September 2008

edkohler: Call me old fashioned, but I think MPR just re-invented the radio. tumblelikeyougiveadamn: Streamed MPR on my bus commute this morning. Simple, elegant interface. Not a single hiccup in the connection. Perfect app. As with the RATM video that MPR put out, they’re doing a pretty job of getting the basics of webtech down.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjkCrfylq David Letterman Reacts to John McCain Suspending Campaign Don’t cancel with Letterman. Big mistake. Letterman can be brilliant with improv sometimes and this is one of those times. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

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The Subprime Mortgage Primer, as explained by stick people This is a really long frame-by-frame cartoon and really well done.  NSFW: Contains profanity (probably accurate) in stick person dialogue talk balloons.

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There are a lot of impartial fact-checking organizations out there that seem to decline in influence as they mushroom in number. People used to sadly note that “negative campaigning works.” I fear we are entering a phase–or at least given it a good test run–when another truism will become “false campaigning works.” Britt Robson, commenting

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http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/flash/player.swf?id=3973 [via tumblelikeyougiveadamn:] Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952 – 2008. (Source: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/)

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