http://www.brandchannel.com/start.asp?fa_id=256 Ikea bends (but only a little!) to sell to foreign markets. 05:03
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This month: 17 entries.
http://slate.com/id/2114929/ Fred Kaplan: Paul Wolfowitz might be a good choice to lead the world bank. I think he may well be a good choice too—I agree that Wolfowitz is deeply idealistic, and to the extent that he’s a hawk, he’s a hawk not because he believes has a high regard for the use of force. His interview with Sam Tannenhaus of Vanity Fair is worth reading. (One thing that Wolfowitz may have trouble with is the requirement that aid be provided “without regard to political or other non-economic influences or considerations”—democracies can’t be favoured.) 05:00
http://slate.com/id/2114926/ Very impressive Dahlia Lithwick piece on the debate over female opinion writers. 04:52
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4357613.stm Headline slightly better than the reality, but: “Lab fireball ‘may be black hole’.” 23:04
http://www.mil-millington.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/abp/ Angry bed positions. 22:56
http://timblair.net/ee/index.php/weblog/multilateral_withdrawal_
from_unilateral_invasion/ He has a point: “Before the war: bad that no
countries supported the US. After: bad that all the countries that
supported the US no longer support the US.” 10:02
http://www.google.com/search?q=foo bar Oh crap, Google searches now take the order or search terms into account? (bar foo) This is new, right? Now I have to figure out which of my search terms is the most important and/or try different permutations?? (Yahoo and MSN do the same thing.) 22:42
http://slate.com/id/2114854/ Branding America: “… in the Soviet Union of the 1950s and ’60s, there was Pravda on the one hand, Voice of America on the other. The former dished out the dreary boilerplate of the ruling Communist Party. The latter offered exciting rhythms from the forbidden outside world. … Today, an official American image, even a well-crafted one, would have to compete with a vast array of newspapers, magazines, radio broadcasts and, most crucially, satellite TV networks.” 11:02
http://slate.com/id/2114713/ David Greenberg’s review of a seemingly flawed right-wing history of the US is somewhat notable for its explicit division of conservatives into the “conservative elite”—neoconservatives and libertarians who respect “the values of higher education, science, reason, and expertise”—and the “populist” conservatives of talk-show radio. 03:25
http://slate.com/id/2114581/ Are bloggers journalists? “… bloggers play games with definitions as well, choosing whatever identity suits them at the moment. In a case pending in California, Apple Computer has subpoenaed three bloggers who reported what the company believes are trade secrets about its future products. The bloggers want to be admitted as part of the journalist class protected under California law. But in an altogether different set of circumstances, bloggers and Web sites facing the prospect of being regulated by the Federal Election Commission take the position that they are neither independent media (which faces one set of restrictions) nor partisan advocates (who face another), but rather belong to a privileged category called ‘the Internet,’ which government mustn’t tax or touch in any way.” 21:04
http://www.nodeleting.com/item.php?id=49 Watch to the end! 01:18
http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/research/story/0,
9865,1432991,00.html “Rather startled, I watched this scene from
close quarters behind the window until 19.10 hours during which
time (75 minutes) I made some photographs and the mallard almost
continuously copulated his dead congener.” 23:28
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2005/3/4gavaler.html “When’s it due back?” “The day after tomorrow.” 02:22
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/01/business/01chefs.html What chefs eat when they travel. 04:09
http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html And this will work better than <META name="keywords" ...> because … ? 22:37
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4306523.stm “Spy’s guide to surviving London life.” 20:08