This year’s must-have Christmas present? I keep a backup of my photos on my iPod, so I guess being able to view them makes sense.
I think John’s going to beat me on this one – he can justify it if he keeps posting such nice pictures on Memex.
Daily Archives:October 26th, 2004
Guardian calls it quits in Clark County fiasco
The Telegraph, of course, revels in the end of the Guardian’s “Write to a Clark County voter” campaign. This follows an earlier article rejoicing in how it had backfired. The Guardian is saying that it was only shut down early because somebody hacked into the site and downloaded 20,000 personal addresses (which is deemed to be worse than 20,000 people downloading one address each).
The original Guardian article turns out to have been rather insightful:
It’s worth considering at the outset how counterproductive this might all be, especially if approached undiplomatically. Anybody might be justifiably angered by the idea of a foreigner trying to interfere in their democratic process.
And while the Guardian’s Albert Scardino is describing the project as “an overwhelming triumph”, I think the original piece may also prove to have been right when describing it as “a unique experiment”.
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I’m not naturally an early riser, and for some time I have, inexplicably, felt slightly guilty about this. So I have developed a philosophical principle which can enable all ‘evening people’ to, well, sleep soundly at night. Here it is. Read it, learn it, tell your friends, and it will change your life:
The late worm avoids the early bird.
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