Daily Archives: Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Why you should ignore all news stories involving numbers

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

[Updated: See below] I guess it’s only appropriate that immediately after blogging that MIT student’s thesis, I would run across this. For a long time on this weblog, I have complained about story after story in which it is so … Continue reading →

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Future Nobel Prize winner

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Future Nobel Prize winner: As I have often pointed to the CueCat as one of the most embarrassing technologies of the web era, I can’t pass up pointing to this MIT student’s thesis and working prototype of a device that … Continue reading →

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Dvorak is channeling Dvorak

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Dvorak is channeling Dvorak: Yesterday, I suggested that Frank Barnako’s rant on podcasting sounded like something that flame-baiter columnist John Dvorak would write in hopes of generating lots of inbound links. That’s before I discovered that Dvorak himself wrote his … Continue reading →

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Pronounification

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Pronounification: As David Carr has officially designated as a “trend” the use of pronouns in the title of new magazines, I guess it should come as no surprise that a new regional magazine announced today by a McGraw-Hill subsidiary is … Continue reading →

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Local-blog aggregating

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Local-blog aggregating: ResourceShelf (Gary Price) is pointing (second item) to a new (early beta) service, Metrofeed “that aggregates RSS feeds from “locally” oriented blogs (and other news sources) onto a single page.” Sort by source or by time…or you can … Continue reading →

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Election coverage (condensed)

Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Election coverage (condensed): If, like me, you have already voted and have tried to tune-out presidential election coverage, here’s what I learned from listening to 30 minutes on NPR real early this morning: Clinton said “Vote for hope not fear, … Continue reading →

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