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• How the H1N1 Vaccine is Made

  
  JordonCooper.com — Authority: 476
  Jason Kottke has a great post on how the H1N1 vaccine is made . The most striking feature of the H1N1 flu vaccine manufacturing process is the 1,200,000,000 chicken eggs required to make the 3 billion doses of vaccine that may be required worldwide. There are entire chicken farms in the US and around the world ...
  3 days ago

• Touring: Kiss, Rod Stewart, Marianne Faithfull, more

  
  Vintage Vinyl News — Authority: 439
  The following veteran artists have posted new touring dates (number of new shows in parenthesis followed by geographic location of new dates): Kiss (24) - Europe Rod Stewart (8) - Europe Marianne Faithfull (6) - U.S., Australia Madness (6) - Europe John Waite (13) - Europe Stryper (7) - U.S., ...
  4 days ago

• Three of the best

  
  Doug's Dynamic Drivel — Authority: 140
  Chet Atkins, Leo Kottke and Doc Watson. Enjoy Tags: Chet Atkins , Doc Watson , Leo Kottke
  5 days ago

• A visit from an old friend

  
  A Progressive on the Prairie — Authority: 128
  There’s a certain rhythm and inner warmth when you see an old friend after a number of years. While I’ve never spoken to Leo Kottke in my life, seeing him perform Thursday night at the Orpheum Theater had that feel. I first became acquainted with Kottke in the mid-70s through his albums Greenhouse , Ice ...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft to patent Tufte’s sparklines?! (Kottke)

  
  Kelso's Corner — Authority: 421
  This is total bullsh*t, the US Patent office should not be granting Microsoft patents for basic concepts that are already out in the market place as prior art and infact invented by someone else, namely Edward Tufte. Shame on Microsoft and boo on lazy patent clerks! Thanks Melissa.
  1 week ago

• 100 Greatest Quotes from The Wire

  
  Blogging Me Blogging You — Authority: 424
  via Kottke come these 100 quotes from the Greatest TV Series Ever Made . Posted in the wire
  1 week ago

• 100 Best Quotes from The Wire

  
  Outside The Beltway | OTB — Authority: 679
  Someone with a lot of time on his hands has compiled a 10 minute video purporting to be “A selection of the top 100 quotes from The Wire, the greatest TV show ever made.” Not surprisingly, virtually all of them contain NSFW language, with the F- and N-words being especially well represented. via Jason Kottke
  1 week ago

• A Month’s Worth of Links About Newspapers

  
  Unlikely Words — Authority: 429
  Photo by Flickr user danielweir.esq It’s important to note when discussing the problems at newspapers that spending on advertising is down almost EVERYWHERE, not just in newspapers. Industries that are dependent on ad dollars, of which Big Newspaper is just one, are all hurting. Yes, circulation is down, but there ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Scorpions and 166 Cellos at Brandenburg Gate

  
  Unlikely Words — Authority: 429
  20 years ago, East German officials made the decision that East German citizens would be allowed to visit West Germany and West Berlin. East Berliners streamed to the Berlin Wall and West Berliners greeted them warmly on the other side. 10 years ago, I was in Berlin on the anniversary, and saw The Scorpions play ...
  2 weeks ago

• iPhone with One Hand Comes Naturally

  
  A Fool's Wisdom — Authority: 112
  Jason Kottke’s recent article “ One-handed computing with the iPhone ” (published yesterday, Oct 29th, 2009) begins: “The easy single-handed operation of the iPhone [ 1 ] is not one of its obvious selling points but is one of those little features that grows on you and becomes nearly indispensable. A ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tour Dates: Sorry Chali

  
  Hidden Track — Authority: 512
  Earlier this year Chali 2na , the former front man for the much beloved - but now defunct - hip hop act Jurassic 5, released his long awaited solo debut, Fish Outta Water . The baritone-voiced MC has lined up a 14-date run through the West Coast dubbed the Deadliest Catch Tour, recruiting a handful of friends to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Full Botany of Desire Video Online

  
  Unlikely Words — Authority: 429
  PBS has posted (but doesn’t let you embed), the full-length video of Michael Pollan’s Botany of Desire documentary. Haven’t gotten to this yet, but I will. In the meantime, here’s a preview via Kottke : ### Possibly related posts: Matt Taibbi vs Goldman Sachs (Full Text) Matt Taibbi’s recent ...
  3 weeks ago

• 2009 Halloween Concert Round-Up

  
  Live Music Blog.com — Authority: 477
  Like New Year’s Eve , Halloween is another holiday that a lot of bands choose to celebrate in style. There’s just something about mixing the live concert experience with all the fun and choas of Halloween that really brings out the freaks. While most bands typically play into the Halloween vibe in some way, ...
  4 weeks ago

• With growing Apple tablet excitement, misguided Kindle whining returns

  
  Gravitational Pull — Authority: 92
  We’re coming up fast on the 2nd anniversary of the introduction of  Amazon’s Kindle e-reader . Yet despite the many improvements and price cuts in KindleWorld, we’re still subject to the same weird, off-base complaints we first heard back before anyone even had even gotten their hands on one . Recently, my ...
  4 weeks ago

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