bloglog » Wednesday 20 February 2008
20 February 2008
faa investigates whether passenger flight crew fell asleep
20-02-08
16:52
GMTThe FAA wants to find out whether a crew fell asleep on a short flight between Honolulu and Hilo, Hawaii. Flight 1002 left Honolulu at about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday and was scheduled to land in Hilo at 10:05 a.m. A source close to the investigation said there was a 25-minute period where ground crews in Hilo could not get a hold of the flight crew; the flight landed safely. Link (Thanks, bigdatty!)...
mod stripper audition photos from 1960s and 1970s
20-02-08
16:52
GMT Margaret says: Lots of amazing try-out photos for strippers from the 1960's-70's. Fascinating and lots of fun for those who love found art. All are safe for work, except one with a nipple malfunction. Link...
paul krassner: "my brief encounter with fidel castro"
20-02-08
16:52
GMTBoing Boing hero Paul Krassner (wiki) kindly gave us permission to run this essay he wrote titled: "My Brief Encounter With Fidel Castro" In 1960, the U.S. State Department was financing counterrevolutionary broadcasts to Cuba from a radio station on Swan Island in Honduras. Program content ranged from telling Cubans that their children would be taken away to warning them that a Russian drug was being added to their food and milk which would auto
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boing boing tv: klaus pierre, french-german action hero.
20-02-08
16:52
GMT Today on Boing Boing tv: Klaus Pierre, a French/German actor, aspires against all odds to become America's next great action hero. We met Klaus in the previous BBtv episode "Point Break and Heartbreak," in which he revealed his devotion to the great Keanu Reeves; today, Klaus studies broadsword combat, in hopes of conquering the RenFaire circuit and moving every zig for great justice. But breaking through to true action hero stardom requires end
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roberto cavalli's romanticism nods to natalie wood
(reuters)
20-02-08
16:40
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Reuters - Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli
said he was inspired by the late actress Natalie Wood for the
embroidered loose cotton and chiffon shifts in his womenswear
collection shown on Wednesday.
hollywood strike cost $2.5 billion: report
(reuters)
20-02-08
16:40
GMT
Reuters - The ricochet effect from
the Hollywood writers strike might be more far-reaching and
long-lasting than first thought. So says an influential Los
Angeles economist in his annual "Economic Forecast Report" for
Los Angeles County and its surrounding areas.
viacom's bet to launch in the united kingdom
(reuters)
20-02-08
16:40
GMT
Reuters - Viacom Inc's BET Networks will launch
in the United Kingdom next week as the Black entertainment
network expands its global reach.
website shut down after exposing bank documents
20-02-08
16:40
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A free speech battle looms after a federal judge shuts down a U.S. website for posting documents showing that a Cayman Islands bank branch may be indulging in a little money laundering and tax evasion.
serving the tiny masters
20-02-08
16:39
GMTMichael Cook likes to play with wormspit. And to share his interest in sericulture he's created a site devoted to the raising of silkworms, including the Cecropia, North America's largest moth. Not to be confused with the Hawk Moth, another very large moth, Cecropias are members of the Saturniinae family. Saturniid adults have vestigial mouth parts and no digestive system so they usually live no more than a week. So perhaps it?s best to get down
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equal opportunity geeks
20-02-08
16:39
GMTMove Over Alpha Geeks, Here Come the Fangrrls an article about thousands of women gathering for a sci-fi convention, and what it means in fandom circles. Interested in more essays on feminism, gender, and fandom? Start here.
fun spreadsheet maker blist gets $6.5m
20-02-08
16:39
GMTI first caught wind of Blist during DEMO last month, and the still-in-private-beta site has raised $6.5 million in Series A investment just weeks after its debut. Led by Frazier Technology Ventures and Morgenthaler Ventures, the funding will go towards the further development and the marketing of its social database service. Frazier general [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Fun Spreadsheet Maker Blist Gets $6.5M", url: "http://mashable.com/2008
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shutterfly gallery: first major release since acquiring nexo
20-02-08
16:38
GMTA few weeks back, Shutterfly acquired Nexo, the personal social networking-creation tool. I wrote quite a long post on the history of the photo-sharing concept and the opportunities for commerce that photo-sharing providers have taken advantage of thanks to the Internet. Now, we have the first official release from Shutterfly since the acquisition. [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Shutterfly Gallery: First Major Release Since Acquiring Nexo",
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local services marketplace genietown launches public beta
20-02-08
16:38
GMTHappen to like the concept of the age-old Yellow Pages, but don?t like the way the directory has been implemented, online or off? Consider GenieTown an easier-to-use alternative.
This startup, today launched as a public beta its local services marketplace, a so-called hybrid love-child of a trio of services: the Yellow Pages, Craigslist, and eBay. It [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Local Services Marketplace GenieTown Launches Public Beta", url
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forget notepad: 8 online text editors
20-02-08
16:38
GMTYes, most of us are used to using Notepad for text editing, but if you want to take your text online, you can find more robust and full featured (or even simpler) editors. We’ve gathered up eight that will let you code web pages, type in other languages, and even create PDFs.
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australian government on their internet filters: we failed
20-02-08
16:38
GMTMike at Techdirt reports that the Australian government has officially declared their internet filtering program, which they started about a year ago as an attempt to protect kids from pornography, a complete failure. Only 144,000 copies of the software were downloaded or ordered on CD-ROM with only about 29,000 actually being used. On top of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Australian Government On Their Internet Filters: We Failed", url: "http
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man with machete shot to death in montecito heights
20-02-08
16:38
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A 31-year-old man was killed Tuesday in a drive-by shooting as he stood holding a machete in front of a pay telephone in Montecito Heights , authorities said today. 




