Archive for April, 2005

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Bourgeois Decries Tsunami Damage

The
tsunami that devastated south Asia coastlines and killed more than 200,000
people last December is a powerful reminder of just how dangerous those
waves can be to humans.
Such reminders have [...]

It Was a Wild Wedding, Dawg

Dancing eunuchs, over 300 invitees and a marriage procession
befitting a king! It was the perfect nuptial for Shamsher and Diana,
a canine couple from Jaipur who tied the knot in a traditional Hindu
[...]

Fraternity Pledges Shot - Repeatedly

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The University of California,
Berkeley has suspended a fraternity whose members hazed a pledge by repeatedly
firing a BB gun at him, the school said on Monday.
The prospective member of [...]

Word of the Day

When
we saw it this morning in the Boston
Globe Sports section, we thought it was a typo.  It
still amazes us that after 45 years of [...]

New Blog Stats Put Total at 10 Million +

In the same week that it detected more than 10 million
blogs for the first time, Intelliseek’s BlogPulse.com also noted a shift
in conversations in the blogosphere
CINCINNATI, OHIO (April 26, 2005)
— [...]

Wi-Fi in Watertown

Of course, no list involving something as mercurial and fluid as wireless
cyberspace could ever be complete, but we were disturbed and disappointed
to note that the latest list of Boston
[...]

North Korean Propaganda Video Exposed

In
our tireless search for scandal and sources of righteous indignation,
the Dowbrigade recently uncovered a snippet of video floating around
cyberspace so shocking and objectionable it tested the limits of decency
[...]

North Korean Propaganda Video Exposed

 

   

        our tireless search for scandal and sources of righteous indignation,
        the Dowbrigade recently uncovered a snippet of video floating around
        cyberspace so shocking and objectionable it tested the limits of decency
        and credibility.    
     

        punk rock band slamming out
their anthem, the unforgettable "
      USA.
     

        original sheet music (in
Korean, of course), but also
        expert
source
      [...]

Boston Wi-Fi Follow-up

A free Wi-Fi network blankets Newbury Street, a project created and championed
by Michael Oh (left), founder of Tech Superpowers Inc. City Councilor John
Tobin wants to extend free wireless access across Boston. ”Wi-Fi seems a
[...]

Online, all the time, everywhere

By far the most interesting angle of last
Thursday’s visit from Boston City Councilor John
Tobin to the Berkman
Bloggers Meeting was the news (to us) that Boston [...]

Field of Bad Fever Dreams

Last
night we watched "Fever
Pitch" the new comedy starring Drew
Barrymore and Jimmie Fallon and set against the backdrop of the Red Sox
run to
[...]

John Tobin Gets It - Sorta

The
much anticipated main attraction at last Thursday’s
meeting of the Berkman
denizens whom the lovely Norma Yvonne refers to
as "our cult" was a guest appearance [...]


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