Obama: “First Nerd President”
John Hodgman at Radio & TV Correspondents’ Dinner, by CSPAN
Hodgman roasts Obama. Funny stuff. via joelaz
the Mark Pike
Internet + Iran
“A conversation about the Internet’s role in the coverage of the Iranian elections.”
Great discussion hosted by Charlie Rose (so professional) featuring friend and former co-worker Nico Pitney (blogger extraordinaire), Facebook friend and Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly (kelly2010.com), and one of my nerd-crushes Jonathan Zittrain (intellectual giant).
Vegas paper gets subpoena to ID online commenters
A Nevada newspaper says it has been served a federal grand jury subpoena seeking information about readers who posted comments on the paper’s Web site.
Thinking out loud… Newspapers can have anonymous sources, but you cannot comment on those anonymous sources anonymously?
The comments are written under pseudonyms. Along with the real names of people who posted comments, the subpoena asks the newspaper for the writers’ gender, birth date, physical address, telephone number, Internet service provider, IP address and credit card numbers.
Q: What was Publius’ credit card number?
A: No. 10
“ The people making the policy,” he said, “don’t understand the technicalities. ”
E-Mail Surveillance Renews Concerns in Congress - NYTimes.com
Mr. Holt added that few lawmakers could challenge the agency’s statements because so few understood the technical complexities of its surveillance operations.
This needs to change.
Boomshakalaka
Required Viewing: Chiranjeevi, the most famous Tollywood actor of all-time, schooling some creeps on the hardwood in the greatest finish to a basketball game film patrons have ever seen.
MONDAY AM BONUS: Our old friend Mark Pike has put together an “Amazing” version of this clip that, for once, warrants this description:
Virginia Unity Rally.
Williamsburg, VA.
I’m pretty sure they mentioned the Arlington Rap video. If that doesn’t convince you to vote Democrat in Virginia, we really can’t do much else.
Arlington, VA. Parody Perfection.
Video was made by my classmates’ brother too! Trying to convince her to introduce me so I can spit a verse on his next hit…
36 Hours in Williamsburg, Va. (NYT)
Having lived in Williamsburg for 3 years, I think it’s entirely fair that the NYT barely found enough to do in 36 hours.
Great video on the intersection between federal government and web outreach. Disappointed that they don’t address the legal implications of ‘poking’ Rahm Emanuel on Facebook.
The dude who gifted us with the hastily made Cleveland tourism video was tapped by TNT’s basketball crew to make an amazing self-deprecating follow-up. This is why I love the NBA. (Skip to 2:03 if you have the attention span of a hockey fan).
