The Green[e]house Effect: On the Side

August 31, 2004

• >Former MPAA chief Jack Valenti singlehandedly revises the U.S. Code: "Fair use is not in the law"  (10)
• >"By failing to see the difference between a winner and a hero, Paul Hamm gave the world a much more honest representation of what our American values have become in 2004." [via]  (1)
• >A computer on an Atkins diet: Apple unveils new iMac  (0)
• >Gothamist goes global: Chicagoist, DCist, LAist, SFist — and apparently on the boards, Bostonist. [Me, I'm still waiting for Istanbulist.]  (14)
• >Dumbster: famous social-software service Friendster goes antisocial, fires employee for blogging  (0)

August 25, 2004

• >Hot sauce ...  (15)
• >Hott pants ...  (1)
• >Hot thing ...  (0)
• >Hot.  (0)

August 18, 2004

• >Can you sum up John Kerry's position on the war in 15 words or less? Bob Somerby can.  (0)
• >From the streets of New York, a report on "the most beautiful construction site ... ever"  (0)

August 11, 2004

• >Remind me never to let Alan Keyes sing to my children.  (1)

August 2, 2004

• >Good Eats host Alton Brown, on Supersize Me: "Burgers don’t kill people. People kill people."  (0)
• >Barack Obama: future senator, scone lover  (0)
• >Thanks for all the gadgets, Steve, and best wishes for a speedy recovery from cancer surgery  (0)
• >Whoa: Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Barack Obama, and other speeches, and the executive summary of the 9/11 report, available for free @ the iTunes music store [via]   (1)