Day March 25, 2005

Flickr antiwar protest photos

I’ve posted a bunch of photos from various antiwar demos and other protests to Flickr, a photo posting site recently bought by Yahoo. You can upload 10 MB a month for free, unlimited bandwidth. Polizeros Flickr photos

Canada denies asylum to U.S. Army deserter

A board hearing Canada’s refugee cases rejected a bid Thursday for asylum by a U.S. Army deserter who refused to go to Iraq, raising legal roadblocks to the growing trickle of American servicemen fleeing north of the border. The board…

The McCartney sisters

A backlash against the McCartneys has intensified in recent weeks. On radio shows and websites, they have been accused of being politically manipulated or driven to damage Sinn Fein. The family calls it an orchestrated smear campaign. “Why do they…

What, me worry?

Men’s Health magazine says Tampa is one of the most depressed cities, while El Paso is one of the happiest. Here’s why. Researchers claimed to have found higher lithium levels in the drinking water of El Paso compared to Dallas.…

Podcasting and commercialization

From Scripting News Ground-breaking BBC article on commercialization of podcasting, with extensive quotes from Adam Curry and myself, and not surprisingly, we disagree. Adam says podcasting will kill radio. Nahhh. It’ll become radio and vice versa. Airwaves are just another…