How to get the youth of America to vote

Many have tried interesting ways to get people to vote. One of the more interesting sites I have come across is Votergasm. Quite a spectacle.

Want Music?

Each time I visit the Amazon.com website it seems as if they have some sort of new feature. On my last visit I saw a link to Musical Instruments which seems to be their latest foray into new verticals. Go Amazon!

Kerry was in town today

John Kerry was in Philly today giving more remarks to attempt to boost his chances in November. While walking around there was additional security and a certain vibe walking around town. I saw a link to his speech (which I was unable to attend) and figured I would link it here.

How would you campaign if you were running for President?

There's a fun game I found on the Internet call Campaign Trail 2004 which allows you to determine where you and your running mate will campaign and where to spend your campaign contributions. Obvioulsy it is incredibly simplified, but it is interesting to see how much weight the electoral college has on your decisions.

snopes calls florida hurricane connection to republican areas a hoax.

Snopes is a great resource for figuring out when something is a hoax, witha broad range of backgrounds on various urban legends. And sure enough, he gives the smiting of republicans by God a big thumbs down. Read more here.

actual paths of hurricanes.

After looking at the image linked in the prior post I decided to do a little research of my own. Here are the respective paths of the three hurricanes:

Frances

Charley

Ivan

It seems like although there may be some similarities to the prior map, it is shaky at best. Enjoy

Eerie coincidence, divine intervention, or hoax?

Could it be that the paths of the three recent hurricanes targeted regions largely full of Bush supporters? Check it out. For the record, I do not know if these are the true paths or the true breakdowns of the Bush/Gore vote. But still it's either funny or scary.

Nice piece by Andrew Sullivan in Time Magazine about Blogs

piece in Time Magazine about the influence of blogs. He cites a few good exmples, including:

Clinton Impeachment
Trent Lott losing his spot as Senate majority leader
and of course, the CBS memos.

Give it a read.

Swaggert is an idiot

"...if one [a gay man] ever looks at me like that, I'm gonna kill him and tell God he died."

This is a quote from Evangelist Jimmy Swagert. It's a true shame. Read more here.

Gbrowser

There has been a bit of buzz about the possibility that Google is developiong a web browser. I got the link below from kottke. It seems as if Google has hired some browser developers, held Mozilla Developer Day at their campus, and has registered the domain name gbrowser. Also, kudos to Anil Dash for raising this as a possibility last summer. Find more info here.

Viral Marketing for voting

I found a link on FuckedCompany about an effort being put on mby the guys over at Hot or Not to encourage people to vote. A random person will be picked to win $100,000 and the person that referred them will be given $100,00 as well.

To help boost my chances of winning the 100 grand, the link I have here uses my own reference code. You can do the same thing on your website, while pushing for a good cause. Nice idea, guys!

Blogger 1, CBS 0

Jeff Nolan wrote a great piece on the occassional advantages that Bloggers have over main stream media. Check it out here.

Remembrance of 9/11, minute by minute

MSNBC has a minute by minute description of the actions and reactions taken on September 11th and the days that followed in a very interesting graphic.

It can be seen here.

Appeal to Authority

So, as everyone knows, the blogging world has been debating the question of whether or not 60 minutes showed forged documents in their recent coverage about Bush's military service.

although I am not an expert on typograpghy, typewriters, font spacing, superscript, or military purchases of the early 70's, I thought it was interesting to see the piece in the WSJ which points to the top brass at the CBS news journal pointing to the high stature of the show as a means to defend itself.

My favorite line is, "He fell back on what high school debaters call the appeal to authority,(italics mine) implying that the reputation of "60 Minutes" should be enough to dissolve doubts without the network sharing its methods with other journalists and experts.

Take a look at the article, I think it has some merit.