An Eclectic Mind

Here are a few links I found interesting from November 12, 2008 through November 18, 2008:

• LIFE photo archive hosted by Google - Excellent archive of photos from LIFE magazine on Google. Thanks to @MikeTRose for tweeting this link.
• Tobias’ 20 plots - Excellent post that lists 20 types of plots for fiction. I think it's all-inclusive. Thanks to @beagooddad for tweeting this link.
• Pew Internet & American Life Project - Latest Internet quiz. How do you fit in?
• Twitterspeak: 66 Twitter Terms You Don’t Need to Know - On Mashable.com; a list of Twitter terms and definitions. Thanks to @mjvalente for tweeting this link.
• Can you spot Phishing? - Since I've been blogging so much about phishing lately, it seems natural to include a link to this page on the PayPal site. It's a test to help you understand phishing.
• Local Newspapers Cover Rising Number of Racist Anti-Obama Actions in Small Towns - How far will the hate go? Don't these people get it? A divided America will never be strong. On EditorAndPublisher.com. Hat tip to @MikeTRose for Tweeting this link.
• The Book of MacBook: Observations and thoughts on Apple's latest consumer portable - Excellent review of MacBook. (I'm still undecided, though.) By Dan Moren on MacUser.com.
• Don't be Fooled by the Lack of a Copyright Notice - Good basic information about copyright and inclusion of a copyright symbol On the Copyright Law and Copyright Information blog. Thanks to @PattyHankins on Twitter for sharing the link.
• iTunes 101: Deauthorize all computers at once - Great tip for folks who have forgotten to deauthorize a computer before getting rid of it. On The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW).
• Google Flu Trends - Interesting graphics to illustrate current and past years' flu activity. On Google.org. Thanks to @BWJones for tweeting this link.

Here are a few links I found interesting from November 6, 2008 through November 11, 2008:

• Truthdig - Reports - America the Illiterate - A detailed look at the tragedy of American Illiteracy. By Chris Hedges on TruthDig.com. Thanks to @BlankBaby on Twitter for sharing the link.
• Looking for Mr. Goodtweet: How to Pick Up Followers on Twitter - Although he starts off with an example that simply doesn't apply to normal folks like you and me, Guy Kawaskai shares some good advice about building your Twitter follower base. Hat tip to @LeVitus for the link via Twitter.
• The Power of Writing Things Down | Dumb Little Man - A good article with tips on how writing things down can help improve your life. Really. On DumbLittleMan.com. Thanks to @LeVitus for sharing this in a tweet.
• 32 Sci-Fi Novels You Should Read - Looks like a good list to me. How many have YOU read? On HowToSplitAnAtom.com.
• Secrets of the Annotated World - Interesting article about how you can benefit from micro social networking like Twitter and BrightKite. On ChrisBrogan.com.
• Digital Photography School — Digital Photography Tips for You - An excellent blog with how-to tips for digital photography.
• The World's Healthiest Foods - A list of healthy foods. Click a link to get complete nutritional information. Extremely valuable for people who watch what they eat and want it to matter.
• Change.gov - Barack Obama already has a Web site for his presidency.
• Fox News: Palin didn't know Africa was a continent - Not to beat a dead horse, but I want Americans to remember this in 3-4 years when Palin rears her head and tries to be president. PLEASE don't elect another moron. The one we're stuck with for a few more months has done enough damage in his eight years.
• Palin Once Greeted McCain Staff Wearing Only A Towel - Do Republicans really want a person like this running for president in 2012?

Here are a few links I found interesting from November 4, 2008 through November 6, 2008:

• Palin Didn't Know Africa Is A Continent, Says Fox News Reporter - This confirms what many people already suspected: that Sarah Palin's grasp of politics and geography are not up to minimal standards needed for a Vice President. If she expects to run in 2012, she'd better go back to school. This kind of ignorance is simply unacceptable for a presidential candidate — or a Vice President. Reported on the Huffington Post.
• Suddenly, it may be cool to be an American again - Wouldn't it be nice if we stopped being the stubborn, arrogant Americans and started being the Americans everyone used to love? I'm hoping. On Yahoo! News.
• Low-Cal Diner. A place to get Low Calorie & Low Fat Recipes! - In keeping with my dieting post earlier this week, this Web site should help you make dishes that are low in calories and still tasty. LowCalDiner.com.
• What Do We Have Here? TWINS? - After all this election stuff, it's time to have some fun. If these photos don't make you laugh, nothing will. On VoicingOpinions.com.
• Black Man Given Nation's Worst Job - Boy, the Onion has this right. Good for a laugh.
• ObamaBats - Oh, we've got it bad. You know we're stuck on a candidate when a bored designer comes up with a TrueType font based on the campaign. Cool, though. On JeffDomke.com.
• Letters - President-Elect Barack Obama - Stirring words from readers of the New York Times.
• Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls - We've done a good thing. Im the New York Times.
• For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed - As I blogged earlier this year, this is one of the reasons I voted for Barack Obama. I think he'll help us regain lost ground in the international political arena by showing America as a place where anything is possible. Could the veil of hate have been lifted a few inches last night? I think so.
• Editorial - The Next President - NYTimes.com - Excellent opinion piece about the campaign, how Obama won, and the challenges he faces. In the New York Times.
• Didn't Vote For Obama Today - Read this. I dare you. On TalkingPointsMemo.com.

