June 2005
Ananova - 'Merman' spotted in Caspian
(via)"At the beginning we thought it was a big fish, but then we spotted hair on the head of the monster and ... the front part of his body was equipped with arms."
Botero's anger at Abu Ghraib on display in Rome
(via)Botero told Reuters he hoped his works would be a "permanent witness to a great crime" in much the same way Picasso's "Guernica" has become a permanent reminder of the tragedies of the Spanish Civil War.
May 2005
The Annotated New York Times
by 3 othersanother take on customising news: this site tracks blog commentary on NYTimes articles by topic and author
bbctags.headshift.com
Headshift's.taggable interface for BBC News
Headshift | social tagging for the BBC
by 1 otherdiscusses another tagging interface for BBC News that also pulls in content from del.icio.us, Technorati and Flickr
Deli.icio.us BBC NEWS | News Front Page
by 1 otherinterface enabling del.icio.us users to tag BBC news stories - imagine this done for other online news providers
April 2005
buzztracker
by 3 othersBuzztracker is software that visualizes frequencies and relationships between locations in the Google world news directory.
March 2005
editorsweblog.org: the dying newspaper
"I've been involved with newspapers, in some form or another, for a quarter century. If I don't see a compelling reason to read them, why should anyone else?"
Okapiland Explorer
shortcut navigation software for web search, news story and RSS content that displays linked pages instead of hyperlinks
Design Observer: writings about design & culture: No Headline Necessary
the most sophisticated piece of political propaganda this new century has seen?
ABC News: Who's Counting: Google Made Surreal
Oulipo makes the ABC News
Google & Public Opinion - How Slippery is this Slope? | Threadwatch.org
Less than 50% of all total searches - where is the tipping point?
www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on | page 45
by 1 otherGet Your Schiavo On - ..umm, is there a feed available for this?
The coming crackdown on blogging | Newsmakers | CNET News.com
As one comment says: "what next - bumperstickers?"
New Scientist Breaking News - Maximum pain is aim of new US weapon
researchers to look for "optimal pulse parameters to evoke peak nociceptor activation" - in other words, cause the maximum pain possible.
February 2005
TCS: Tech Central Station - Chasing the Long Tail
mass media continues breaking apart into smaller and smaller fractals
Wired 12.10: The Long Tail
The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche markets at the shallow end of the bitstream.
The Balance Bar
browser extension programmed to allow any user to editorialize any web page
Guardian Unlimited :Underwater bike ride to launch students' eight-week crime spree
2 Cornish students to spend summer breaking dumb US laws
January 2005
Dan Gillmor: Newspapers: Open Your Archives
why pay-per-view archives should be a thing of the past
The Woolamaloo Gazette
Waterstone's employee sacked for blogging
pseudorandom: When Does $350 Million Equal 42 Hours?
by 1 otheramount given by the US gov to date for tsunami relief = 42.27hrs worth of war in Iraq
June 2004
Capitol Hill Blue: Bush's Erratic Behavior Worries White House Aides
Dubya is "a man on the edge"...
