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From TechCrunch, who picked it up from former TechCrunch writer Marshall Kirkpatrick at Twitter via Cyberjournalist: Things sure are quiet at MySpace News An excerpt from the May 14 post: … The front page of MySpace News shows most stories with zero votes. Two stories have a single vote. None have more than that. Perusing through [...]
Fri, May 25 2007 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
BBC Tech correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones writes a reasonably amusing (well, by Beeb standards) yarn about his foray into the world of social networking sites as a 40-something. An excerpt: From Lily Allen to David Attenborough, they are all doing it. Social networking, that is. From MySpace, to Facebook to bebo, sites which allow users to [...]
Fri, May 25 2007 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
It's a warm one in T.O. today — 27 degrees Celsius, feels like 33. One business I went into on my rounds had its AC on, which is understandable. But it also had its front doors wide open, which is not. While making my purchase, I idly inquired if they had the AC on. The [...]
Fri, May 25 2007 » Main Page, Minutiae » Comments Off
This is a grim, stylish, riveting look at the world of one despicable, middle-aged Parisian gangster and the changing of the repugnant guard around him. Claude Corti (Philippe Caiubère) is an organized crime boss who keeps his patch firmly under his thumb. He keeps his redeeming qualities well-hidden, his brutality on clear display. During one [...]
Fri, May 25 2007 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
I'm riding a College Street car westbound. One of the regular operators is behind the wheel, and one of the regular homeless guys is sitting right behind the operator. “Grace!” calls out the operator, referring to the street intersection, and “Grace!” echoes the homeless guy. As the homeless guy gets ready to lurch off, the [...]