Boing Boing
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Boing Boing became a website in 1995 and later relaunched as a weblog on January 21, 2000, described as a "directory of wonderful things." Over time, Mark Frauenfelder was joined by three co-editors: Cory Doctorow, David Pescovitz, and Xeni Jardin. All four Boing Boing contributors are or have been contributing writers for Wired magazine. More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Boing Boing: DNC appoints RIAA shill to run Public Affairs for convention
Today, Jenni Engebretsen was named "Deputy CEO for Public Affairs," for the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver -- but she is better known as the Director of ...Posted by Yul Baritugo -
Egypt: blogger Kareem Amer gets 4 years for insulting Islam
An Egyptian court this week sentenced blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman (pictured above) to four years in prison. He is the first person in Egypt to be jailed for ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obama campaign announcement calls for fatter intertubes
If there was any doubt that the 2008 election season would be the tech-heaviest ever, Illinois senator Barack Obama's campaign kickoff speech this morning put that to rest. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Philadelphia Free Library System is shutting down
FTA: Picture an entire city, a modern, wealthy place, in the richest country in the world, in which the vital services provided by libraries are withdrawn due to political ...via Xeni Jardin -
Tibet's uprising and the internet
Tibetans and their supporters around the world held vigils this week in support of the ongoing uprising in Tibet, as Chinese military and police jailed protesters inside ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Sicko inspires grassroots action in Dallas cinema
Here's a first-hand account of a trip to see Michael Moore's Sicko in a suburban mall in Dallas, in which the audience of conservative cowboys were converted to health-care ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Technorati State of the Blogosphere, Q3 2006
Today, the blogosphere is doubling in size approximately every 230 days. * About 100,000 new weblogs were created each day, again down slightly quarter-over-quarter but ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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