Some refer to it as gobbledygook. Others call it gibberish, drivel, claptrap, nonsense, or mumbo jumbo. Almost a century ago, in his lecture series On the Art of Writing (reprinted…

This month’s roundup of facts, figures, and wild hunches is based on a study, released on April 24, of the effects of electronic communications on the writing habits of teenagers….

“Words that are horrible to one writer may not be horrible to another,” says John Grimond in The Economist Style Guide (Profile Books, 2005). “But if you are a writer…

To come out rightly. To speak or approach someone with respect, and not with undeniable ignorance. To do something the right way the first time to avoid being bitched by another.

1. That bitch better come correct next time if she wanna hang out with me!

2. I would advise you to come correct before you start throwing out facts that are really false.

Use “Postage Paid” Envelopes to mail a brick to these mailbox spammers.

It will be a day or two more before we will have the final split of Democratic delegates.

Less than 24 hours after she won Pennsylvania, $8.3 million came in, according to the campaign

John McCain won every county in Pennsylvania in the Republican primary Tuesday — yes, the Republicans had a nominating contest there, too — but former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (who dropped out of the race in March) and Representative Ron Paul of Texas did surprisingly well in some of its most conservative.

Who were they, all lined up behind Obama in their trademark T-shirts?

While we love hearing about sweet rides like the $100K Tesla Roadster, a functional and economical electric car made for the rest of us would be even cooler. This could be it: the Th!nk City electric car, a four-seater with 110 mile range, top speed of 65 mph, priced under $25,000, and available in the US next year.

“On Sunday, Tony Zirkle, a Republican candidate for Indiana’s 2nd District… attended the 119th birthday celebration for Adolph Hitler.” (video)

During this afternoon’s White House press briefing, reporter Helen Thomas noted that Bush “has admitted that he did sign off on torture” saying it damages “the credibility of this country.” But press secretary Dana Perino denied that the United States has ever tortured detainees and referred to testimony from CIA Director Michael Hayden as evidence

Elite, according to my dictionary, means part of a small, privileged, usually very rich, often powerful group. It is ironic that the label has been pinned on Sen. Barack Obama (rather than a lapel flag) by his two opponents, Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
The Wall Street Journal just [...]

Lanny Davis is a supporter, friend and fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.). — Ed.
Let’s forget about the spin on all sides and not use any adjectives to modify the following 10 facts, which should not be in dispute:
1. Hillary Clinton won by 10 percent, 220,000 votes, despite most of the polls in [...]

Nearly one-fifth of voters surveyed in the contest said they considered race important in their decision.

This is the page that comes up when starting Firefox: http://start.ubuntu.com/8.04

The viral marketing effort of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) is perhaps the most impressive aspect of his campaign. He has updated the Howard Dean fundraising machine with some MoveOn.org organizational heft, and as a result has garnered spectacular fundraising results and an impressive turn-out operation.
The mantra of viral marketing is “for us, by us.” Viral [...]

When all the confetti is swept away, Hillary Clinton gained just one delegate in the Pennsylvania primary election.

Bloggers try to make sense of last night’s Pennylvania outcome.

Bonnie and Clyde have nothing on Bill and Hillary. Facing insurmountable odds in catching Barack Obama in either the pledged-delegate count or even in popular votes cast, if Gang Moll Clinton succeeds in cracking this near-uncrackable safe in full view of about 250 million eyewitnesses, she certainly has the Keystone State to thank for handing [...]

Several prominent supporters of the former presidential candidate — and former senator from North Carolina — lend their support.

Kids should apparently no longer be allowed to go to the zoo. Their young minds will be scarred for life…

This just popped up today. This is legit Grand Theft Auto IV gameplay footage on the Xbox 360.

Getting him out was difficult. No matter how exactly they got it, his head kept slipping out of the claw.

A collection of Google searches resulting in instant answers to your query. Walken, Cartman, Astley - they’re all here.

Penny Arcade gives a good example of why Twitter sucks when you use it to report everything you do..

Coach Kathy Kemper’s interviews with the leading presidential contenders — of which the following is Part II — took place in March of 2008. The interviews were conducted in person and via e-mail and hand-written responses by Kemper in collaboration with Institute for Education interns Alex Burness and Kelsey Valentine.
What will be your top 3 [...]

