Monthly Archives: November 2008
Flu Trends
Via Gary Andrews: RWW – Google Flu Trends: A Glimpse into the Future of Google Health: It stands to reason that people who are “starting to come down with something” often take the opportunity to search for information on what … Continue reading
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Excuse me while I carefully talk around something; I need to warn you about a small problem without using certain keywords for reasons that will be obvious in a few moments… A tragic death is in the news, a political … Continue reading
I should crack 10,000 views by this afternoon…
Just five quick notes about reactions to ‘Bob’ and the bonfire mission: 1. I’m in the Telegraph, me. (Yes, they asked before rehosting the video.) 2. I always get a kick out of breaking the language barrier. 3. I even … Continue reading
Little person gets big reaction
From the video description: “(Before the World Series Parade) we snuck out into the middle of Broad Street to snap a pic in front of City Hall and all the crowds. When Will raised his hands for the picture, cheers … Continue reading
Tabloid scum
“Put another way, if mass-circulation newspapers, which also devote considerable space to reporting and analysis of public affairs, don’t have the freedom to write about scandal, I doubt whether they will retain their mass circulations with the obvious worrying implications … Continue reading
Let’s not forget that Andrew Gilligan has some questions to answer
Michael White earns a golf clap for his jest and this mention of it in Gilligan’s own paper: Evening Standard – Footnote for banking: Private Eye editor Ian Hislop presented the 4th annual Paul Foot award last night for investigative … Continue reading
Iain Dale’s daily fail
Tch. And to think that only last week he was returning from Teh Holy Land with a message of peace, mung-beans and understanding: Iain Dale – Parliament Should Decide on Prisoners’ Voting Rights – Not Judges: When you go to … Continue reading
Palin: our cup runneth over
And now it’s all ‘over’, we have this: The Daily Show – Sarah Palin is so dumb, that… However, I have to take Sarah’s side here (just for a moment) and admit that she has a point; who are these … Continue reading
Broadcasting from inside a bonfire
(Psst! New here? Read more about ‘Bob’ here.) – Bob… is dead. Consigned to the flames in the name of art. But he was OK with it in the end (honest), and he wanted you to have this: Camera in … Continue reading
Where rain go?
Rain come back! Rain come back! Save Bob!
