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Elsewhere: Older Facebook user disasters
What happens when old people, as in 30 years-plus, start flocking to Facebook? They do things like accidentally forwarding a Jacuzzi diarrhea video to all of their friends and co-workers. Salon.com documents this and other pitfalls facing older Facebook users HERE.
Elsewhere: Humanitarian internet game
The British Red Cross has come up with a clever way to promote humanitarian efforts in war torn northern Uganda: an online treasure hunt-style strategy game called Traces of Hope. From the Web site: Vicious war in Northern Uganda has destroyed Joseph’s home and torn his family apart. He has one goal, to find out from […]
Side hugs
Stuff Christians Like (the dot net version) is one of the best in business when it comes to poking fun of Christian culture. This shirt is a good example of that. Apparently, the site’s creator is planning on setting a world record for the longest side hug at an upcoming conference in Atlanta. Because of this shirt, you don’t […]
Elsewhere: Reunited, loud and finding love
Kevin Shields is notorious for being soft spoken and not giving interviews so the fact that he talked at all to the New York Times for this article about My Bloody Valentine’s reunion is worth noting. What he has to say isn’t particularly insightful or earth-shattering, but the article is a quick and worthwhile read […]
Elsewhere: George Fox incident sparks debate
Wow, talk about disgusting. The vile hatred being spewed in the comments section of this Oregonian article almost made me throw up in my mouth. 1. Bashing of Christianity and George Fox University? Check. 2. Bashing of Muslims and Obama’s ties to the Arab world (with the obligatory reference of how this could make him a terrorist)? Check. 3. Conspiracy theories […]
Elsewhere: The Palin poll
When John McCain came back from the dead to run away with the Republican primary and Barack Obama outlasted the slash-and-burn tactics of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary, I was hopeful that the 2008 presidential election might rise above the polarizing red-state/blue-state “culture war” campaign we had to live through four years ago. Surely, […]
Elsewhere: Denison Witmer covers
Denison Witmer has long been known for his skill at taking other people’s songs and recasting them. In fact, he released an entire album several years ago devoted to just that. My Old Kentucky Blog has three covers he’s done recently of Oasis, Red House Painters and Bonnie Raitt. The Oasis song, “Champaign Supernova,” is also available on […]
Elsewhere: Run your own dang campaign
Fed up with the way the presidential campaigns are going this election season? Now you can run your own campaign on a shoestring budget for Obama, McCain, Palin or Biden with the free online version of The Political Machine video game. Click HERE for all the details and start dodging the media, lying and slinging mud to get […]