Ryan Sholin

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  • Children of a Lesser Evil…or…Googling Democracy

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    Thanks to Google, I have to rewrite my International Communications term paper from last semester. Seriously, Sergey, Larry, do you have any idea how hard I work at getting this stuff straight? First you stand out as being downright *good* by specifically NOT planting any servers in China, signing any pledges, or editing any search…

  • New Year’s Eve in Caracas

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    I’m struggling here trying to embed a .wmv file into a post. I can manage it in a way that works on everything but Firefox, but that’s unacceptable to me. Uncomplicated WordPress plugins seem to do the same thing. Does anyone have a sensible piece of code I can slap right into a post to…

  • What is your dangerous idea?

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    The Edge World Question for 2006 asks a truckload of current thinkers to share a dangerous idea: What is your dangerous idea? An idea you think about (not necessarily one you originated) that is dangerous not because it is assumed to be false, but because it might be true? As for me, I’ll throw the…

  • Closing the digital divide – the $100 laptop

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    It’s been a busy week in Tunisia. During the lead-up to the World Summit on the Information Society, the UN and the European Union both expressed interest in making the governance of the Internet more of an international affair, especially decisions about top-level domains currently tweaked by California-based nonprofit ICANN. This call was quickly picked…

  • Pumpkin carving with friends and neighbors

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    A few pictures from last night’s pumpkin carving party at Dan & Rozalyn & Addie’s place are now online. [tags]Halloween, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins[/tags]

  • Daniel Pepper negotiates everyday journalistic problems…

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    …in Beirut. And when you’re a photojournalist based in Beirut, getting Hezbollah to credential you for their events becomes an important part of your job. It’s not exactly getting a University press pass to cover the volleyball game, but you get the idea. As Daniel wrote in a recent post about his ongoing Hezbollah melodrama,…

  • Calvin and Hobbes Snow Art Gallery

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    Calvin and Hobbes Snow Art Gallery

  • Mass Commons Meeting Tonight

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    Hey SJSU/JMC Graduate students – tonight’s the second meeting/get-together/exercise-in-socialiazation known as the Mass Commons group. Stop by the Mission Ale House on Santa Clara & 3rd Street after 6pm Friday night and look for the folks reading Communications Policy and the Public Interest. [Ed. note: we won’t be reading.] We’ll be talking, eating, drinking, and…

  • Bricks and Baseball Bats Win the Day in Toledo

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    In the Media Law class I’m in this semester, we’ve tossed around lots of fine examples of the First Amendment in action, including your classic cases of the Klan being allowed to march, speak, and get harangued by onlookers. As I’ve said before somewhere, everyone has the freedom to be an asshole. The theoretical response…

  • Fantasy President Index, a la Weinberger

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    David Weinberger mulls over the number of fake/fantasy/fictional U.S. presidents on television and asks: How many TV shows about fictitious presidents do we need to get the taste of the current one out of our mouths for at least a few minutes? Sounds like a fun little research project for someone with more time on…