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change.gov set free 
(unknown author) via Lessig Blog on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
Consistent with the values of any "open government," and with his strong leadership on "free debates" from the very start, the Obama team has modified the copyright notice on change.gov to embrace the
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(unknown author) via Typographic Research on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
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30 Reasons
shawnbot via FFFFOUND! / SHAWNBOT / FOUND on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
via http://30reasons.org/index.php?p=archive&id=12
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Is Urban Loneliness a Myth? -- New York Magazine
gp.edwards via Delicious/gp.edwards/share on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
“Every 20 or 30 years, we have a lament about the decline of community, and it’s usually due to cities and urbanization,” says Robert Sampson, the criminologist who chairs Harvard’s sociology department, when I visit him one sunny morning this fall. He mentions one of the classics of the genre, Louis Wirth’s Urbanism As a Way of Life. “It’s all about the impersonal way of life in the
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Iowa City fact of the day
Tyler Cowen via Marginal Revolution on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
In 2006, for a population of 63,027, there were 63,713
public library patrons; borrowers as a percentage of population reached
101 percent.I wonder if Will Wilkinson is now one of them; here is more. In another life, I would write a whole blog just on public libraries
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Place Holder Named To Biden's Delaware Seat To Allow Beau Biden Bid In 2010?
(unknown author) via PoliticalBase.com Blog on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Today, Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) appointed an aide to Vice President-elect Joe Biden (D) -- Edward "Ted" Kaufman -- to fill the Biden
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Flickr Photo Download: cc - abstract
(unknown author) via FFFFOUND! / ELMEX / FOUND on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
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I love this.
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On the Street.... Back Buttoned, Milan
(unknown author) via The Sartorialist on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Shared by Geoff
Awesomely unconventional. Not unlike Kriss Kross, but this actually works.
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No Plans For Obama To Stump For Martin In Georgia Senate Race
(unknown author) via PoliticalBase.com Blog on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Shared by Geoff
This makes sense. Martin will likely fail to get elected, with or without the President-Elect's help. Were Obama to expend political capital down south so early, it would take away a few hit points.
Some Democrats have been hoping that the President-elect might consider visiting Georgia before the runoff election next week. But it appears that Oba
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Under The Big Top
Don Weir via DETOUR on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Once upon a time, the circus was a true site to behold and an American treasure. Taschen, publisher of all things beautiful, has released a new tome called The Circus: 1870 - 1950 that documents this lost world of o
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Tha Giggle: On Lil Wayne
Joseph Kugelmass via The Kugelmass Episodes on Sun, 23 Nov. 2008
(x-posted to The Valve)
Lil’ Wayne’s success has reached such a phenomenal peak that at one point, as I was about to turn the radio to a hip-hop station coming out of Boston, my friend could say “How about some Lil’ Wayne?” and be absolutely right. I can’t remember if the station was playing one of his songs or if it was a
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Obama's Strategy: A Debate
(unknown author) via Raw Thought (from Aaron Swartz on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
A Liberal Shock Doctrine: Our economy is collapsing. There's a Democratic majority in the House and possibly a supermajority in the Senate. In the last election, both parties campaigned on change and the candidate accused of socialism won, by a solid majority. There will never be another time lik
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The Right Spot
(unknown author) via Subtraction.com on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
Shared by Geoff
Subtraction is a great blog from Khoi Vin, head of design at NYT.com. He writes about a wide range of cultural and design topics, but I also like the rare posts about his dog, Mister President.
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Home : nomono
gp.edwards via Delicious/gp.edwards/share on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
I love this guy's work. His illustrations are all brilliant and naive.
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Robbie Cooper's Immersion, heads-on video of kids playing video games
(unknown author) via Waxy.org Links on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
from the guy who made Alter Ego, the book of people with their online avatars
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how to keep them engaged
(unknown author) via Peter Levine on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
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"...there will be Obama Democrats in 2060 the way there are New Deal Democrats today."
I am pleased that this year's election has prompted a lot of thinking about how to keep young people engaged. "Beyond the Vote" was the theme of the National Conference on Citizenship. There have been good news articles on the topic, e.g.,
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Vice Magazine - THE DARK LORD OF LOGOS
shawnbot via FFFFOUND! / SHAWNBOT / FOUND on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
via http://www.viceland.com/int/v15n11/htdocs/dark-lord-of-logos-302.php
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How to give directions
(unknown author) via Marginal Revolution on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
Shared by Stefan Hayden
does this really take in to account how hard it can be to know which way is north while driving?
...there are two ways to give directions. One is using a so-called "route
perspective", as in the example above. This adopts a first-person
spatial perspective and is characterised by references to turns and
landmarks. The
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Justin.tv Suicide
Joanne McNeil via Tomorrow Museum on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
From Mashable: “a 19-year-old user of the online live-streaming video service Justin.TV has apparently commit suicide in front of an audience of fellow forum dwellers egging him on during the process.” Tragic. Most disturbing are the
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