August 2010
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The internet machine: adding kindling to the fire.
It started with a tweet.
“Serioulsy!! A church group just had a protest outside a gay couples house on my street. I live in Toronto in 2010. ” via
Then there was a video of said protest.
The video had not that many views, and not that many people were doing much about it. It wasn’t all that exciting either, but it was a visual. A real “it just happened”...
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How to Disable Facebook Places →
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vruz:
vruz: we interrupt this tumblr break momentarily with this public service post by Wil Wheaton. I shall now resume my short tumblrless stinct in peace.
—via wilwheaton:
Facebook now has “places” - it “checks you in” when you go somewhere. This means home too. It goes out and grabs the location from Google Maps. It is turned on by default, and Facebook isn’t making an effort...
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“Rob Ford will cut half a million dollars from the mayor’s expenses! He...”
– One of Chirstopher Bird’s hilarious quotes from the live-blogged debate
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“Ford has positioned himself smartly as the candidate versus the other four...”
– Chirstopher Bird opinion on who’s going to be Toronto’s next mayor in the hilariously live-blogged mayoral debate last night.
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Mood Board Creator (online) →
So. This is totally out of the normal range of things I post. But I like the idea of spending some time creating one of these. Since I don’t have the patience or the creativity for it, I’ll post it here, and maybe someone will find it useful. :)
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Hugo Boss →
“What I learned about Hugo Chávez’s mental health when I visited Venezuela with Sean Penn.”
- By Christopher Hitchens
So worth the read.