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05.12.07

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Salon.com People | How to say you're sorry: A refresher course These days, apologies are everywhere in the national and international news. Yet few nations or individuals know how to make one. (I posted this originally about 6 years ago, I think, but it bears repeating) (tags: language etiquette apology Community) Ethics in Gaming 6.0 See especially his brief aside about apologising - different styles of apology, ranked according to how good they are. (tags: ethics apology games gaming)
05.10.07

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I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER? lolcats tagged for your convenience. Ohnoes! (tags: cats humor funny blog animals images geek silly) The VOCO Clock How would you like the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry whispering you awake in a Jeeves-like manner every morning? Well, for Â£29.95, he's all yours... (tags: clock humor audio stephenfry shopping)
05.03.07

Televisual Gold, Guaranteed File under: Media & Advertising, Silly, Television | (17)
Attention TV commissioning Editors (especially those from BBC3/Channel five/Sky three/ITV3): the summer's on its way, and before you know it, it'll be sunny and warm and that means that commissioning new and interesting programming for the autumn season is just going to get in the way of long liquid lunches and hanging around with your sleeves rolled up in Soho Square. But fear not! I have the answer to your problem, in the form of this handy mix'n'match show title generator. Using literally minutes of brainpower, combined with a lifetime of passive couch-potato activity, I've distilled the essence of winning ...
05.02.07

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Why can't newspapers get linking right? Â« Online Journalism Blog Most newspapers have had websites for a decade now. Theyâ€™ve gone from shovelling print content onto a webpage to hosting video bulletins and podcasts, blogs and galleries, and even social networking. And yet they still canâ€™t seem to get one thing righ (tags: blogging journalism newspapers) Global Voices Online Global Voices aggregates, curates, and amplifies the global conversation online â€“ shining light on places and people other media often ignore. (tags: news blog media international blogs community activism journalism social world) Gel 2007 - Recap Roundup of coverage from Good Experience Live 2007, which took place a ...
04.28.07

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The great Japanese Poodle-Sheep swindle Thousands of Japanese pet-owners were shocked to discover that they had been fooled into believing that they were buying pedigree poodles when they were, in fact, sheep. (tags: animals crime dogs japan pets) Bloons - Ninja Kiwi Fun Games, Free Online Games, Custom Games You are a monkey. You throw darts. At balloons. Simple gaming fun - and bloody addictive, to boot. (tags: games flash game free)
04.27.07

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Map My London: maps and memories mashup This is quite nice. Reminds me of the annotated satellite images people were doing of the areas they grew up in, using Flickr a couple of years ago. If I had more time.... (tags: maps London mashup map mashups mapping writing)
04.25.07

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London's Kerning: typographic map Oh, I want one of these. This is lovely. (tags: typography design london maps poster font prints map cartography)
04.17.07

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Hundreds dead in rabbit motorway tragedy | Breaking News | News | Telegraph A lorry transporting thousands of the animals overturned on the M1 between Budapest and Vienna, scattering its lapin load across several lanes of traffic. (tags: news weird)
04.15.07

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Complete Color Matching Guide | E Logo Design (tags: color design webdesign Tools reference)
04.14.07

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spEak Youâ€™re bRanes A collection of ignorance, narcissism, stupidity, hypocrisy and bad grammar. All the comments quoted were found on the BBC "Have Your Say" site. Yes, people really have written them. On purpose as far as I can tell. (tags: humor blog comments speech)

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