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  • Sports - Adrian, MI - The Daily Telegram
    The Adrian Daily Telegram | February 8, 2010
    The Sports section at the Daily Telegram now features "Lenawee Sports Around the Web," powered by Publish2.
  • The incredible output of Snowmageddon
    Washington Post | February 8, 2010
    The Capital Weather Gang provides background and context for this weekend's ridiculously massive winter storm in the DC area, explaining their forecast, their method, and the outcome. Plus, the obligatory satellite photo of the damage.
  • "Python for Informatics" Open Textbook Remixed in 11 Days
    Creative Commons | February 5, 2010
    This book is a data-focused remix of "Think Python: How to Think like a Computer Scientist," the book Adrian Holovaty often recommends to journalists who want to get started with Django.
  • Gizmodo's Comment System: How It Works and Why It's Better
    Gizmodo | February 2, 2010
    A great explanation of how comments work on Gawker blogs, powered by karma, Facebook Connect, and heavy moderation of new commenters before they're set free on threads.
  • Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine
    blog.vark.com | February 3, 2010
    Aardvark has published a whitepaper outlining some of the technology and much of the logic behind their social search engine.
  • GNILLEY presentation at Game Jam Sydney
    YouTube | January 31, 2010
    This is a game in which you attack your enemies by yelling loudly into a microphone. (Spotted via Engadget.)
  • How a Layabout Used the Huffington Post to Become a Rothschild
    Valleywag | February 1, 2010
    As I read this sordid tale of a mild, attention-seeking con that roped in a few journalists, I can't help but notice that the only people who smelled something fishy were Wikipedians.
  • A quick guide to the maxims of new media
    markcoddington.com | January 30, 2010
    A primer including the origins of crucial one-liners by Dave Winer, Dan Gillmor, Jay Rosen, Clay Shirky, and a few more.
  • Future Shock
    Fraser Speirs | January 29, 2010
    Another take on the iPad -- and the reaction to it from some technologists -- that's a bit closer to how I feel about both.
  • The Latest Links on the University of California
    Spot.Us Blog | January 29, 2010
    Spot.Us staff gather news stories, editorials, and video complementing an upcoming crowdfunded investigation into the UC Regents.

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