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Current Time Magazine Cover Story on ‘How to Save Your Newspaper’ epitomizes why Newspapers need to be saved in the first place

February 10, 2009

ShareTime Magazine proudly boasts this month’s cover story by Walter Isaacson called “How to Save Your Newspaper”.
The irony of the story is that it highlights exactly why print media is failing in the first place. Isaacson proposes an “iTunes” like model whenever you want to download and read an article. Just [...]

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Gore Says Polar Ice Caps Could Disappear Within Five Years

November 7, 2008

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Al Gore is speaking right now at the Web 2.0 Summit and according to Twitterer Sarah Milstein his prediction for the polar ice caps is pretty dire.  How Stuff Works has a good breakdown of what to expect if and when the ice caps melt away.
Gore is also calling for President-elect Obama to mandate that all US [...]

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If You’re a Fan of Clean Water, Banning Toxic Chemicals and Saving the Polar Bears, Palin May not be for You

October 20, 2008

ShareThe Telegraph has a great article on Sarah Palin.  If you thought she was unlikable and nuts before, just wait until you read this.
Palin’s administration, for example, opposed legislation, put forward earlier this year, that would have banned the flame retardant Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), which affects brain development in young children, including memory and [...]

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Bottled Water No Better than Tap Water

October 17, 2008

ShareIt’s like news that’s not news.  It’s one of those things we intuitively know isn’t right but somehow manage to push it far enough out of our heads to keep on consuming.
Everytime I buy a bottle of water I know I’m basically throwing away money.  This nonsense that bottled water is somehow better for us, [...]

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