Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Wednesday, August 18, 2004

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Apple's iPod Invades The Classroom: "iPods are being used to listen to languages and othe rmaterial in a few college courses, quickly making the pocket-sized gizmos the newest sweetheart of the college learning experience." [MyAppleMenu]


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I am stupefied. Is this invented parody, or does there really exist a person called Lil' Kim? Perhaps this is some kind of performance art? Lil' Kim's Latest Projects: Legal Troubles and New Watches: "Lil' Kim, the saucy rap diva who is facing up to 20 years in federal prison for perjury and other charges, yesterday assailed federal prosecutors, announced that she was rededicating herself to charity work and introduced a line of Lil' Kim diamond watches."


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Gold Medal for Stupid Linking Policy? "Take a look at the official Olympic website and their Hyperlink policy: If you want to link to their site you have to send a request letter to the Internet Department stating e.g. a short description of your site, the url of your site, the publishing period [...] And finally you are only allowed to use the term "ATHENS 2004" and no other term as the text referent." [GrepLaw]


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The Worst Newspaper in America: "Pros: Not as ugly as it used to be. Cons: Conservative in everything but profits."


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One More Reason Why People Disrespect Media: "The Daily Kos notes a Republican astroturf campaign in which many newspapers printed a letter, written by Bush operatives but signed by people in local communities, offering political support to the president's campaign. [...] I do expect better of newspaper editorial pages, which should be checking for this kind of stuff." [Dan Gillmor's eJournal]