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UPDATE: Blagojevich receives birthday presents of Facebook support for healthcare

Wow. What a difference a day and a blog post makes!
Only a day after I pointed out that Gov. Rod Blagojevich was all alone on Facebook in his holy Web 2.0 crusade to get the people of Illinois healthcare, he’s received 169 additional supporters for his group, “I Support Healthcare.”
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Before:

And…. after:

Looks [...]


Exposing Blagojevich: Is his approach an obstacle for Facebook popularity?

Mike Flannery’s report on how Gov. Rod Blagojevich goes to Blackhawks games instead of being present in Springfield for mass-transit funding legislative action has gathered quite a bit of attention. And it’s deserved. After all, when was the last time you remember your local nightly news devoted 7 minutes and 55 seconds to a single-topic [...]


Jon Stewart analyzes the media blame game

While I followed the Virginia Tech shootings rather intensely for the first few days, I stopped watching the cable networks within 24 hours of the story breaking. Why? Well, look no further than The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:

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Video mashup: ‘24′ vs. ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’

Two of my favorite TV shows get mashed up. It’s a world where Jack Bauer must defuse LED bombs of Mooninites. SCARY! THRILLING! HILARIOUS!

Hat tip to BoingBoing.
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Things I loved, lived and learned in 2006

Well, the year’s about to end and that means everyone is given the dosage of “remember this past year” in the media. I don’t see why this blog should be any different, so here’s my list — in no particular order — of things in the past year.
+ Save the cheerleader, save the world.

+ [...]


Bring Faygo pop to Illinois

The State Journal-Register is reporting that Illinois is now taking bids to have a single soda supplier for all of its vending machines, including the three University of Illinois campuses.
Right now at Urbana campus, the contracted company is Coca Cola. You can’t escape it. While some people were really upset about that Coke contract, [...]