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Current News for July 03, 2008
Fads fuel cosplay boom
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:46:48 PDT
Turning fantasy into reality for its patrons is this shop’s business. The activity collectively is termed cosplay, or costume play, and it is an increasingly popular trend in Japan whereby average folks dress as a character in their favorite video game, anime, manga, or other fantasy-related medium.
Philippine news links (7-3-08)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:18 PDT
While the US celebrates July 4 as the American Independence Day, the Philippines marks this day as the Philippine-American Friendship Day, to commemorate the freedom of both American and Filipino forces from the Japanese occupation at the end of World War II. This week’s news links incorporates Philippine news involving other countries. Some news are “friendly”, others are bad. Murder suspect for Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell gets life sentence. (ABS-CBN) Medical feat gets club-feet
Pakistan v India, Super Four, Asia Cup, Karachi
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:23:08 PDT
Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued the trend of batting first on another flat surface at the National Stadium in Karachi as India sought to cement their berth in the Asia Cup final. Today's match is one that Pakistan have to win to remain in contention and they suffered a blow when a dehydrated Shoaib Malik
And the winner in the “Victims” category is…..
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:08:33 PDT
The perps. “I don’t condone what they did, (but) I definitely don’t condone the news people making him out to seem like they’re making a hero out of this man because he shot somebody down,” he said. This is just ludicrous. Let yourself be forced into a bathroom and maybe killed.
Streaming News from Twitter: AT&T Innovates with "News Tweets"
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:05:46 PDT
Because of my 3Screens blog, I follow AT&T news by subscribing to their email service. They've just killed that and are now promoting their news feeds through Twitter. To follow them, you just go to: http://twitter.com/attnews. (You can follow me here on Twitter as well.) You still get access to regular stream of tweets announcing breaking headlines and linking to just-posted videos, photos and podcasts.
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs - The Associated Press
Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings - Globe and Mail
Extremism, Terrorism, & the Internet
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:36 PDT
Saudi Gazette runs a suite of articles focusing on how the Internet is being used by radicals to promote their ideology, teach their methodology, and recruit new members. The articles are built around a TV program that brought four extremist web masters to the fore as they explained how they developed their sites to bring war against the Saudi government. The problem is that the Internet can be very seductive. Without any obvious or built-in fact-checking, all sorts of nonsense can be put fort
Toyota is fretting about becoming Honda
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:04:48 PDT
In the UK, Honda has the reputation for being an oldies car – guess what car I drive! It sounds like Toyota is worried that it might be heading in the same direction, according to this article in Newsweek that suggests the carmaker is desperately seeking Gen-Xers. Having just read the horrendous financial results from US car manufacturers I would have thought they would be happy with anybody with a checkbook and a positive account balance! Toyota has retired Sly and the Family Stone from its a
Nike SB July 2008 Releases
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:26 PDT
It’s July 2008, which means that Nike SB has officially announced their scheduled releases for the month. This month the brand will release pairs of Nike SB Dunk Low Premium, Zoom Classic SB, Zoom Air Paul Rodriguez 2, Zoom Tre A.D. and the Nike SB Blazer Low. Check your local skate shops for availability Check after the jump for all the releases. Nike SB Zoom Classic - Army Olive/Abyss Nike SB Dunk Low Premium - Black/Yellow Ochre Nike SB Zoom Air Paul Rodriguez 2 - Black Lava
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:49 PDT
The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments, amid a continuing industrywide slump in ad sales, the paper's editor said Wednesday.
"We’re not cruising around anymore, with gas costing $4.50 a gallon,” said Ewelina Smosna, a recent..."
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:01:30 PDT
“We’re not cruising around anymore, with gas costing $4.50 a gallon,” said Ewelina Smosna, a recent graduate of Taft High School in Chicago, as she hung out the other night at the Streets of Woodfield, an outdoor mall in Schaumburg. “We just park the car and walk around.” - Teens Avoid Cruising Due to Gas Prices | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration
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Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:46:48 PDT
Turning fantasy into reality for its patrons is this shop’s business. The activity collectively is termed cosplay, or costume play, and it is an increasingly popular trend in Japan whereby average folks dress as a character in their favorite video game, anime, manga, or other fantasy-related medium.
