Friday, January 5, 2007

BingFutch.com MP3s Two new tunes are available for download this month; 'Auld Lang Syne 2007' and "I Cried For Days"... much more at http://www.darkstudios.com/ 10:25:43 PM

Cinema Minima: Per Diem - The Meaning of the News The trend in news publication: Analysis more than facts. How the Wall Street Journal has changed - and what it means for news publications such as Cinema Minima The Wall Street Journal has changed the format and the content of its newspaper (hardcopy) edition. It has changed the content of its online (World Wide Web) edition. It has changed the relationship between its newspaper and its Web site - and between those and its readers. The newspaper component of the Wall Street Journal will emphasize analysis. The newspaper has removed much of its purely "informational" content - tables and data - to its Web site. Its Web site will also emphasize "breaking news." This change came from market research - from talking to the newspaper's readers. They demanded that the newspaper explain the meaning of the news, rather than simply reporting facts. [Cinema Minima: Per Diem] 6:43:57 PM

19th Century Inventions Whatever Floats Your Boat. Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. In 1849, Abraham Lincoln was awarded Patent No. 6469 (drawing and large TIFF files of pages 1, 2, and 3 of the actual patent) for a device for raising stuck riverboats off sand bars. The model he submitted with the patent application is at the National Museum of American History; who made the model is a bit of a mystery. Lincoln is the only United States President to hold a patent. (Other Lincoln-related patents, including the patent for Lincoln Logs.) [via History Now's timeline of 19th-century inventions.] [MetaFilter] 6:34:44 PM