Links for 13 July 2008 through 17 July 2008

17 July 2008 in Daily Links by del.icio.us | 4 comments

Stilgherrian’s links for 13 July 2008 through 17 July 2008, gathered with moss like a rolling stone doesn’t:

Flat Earth News: The official website for Nick Davies' book, which various people have suggested I read.
Straw man | Wikipedia: "A straw man argument is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position." Tagged as a reminder to certain blog commenters.
Zappos.com: Who'd have thought that people would buy shoes online? Who'd have thought that a company would use Twitter and other social media to do great customer service (or so I'm told)?
Journalism: A Toxic Culture? (Or: Why Aren’t We Having More Fun?) | contentious.com: Amy Gahran helps explain why journalists are so defensive about their craft these days, and posits that they have "Priesthood Syndrome".
The plastic buttons we push | Amit Gupta likes you!: How do you make a living? Is it by pushing plastic buttons all day?
Is Social Media The Ultimate Buzz Kill? | Awake At The Wheel: Are we becoming so addicted to telling people about what we're experencing that we actually forget to experience it?
Principia Discordia Hardback | Synaptyclypse Generator: The central Discordian text, "Principia Discordia", is once more available in hardback. I am well pleased.
DIY carbon change | Unleashed: "Sometime in the last two weeks I stopped believing in government," says Mark Pesce. If governments are failing to respond to this vital issue, then we can ignore them and handle this ourselves.

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Tags: amygahran, climatechange, discordianism, globalwarming, journalism, markpesce, Media, Politics, Religion, socialmedia, society, twitter

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Z. Orin Michael Fothering-Goode on 17 July 2008 at 10:12 pm

Thank you very much for the link! And glad you’re pleased about out Principia Discordia Hardback.

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Kaitlyn on 22 July 2008 at 2:01 am

I love shopping at Zappos.com! They pay for shipping both ways, so it is easy to shop for shoes, wear them at home for a few days and see if you really like them, and if they start to hurt your feet you can return them for a full refund. I LOVE that!

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Randy on 22 July 2008 at 3:31 am

I wanted to read the flatearth news, but your link took me to dead air. Are you sure it’s typed in correctly?

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Stilgherrian on 22 July 2008 at 7:14 am

@Z. Orin Michael Fothering-Goode: My pleasure. The Principia Discordia is of course a vital book, and I look forward to getting my own copy soon.

@Kaitlyn: I’m still amazed that people buy shoes on the Internet! I’d worry too much about whether tey’d fit — but that full refund policy takes care of that I guess!

@Randy: That link to Flat Earth News works fine for me just now. It must’ve been a temporary glitch.

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