Here are a few links I found interesting from November 3, 2008 through November 4, 2008:

• 2008 Election - Choosing a President - The New York Times - Excellent mini documentary about the 2008 presidential race. Footage and photos from the New York Times. Well done!
• Barack Obama For President - The civilized democratic world came under attack from a small but lethal band of religious fanatics bent on destroying free societies, and, more terrifyingly, eager to get their hands on weapons of mass destruction that could make 9/11 look like a dry run. We are still under attack. By Andrew Sulllivan on the Atlantic.
• Tools & Utilities for filmmakers - Here are a bunch of links to templates of interest to filmmakers. On DependingFilms.net.
• Report: Professor Paid $10G to Prove Ayers Wrote Obama’s Autobiography - FOXNews.com Elections - While we all think that bullshit like this might end after election day, I'm pretty sure it won't. Republicans would rather destroy the country than allow a non-Republican to succeed– without petty distractions — in making it strong again. (Think Clinton's idiotic affair and resulting impeachment.)
• WordPress 2.7: Ten useful new features - A concise summary of what one WordPress users thinks is the ten most useful new features of WordPress 2.7. A beta of this new version was released on November 1; the final release is due before month-end. On op111.net.
• This. Fucking. Election. - The entire election, from start to nearly finish, in a single column of words. Well done.
• Free sex toys — and much more — for voting - Get rewarded for doing your civic duty. On MSNBC.com.
• My wife made me canvass for Obama; here's what I learned - It's about hope. On the Christian Science Monitor Web site.
• If the world could vote? - Here's your chance to cast a vote — even if you don't live in the US.
• Goldman Sachs ready to hand out £7BILLION salary and bonus package… after its £6bn bail-out - Goldman Sachs is on course to pay its top City bankers multimillion-pound bonuses - despite asking the U.S. government for an emergency bail-out. Does anyone else see something wrong with this? On the DailyMail Web site.

Here are a few links I found interesting from October 30, 2008 through November 2, 2008:

• L'Hôte: magical thinking in a partisan age - At least SOMEONE is looking at the McCain situation with a clear head.
• Palin Prank Call: Canadian Comedy Duo Convinces Palin She's Talking To Sarkozy - The video was taken off YouTube, but the audio is here. Palin receives a prank phone call from a Canadian radio comedy team — and falls for it. On HuffingtonPost.com.
• WordPress 2.7 Comments Enhancements - Article with information for WordPress users interested in making existing themes compatible with the WordPress 2.7 comment-threading/linking features.
• Republican Voter Suppression: A Guide - There are so many Republican gambits designed to make voting more difficult — specifically for Democrats, of course — that it can be hard to keep track of them all. So here's a handy — and by no means comprehensive — guide to what's happening in some of the key swing states. On TPMMuckraker.
• Political Radar: Palin Fears Media Threaten Her First Amendment Rights - According to Palin, what the Founders intended with the First Amendment was that political candidates for the most powerful offices in the country and Governors of states would be free to say whatever they want without being criticized in the newspapers. On ABC.com.
• Sarah Palin speaks on the First Amendment - According to Palin, what the Founders intended with the First Amendment was that political candidates for the most powerful offices in the country and Governors of states would be free to say whatever they want without being criticized in the newspapers. By Glenn Greenwald in Salon.com.
• Olbermann: Sarah Palin Is A Socialist - In a Special Campaign Comment, Keith Olbermann cites yet another example of the McCain campaign accusing Barack Obama of something of which they themselves are guilty. In this case, Sarah Palin is accusing Barack Obama of advocating socialism when she literally used that word to describe the collective wealth sharing in her home state of Alaska.
• Vote - Watch this video, then send it to 5 friends. And please vote.
• Map of Newspaper Endorsements for 2008 US Election - Interesting map and lists of endorsements for U.S. Presidential candidates by U.S. newspapers. Includes information on past endorsements.
• Greenberg Quinlan Rosner | News - A discussion of what the polls really say.
• Synchronized Presidential Debating - Proving that all three debates were very much the same. On 23/6.