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Phil de Vellis (the guy who did the Vote Different video) made a mashup mixing sitcom The Office and news footage about Paul Wolfowitz: The Bank.
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They found absolutely no video games in the shooters’ possession. Guess it wasn’t GrandTheftAuto made him do it.
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Rudy Guiliani, one of the would-be presidents of the USA in 2008, has set his MySpace profile to private: “This profile is set to private. This user must add you as a friend to see his/her profile.” Kind of missed the point there, I think.
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“We used to say that journalists write the first draft of history. Not so, not any longer. The people on the ground at these events write the first draft. This is not a worrisome change, not if we are appropriately skeptical and to find sources we trust.
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“5min is a place to find short video solutions for every practical question and is also a place for people who want to share their knowledge.”
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Tim Wright reviews the Electronic Literature Collection, discussing themes across the 60 works and selected readings of several of the pieces.
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