A few loose skews
Posted: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 5:23 PM by Will Femia
Skewz offers a cool twist on votes/ratings/diggs. You set the dial on how you feel the story leans politically. Depending on the results the story is placed in a blue or red column.
Speaking of assessing political value, I'm not sure if this video is helpful or hurtful to McCain, but how is video of
John McCain singing Streisand not all over the airwaves? (
via)
Speaking of must-see political videos, just when you thought the "I'm F-ing Matt Damon" copycat meme was killed by weak imitations,
this imitation has some comedic merit. Making it rhyme is a pretty good trick too.
Speaking of having strong feelings about Obama, conservative blog Atlas Shrugs has made a project of tracking Barack Obama's
connections to Kenyan politics through a cousin. While Obama's lineage has been the subject of a lot of discussion, his actual interest in the goings-on in Africa is not something I've seen explored in the mainstream. Will an America lead by an Obama administration take a more active role in African politics? Just seeing bloggers take such an interest in African politics is pretty remarkable.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue Outside of Tennessee Courthouse - It's too bad the construction doesn't look very durable but it's fun to hear a newscaster say "flying spaghetti monster." I really like the idea of a public memorial space as well. Definitely a better idea than banning everyone.
Engadget and a slew of supporters have gone magenta - in defiance of a demand by Deutsche Telekom that they cease using the color because it belongs to T-Mobile.
Life Before Death - Matching portraits of people before and after they've died. Not as gross as it sounds. what's most striking to me is how different they look after they've passed. Some look extra tranquil but all of them are pretty clearly no longer in corporeal residence.
I know it's weird to recommend a site I don't like, but you should look at
AllTop. It starts off simple and clean, just some clear categories. But within those categories are tons of sites with several headlines each. Before long your "to read" list is out of control and your browser is crippled with tabs. For me this is all too much. But it could be that either you already read the headlines in a particular category so this is helpful or you want more from a particular category and this is full of good tips, so there ya go.
That most recent Craigslist crime where someone posted an ad offering a house worth of free stuff turns out to have been
a track-covering ruse. Of course, the thieves were idiots, but it's a clever idea for a mystery novel to cover up a crime with a flash mob or other anonymously organized online event.
Algae: 'The ultimate in renewable energy' - The last time I read about algae energy it was in conjunction with balancing CO2 production. The idea was to put algae marshes downwind from CO2-producing chimneys so it would absorb the gas while it was growing. This idea of more controlled algae farms looks a little more sensible.
Report: sub-$200 WiFi touchscreen iPods from Apple by holidays - I always said if I didn't already have a smartphone I'd prefer to have a cheap little phone and one of these touch iPods. Of course, that was easy to say because the iPod price was beyond my consideration. But for under 200 bucks? I predict a bloodletting.