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The senator’s campaign manager plays down Clinton’s win and the idea that Mr. Obama would not compete well against Senator John McCain.

Scientists have found astrology to be rubbish. Its central claim - that our human characteristics are moulded by the influence of the Sun, Moon and planets at the time of our birth - appears to have been debunked once and for all and beyond doubt by the most thorough scientific study ever made into it.

Intoxicated People vs Green Tree

The commercial criticizes two Democratic candidates for governor who have endorsed Obama, saying he’s “too extreme” for the state.

Computers and Writing 2008 invites proposals work-in-progress discussions for the ninth Graduate Research Network. The C&W Graduate Research Network is an all-day pre-conference event, open to all registered conference participants at no charge.

What happens at the GRN?

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Thank GOD summer is here. You can keep the chirping birds and baseball games, we’re spending the season in the cool air conditioning of the movie theater. We’re ready to play favorites. So, on that note, here are the ten movies we’re most excited to see this summer, in order, followed by five biggies that make us nervous.

The message was clear. When it comes to the “bitter,” Clinton does “bitter” better than Obama.
Although that contrivance of Hillary throwing back a Crown Royal in a bar looked to many as goofy as Michael Dukakis in a tank wearing that dopey helmet, apparently the shot-and-a-beer voters of Pennsylvania lapped it right up.
Up until recently [...]

So Hillary Clinton held serve last night. She won in a state where she should have won, by a margin that was comfortable enough for her.
The good news for Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) is that her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), spent a lot of money to lose by nine points. The bad news is that [...]

So Hillary Clinton held serve last night. She won in a state where she should have won, by a margin that was comfortable enough for her.
The good news for Sen. Clinton (D-N.Y.) is that her opponent, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), spent a lot of money to lose by nine points. The bad news is that [...]

At around 11:50am Greenwich Mean Time, the PAL version of Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 was apparently ripped and leaked to various torrent sites by a group called iCON. This would of course enable burning a copy for the home console. Meanwhile, the NTSC version is expected within the next 48 hours.

Hillary Rodham Clinton vows to press on with her campaign during appearances on the morning news programs.

Every big film is basically a $150 million gamble, so studios tend to play it safe and stick to a successful formula. Nowhere is this clearer than in big-budget superhero franchises, where it’s been decided that you must follow most if not all of these eight rules.

CHINA only has enough coal for 12 days of consumption, three days less than a month ago, state media reported Wednesday, sounding the alarm bells over the nation’s most important source of energy.

When actors engage in a romance for the run of a show.
Once the run is over so is the romance.
The term originated in the theater and moved to movies and scripted television and then reality television.
The term has now moved to the populace to discribe any contrived romance.

Dude 1: I didn’t know Anthony and Cicely were dating.
Dude 2: It’s just a showmance, Cicely is just dating Anthony just to make Edgar jealous.

Dude 1: I didn’t know Anthony and Cicely were dating.
Dude 2: They’re not. It’s just a showmance, Anthony is gay.

The Banksy Paradox… Sounds pretty cool, well it is.

Trent Reznor is an amazing man, just put your email address in to get the download link and check your email to download Discipline, the new single

For better or worse — and many Democrats fear it is for worse — the race goes on.

What do you think the results of the Pennsylvania primary mean for the Democratic presidential race?

Late Tuesday, in response to questions from Forbes.com, an Apple spokesman said Apple has agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi. The company, which is known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips, could spell a new future for Apple’s flagship iPhone, and possibly iPod products as well.

We needed a way for folks to recognize the Digg Crew during our San Francisco meetup. Here’s what we came up with. Enjoy!

Looks like Hillary wins. The madness continues. I am dispirited. Looking at the numbers, it appears that the Democratic fixation on identity politics since 1972 is what has made the difference.

When the Fairy Godmother casts her spell in Disney’s Cinderella (1950), she sings:

It will do magic,
Believe it or not,
Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.
Now “Salagadoola” means
“A-Menchika-boola-roo,”
But the thingamabob
That does the job
Is “Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.”

Forget “Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo.”…

The feds accuse an octogenarian of informing for Israel.

The feds accuse an octogenarian of informing for Israel.

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men’s penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft.

