December 2008
Ivo van Hove Stages ‘Opening Night’ With... →
As general director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam, Mr. van Hove is known here for his bold, actor-centered stagings of classic dramas, including plays by Tennessee Williams, Ibsen and Molière. But “Opening Night” will show a different dimension of the director, whose recent European projects include Wagner and Shakespeare cycles. Created with his Amsterdam ensemble in 2006, this production reflects Mr....
Bombay (Mumbai) terrorist: I was ordered to kill... →
Azam Amir Kasab, 21, a Pakistani national, claimed the terror strikes, which left nearly 200 dead, were intended to kill as many as 5,000 people and that he and his fellow militants were ordered to target whites – especially Britons and Americans. The claims were made in what a police source said was a transcript of his questioning.
The statement said: “I was trained by militants of the...
November 2008
Oklahoma Beats Texas, Off the Field - NYTimes.com →
With Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Techall ensnared in a three-way tie atop Big 12 South with identical 11-1 records (7-1 in Big 12 play), the Bowl Championship Series standings were used to determine the winner.
Oklahoma came out on top on Sunday, moving up to No. 2 in the B.C.S. standings. That means that the Sooners will play Missouri in Kansas City for a chance to clinch the Big 12 title and a...
Giants teammate helped Plaxico hide gun -... →
The Giants’ dream season was thrown into turmoil Saturday when Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg at a Manhattan nightclub and linebacker Antonio Piercetried to hide the gun, police sources said. Burress is expected to be arrested on felony weapons charges in the coming days, while Pierce’s attorney was in frantic discussions with cops last night to...
Obama Introducing National Security Team on Monday... →
President-elect Barack Obama will roll out his national security team at a news conference here on Monday morning, including his former primary rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, as his secretary of state, Democrats close to the process said.
Citizen Journalists Provided Glimpses of Mumbai... →
At the peak of the violence, more than one message per second with the word “Mumbai” in it was being posted onto Twitter, a short-message service that has evolved from an oddity to a full-fledged news platform in just two years.
Those descriptions and others on Web sites and photo-sharing sites served as a chaotic but critically important link among people across the world — whether they be...
Fading Romance With Road Puts Dealers on Brink -... →
The National Automobile Dealers Association predicts that roughly 900 of the nation’s 20,770 new-car dealers will go out of business this year, and automobile analysts say the number of failed dealerships could rise into the thousands next year.
Even if Ford, Chrysler and G.M. survive, many believe a comeuppance is inevitable among dealerships; indeed, for years the nation has had more dealers...
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App Store Almost Reaches 10,000 Apps - Mac Rumors →
While several sites have reported that 10,000 iPhone Apps have been released into the App Store, the actual number of active iPhone apps that can be downloaded is about 9,676 as of today’s count. The discrepancy comes from the fact that many apps have been removed from the App Store for various reasons (trademark infringement, discontinued apps, pulled and released). Still, the 10,000...
'Push' Notifications Coming in iPhone 2.2.1? - Mac... →
While Apple originally promised Push notification support for September, Steve Jobs acknowledged a delay in an email and said they wanted to “get it 100% right the first time.” Developers and users have been anxiously awaiting the release this new feature. In the current iPhone firmware, applications are not allowed to run any background tasks. As a result, an application like a...
Psychologist Says: iPod Most Played Songs More... →
If a woman plays soft jazz when you come over but the top 25 played songs on her iPod are death metal, she’s not showing her true self.
Mumbai Terrorist Siege Over, India Says -... →
The full scope of the horror and desperation of the terrorist attack on Mumbai began to come into focus on Saturday after Indian commandos finally took control of the last nest of resistance.
Government officials said Saturday afternoon that the death toll had risen to 162 and was likely to rise again. They also said 283 people had been wounded.
Most of the dead were apparently Indian citizens,...
Downtown closures Saturday for Chuy's Children... →
The 2008 Chuy’s Parade is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. with street closures beginning as early as 6 a.m. and reopening at 2 p.m.
Complete road closures starting at 6 a.m. include San Jacinto Boulevard, East 15th through 10th Streets and the Ann Richards Bridge.
All other street closures begin at 9 a.m. Those closures include: • Congress between 11th Street and the Ann Richards Bridge.
Cross...
what is radiohead listening to? here's the...
this weeks office chart
what we might be listening to in the office,
`’what office?`’
`’you know, at work”
“oh.. right. is that what you call it?”……….
1. One Ting (Dabrye Remix) >King Midas Sound >Cool Out (Dabrye / Flying Lotus Remix)
2. Serious Times (Truth & Soul Vocal Version) >Gyptian >These Are Some Serious Times
3....
FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: Chris... →
Beware, Jason! Chris Matthews is on the move!
10 of the Best Mac Apps for Bloggers →
Most bloggers today are familiar only with services designed for use with their choice of web browser. If you edit a WordPress.com account or WordPress.org installation, chances are you login and publish your material through the cloudware provided.
The same goes for Blogger and TypePad users, and as well as options like MySpace and Vox. But if you’ve grown tired of those standard frontends, and...
CNN Political Ticker: Rove says Obama economic... →
Rove, widely credited with orchestrating President Bush’s two successful presidential campaigns, writes in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that Obama has assembled a “first rate” economic team that has “provided surprisingly positive clarity.”
Specifically, Rove praises Obama’s choice of New York Fed Chairman Timothy Geithner for Treasury Secretary and Obama’s...
Death to film critics! Hail to the CelebCult! -... →
A newspaper film critic is like a canary in a coal mine. When one croaks, get the hell out. The lengthening toll of former film critics acts as a poster child for the self-destruction of American newspapers, which once hoped to be more like the New York Times and now yearn to become more like the National Enquirer. We used to be the town crier. Now we are the neighborhood gossip.
The crowning...
“My passion and my background is in main stream media – motion pictures, music,...”
– Joi Ito, CEO of Creative Commons (via The 26th Story)
The 26th Story: Creative Commons CEO Joi Ito... →
In the case of book publishing, we have seen a variety of different examples. The basic consideration is how much demand the book already has versus the potential demand that a free download version of the book might create. Clearly there is some cannibalization of sales if people who were going to buy the book end up reading it online. However, we have quite a bit of data which supports the fact...
Obama Must Mobilize Supporters to Help Nonprofits... →
As a dreary Thanksgiving comes and goes, one answer is to mobilize Generation O to help the nation’s struggling nonprofit sector. Unlike the automobile industry, whose representatives were ferried to Washington on private jets, the nonprofit industry has yet to show up at all.
This does not mean the nation’s 1 million other charitable organizations and their 11 million employees are...
Mashable: Google Ads for Terrorism Spotted on... →
These may be the most offensive Google Ads ever seen. Spotted in two separate incidents next to stories about the Mumbai attacks on the site IBN Live, they’re a typical example of the tactlessness of automated ad targeting systems.
We’ve seen Google ads go wrong before, of course, but do you recall a worse slip-up in recent memory?
We know it’s not Google’s intent to offend, nor their fault that...
305. Don't be so eager to leave the kids table.
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Pilot route for Georgetown, TX bus system starts... →
Test route will take riders for $1 from Sun City to various shopping areas and downtown square.
Browns owner contemplating changes - FanNation →
Browns owner Randy Lerner confirmed Tuesday he is contemplating major changes in the off-season but is weighing another organizational shakeup against the goal of continuity. In a 60-minute interview with media, Lerner would not specifically comment on the future of General Manager Phil Savage and coach Romeo Crennel.
