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Neighborly Lending In The Digital Age

Ben — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:04:22 +0000

“In these difficult economic times, many Americans are wary of buying items they’ll use just once or twice and then store in the garage. But for those times you really need a hedge clipper, bread maker or camping stove, there’s a social networking site called NeighborGoods.net. The site is an inventory of items users are willing to lend…”

Chinese rating agency strips Western nations of AAA status

Ben — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:34:50 +0000

Summary: “China’s leading credit rating agency has stripped America, Britain, Germany and France of their AAA ratings, accusing Anglo-Saxon competitors of ideological bias in favour of the West.”

School Choice Isn’t Enough: Instructional Reform is the key to better schools — Sol Stern, City Journal

Ben — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:29:05 +0000

Six months on, Vista users still griping – Jessica Mintz, AP on MSNBC.com

Ben — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:42:29 +0000

See also these recent articles on Slashdot:

Programs Cannot Be Uninstalled In Vista? — kdawson
Firefox Now Serious Threat to IE in Europe — CmdrTaco
Warning On Office 2007 “Try-Before-You-Buy” — kdawson

Journalists shouldn’t write ad copyHarry McCracken, PC World

Ben — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:40:46 +0000

Property Owners Win OneJohn Stossel, RealClearPolitics

Ben — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 21:22:39 +0000

Best Buy Confirms It Has Secret WebsiteGeorge Gombossy, Hartford Courant

Ben — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 00:55:04 +0000

Blog Power: The Top 10 Blog Stories Of 2006Danny Glover, Beltway Blogroll

Ben — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:46:43 +0000

Just Cancel the @#%$* Account! — Tom Spring, PCWorld

Ben — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:11:56 +0000

British Airways backs down over cross ban after storm of criticism — Steve Doughty, UK Daily Mail

Ben — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 12:24:41 +0000

Vista DRM is bad for Microsoft — Cory Doctorow, BoingBoing

Ben — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:58:15 +0000

See also:
Today’s blogs posts researched using Netscape [NOT IE7]
Danny Carlton, JackLewis.net

Installing the Zune… sucked — Ryan Block, engadget

Ben — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:23:16 +0000

Never-Ending Stories: How to fix shows like ‘Lost.’Adam Sternbergh, New York Magazine

Ben — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:21:18 +0000

A Triumph for Transparency in GovernmentSen. Bill Frist, VOLPAC Blog

Ben — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 16:20:46 +0000

The Porkbuster Bill passed the Senate!

Even dead people can’t escape AOLDavid Sheets, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ben — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 16:58:13 +0000

GetHuman.com

Ben — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:40:17 +0000

This website came up in conversation today, but when I checked to see if I had posted it here, it was nowhere to be found. So here it is for your convenience. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s a website dedicated to “advocacy for high quality customer service for consumers.” Check out their database of 800 numbers, dedicated to showing how to get a human being on the phone for all kinds of different companies.

Google’s Coming Clean Over ClicksHolly M. Sanders, New York Post

Ben — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 01:50:06 +0000

Nielsen to rate TV ads in far-reaching move – Reuters

Ben — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:49:02 +0000

Cancelling AOL – Vincent Ferrari, insignificant thoughts

Ben — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:29:01 +0000

This apparently happened a few weeks ago, but Drudge just posted about it today, so I’m finally hearing about it. Here’s the original audio that is causing such a stir: The Nightmare of Cancelling AOL – Break.com Here are more links to the chatter about this on the internet: How hard can it be to cancel an AOL account? – MSNBC MP3 Recording: Trying to Cancel AOL – Digg.com The Best Thing We Have Ever Posted: Reader Tries To Cancel AOL – the Consumerist And just to pile on: AOL wants to eat the dead – the Consumerist This whole incident is another nail in the coffin of a service that was outdated with the advent of braodband. AOL is probably one of the few companies that I actually viscerally hate, my family having been a victim of their larcenous business practices, so I sincerely hope that they will pay dearly for this insolence.

Detox Clinic Opening for Video Game Addicts – Fia Curley, AP on Breitbart

Ben — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:54:33 +0000

Narrow focus draws ‘PG’ rating for Baptist-backed film – Terry Mattingly, Scripps Howard News Service

Ben — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:33:33 +0000

This movie was rated “PG” for “Promotes God”. The MPAA wants to keep innocent little kids from being accidentally converted to Christianity, I guess. They might want to obey their parents, love their brothers and sisters and respect their neighbors, but who wants that, really?

0% offers? You’ve been ‘optimized’ – Reuters on MSN Money

Ben — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 23:12:35 +0000

Should I Sell Grandma’s Locket? – Daniel Engber, Slate

Ben — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 00:08:36 +0000

Battle Brews As Porn Moves Into Mainstream – AP

Ben — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:01:11 +0000

“I’ve seen the damage it does to marriages, to families,” he said. Though he stressed the need for individual willpower, [Mark] Laaser also faulted the porn industry for employing aggressive online technologies that “besiege you.” “Sometimes it’s not a matter of free will,” he said. “It’s a matter of invasion.”

Strip Club May Be Condos After Patron Photos Posted – Local6.com

Ben — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:27:18 +0000