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Barack Roll

August 9 at 12:20 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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Somebody had to do it. :) - Maki via Bookmarklet

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New Firefox 3 Digg Extension Released

August 6 at 12:02 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"We’ve just launched our first Firefox 3 extension and wanted to provide a quick video showing how it works. Some highlights include: - Notifications: No matter where you are on the web, you can discover popular Digg stories and stay up to date on what your friends are Digging, submitting and commenting. These notifications are fully customizable. Within your preferences you can track different categories and media types, and turn notifications on or off." - Maki via Bookmarklet

Zombies Digg! - Igor The Troll

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Robot Curse Words

August 4 at 8:11 am - Link

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F5, F5, F5 - Igor The Troll

I miss the days when Questionable Content was good. - Akiva Moskovitz

I know... they got into this whole storyline thing and sometimes it helps to get outside of it to do one-off scenarios - Maki

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Sole Black Reporter Booted from McCain Event

August 4 at 8:56 am - Link

"Here's what I mean by 'factually inaccurate' McCain ads: McCain TV spot falsely insinuates that Obama canceled his visit because "the Pentagon wouldn't allow him to bring cameras." --> http://www.factcheck.org/elect... ... An RNC ad claims Obama has "no new solutions" to the energy problem, when he actually proposes $150 billion worth. --> http://www.factcheck.org/elect... ... McCain claims 23 million small-business owners would pay higher tax rates under Obama. He's wrong. The vast majority would see no change, and many would get a cut. --> http://www.factcheck.org/elect... ... A new McCain ad calls Obama a celebrity (true) who says he'll raise taxes on electricity (false). --> http://www.factcheck.org/elect... ... There's certainly been a lot more other statements but don't have the time to dig them up now." - Maki

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Robot Curse Words

August 4 at 8:14 am - Link

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"Haha. This is definitely one of the funnier QC strips I've seen in a while." - Maki

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Sole Black Reporter Booted from McCain Event

August 3 at 11:25 am - Link

"I see your point but I think most of the articles 'attacking' McCain are REACTIONS to what many see as negative campaigning. If he didn't persist in running factually inaccurate and frivolous/ad-hominem driven campaign ads, he'll certainly get much less criticism. I don't think most articles are attacking McCain without rhyme or reason, unlike some of the outright Obama smears we've seen." - Maki

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Awesome Game: Turn Any Site Online into a Crazy Battlefield!

August 2 at 12:54 pm - Link

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"Here's the battlefield for digg: http://lastguy.jp/game.php?url... Too bad its impossible to clear since the design elements only allow you to move along the borders... so you can't go inside to save the people... and the damn insects are even too fast on the border too." - Maki

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With Genie Out of Bottle, Obama Is Careful on Race

August 2 at 10:11 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"For Mr. Obama, the risks of fighting back are that anything that calls attention to the racial dynamics of the contest would potentially polarize voters and stir unease about his candidacy, particularly among white voters in swing states. He is, after all, a candidate who has sought to transcend his own racial heritage in appealing to the broad electorate." - Maki via Bookmarklet

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Digg - Days With My Father: A Beautiful, Heart-breaking Photo Essay

August 1 at 8:53 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Sharing the digg link for this because this needs to be seen. Please share this with everyone you know. "Philip Toledano's mother recently passed away and so he created 'Days of My Father', a heart-breaking photo essay documenting the daily life of his 98 year old father who suffers from short-term memory loss. The images and commentary are sad.. and sometimes, full of bittersweet humor." - Maki via Bookmarklet

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Kitten thrown out of speeding car on highway

August 1 at 12:40 pm - Link

"That's just a fuckin sick thing to do. I'm glad he's doing ok and is looked after now by people who care." - Maki

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Spreed Makes Reading RSS Feeds Faster. . .Stressful

August 1 at 12:38 pm - Link

"Interesting implementation but I think it can get rather tiring after a while because of the need for 100% concentration. There's eyestrain too. Might not be practical for people who have a lot of feeds to plow through." - Maki

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Spreed makes reading RSS feeds faster, stressful

August 1 at 12:35 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"Time is actually the key focus of Spreed. It centers on a speed-reading player that will only show you three or four words of a story at a time, and in rapid succession. As your reading skills improve you can ramp up the number of words per minute it shows you, letting you speed-read any story at whatever level you're capable of. Sure you could do this on your own, but Spreed forces you to look at nothing else but the words, making reading a distraction-free, yet slightly anxiety-inducing experience.." - Maki via Bookmarklet

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Awwww HELLLLLLLLLLL No!

