November 2008 Archives

The Dunhill Jew

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Gordon Davidescu wrote this article.

I was walking around New York City with my friends Joe and Elizabeth. It wasn't particularly cold; in fact, it was unseasonably warm, and I was wearing a light coat and nothing else on my head other than my yarmulke. When it gets cold and blustery I wear a wool cap of some sort and a scarf.

How to Determine Fair Use

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Have you ever had someone steal your idea and use it in your stead?

SpreedNews Review

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SpreedNews is the fast way get updated on the world spinning around you.  SpreedNews is a news aggregator with a twist:  You read your news super fast.  You don't need Evelyn Wood when you have SpreedNews.

We believe in branding. Your logo, your namespace, and your textual perception is everything online, and it is the only thing that matters when you are a popular company propagating your brand.  We were horrified to learn Pepsi recently changed their semiotic logo and bottle in favor of a strange, smiling, grinning, yawning set of variations on the Obama-like red-white-and-blue theme.  Here is the old, favorite Pepsi Logo we all know and love:

An American Election

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If you live in the United States, and if you are registered to vote -- we urge you to stand in line all day if you have to, and cast a vote for Barack Obama -- to win back what was lost.

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