Adam Kuban: Kublog

my rest stop on the information superhighway

Month: July, 2008

Links for Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Giles Coren’s letter to Times sub editors
He gets angry about the deletion of one letter. But he’s right in a sense; small things really can make or break a story.
(tags: language newspapers copyediting)

Subeditors reply to Giles Coren
(tags: newspapers copyediting language)

Links for Monday, July 28, 2008

Bizarre 1987 Video Showing Apple Imagining Future 1997 Apple
(tags: Apple video)

The Solitary Cyclist
Ganda Suthivarakom’s new band’s MySpace page.
(tags: music bands friends)

Links for Friday, July 25, 2008

Puckhead: Sean Avery Is Paid to Be an Asshole
Couldn’t remember what this guy’s name was, and then I found this link on Matty’s blog.
(tags: culture TheNewYorker magazines sports NYRangers hockey)

I like to watch this at least once a month

It makes no sense and it’s brilliant.

[YouTube]

‘Font Conference’

[College Humor]

Newspaper misspells its own name; in its flag!

The correction is almost as rich, available on Regret the Error. [via Neatorama]

Links for Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Why Newspapers Shouldn’t Allow Comments
Because, for the most part, the general public is idiotic.
(tags: Gawker newspapers blogging)

Say hello to my little friend

Just picked up an extra power cable/charger for my Macbook. After the umpteenth time of leaving my original one either at home or the office.
Should save me some trouble having one in each location, even at the steep $79 price point. Hell, I could have paid for one with the cab fare I’ve spent on [...]

Moved to Wordpress

If you’ve visited this site in the last few weeks, you haven’t had much to look at. First some ugly default <a href=”http//www.movabletype.com/”>Movable Type</a> templates and then probably nothing. Well, I’ve moved over to Wordpress for now.
I love MT. It’s what I started blogging with. And the people behind it are great. But with MT4, [...]

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