May 2009
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Dilbert.com - Daily Strip Email
————— Forwarded message ————— From: Dilbert <Dilbert@email.dilbert.com> Date: Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM Subject: Dilbert.com - Daily Strip Email To: dan perlman <dap@techgolem.com> ...
December 2008
3 posts
Woaa, Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy (Chapter...
Source: Tribune Co. files for bankruptcy - San Jose Mercury News Address : http://www.mercurynews.com/natbreakingnews/ci_11167376?nclick_check=1 NEW YORK—Tribune Co.—owner of the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and other dailies—filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday, the first major newspaper publisher to take such a step since the Internet plunged the industry into a...
The Mechanics of a Stampeding Crowd
The death of a Wal-Mart security guard in New York on Black Friday has Americans lamenting the human condition. The shoppers at the Valley Stream store have been called “rabid,” “pathetic” “savages” with “no souls.” There have been calls for criminal prosecutions against these “animals.” Wal-Mart, meanwhile, has claimed it prepared for...
Anthony Lane, New Yorker: The Ten Best Films of...
How many movies from 2008 will bear revisiting in later years? That is the test, and it is dismaying to recall how few productions passed it. The year began with frightening promise, as a début work—”The Orphanage,” from the Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, released in the dying days of 2007—oozed into general release. It was followed by two foreign-language films of equal vigor...
November 2008
2 posts
McDonald's sued over nude photos
A man is suing McDonald’s claiming that nude photos of his wife ended up online after he left his mobile phone, containing the pictures, at one of the chain’s restaurants. The suit was filed Friday against the chain, the franchise owner, and the store manager, and seeks a jury trial and $3 million (£2 million) in damages for suffering, embarrassment and the cost of having to move to a...
Sign at Stanford re:Cal Game
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