s training camp. He’s apparently worked with Saunders before. You are now getting sleepy … • source
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29 Sep 2009 22:03

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Culture: Craigslist’s Missed Connections are an art in their own right

Missed Connections
  • We saw Sophie Blackall somewhere in Brooklyn. (We missed her.) She was sketching a little piece of heaven called “Missed Connections.” It’s one of those brilliant ideas which was begging to be done. In a few years, expect Blackall’s blog to become a Nora Ephron movie.source
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29 Sep 2009 21:50

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Tech: Like Web design but have no talent? Check out these templates.

Within minutes, you can look like a total pro without doing any of the work. Because these templates are all free. (hat tip @inspiredmag) source
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29 Sep 2009 21:41

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Music: Like lions on a gazelle, British pop stars tackle file-sharing en masse

  • 100 Britpoppers were in one room; Lily Allen was the loudest source
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29 Sep 2009 21:36

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Culture: Shed some tears for Dan Rather. He lost his lawsuit against CBS.

  • Remember that faked “60 Minutes” piece? Dan Rather does. Years after the blogosphere proved that his Bush National Guard information was suspect (a great story for typophiles, by the way), he’s been fighting a $70 million lawsuit ever since. An appeals court threw it out, saying that they could find no evidence that the network screwed up his future job prospects or reneged on his contract. All this stuff happened so long ago, we forgot Bush was president! source
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29 Sep 2009 21:21

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U.S.: An example of the kind of awful irony Alanis Morissette doesn’t grasp

  • A 911 dispatcher in Quincy, Massachusetts takes a call – somebody’s house is on fire. source
  • The dispatcher, Mike Bowes, is talking to his neighbor – HIS house is the one on fire. source
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29 Sep 2009 21:09

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U.S.: Najibullah Zazi’s attorney says he sees a “rush to judgment”

  • I’d like to stop this rush to judgment because what I’ve seen so far does not amount to a conspiracy charge.
  • Defense Attorney J. Michael Dowling • On his client, Najibullah Zazi, who has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack in New York City. He’s being held without bail. Although it’s obvious that Dowling would say this about his client, he argues that there’s not a lot meat to the bones of the charges. “I don’t know the names of anybody else that allegedly conspired with Mr. Zazi,” Dowling said. “Those names have not been produced.”  • source
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