Monthly Archives: November 2007

It’s a gas!!!

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Best American Sports Writing

Ben Paynter received notable mention in the book Best American Sports Writing of 2007. His story, Don’t Look Down, documents the challenges faced by the outlaw subculture of “urban explorers.” [tags]alternative sports, Ben Paynter, parental anguish upon reading of foolish exposure of one’s offspring to danger[/tags]

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The Long Tail

.flickr-photo { border: solid 0px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Long Tail, originally uploaded by Jeffrey. “Bye-bye Mr. Internex. I have to go play in the Facebook now.”

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Mister Splashy Pants

It’s not too late.  Your vote is needed!

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Have you voted yet?

Denise Howell, who invented the term “blawg,” is in the running for high honors on the ABA Journal’s Top 100 Blawgs. Denise’s post regarding this and other honors is here… http://bgbg.blogspot.com/2007/11/six-together.html People can vote for her blog here… http://www.abajournal.com/blawgs/blawg100/toolkit Vote early, vote often. Bag & Baggage was six years old yesterday. Time does fly, whether [...]

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Kindles and Chumbys and iPhones

Oh my. Ed Yourdon shares his initial impressions of the Kindle here. The New York Times hosts an interesting discussion of “Kindle 2.0″ and other hand-held utility devices here. For iPhone info I refer you to Fake Steve. And then there’s Chumby. Looks like it will be quite a race…

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New brooms sweep clean

One day on an ambulance mission, we yield as a house-toppling Caterpillar bulldozer passes through the Saha area near the Camp’s entrance. It is escorted by a tank in front, and an armored personnel carrier behind. The flat top of the last vehicle is littered with stones, with an empty cola bottle where you would [...]

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Hiltonschmerz

At breakfast, salesmen eat pallid eggs and make notes on their PowerPoint decks with cheap hotel pens. For those, like me, who are too scattered to find RSS aggregators very useful, this note: Dervala writes this week about Anaheim. [tags]Dervala Hanley[/tags]

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