Floyd Norris, liveblogging the panic today at the NYT -- The Great Crash of 2008: 2:45 p.m. ET: If the S.&P. 500 closes where it is now, (1009.07, down 8% for the day) it will have lost more than 13% over the past three sessions. The only other time declines of that magnitude occurred since World War II was in the crash of 1987. …
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Brown Monday: open thread on today's economic panic.
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eBoy's Blockbob Eater doll
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/06/eboys-blockbob-eater.htmleBoy, the artist collective that designed Boing Boing's logos, announced the launch of its wooden Blockbob Eater doll today. Made out of Swiss maple wood, 8.5" tall and limited to 70 pieces. Each unit comes numbered and signed. eBoy's Blockbob Eater doll …
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World Made By Hand by James Howard Kunstler
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/06/world-made-by-hand-b.htmlIn the sweet and sad novel, World Made By Hand by James Howard Kunstler, the population of the United States (and most likely, the world) has been decimated by an energy shortage, starvation, plagues, terrorism, and global warming. The story takes place in an unspecified time in the near future (I'm guessing it's around 2025 or so). …
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eBoy’s Blockbob Eater doll - Boing Boing
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the poetry of sarah palin
http://www.vegetablesofthemind.com/documents/weblog/?p=328The poetry of Sarah Palin (courtesy of growabrain) Oh heck, and while I’m at it: (courtesy of boingBoing.net) Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics | No Comments »
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Mid-Monday musings
http://blog.echopulse.net/?p=3637The Unspeakable Odyssey of the Motionless Boy WikiHow offered the following links today: How to Spot a Gold-digger How to Be a Gold-digger One of the Grodd ‘Clix, from the upcoming Arkham Asylum set, is a member of the Sinestro Corps. Who is “essential” during a pandemic? Back to it.
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Blendwire
http://blendwire.net8% for the day) it will have lost more than 13% over the past three sessions. The only other time declines of that magnitude occurred since World War II was in the crash of 1987. Prior to that, the last one was in May 1940, when France fell to Germany. Discuss, and breathe deeply, folks. We're gonna get through it together. (ht for the hed @Howard Rheingold) Video: "The 1929 Stock Market Crash newsreel."
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the real mavericks
http://www.vegetablesofthemind.com/documents/weblog/?p=327Here’s a nice perspective about John McCain’s recent self-titlement: Who You Callin’ a Maverick? (courtesy of [who else?] boingBoing.net) Posted in 2008 Presidential Election, Politics | No Comments »
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Kevin Mitnick demorado en el aeropuerto tras viaje a Colombia
http://tecnolodia.com/kevin-mitnick-demorado-en-el-aeropuert...de Mitnick y un registro de su equipaje, en el que los oficiales encontraron una MacBook Pro, una Dell XPS M1210, una subnotebook Asus 900, cuatro discos rígidos, varios pendrives, tres iPhones y cuatro celulares Nokia, entre otros dispositivos (vía Boing Boing).
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http://ok-cleek.com/blogsThe Web's Golden Bounty McCain, Keating, Guilt Multi-Dimensional Analog Literals in C++ Future Serial Killer NAILIN’ PAYLIN Ralph Stanley For Obama Palin on Paleontology The Internet’s Famousest Felines
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Bearded Dave @ Tumblr
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Old timey Halloween photos - Boing Boing I find this photo quite...
http://shannonmurf.tumblr.com/post/53350927Old timey Halloween photos - Boing Boing I find this photo quite creepy.
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A Political Post
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