a rambling media blog
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Why I *still* think Nuclear Power is a safe form of energy
Do you have an opinion about nuclear power? About the relative safety of one form of power over another? How did you come to this opinion? Here are the stats, and here's the image. A non-exaggerated but simple version of his data: For every person killed by nuclear power generation, 4,000 die due to coal, adjusted for the same amount of power produced... You might very well have excellent reasons to argue for one form over another. Not the point of this post. The question is: did you know about this chart? How...
• http://post.ly/1npsySun 27 Mar 2011 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Another example of fearmongering "journaltainment"
via twitter.com This is the reason why my mother was in tears on the phone PLEADING for me to come back home from Japan. This is also the reason I cringe when I remember what CNN used to be like before Time Warner's involvement. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned, but I think news should just be the facts... What happened and how it happened... not what some broad in New York 10,000 miles away SPECULATES what MAY have happened... Use that squishy goo between your ears people...
• http://post.ly/1mykXWed 23 Mar 2011 • 1 Comment • 0 Likes
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4-Year-Old Contracts Herpes After Used Condom Incident
via cbsatlanta.com My buddy's 4-year-old nephew contracted oral herpes from a dirty condom that he mistook for a baloon. The condom was found in a hotel room the family had just checked into. Why was the room not cleaned THROUGHLY before they checked in? Not sure where the tyke found it in the room-- if it was found under the bed, I could maybe understand a little; usually the staff is given only 20 minutes to completely change a room out between guests-- who'd put something under the bed? why would it...
• http://post.ly/wFnMThu 9 Sep 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Likes
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Teacher DOGWALKS 13-Year-Old student (VIDEO)
via myfoxdc.com And here's the actual video of the @$$whoopin'... According to the teen, it all started as he and other classmates watched and laughed as a mentally challenged girl danced. That's when he says the teacher attacked the 13-year-old. Isaiah said he was beaten by the teacher, with other teachers looking on, right there in the classroom. ...I think he may have been acting a damn fool in the class for a long time, and she just snapped. Is this justified? Probably not. If it was my kid though...
• http://post.ly/feSdWed 12 May 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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An evolutionary perspective on penis size
via buzz.google.com and Guardian.co.uk "The origins of the primate sex drive go back more than 60m years to the late Mesozoic era when the first primate evolved. A lot of sex has taken place since then, and a significant proportion has been motivated by female choice between rival males.1 Female primates can experience multiple orgasms, and it has been theorised that ancestral hominid females sought out males who would sexually satisfy them. Through the mechanism of sexual selection, this will have increased...
• http://post.ly/fRCDMon 10 May 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Princess Aiko unable to go to school after boys treated her harshly - The Mainichi Daily News
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, has been reluctant to attend school since Monday after being "treated harshly" by boys in her grade, an official of the Imperial Household Agency said Friday. But an official of the school denied that the 8-year-old princess was directly subject to rowdy behavior of the boys, after the unusual announcement by Issei Nomura, the top aide to the crown prince and princess, about the princess' absence citing problems in...
• http://post.ly/zkIZMon 8 Mar 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Unsuitable — Japanese snowboarder busted for bad fashion
Pay no attention to the foreign characters or language unless you understand them. Instead, focus on the dreadlocked gentleman on the left. You'll notice his outfit looks just a little different than his teammates'. That's snowboarder Kazuhiro Kokubo. He's apologizing at the end of the clip because Japanese officials aren't too happy with the way he wore his suit. With his sagging pants, untucked shirt, and loosened tie, Kokubo looked like any sloppily dressed 21-year-old. But that's not going to fly. According...
• http://post.ly/zkIbFri 26 Feb 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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‘Family Guy’ Vs. Palin - Can Disability Be Funny? Can Palin take a frikkin' joke?
Chris Hatcher/Getty Images Family Guy, the Fox animated comedy series, is either irreverent or crass, depending on your tolerance for unmannerly humor. Viewers come for its pop-cultural free associations and flatulence gags, not necessarily to debate pressing issues of the day. Andrea Fay Friedman, with the director Jim Sheridan, says she was not making fun of Sarah Palin's son with Down syndrome. via nytimes.com Yo. Palin. You are an effing politician. And not a good one. You are gonna be talked...