Chris Matthew started off the Pennsylvania primary coverage with a bang tonight. Shortly after 6, seated by co-anchor Keith Olbermann, Matthews called the primary, and thus his coverage tonight, basically moot. “This contest is essentially over,” he proclaims to Keith. “Barack Obama is going to win the most elected delegates.”

Watching the results come in from the Keystone State in the long awaited contest between the Democratic rivals.

April 22, 2008Today 29 members of the North Carolina state legislature endorsed Senator Obama, citing his ability to inspire and bring people together to move our country forward, and put an end to the divisive politics of Washington that have stalled progress on the great challenges facing our nation.

The masculinity crisis continues unabated.

Armstrong Williams gives Sen. Hillary Rodham-Clinton credit for her debating skills, and says that Sen. Barack Obama can’t beat her “by any means necessary” campaigning.

Pennsylvania voters say the nation has slipped into a recession.

That’s what Drudge (heaven help me that I’m now reading the Drudge Report, but no one else seems to be leaking the exit polls today) says as of 5 pm central time. I suspect that if those numbers hold, Hillary may not even break even in the delegate race. Jim Geraghty at NRO has Obama 52%, Clinton 47%. But I recall that early exit polls have tended to underestimate Obama’s totals. So, some cautious optimism at the moment. Later correction: exit polls have actually overestimated Obama’s totals. *sigh*

This. is. brillant!

Top Gun 2008, the 20th anniversary edition of the biggest RC model competition in the world, starts tomorrow. Five days of pure nerdgasm watching the most stunning, biggest and best remote control aircraft in the planet. The ultimate toys this side of a real fighter jet.

No, p2p is no longer the single biggest traffic whore, responsible for only 20 percent of total traffic. It’s streaming video, like YouTube and Hulu, which is now 50 percent of total traffic. Which explains Comcast’s flip on network management and why it’s a total smokescreen.

Earth Day is for liberal hippie douches. Heres the far superior alternative.

John McCain compared the struggles of Youngstown to his own back-from-the-dead campaign, and insisted that in the end workers would be better off through retraining and education programs in technology he has promised them as president.

Firefox 3 introduces a few new features to bookmarks that I think makes them much, much easier to use, more useful in general, and much more useful in particular for catastrophically disorganized folk like me. The three main features being introduced are: Bookmark Stars, Bookmark Tags, and Smart Bookmark Folders.

Syd Mead’s original concept design for Short Circuit’s Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport robot.

kid got buried.

Every day, three million people use the 268 stations and the 253 miles of track. But what about those stations that have long since gone, which history has neglected? Which stations got left behind?

Sure, a couple of these fall into the “Draw Tippy the Turtle” art instruction school category, but some of these aren’t bad at all. Considering the consequences, it’s too bad his art school didn’t give him half a chance.

The big political question tonight is how much Barack Obama will win by in Philadelphia, the mother-lode of votes — and whether that’s enough to counter Hillary Rodham Clinton’s strengths in many other pockets of the state.

1. Why downplay chances to win Pennsylvania?
2. Why is Obama currently running even with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain (actually, losing 48 percent-46) in … get ready … MASSACHUSETTS?!!!
(Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is plus-15 percent over McCain in the same poll.)
FYI to all readers of my blogs — those who agree, those who [...]

Even if Hillary Rodham Clinton wins tonight, she faces a widening resource gap with her opponent, Barack Obama, that her campaign has been struggling to close but may simply be unable to do so.

A new song by Nine Inch Nails (with lyrics and everything) was sent to radio stations around the country, and debuted at the same time around the US. The song, Discipline, was only mastered yesterday. Follow The NIN Hotline for more info…

Planet cut into pieces, each symbolizing a different kind of vacation. Good appetite everyone!

The former president challenges interpretations of remarks he made just yesterday.

President Bush has set a record he’d presumably prefer to avoid: the highest disapproval rating of any president in the 70-year history of the Gallup Poll.

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama address jobs, veterans and education in their new ads up in Indiana and North Carolina.

Officials sense they could see a record broken today.

Two things you have to hand Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — not only is he lucky, but he is no dummy. Republicans can worry all they want about this bizarre period McCain is navigating through without an opponent or adequate attention, but it is a boon. Period.
Having survived four plane crashes, the superstitious McCain, who [...]