Daily Archives: August 20, 2010

John Mellencamp goes off on the iPod, compares the Internet to the Atom Bomb | Edible Apple

“I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb,” Mellencamp explained. “It’s destroyed the music business. It’s going to destroy the movie business.” via John Mellencamp goes off on the iPod, compares the Internet to … Continue reading

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Opera Browser Still Astonishes Me!

Click = big That’s the HD version of the live Times Square webcam. I have never been able to see that on this PC before with Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. Only Opera has been able to do that. And the … Continue reading

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Writer Survivor: Outlast Outlast Outlast

Monday, January 4th, 2010: How Much Can You Take? Via a previous grapevine I was once hooked into, I was given the secret to having some success in Hollywood. I was told that to succeed, you don’t have to be … Continue reading

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Psychedelic drug could be ‘magic’ bullet for depression: Study

It’s also an illegal club drug, known as “special K”, or “vitamin K”. The street version is usually sold in a powder form that can be snorted or mixed into drinks, or dissolved into a liquid and injected. It acts … Continue reading

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Cynical-C | LOLObjectivists

Cynical-C | LOLObjectivists Oh. My. God. The stupidity cannot be described. It has to be experienced. Your head will explode. Click that anyway.

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» Net Neutrality and the Most Important Hearing You Never Heard Of

This history should provide lessons for how communications technology can shape our democracy.  That is why the battle over the Internet is so important. There has been much talk flowing through the media and even more through the Net about … Continue reading

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Austerity Britain

This looks interesting. Found it via: Your New Reading List: Dan Reiter’s Picks

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Blank – Blog – Murderati

What I had was a blank screen.  A very, very blank screen. And the moment I realized I now had to start writing my book over—completely from scratch—I thought I would cry. Did I make that clear?  COMPLETELY FROM SCRATCH. … Continue reading

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Writer L.J. Sellers Does Self-Publishing

I critiqued the formatting of someone else earlier. So what’s up with L.J. Sellers’ effort? See after the break …

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Only Writers Can Do Time Travel

Today, I deleted 17,500 words from my new book, and wrote 300 new ones. At this rate, I’ll be done in 1983.Thu Aug 19 22:18:12 via TweetDeckLaila LalamiLailaLalami

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