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February 3, 2010

Internet nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

The Internet has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Yes, folks, the medium that has brought us icanhascheezburger, FAILblog, MySpace, and 4chan among other things is on the list of candidates to bring home the award that US President Barack Obama won last year.

Of course the internet has been the instrument of peace, there's no doubt about it. Everyone's too busy to wage war because they're all updating their statuses on Facebook and Twitter, and are running around collecting points and badges on Foursquare.

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February 3, 2010

Mickey Mouse, 47th President of the United States of America

Daring Fireball pointed to this New York Times blog talking about the recent US Supreme Court decision granting corporations First Amendment rights, that is the right to free speech, including determining political allegiances and funding.

Wasting little time, PR company Murray Hill Incorporated decided that the next logical step was for businesses to run for a seat in the US Congress and produced this brilliant campaign video.

As if it's not enough, here's a chronological account of what happens following that decision up to January 2029 when Mickey Mouse gets inaugurated as the 47th US President.

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February 2, 2010

#selebtwitter by @Cacimaki

All this is grabbed from @cacimaki

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gw mau curhat gan. tentang #selebtwitter nih. klo mau ikutan inget ngetag ya

#selebtwitter jarang ngereply. sekali reply cuman ke orang yang itu itu aja.

#selebtwitter follow kurang dari 100. difollow lebih dari 1000.

#selebtwitter semakin di retweet semakin blagu. *ahem inget diri sendiri*

#selebtwitter biarpun tweetnya garing kriuk. tapi orang tetep ngakak dan diretweet.

#selebtwitter selalu ditelpon wartawan detik.com klo ada happening. gw gak pernah :(

#selebtwitter may your soul burn in hell

#selebtwitter reply sekaligus. not personally one by one. kadang gak pake mention.

#selebtwitter Indonesia gak pake account verified dari twitter. haha kasiah deh lo.

eh iya @orggila juga termasuk #selebtwitter gan. pantesan jarang reply. seringnya buka celana.

#selebtwitter selalu ditunggu-tunggu tweetnya. tweet gw paling rame di-RT klo posting gambar cabul. hiks.

#selebtwitter cuma follow #selebtwitter

#selebtwitter gak selalu selebriti beneran. yang pasti tweet mereka sangat berpengaruh

#selebtwitter please stop say "thank you" !

#selebtwitter 49% nyindir - 49% RT - 2% reply

#selebtwitter pengguna Ubertwitter sekaligus RT abuser. bisa dibilang mereka adalah biangkerok tren RT

#selebtwitter MUKE LO JAUH, TWEET LO DEKET *apasih*

cuman gara-gara telanjang langsung jadi #selebtwitter. gw telanjang di jalan tol malah kena tibum

demikianlah curhat gw. kepada semua #selebtwitter indonesia, REPLY GW DONG !!!

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February 2, 2010

Feeling kind of good

The article in question

Submitted this article almost three weeks ago, they published it yesterday on the web and it's also on today's edition.

Click here to download:

Feeling_kind_of_good_tag_iphon.zip (90 KB)

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February 1, 2010

Enough to drive me to drink

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January 26, 2010

Beatles in the year 3000

Sadly it could totally happen. Certainly changed how I see documentaries about ancient civilizations. Great stuff.

/via holykaw

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January 23, 2010

The Indonesian public is confused over TV news programs

Interesting stats in today's Kompas daily (Sunday, Jan 24, 2010) about news on TV. Pollings in June 2008 and November 2009 paint a stark contrast in public perception of Indonesian television news programs. In terms of today's programs here are the findings:

86.6%: TV news programs are more interesting

67%: TV news programs are more entertaining

71.3%: Focuses more on sensationalism over substance

64.9%: Ratings over quality

53.8%: Hosts tend to pit sources against one another (in a multiple guest sources situation) instead of digging through the issue.

52.6%: Hosts tend to back sources to a corner (in a single guest situation) instead of digging through the issue.

80.4%: Better sources or guests

80.9%: Higher quality.

The last stat there is unclear as to what it refers to, presumably the quality of the news programs but it flies in the face of the other stats where it says viewers think the stations are pushing sensationalism over substance and that it's less about quality than ratings.

It's a funny country.

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January 22, 2010