Month: July 2007
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Floods catastrophe in England
They are the worst floods in modern history, says a breaking news report on Sky News. The flood crisis grows as rivers rise, says a BBC News report. All the TV news has nothing but reporting on the growing catastrophe…
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Only one is a joke
I can’t decide which one is the hilarious one – The Great Internet Crash of 2007 MoD’s PR army of spin is out of control You decide.
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England under water
Seeing the rain pouring down outside my window again this morning really gives me pause for thought after watching what can best be described as disaster videos on TV last night. The flooding across England over the past three days,…
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Credible reporting on Second Life from Newsweek
The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life. Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has…
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The Stumble Upon effect
Last last night while doing some site chores – getting rid of trapped comment spam, backing up the database, etc – I noticed there had been an enormous amount of inbound traffic during the day to one particular post. That…