Daily Archives: Monday, August 7, 2006

Booming headline in Tennessean

Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Booming headline in Tennessean: While traveling, I always like to check-in with what’s happening back home in Nashville. This just rolled into my newsreader: “Human cannonball recovering after back spasm” – David “The Bullet” Smith, a human cannonball, went to … Continue reading →

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Freakonomics fisking of AP story on music and teen sex

Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Freakonomics fisking of AP story on music and teen sex: Anyone who saw the AP story headline “Sexual lyrics prompt teens to have sex” and who has read the book Freakonomics knew it wouldn’t take long for one of the … Continue reading →

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Alternative universe

Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Alternative universe: Author Steven Berlin Johnson is looking for someone who’ll read blogs for him related to research he’s doing. He think’s he needs about 40 hours of blog-reading and he’ll pay $11 per hour. You may recall Steven is … Continue reading →

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Citizen Journalism unconference

Posted on Monday, August 7, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Citizen Journalism unconference: Today, I’ll be participating in the Citizen Journalism unconference* that Dan Gillmor, director of the Center for Citizen Media is coordinating. I’m sure it will be heavily blogged, so I’ll at least be doing some linking during … Continue reading →

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