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The arrival of Disney’s National Treasure is now just a couple of weeks away (November 19). Disney is going all out with the interactive goodies on film website: search for clues, find treasure, research the historical facts and assumptions behind the film. Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage stars as Benjamin …
Read More »Culture and Society
Blogumentary: Reel Blog
Blogumentary debuts tonight at the City Pages Documentary Film Festival in Minneapolis: Chuck Olsen [no relation], director. 70 minutes. A message from the blogosphere: “Hi there. My name is Chuck Olsen, and I’m producing an independent documentary about blogs. Blogs empower us to tell our story, to spout and debate …
Read More »Sub Pop Photography Contest
We already know SubPop is the coolest, but how about this bribe, I mean photo contest, as a reminder? Do you like to take photos? Do you love Sub Pop bands? Well then, this contest is for you! We’re giving away a FujiFilm Finepix E510 digital camera and a copy …
Read More »Blog the Vote
As I mentioned here, the actual logistics of voting are just as important as intent and rationale: if you don’t know how to vote or where to vote, your voice won’t be heard. That’s why a site like MyPollingSite.com is such a helpful tool. But with legal challenges, varying eligibility …
Read More »“Politics and the Internet” Academic Survey
In case you haven’t been surveyed enough, these fine folks are conducting another; but at least this is about you, specifically: We are conducting an online survey that examines the motivations for accessing the Web, weblogs, chat rooms, bulletin boards and other Internet resources for political information. We are specifically …
Read More »Tiny Terrors of the Tropics
Remains of a 3 1/2 tall archaic human species, Homo floresiensis, have been found on an island 370 miles east of Bali – the species may have survived into the 16th century: Despite their stature, they were mighty hunters. They made stone tools with which they speared giant rats, clubbed …
Read More »Up 3-0, 86 Years
Sox up 3-0 – if they blow this they will be the only team in MLB history to have collapsed worse than the 2004 Yankees. And the Sox aren’t just up 3 games to none: they have never been behind in the three games. They have won with the bat, …
Read More »For Halloween: The Rich and the Dead, and Vice Versa
It takes a special kind of star to remain in the limelight after passing to the Great Beyond, and Elvis is still the King when it comes to generating big bucks from the grave. While moldering for 27 years now, Elvis managed to crank out $40m last year alone for …
Read More »Berklee Online Scholarships
We’ve been telling you about the coolness that is Berkleemusic.com, Berklee’s online music school, delivering online access to world-renowned music faculty, educational concepts and curriculum, previously available only to on-campus students. Berkleemusic.com has expanded music-education opportunities using the newest methods, media, technologies, and special juju. Now they’ve announced the winners …
Read More »You Can’t Vote If You Don’t Know Where to Go
One week to go until the election, and your vote won’t count if you can’t find the right place to place it. MyPollingSite.com is there to help the lost and wayward: Welcome to MyPollingSite.com We offer a Free nonpartison web based service to help voters find their polling site in …
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