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no, not the daily show. the times has picked up on the bush administration’s practice of making fake news reports with fake reporters and passing them off as real:

To a viewer, each report looked like any other 90-second segment on the local news. In fact, the federal government produced all three. The report from Kansas City was made by the State Department. The “reporter” covering airport safety was actually a public relations professional working under a false name for the Transportation Security Administration. The farming segment was done by the Agriculture Department’s office of communications.

i just came a cross a kickass design and usability blog, signal vs noise. how am i the last person to know about this?

oh, yeah, silverorange has impressive labs and stuff blogs.

13 things that do not make sense.

i’m one of the cool kids now. i have photos on flickr.

zero one
zero 7
U2
3
3 Dog Night
Gang of Four
MC5
ben folds five
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sister seven
L7
finger 11
eggs 18
matchbox 20
20/20
sum 41
level 42
june of 44
black 47
BR5-49
B-52s
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60/40
salem 66
september 67
Star69
blink 182
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10,000 maniacs

Conrad, Charles, and Eugene live next door to each other. One is an engineer, one is a teacher, and one is a lawyer. Determine each person’s occupation based on these 3 clues:

1. Charles lives in the middle apartment.
2. When Eugene goes away, his dog is fed by the teacher.
3. The engineer knocks on Conrad’s wall when his stereo is too loud.

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tips from stopdesign. (you know 43 folders, right?)

burnout menu 2 looks sweeeet.

CU has a great send-up of drug company ads.