• http://post.ly/OmN0Sat 20 Feb 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Future Journalist: Thoughts from 2 Generations
Something I think anyone that writes or shoots news in this day and age should be reading. My opinion? Darwin said it best: Adapt or become extinct. via Mashable! by Sree Sreenivasan on 2/5/10 Sree Sreenivasan is a professor and Dean of Student Affairs at Columbia Journalism School and contributing editor at DNAinfo.com. Ask a journalist about the state of the media and the answer you get may range from dire predictions about journalism’s imminent demise to cautious optimism. The doomsayers point to...
• http://post.ly/MbJ0Sun 7 Feb 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Google Apps: Use a newer browser, or get left behind!
Dear Google Apps admin, In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers. We plan to begin phasing out support of these...
• http://post.ly/LG72Sat 30 Jan 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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An #iPhone app helped man survive #Haiti quake
via WTVJ/NBC 6 Miami and news.cnet.com "Need to survive an apocalyptic disaster? There's an app for that." And some here tell me I play with my phone too much. Surprised he didn't text someone his GPS coordinates along with "SOS" or "HELP", but he probably didn't have a signal. Good to know that this piece of tech I call "my second brain" has lifesaving capabilities for the resourceful.
• http://post.ly/Jj9CThu 21 Jan 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Haiti is in my heart and on my mind...
I wanna take some time to pray for the people of Haiti today. I have had a close friend from there for years-- we used to date in fact, and she is one of the sweetest people I've ever had in my life...
• http://post.ly/IOSCWed 13 Jan 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Chris Brown Twitter Account Deleted After Rant Against Retailers
As you may know, singer Chris Brown recently released his “comeback” album, the culmination of his ongoing attempt to rebuild his image. While part of that effort included a song dedicated to Twitter, the singer has just gone in the opposite direction when it comes to the microblogging service: account deletion. Brown raised some eyebrows over the weekend by using his TwitterTwitter account to claim that retailers were blackballing him and not giving his album proper shelf space in stores. Much of the entertainment...
• http://post.ly/F7LmTue 15 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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My thoughts on VEVO, online music video site by YouTube.
VEVO, a video site devoted exclusively to music and powered by YouTube. This new destination hopes to redefine the way people watch and engage with music online, as well as change the way the digital and music industries do business with each other. The partnership blends Google and YouTube's leading technology with material from a broad catalog of top artists from Universal Music Group, Sony Music and EMI. Check it out at VEVO.com and at YouTube.com/vevo, and listen to Rihanna's welcome message: via youtube-global...
• http://post.ly/F6n5Tue 15 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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FamilyMart & Orix Partnership - GreenITers
FamilyMart will enter the car-sharing market next month under a tie-up with Orix Auto Corp., aiming to expand the service to 500 convenience stores in two to three years in Japan. via greeniters.com Hmm... Guess we'll finally start seeing some real エコ ideas hitting the streets of Japan real soon-- Back home I use the car sharing service ZipCar (www.zipcar.com) whenever I needed a car bigger than my Scion xB to use. Now that I'm here in Japan where public transport goes everywhere...
• http://post.ly/EjaUFri 11 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Kodak 1080p Zi8 pocket HD camcorder=Camera 2!
So I'm thinking, since i'll be getting the Lumix GH1 as a primary cam, I'll need another camera I can set up to give me wide shots, or to be the B-cam on shoots where I need 2 cameras... A flip-cam is a good deal at $160 a pop.. Shoots 1080p, and Kodak's version has external mic input and SD card slot for expanded memory... Y'all see where my mind is going yet? Check out this cat from the UK, Adam Westbrook-- He's on my same brain wave here I think. His video review is below, but also visit his site, adamwestbrook...
• http://post.ly/ERruTue 8 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
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Google gives Free Wifi to us in Japan too! (finally)
Like Google US offers free WiFi in 47 airports, Google Japan announced 30 minutes free WiFi gift everyday for mobile users, at three chainshops, Tully’s Coffee, Pronto coffee/bar and Lotteria hamburger in populated areas [J] from November 30th to February 28th. On this campaign [J] to promote Google services (you need to register with your mail, and click a banner ads by Google about Google Japan themselves), Google cooperates with NTT-Broadband Platform(NTT-BP)’s paid WiFi network Wifine [J]. Wifine also provides...
• http://post.ly/Dp3PWed 2 Dec 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Likes
Astrological Sign: Virgo | Zodiac Year: Snake | Industry: New Media | Occupation: Multimedia Designer | Location: Nagoya : Aichi : Japan
