Daily Archives: Wednesday, August 29, 2007

links for 2007-08-30

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by Rex Hammock

MapForUS.org This is so funny, it almost makes it bearable to watch the heavily YouTubed trainwreck of an answer Miss Teen SC gave. (tags: humor)

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Katrina blogging

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by Rex Hammock

I started blogging about Katrina two years ago, yesterday. A year ago, I looked back at a year of Katrina posts. This post was going to be longer, but I trashed it. It drifted into too much cynicism. I’ll just … Continue reading →

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Aloha-hulu-wiki-waki is the Hawaiian word for branding fads

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Observation #1: The page about Hulu.com on Mahalo.com will be the Mahalo-hulu page. In other words, are Hawaiian-ish “wiki”-sounding words on their way to replacing dropped-vowel spelling as the new trend in branding web-services? Observation #2: If Newscorp/Universal didn’t purchase … Continue reading →

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Some content about friending

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by Rex Hammock

Despite my contemplative look at the debasement of the word and concept of friend, the reality is this: I’m still going to use the word. I’m still going to describe as friends the people who I make connections with in … Continue reading →

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links for 2007-08-29

Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 by Rex Hammock

The history of American declinism | realclearpolitics.com As they have for 300 years, a lot of people — liberal and conservative — believe America is declining. (via Rich Karlgaard) (tags: history) How to Eat (and Read) Close to Home | … Continue reading →

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