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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
RealNetworks' recent decision to sell DVD ripping software, RealDVD, has the public asking: "Why not rip DVDs like CDs?"
Doing a Google News search today for the software, I got over 200 hits, many from decidedly mainstream sources like USAToday and USNews. Those of us who pride ourselves on some modicum ...
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
I'm not sure which side is helped more by viral internet politics, but the email circulation of partisan political discourse is certainly becoming a more important part of the campaign.
Three bits I've encountered suggest some of the possibilities.
First, consider the Anne Kilkenny letter. Written by an actual Wasilla resident, it ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
As a debate champion who spent 12 years in the activity, I am utterly appalled at the repugnant, personal attacks that Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin leveled at Obama and Biden tonight. I would be shocked to see such juvenile antics from a high school freshman.
If I tried to document ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
There are already thousands of blog posts about the revelation that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. This post is not just another addition to the pile; rather, I think the story has a couple lessons about online political communication.
First, the (insert adjective) blogosphere has become a magic talisman ...
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Thursday, August 21st, 2008
Since I'm often more than happy to diss Microsoft products for being poorly designed, buggy, and otherwise painful to use, I thought it only fair to admit it: judging by NBC's implementation, the Silverlight web plugin is pretty good.
Like everyone, this is now on my radar because of the Olympics. ...
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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
On their website today, the Denver post ran an ordinary story about the Democratic National Convention, but inexplicably paired it with a picture of rap star Flava Flav.
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Um... What the hell is this? Flav wasn't mentioned in the story, and ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
I'd just sat down to pound out a post describing Nas' awesome appearance on the Colbert Report, but Crooks and Liars saved me the trouble. Let's just say the hip hopper disses the media in general and Fox specifically.
Follow the link for full lyrics, which are on-point. It was the ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
As you may have noticed, we at ShoutingLoudly generally don't discuss our personal lives in our posts, major developments excepted. Well, this is a major developments kind of summer for me, so here are some details.
1. I got a tenure-track job in the Hunter College Department of Film and Media ...
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
The folks at American University have found another group of folks who need some clarity around copyright law and fair use, producing a "best practices" guide for online video producers.
This is yet another in a series of projects designed to empower specific kinds of content creators to make meaningful use ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Senator John McCain faces two major political problems surrounding the issue of retroactive immunity for telecommunications firms that complied with the Bush administration's warrantless (and thus, illegal) wiretapping program. Both point to larger weaknesses in the McCain campaign.
First, McCain has been consistently inconsistent on whether he thinks companies should be ...
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