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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17):

1. John Mayer 
2. Jack Johnson 
3. Gnarls Barkley 
4. Linkin Park 
5. Pat Green 

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10):

1. Gorillaz 
2. John Mayer 
3. MGMT 
4. Linkin Park 
5. Council on Foreign Relations 

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-3)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-3):

1. Gorillaz 
2. Incubus 
3. Snow Patrol 
4. Linkin Park 
5. 311 

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Graffiti — It’s all about legibility and correct...

Graffiti — It’s all about legibility and correct punctuation. 

"A Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military rescue mission that freed 15 hostages from..."

“A Red Cross symbol was worn by a member of the military rescue mission that freed 15 hostages from Farc rebels.”

- BBC NEWS — I guess I’m just neutral to a fault, but this was completely unacceptable.

Single Digit — For the first time ever, Congress has rated in...

Single Digit — For the first time ever, Congress has rated in the single-digits for the percentage of Americans who believe that Congress is doing an excellent job. (via Lessig Blog)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13):

1. Jack Johnson 
2. Ghostland Observatory 
3. John Mayer 
4. MGMT 
5. Justice 

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Links for 2008-07-10 [del.icio.us]

• Capacity for Disaster Reduction Initiative

Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law

Louisiana Passes Intelligent Design Law: Stepping back into the 1600’s.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6):

1. Jack Johnson 
2. Gorillaz 
3. John Mayer 
4. American Public Media 
5. Atreyu 

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I Met The Walrus — John Lennon on peace in 1969.

I Met The Walrus — John Lennon on peace in 1969.

War/Peace — Turning war into Peace, the UN Peacekeepers. (via...

War/Peace — Turning war into Peace, the UN Peacekeepers. (via Point of Focus)

"Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have doubled salaries for the state’s..."

“Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have doubled salaries for the state’s lawmakers.”

- The Associated Press — It only took a recall petition to convince him to veto it. How pathetic.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-29):

1. Jack Johnson 
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers 
3. American Public Media 
4. John Mayer 
5. Jim Sturgess 

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Newspaper Blackout Poems — I’ve been subscribed to his...

Newspaper Blackout Poems — I’ve been subscribed to his feed for a while, and I thoroughly enjoy Austin Kleon’s work.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22):

1. Gorillaz 
2. Jack Johnson 
3. Linkin Park 
4. Council on Foreign Relations 
5. WGBH Educational Foundation 

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Links for 2008-06-22 [del.icio.us]

• best of craigslist : "What Happened to All the Nice Guys?"
• Oxford Brookes University -- Development and Emergency Practice

Links for 2008-06-21 [del.icio.us]

• Metropolitan College of New York - MPA - Emergency Management
• The American University of Paris -- MA -- International Affairs
• Georgetown -- Master of Science in Foreign Service
  Proficiency in French required.
• Brown Graduate School -- MPA -- Public Affairs and Public Policy
• St. John's University -- MA -- International Relations
• Kingston University London -- MS -- Hazards and Disaster Management

"Polls suggest that 10-20% of the electorate are willing to define themselves as “libertarians” in..."

“Polls suggest that 10-20% of the electorate are willing to define themselves as “libertarians” in the sense that, like this newspaper, they are “conservative” on economics and “liberal” on social issues. […] Ronald Reagan once remarked that he did not leave the Democratic Party: the Democratic Party left him. That is what many libertarian sorts now feel about the Republicans.”

- Raising the Barr - The Economist

Pools in security lather over shampoo

Pools in security lather over shampoo: Commuters carrying bottled drinks on Beijing’s subway were bemused last month when station workers began demanding they take a swig to prove they were not holding banned liquids like petrol. — Somehow, the way the Chinese deal with  security threats seems to actually be entertainingly logical. If you’re not willing to use it, then you can’t bring it.

Links for 2008-06-19 [del.icio.us]

• Risk and Disaster Management degree at Coventry University
• Emergency Planning and Management degree at Coventry University
• Disaster Management degree at Coventry University

Stained Glass — Artists in NYC placed semi-opaque cover on some...

Stained Glass — Artists in NYC placed semi-opaque cover on some of the advertisement displays on the subway and created a stained glass look which changes colors when the ad changes. Interesting social critque, eh? (via Urban Prankster)

You Got It Made — Ok, so this concept is really slick. It shows...

You Got It Made — Ok, so this concept is really slick. It shows you exactly how far along your pizza is in the ordering process. However, WTF is up with the use of “YOU GOT”? That’s not cute grammar stylization. It’s just wrong.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15):

1. John Mayer 
2. Snow Patrol 
3. Green Day 
4. Jack Johnson 
5. Incubus 

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Links for 2008-06-07 [del.icio.us]

• SoundManager 2: Javascript Sound for the Web

Links for 2008-05-24 [del.icio.us]

• Keyboard Skins for Photoshop, Aperture, Final Cut Pro, and more at The Photojojo Store