i near had a heart attack and i don’t even like hockey. definitely beer o’clock. crosby to carry the flag at the closing ceremony?

The Google/China hacking case: How many news outlets do the original reporting on a big story? » Nieman Journalism Lab. barely any is the answer. also, this is a great blog about the state of journalism. via ram.

Olympic Pictograms Through the Ages – Video Feature – NYTimes.com. nice little video talking about the evolution of pictograms at the olympics.

When in Miami : very large mojitos with @danielweinand http://yfrog.com/3n2euuaj

New favorite term : “weapons grade bullshit” @fowa

Flying to Miami : Two bag searches and a pat-down. I thought i was gonna get an MRI next. I feel turbo safe.

FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: Sports. turns out fivethirtyeight is doing daily updates of medal results based on predictions. the US is doing surprisingly well.

FRONTLINE: flying cheap. about the colgan
airplane crash in buffalo and the safety issues with the regional carrier structure. it’s pretty terrifying to think that your entry-level pilot is only paid $21/hour.

Teux Deux. a nice and simple to-do list web app. via casey.

He’s a Terrorist. Just say it. Terrorist. For F*%k sake!. it turns out that pretty much every news publication took it pretty easy on that guy who flew a plane into an IRS building. via ram.

SublimeVideo. javascript plugin for controlling video in html5. looks nice.

HotDocs Doc Library. the hotdocs film festival has a site where you can watch a ton of documentaries from past festivals including one of my all-time hotdocs faves Lifelike (about competitive taxidermists and highly entertaining).

First-person perspective of a bus crash. now that’s some crazy youtube clip.

i’m amazed there haven’t been more shootings at kinkos. employees and customers look like they’re going to either explode or collapse.

DAVID SIMON – Vice Magazine. long interview with the creator of The Wire.

Auriol: isn’t the cast of degrassi missing their wardrobe #olympics

Why are the dancers in white doing the Carlton Banks?

Was that the Christmas carol version of the anthem? And can we not get some seat-fillers to sit with the prime minister?

Winners gallery 2010 – World Press Photo. some great photos.


YouTube – Her Morning Elegance / Oren Lavie. who doesn’t like stop-motion. via paul.