Browsing Google News this morning, I encountered articles about Sarah Palin in the Comedy section. Mind you, they were in relation to Tina Fey, but I still have to wonder what that says about our politics ( Read more... )

No news icon, no "the airlines are bastards" icon, so perhaps unfairly using my "government is shit" icon. :o)

First up, FCC are likely to approve SIRIUS-XM merger. The rumored pricing changes are OK; implementing "broadcast decency" is not. Overall, it's about blankety-blank time they let the companies merge.

Next, airlines don't have to care ( Read more... )

Apple appears to be retro-bundling Safari with Windows iTunes installs via Apple Software Update (aside: skip reading the comments; you'll do yourself a favor ( Read more... )

What looks to me to be a bit of a clearinghouse for political advertisements demonstrates quite effectively why I tend to just ignore said ads. I can't recall ever tuning in to any of the political marketing from any side ( Read more... )

That did it!

Previously.

Google vs. Sicko II:
Today, Turner posted a clarification, stating that her opinions of Moore's movie were her own, and not Google's, and reaffirming the use of advertising to "handle challenges," calling it "a very democratic and effective way to participate in a public dialogue." She went on to say that this view of advertising is the official ( Read more... )

Race to the bottom: Google

I still don't trust MS at all. I never will.

Google's no saint, either, especially if they don't exorcise ALL the demons from Doubleclick (why buy them, then? Without the baddies, Doubleclick has no value).

I'll be cleansing web pages of rogue javascript for many, many years to come. The privacy is in my hands, not

There are more weird Street View sightings. Laser hits New York, ad truck advertises "hot babes," the Headless Horseman is caught on camera minus horse, there's a glory hole on Howard in San Francisco...

Butt floss and other oddities on Google Maps Street View

Plumber's Crack, coming to a town near you!

And oh... yes, you can has cheesburger[sic]

A few things to make the LJ "Location" field less stupid, all of which involve exploiting Google:

- use ZIP code
- use latitude,longitude
- use airport code

If you have the ll coordinates, you need nothing more. It really describes one and only one location. Otherwise, you can probably mix things up to get close (though it's never quite exact ( Read more... )