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Posts from March 2007

Twitter, Twitteroo, Twitterrific!

Twitter is the latest craze on the Internet, from the same people who brought us Odeo. The premise of Twitter is that you are constantly answering one simple question: “What are you doing?” It seems everybody has their own description of what Twitter is. I see it as live blogging; it is somewhere between the [...]


Mates of State – “Like u Crazy” Music Video

One of the albums that got lost in the shuffle for me last year was Mates of State‘s Bring it Back. Fortunately, NPR reminded me about their latest album by including them on the This American Life tour and the latest episode of the podcast. Here’s the music video for one of my favorite songs, [...]


Barnstable Restaurants Served with Sanitation Ratings

The Barnstable Patriot this weekend featured the results of Barnstable’s first ever rating for restaurant sanitation standards. In Los Angeles, these ratings are required to be displayed at each restaurant entrance (in Scarlet Letter fashion). Each restaurant in Barnstable was visited three times during an 18 month period. They were graded with the following standards: [...]


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12 March 2007 @ 8pm

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Idiocracy

Office Space creator Mike Judge has created another cult film: Idiocracy. The movie hit select theaters in September ’06, and was quickly pulled and not given a chance for the bigger screens. The DVD was released on January 9th and has already grossed over $9 million in rentals. It is rated R primarily for inappropriate [...]