links for 2011-08-16

In the letter, which was written four years ago but published only on Tuesday, Goodman claims that phone hacking was “widely discussed” at editorial meetings at the paper until Coulson himself banned further references to it; that Coulson offered to let him keep his job if he agreed not to implicate the paper in hacking when he came to court; and that his own hacking was carried out with “the full knowledge and support” of other senior journalists, whom he named.

…Now, I personallly have little patience for people trying to prove how hard they are generally speaking, and especially when said people are highly privileged liberals preening like they’re tough because they’ll “punish” the Democrats with their precious, precious votes—didn’t you know their votes count five times as much as yours?

links for 2011-08-15

The Police Chief of Long Beach has confirmed that his department’s policy is to detain photographers who do nothing more than take pictures in public places, and that he neither has, nor plans to implement, any guidelines for these detentions.

…A central air-conditioning system made by Advantix Systems, formerly an Israeli company but now based in Miami, removes moisture from air and cools it with a mixture that is 60 percent water and 40 percent salt.

Never Heard Of It Grammys

I was amused that so many folks twittered complaining about their lack of knowledge about Arcade Fire that some wag created a tumblr blog devoted to the phenomenon. For the record, if you pay attention to a certain kind of music critic, you had heard of Arcade Fire. I mean, they’ve appeared on the Daily Show and the Colbert Report fer christsakes. But not everyone pays attention to these sorts of cultural signifiers.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp launches The Daily app for the iPad

I’ve only used it for five or so minutes, but wasn’t impressed so far. The articles seem to be targeted at high school students, the average word count less than an USA Today article, and of course, much less than a New York Times article or even a Wall Street Journal article. Also more gossip-heavy than I like: in fact the second section (after News) is called straight out: Gossip. So 1/6 news, 1/6 is opinion by right-wing stalwarts like Bjorn Lomborg, 4/6 various lifestyle/celebrity gossip/sports/and games. Not a mix targeted to someone like me.

Update: if you want to read a the first couple days worth of articles, you can via this Tumblr blog, even if you don’t have an iPad.

Tweets from 12-31-1969

"Dimsum – Chinese soups" http://www.dimsum.co.uk/food/chinese-soups.html -> If you could only listen to one song for the next mont… — The question is moot – I’m a music junkie, and have … http://4ms.me/9Vrarx -> How are you? — in need of more coffee. Typical. http://4ms.me/9ayCJ4 -> What makes you think "Poland… Read more“Tweets from 12-31-1969”

Tweets from 1969-12-31

“You’re the only person who has used “sub hoc floresco” as a tag.” http://bit.ly/blA1A2 #fb -> Barclays on 19 Fleet Street http://flic.kr/p/8zC5Cz -> NetNewsWire Screen shot 2010-09-09 at 6.13.31 PM http://flic.kr/p/8zC77g -> People’s Friend, People’s Journal, Sunday Post, Dundee Courier http://flic.kr/p/8zFmif -> the Bulls are idiots if they even considering trading Joakim Noah for Carmelo “Snitch” Anthony. Scoring points isn’t enough to win #NBA -> wow RT @p2wy : Why elections matter, in one graph http://bit.ly/9BOiE5 // Stunning graph…pretty much says it all. -> “Ron Artest’s championship ring is for sale, inquire for price” http://yhoo.it/b2bk9J -> “Vox is closing on September 30, 2010 – Vox” http://closing.vox.com/ -> “Google Instant is unavailable” – that didn’t take long. http://yfrog.com/evpwup -> and for whatever reason, Google Instant has yet to appear on my default browser (Safari 5.0.2), not that I care much one way or the other -> Google’s own advice re: clearing cache hasn’t been updated since Safari 3.x was current (circa 2007) http://bit.ly/9q6Q4y -> “African music the actual African diaspora likes (in UK) | The Guardian” http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/sep/09/african-diaspora-music -> our lease is off again, landlord came up with additional bogus requirements.

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16

002- The Scavengers: Stuart (Vince Edwards) has nothing else going on besides his work as a seedy smuggler living … http://bit.ly/dBWnzd # 001- To Live: A bold, energetic masterpiece from Zhang Yimou, the foremost director from China's influential "fift… http://bit.ly/duNg7l # Polish Alma Mater, North Milwaukee and Damen http://flic.kr/p/8swvsu #… Read more“Twitter Updates for 2010-08-16”

Reading Around on July 7th

You won’t be seeing much criticism of Pepsico corporate policies, or the bad nutritional habits spread by cheap fast food, or even any behind-the-scenes stories about the lives of Pepsico employees that paints a picture of the place as anything less than Edenesque.

You Should Sign Up for the B12 Daily Email

Taking a cue from Kottke ((I hope Jason Kottke doesn’t mind being referred to by simply his last name, I’ve been reading his weblog for so long now, to me he is the blogosphere equivalent of single-named celebrities like Bono or Nenê )), I am reminding you that you should sign up for my daily email . Signing up should only take a minute or less if you are a fast typer, I absolutely promise not to ever send you unsolicited email ((unless you want me to, of course.

Bookmarks for December 5th

Some additional reading December 5th from 16:14 to 18:40: ESPN – Ex-NBA player Corie Blount channels a 2,700 year old Chinese shaman – HAMILTON, Ohio — Former NBA basketball player Corie Blount has been charged with picking up 11 pounds of marijuana in southwest Ohio. Crediting photos leads to good things – Tammy Green – My Aggregated Life – "But this post isn't about bad cop, it's about the good that comes by being good to me.

Ambient Awareness for Airports

I’m old enough to still be an old fashioned introvert, but I’ve certainly exposed and expressed my thoughts to a much wider audience in the last couple of years than all my college years combined. … One of the most popular new tools is Twitter, a Web site and messaging service that allows its two-million-plus users to broadcast to their friends haiku-length updates — limited to 140 characters, as brief as a mobile-phone text message — on what they’re doing.