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Fear is frozen fun Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Steve Gillmor: "The joy of collaborating with a robot to produce fine comedy is exhilarating."

Boeing 787 Permanent link to this item in the archive.

CNET's Daniel Terdiman is covering the launch of Boeing's new jumbo jet in Seattle today.

Hope he gets some pics of the interior.

Gnomdex ho! Permanent link to this item in the archive.

Just bought my tickets for Gnomedex, August 9-11 in Seattle.

A necessary step Permanent link to this item in the archive.

The NY Times calls for an immediate withdrawal from Iraq.

There's nothing amazing about this piece, except it's on the road to getting out of the mess in Iraq.

It won't change anything with the President, but it will change the discussion to how we implement this plan, even if the President won't.

On Friday I said that impeachment must become an option. More than that, it must become a fixture of American politics. We've now suffered through two two-term Presidents who had very little regard for our opinion of them. We need to get their attention, and the best tool at our disposal is to remove them from office when they break the law. It's our fault this is happening because we refuse to use our power.

      

Last update: Sunday, July 8, 2007 at 7:07 PM Pacific.

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Things to revisit:

1.Microsoft patent acid test.
2.What is a weblog?
3.Advertising R.I.P.
4.How to embrace & extend.
5.Bubble Burst 2.0.
6.This I Believe.
7.Most RSS readers are wrong.
8.Who is Phil Jones?
9.Send them away.
10.Negotiate with users.
11.Preserving ideas.
12.Empire of the Air.
13.NPR speech.
14.Russo & Hale.
15.Trouble at the Chronicle.
15.RSS 2.0.
16.Checkbox News.
17.Spreadsheet calls over the Internet.
18.Twitter as coral reef.
19.Mobs of the blogosphere.
20.Advice for Campaigns.
21.Social Cameras.
22.The Next Big Thing.
23.It's time to open up networking, again.
24.Am I competing?

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