Philippine news links (7-3-08)
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:18 PDT
While the US celebrates July 4 as the American Independence Day, the Philippines marks this day as the Philippine-American Friendship Day, to commemorate the freedom of both American and Filipino forces from the Japanese occupation at the end of World War II. This week’s news links incorporates Philippine news involving other countries. Some news are “friendly”, others are bad. Murder suspect for Peace Corps volunteer Julia Campbell gets life sentence. (ABS-CBN) Medical feat gets club-feet
Pakistan v India, Super Four, Asia Cup, Karachi
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:23:08 PDT
Mahendra Singh Dhoni continued the trend of batting first on another flat surface at the National Stadium in Karachi as India sought to cement their berth in the Asia Cup final. Today's match is one that Pakistan have to win to remain in contention and they suffered a blow when a dehydrated Shoaib Malik
And the winner in the “Victims” category is…..
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:08:33 PDT
The perps. “I don’t condone what they did, (but) I definitely don’t condone the news people making him out to seem like they’re making a hero out of this man because he shot somebody down,” he said. This is just ludicrous. Let yourself be forced into a bathroom and maybe killed.
Streaming News from Twitter: AT&T Innovates with "News Tweets"
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:05:46 PDT
Because of my 3Screens blog, I follow AT&T news by subscribing to their email service. They've just killed that and are now promoting their news feeds through Twitter. To follow them, you just go to: http://twitter.com/attnews. (You can follow me here on Twitter as well.) You still get access to regular stream of tweets announcing breaking headlines and linking to just-posted videos, photos and podcasts.
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs - The Associated Press
 LAist | LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs The Associated Press - 12 hours ago LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 on the news side of its operations, in an effort to reduce expenses. ... Crummy news from elsewhere The Spokesman Review LA Times slashes 250 jobs guardian.co.uk all 303 news articles |
Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings - Globe and Mail
Liveblogging my attempt to watch the Bernier hearings Globe and Mail, Canada - Jun 10, 2008 Over to Newsworld, then, and... Oh, wait. Newsworld is busy talking about Ron Wilson's chances of turning around the Leafs. Suhana Marchand doubts Wilson's ... |
Extremism, Terrorism, & the Internet
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:36 PDT
Saudi Gazette runs a suite of articles focusing on how the Internet is being used by radicals to promote their ideology, teach their methodology, and recruit new members. The articles are built around a TV program that brought four extremist web masters to the fore as they explained how they developed their sites to bring war against the Saudi government. The problem is that the Internet can be very seductive. Without any obvious or built-in fact-checking, all sorts of nonsense can be put fort
Toyota is fretting about becoming Honda
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:04:48 PDT
In the UK, Honda has the reputation for being an oldies car – guess what car I drive! It sounds like Toyota is worried that it might be heading in the same direction, according to this article in Newsweek that suggests the carmaker is desperately seeking Gen-Xers. Having just read the horrendous financial results from US car manufacturers I would have thought they would be happy with anybody with a checkbook and a positive account balance! Toyota has retired Sly and the Family Stone from its a
Nike SB July 2008 Releases
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:09:26 PDT
It’s July 2008, which means that Nike SB has officially announced their scheduled releases for the month. This month the brand will release pairs of Nike SB Dunk Low Premium, Zoom Classic SB, Zoom Air Paul Rodriguez 2, Zoom Tre A.D. and the Nike SB Blazer Low. Check your local skate shops for availability Check after the jump for all the releases. Nike SB Zoom Classic - Army Olive/Abyss Nike SB Dunk Low Premium - Black/Yellow Ochre Nike SB Zoom Air Paul Rodriguez 2 - Black Lava
LA Times to cut 250 jobs, including 150 news jobs (AP via Yahoo! News)
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:39:49 PDT
The Los Angeles Times plans to cut 250 positions, including 150 jobs in the print and online news departments, amid a continuing industrywide slump in ad sales, the paper's editor said Wednesday.
"We’re not cruising around anymore, with gas costing $4.50 a gallon,” said Ewelina Smosna, a recent..."
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:01:30 PDT
“We’re not cruising around anymore, with gas costing $4.50 a gallon,” said Ewelina Smosna, a recent graduate of Taft High School in Chicago, as she hung out the other night at the Streets of Woodfield, an outdoor mall in Schaumburg. “We just park the car and walk around.” - Teens Avoid Cruising Due to Gas Prices | PSFK - Trends, Ideas & Inspiration
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