August 1 at 7:51 am - Link

"It's a Giant Water Bug: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G... Source for the pic, which was taken at the Kemptville Creek in Eastern Ontario, Canada: http://magickcanoe.com/blog/20... ..." - Maki

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Why Smashing Pumpkins Matter: Looking Back at Siamese Dream

July 31 at 7:26 pm - Link

"That gorgeous feed-back driven and dreamy sound. Siamese dream perfected what started with Gish...all the future pumpkin albums moved away from it for a more mainstreamish/MTV style.. IMO the best pumpkins album ever." - Maki

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The World of Internet Trolls

July 31 at 7:10 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. Early trolling was relatively innocuous, taking place inside of small, single-topic Usenet groups.....As our emotional investment in the Internet has grown, the stakes for trolling — for provoking strangers online — have risen. Trolling has evolved from ironic solo skit to vicious group hunt." - Maki via Bookmarklet

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The World of Internet Trolls

July 31 at 7:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Avi Kaplan, Tibi Puiu, k00pa, Vegard Ryan and 9 other people liked this

"In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. Early trolling was relatively innocuous, taking place inside of small, single-topic Usenet groups.....As our emotional investment in the Internet has grown, the stakes for trolling — for provoking strangers online — have risen. Trolling has evolved from ironic solo skit to vicious group hunt." - Maki via Bookmarklet

Maki, do not let the Trolls scare you! lol - Igor The Troll

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I think you guys are confusing Trolls with Cyber Bullies! If you have a problem with a Cyber Bully you do not block or hide from them because they will find you! The best way to deal with abuse is to confront the person and get things out in the open. Let your friends and community help you if someone is abusing you! - Igor The Troll

Igor, how do you define yourself? You know, with "troll" in your username and all... Why "Igor the Troll?" - Tamar Weinberg

Tamar, great question! The "Troll" in my nic is sarcasm! People who know me they respect me, the ones who want to label me, I am not interested in them! - Igor The Troll

Maki, I just read the whole article. This is very dangerous! These are not Trolls! They are real Cyberbullies! I recommend to everyone to read this article in full. The worse thing anyone of us can do when targeted by Cyberbullies is to block and hide, this will just show them that you are scared! - Igor The Troll

computers render our ignorance more efficient ... transformation of consciousness is another thing - Gregory Lent

Trolls! Cyberculture! Watch video http://seesmic.com/video/3tJx9... - Igor The Troll

I read this whole story, and I agree with IgortheTroll, this is what we call Cyber Bulling, not trolling. There is a big difference two! Trolls won't hurt you, they more likely just disrupt things, but Cyber Bullies can hurt you and your reputation, and other things. I would much deal with a Troll than a Cyber Bully! - Skye B.

The problem is that some Internet users think they are superman on the Internet! They use their Internet anonymity to attack other people. If one has any popularity on the Internet they can easily organize a lynching parse! This is all about Mob Rules! One guy grabs a rope and scream to the mob, "this guy rapped my daughter!" The mob grabs the guy and brings him to the nearest tree! - Igor The Troll

http://seesmic.com/video/nrsGq... - Noah David Simon

Obamamania: Maki posted a link

Make John McCain Disavow His Dishonest Obama Ad

July 31 at 4:49 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

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"The traditional press is up in arms over John McCain's latest dishonest ad attacking Barack Obama. MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell called the ad "completely wrong, factually wrong!" The New York Times said it was "a false account of what occurred." The Washington Post said the ad offered "no evidence" to support McCain's claims. And Media Matters tracks the timeline of the smear in detail. McCain must disavow this ad and make sure it never airs again. We won't let this race degenerate into ad distortions like the last election; we won't be silent in the face of lies." - Maki via Bookmarklet

