Archive for October, 2008
Bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon bacon,
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
bacon. I’ve been using that word a lot this week. This month. Yeah, really, this year. This week the new band I’m in, The Bacon Lobby, released our first song and music video. It’s called Bacon Man, and it’s about Obama. Sometimes we call it Obama Bacon Man. It goes “O–bama bacon man, make it [...]
The game I’m playing with the debates tonight: Heard-Word Poetry
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
This is how it works: The goal is to make poems. With the words you hear from the debates.
The rules are simple: You can’t take a word that was said later and put it before a word that was said earlier. That’s the only rule. Pick and choose your words like a poet. Have [...]
Adorable: Dogs greet soldier after 14 months in Iraq
Friday, October 10th, 2008
Which is more destructive: voter intimidation tactics or fake-voter registration tactics?
Friday, October 10th, 2008
In Philadelphia this week this flyer was posted around black neighborhoods:
Read the article about this voter intimidation scam at philly.com here. It’s not the first time this tactic has been used — snopes.com has this to say about this scam:
Every presidential election prompts the circulation of misinformation regarding voting procedures. Sometimes the misinformation is merely [...]
7 indications you might not be an internet noob anymore:
Monday, October 6th, 2008
…gleaned from my experiences working in an internet-inexperienced newsroom…
You’re not afraid to type a URL in the address bar of a web browser.
You know what “URL,” “address bar,” and “web browser,” mean.
You’ve used a browser that doesn’t have “Explorer,” “MSN,” or “AOL” in its name.
You know how to copy and paste a URL (From the [...]
