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Saturday, April 16, 2005

Have some miscellany

It was just a matter of time before the big newspaper companies started realizing that their Internet "versions" would become more profitable than their paper business. You know the world has changed when you can say that the end of the paper news is nigh.

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Rupert Murdock gives a boost to blogs and the inevitability of their continued mass adoption.

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The most disturbing question surrounding Meridian Bioscience's potentially cataclysmic mistake has to be why? As CDC Director Dr. Julie Gerberding said, "It is almost impossible to believe they did not know they were dealing with H2N2."

 

This news doozy reads like a Shakespeare in the (trailer) Park performance summary.

 

I figured this had to be true by the look my dog gave me when I slipped on a magazine, banana peel-style. (Bruised coccyx).

 

If you haven't seen Google's latest gadget, check it out. Unfortunately, they don't have it working for Firefox users yet, so temporarily switch to Internet Explorer if you have to. In the upper-right corner, click Satellite. Enter your address or whatever else comes to mind. You might even find a 2-pixel picture of yourself mowing your lawn. Enjoy.

 

Perhaps only McDonald's could bring sucking to a level this egregious. Paying hip-hop "artists" to include menu items in their song lyrics? This is a perfect union of poor quality; the food, the music, the idea. It's all bad, yo.

 

6 Comments:

Blogger nugatory said...

Re the map thing, two people have explored "secret" stuff:

Area 51 and The White House

5:02 PM

 
Blogger brandon said...

Thanks, nuge. May I call you nuge? That Area 51 thingy was pretty cool. I'm sure that data won't last long on Google's servers. No 'twont.

5:48 PM

 
Blogger Andy B said...

If I was a wee more ambitious, I would pan that fucker right over some crazy shit.

7:12 PM

 
Blogger nugatory said...

Considering that you link to Wired, you've probably already seen this. I thought the still-action shots were neat-o.

Nuge is fine, but does it rhyme with luge?

11:01 PM

 
Anonymous thk said...

you were always more of a burger king man, weren't you? yea, that's right. you like your whoppers.

8:27 PM

 
Blogger brandon said...

That's right. Always did like the 'kang. Haven't had one in years. Seriously. It might be time...

10:16 PM

 

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