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Make John McCain Disavow His Dishonest Obama Ad

July 31 at 4:48 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The traditional press is up in arms over John McCain's latest dishonest ad attacking Barack Obama. MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell called the ad "completely wrong, factually wrong!" The New York Times said it was "a false account of what occurred." The Washington Post said the ad offered "no evidence" to support McCain's claims. And Media Matters tracks the timeline of the smear in detail. McCain must disavow this ad and make sure it never airs again. We won't let this race degenerate into ad distortions like the last election; we won't be silent in the face of lies." - Maki via Bookmarklet

Maki posted a message on Twitter

“I hereby promise to use Twitter more often. I'm going to leave twhirl open as long as I can now...”

July 31 at 1:00 pm - Link

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I can't do that one. It always calls me away from stuff I should be doing. :) - Stephan Miller via twhirl

I know... I hate twhirl for doing that too! - Maki

Maki you know what happened to Andy Beard? He has not posted on his blog for a month now! - Igor The Troll

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The New Normal: McCain's Desperate Ad Hours - BusinessWeek

July 31 at 9:34 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

This ad asserts a McCain campaign talking-point that Obama wouldn’t make time for wounded troops unless cameras were allowed to follow him, but did make time to work out at a gym. This, of course, is a lie. It’s a blatant lie. Steve Schmidt, a disciple of Karl Rove’s who worked on George W. Bush’s 2004 ad/communications effort, though, is playing the Rovian playbook that says that it doesn’t matter if it’s true as long as your target audience (non-college educated white working class voters) won’t bother to find out the actual truth, and believe that it “sounds like it might be a true.” - Maki via Bookmarklet

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Gonzales: I Wasn’t Aware of What was Going on in my Agency

July 30 at 10:53 am - Link

"Its submitted at the same exact time (18 mins), dude. Check and see for yourself. No one is trying to dupe you on purpose." - Maki

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McCain Spokesman: John McCain Doesn’t Know Social Security

July 29 at 12:13 pm - Link

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I don't see how people can take McCain seriously. The republican party would of had a better chance with one of the other canidates. I still don't see how he went from being near the bottom of the list to getting the nomination. - Louis Ponder via twhirl

@ xorsyst i'm with you there. - phil baumann

The amount of gaffes and blatant flip-flops he has is just staggering. His lack of knowledge or interest in the internet is also very disturbing to me... - Maki

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McCain: We Had an Easy Victory in Iraq

July 29 at 11:14 am - Link

"It's submitted at the same exact time (25 mins), dude." - Maki

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22 public interest groups roast FCC smutless broadband plan

July 29 at 10:18 am - Link

"This story is the one submitted first. That link you gave is a dupe. See the '_2' appended to the end of that link?" - Maki

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White House Sends ‘Talking Points’ To Fox News Commentators

July 26 at 11:48 am - Link

"Dupe. First submitted here: http://digg.com/politics/McCle... ..." - Maki

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NASA to Send Satellite Powered by Solar Sails into Orbit

July 24 at 7:16 am - Link

Haha I read Solar Snails (disappointed at the correct title) - Toby Graham

Solar Snails would be awesome :) - Maki

Maki commented on a story on Digg

World's Smallest Camera Plane is Revealed in Public [PICS]

July 23 at 2:28 pm - Link

"@MacBigot You've got to be kidding me. You're actually pointing fingers when you are resubmitting stories yourself. Look at this fine exhibit here: Submitted by MediaSight from Livescience.com http://digg.com/space/The_Star... ... Instead of digging up his post, you go submit a Fox News version of it, 7 hrs ago: http://digg.com/space/Star_Exp... ... The problem here is that a TON of stories are submitting everyday. The dupe filter only gives a SNAPSHOT of them and sometimes it doesn't even work properly. Recent examples: The Dark Knight/George Carlin's passing etc... you have dupes flying all around by all digg users. You've been using digg long enough, you know the dupe filter sometimes fails. Especially when the titles and source site is completely different. I didn't intentionally dupe that Holocaust story. That's the honest truth. You can continue to doubt and insinuate that I'm wrong till you're blue in the face, but that's what happened. I don't..." - Maki

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