links for 2009-02-23
Nigerian Accused in Scheme to Swindle Citibank – NYTimes.com A fascinating variant on the standard 419 scam – Nigerian scammers defraud tens of millions by… Read More »links for 2009-02-23
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February 2009
The final word on the death of newspapers?
Some sort of secret signal went out, and everyone and their neighbor has posted a “death of newspapers” story since the beginning of the year,… Read More »The final word on the death of newspapers?
links for 2009-02-20
%u042Folcats English translations of Russian-language Lolcats. Most appear to focus on making cats spout Soviet-era pro-communist dialog. Good fun. (tags: blogs internet humor history russia… Read More »links for 2009-02-20
Watching Madagascar, via Twitter
The nature of breaking news is changing. Recent breaking stories, like the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, have been simulcast on mainstream news sites and via… Read More »Watching Madagascar, via Twitter
links for 2009-02-16
SEACOM Photos of the SEACOM cable landing station in Mombassa (tags: kenya africa mombassa cable infrastructure internet SEACOM) Drug giant GlaxoSmithKline pledges cheap medicine for… Read More »links for 2009-02-16
Why arrest Bennett?
There’s a lot that’s hard to understand about Zimbabwean politics. This is true, in part, because the coverage tends to focus on the old crocodile… Read More »Why arrest Bennett?