from the department of new-and-awesome-words

“bloggeague” is born. I just added it to Urban Dictionary, and the term is now awaiting editor moderation. 

Any bets on how long it’ll take us to get into Oxford English Dictionary? Let’s start a campaign now. 

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Amidst my contemplation of the future of e-mail and data mining — post coming soon! — I discovered that it is the fortieth anniversary of e-mail. Who knew?
I do wish the infographic detailed the point at which it no longer became socially acceptable to have “GuRRLyXPR1NC3SS@yahoo.com” (or a permutation thereof) as an e-mail address.

bracketblogg:

Amidst my contemplation of the future of e-mail and data mining — post coming soon! — I discovered that it is the fortieth anniversary of e-mail. Who knew?

I do wish the infographic detailed the point at which it no longer became socially acceptable to have “GuRRLyXPR1NC3SS@yahoo.com” (or a permutation thereof) as an e-mail address.

Where do people find the time?” That was her question. And I just kind of snapped. And I said, “No one who works in TV gets to ask that question. You know where the time comes from. It comes from the cognitive surplus you’ve been masking for 50 years.

250% rise in "patriot" groups

the constitutional amendment America needs?

i called this like four years ago

Hackers take control of cars:

More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments. Read More at Wired.


I’ve always been paranoid that someone would hack into and remotely tinker with my GPS. If I were important enough to re-route, that is (I am not).

we'll still need war correspondents

If bureaucratic conflicts and organizational pathologies hamper effective counter-terrorism policies, imagine the effect they would have on anti-zombie policies.

Just this morning Rahm and I were talking about the importance of passing health care and I said to him, ‘Rahm at least put on a towel.’

President Obama in a taped message to the Radio and Television Correspondents Association Dinner. (via notthatkindagay) (via soupsoup) (via nbclocal)