A new book by David Aaronovitch . . .
called Voodoo Histories is reviewed by
Giles Foden in this weekend's Guardian Review:
"I think a better definition of a conspiracy theory might be: the attribution of deliberate agency to something that is more likely to be accidental or unintended."
# The Dan Rather Incident:
"Kenneth, what is the frequency?"
# Author exits a detective
series via heart attack by Zac O’Yeah.
# O’Yeah writes a brief
piece about Cornell Woolrich.
...
Saturday, May 2
Thursday, April 30
NEW ON THE NET (2#) -
Google made a change to its News Home yesterday. It removed the clickable links to news for other countries at the bottom, which I enjoyed using.
Fortunately, Google News was not my main source for news. I use a handful of other aggregators in addition to reading from more direct reportage.
But those links were part of the reason I went to that destination. Needless to say, I don't like the change and now have fewer reasons to make it my destination.
# Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list for this year includes the Twitter guys and someone called "Moot" who operates the 4chan message board.
Is 4chan something a well-informed
person should know about? Yes, I think so.
...
Fortunately, Google News was not my main source for news. I use a handful of other aggregators in addition to reading from more direct reportage.
But those links were part of the reason I went to that destination. Needless to say, I don't like the change and now have fewer reasons to make it my destination.
# Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list for this year includes the Twitter guys and someone called "Moot" who operates the 4chan message board.
Is 4chan something a well-informed
person should know about? Yes, I think so.
...
Monday, April 27
The News: TOO MUCH ERIC -
Big Brother, Baghdad Bob, and Eric . . .
Eric Schmidt has plans for a new version of Google News, Sharon Waxman reports. It sounds like a nightmarish horror movie:
"users will be automatically served the kind of news that interests them just by calling up Google’s page. The latest algorithms apply ever more sophisticated filtering - based on search words, user choices, purchases, a whole host of cues - to determine what the reader is looking for without knowing they’re looking for it."
That's not what I want. No thanks! I don't want anyone picking out my news for me. I can only hope it's going to be voluntary. I think Eric needs to get a Reality Check. Who appointed him Pope?
Oh, and did I mention Eric's love for pistachio nuts? They will be inserted into every new version of Google News pages. Nuts to you, Eric!
:: Sharon Waxman ::
...
Eric Schmidt has plans for a new version of Google News, Sharon Waxman reports. It sounds like a nightmarish horror movie:
"users will be automatically served the kind of news that interests them just by calling up Google’s page. The latest algorithms apply ever more sophisticated filtering - based on search words, user choices, purchases, a whole host of cues - to determine what the reader is looking for without knowing they’re looking for it."
That's not what I want. No thanks! I don't want anyone picking out my news for me. I can only hope it's going to be voluntary. I think Eric needs to get a Reality Check. Who appointed him Pope?
Oh, and did I mention Eric's love for pistachio nuts? They will be inserted into every new version of Google News pages. Nuts to you, Eric!
:: Sharon Waxman ::
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