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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:30:00 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

this doesn't sound right: "Democrats Have More Sex, But Republicans Have More Orgasms" pjblack.me/wqbN9q
very interesting: "Match.com Single In America Study: 11 Secrets Of Singles' Sex, Dating And Politics" pjblack.me/y0Br8I
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hilarious story from @TheOnion: "'Huffington Post' Employee Sucked Into Aggregation Turbine" pjblack.me/zvxe5y
a good column from laura tingle: "Abbott’s small government, big interventions" pjblack.me/xRGv0Y #auspol
"When did vegetarianism become passe?" asks @lisahymas pjblack.me/wkcV5B
i hope australia pulls out soon too: "Obama pulls out of Afghanistan" pjblack.me/wr5eGM #auspol
this is just ridiculous: "'Sexualised' Romeo and Juliet ad removed from print" pjblack.me/xZNItT
don't donate to presidential candidates: "Want to make your money count? Don’t give it to Obama." pjblack.me/wHYkon
it's a few days late but here are "7 Things You Didn’t Know About Groundhogs" pjblack.me/wwZaC1
is law reform inevitable following #optusrnl?: "Conroy may act following Optus court win"pjblack.me/w8djEN #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
the #optusnrl fallout: "Footy in a losing position" pjblack.me/wd8szd #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
#optusnrl analysis: "Barrister Paul Ehrlich believes judge got it wrong on broadcast ruling" pjblack.me/Ah5so3 #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
from the australian: "Queensland Floods commissioner Cate Holmes attacks Courier Mail" pjblack.me/y1McCK #qldvotes #qldpol
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is social media editor a young person's job?: "Mandy Jenkins leaves ‘young person’s job’ of social media editor" pjblack.me/wSMJRH
opposition spokesman slams the government's #highered policy: "Unis required to do more with less: Mason" pjblack.me/wPbg5i #auspol
from @thewrap: "Daniel Radcliffe: I Was Drunk While Filming 'Harry Potter'" pjblack.me/z1WSMI
well that didn't last long: "Nine looking to eliminate Excess Baggage" pjblack.me/z9Wyzz
from @TheFix: "Mitt Romney’s Mormon advantage" pjblack.me/wX1GLX
what do you think is the world's most popular online newspaper? i think you'll be surprised by the answer pjblack.me/yzQfIS
is glitter bombing just lame?: "After Mitt Romney, glitter bombing needs to stop" pjblack.me/yJtSS1
from @TheFix: "The Republican delegate race explained — in one chart" pjblack.me/A4K0G3
forget 2012, "The 2016 Election, Already Upon Us" pjblack.me/yFSORr /via @nytimes
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a must-read piece from @rollingstone: "One Town's War on Gay Teens" pjblack.me/wJLCfr
"Stephen Colbert is winning the war against the Supreme Court and Citizens United" says @dahlialithwick pjblack.me/wMyxk4
i would love to see this: "Clooney Lands Role of a Lifetime: Playing David Boies in '8'" pjblack.me/wpfrFq
another waste of precious media "property" according to @dorfonlaw: "Is Colbert Better or Worse Than Gail Collins?" pjblack.me/AC06bF
from @wired: "Bradley Manning to Face All Charges in Court-Martial" pjblack.me/wkbCQK
the waste of precious media "property" says @dorfonlaw: "Time for Gail Collins to Retire her Mitt-Romney's-Dog Joke" pjblack.me/yJMahx
this is so true!: "Twitter is harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, study finds" pjblack.me/wCIbcB
from @THResq: "Google Jumps Into Escalating Debate Over Legality of Selling 'Used' Digital Music" pjblack.me/wJDsAv #lwb486 #lws008
from @wired: "Online Market for Pre-Owned Digital Music Hangs in the Balance" pjblack.me/zRHK3W #lwb486 #lws008
the top 10 thinkers in australia according @thepowerindex pjblack.me/yF0jhK #auspol
"The 5 Books That Inspire the Most Tattoos" pjblack.me/zyJY2c

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The Actual Gay Agenda vs. What Conservatives Think Is The Gay Agenda

pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:31:18 PST

Buzzfeed looks at the The Actual Gay Agenda Vs. What Conservatives Think Is The Gay Agenda:

Socially conservative politicians and religious leaders will often use the phrase “the gay agenda” to describe what they seem to think is a shadowy gay cabal that is planning on indoctrinating their children and destroying their families. We compare their version to the actual gay agenda.

How higher education uses social media

pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:55:53 PST

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:39:00 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

Image by Getty Images via @daylife
some tips from @simondoonan: "Appropriate Office Attire: How to get dressed for work in the morning." pjblack.me/AhSe4h
poor mitt romney cannot have enjoyed accepting donald trump's endorsement: "The Humiliation Of Mitt Romney" pjblack.me/xiu020
a good report from @slate: "Gingrich Florida defeat: Why Newt lost." pjblack.me/xMSCX6
i still think it's unlikely: "New push for Coalition conscience vote" pjblack.me/zZtLaY #auspol #marriageequality
renewed lgbti support push ahead of queensland election: "Card-carrying Queenslanders" pjblack.me/AzLjga #qldvotes #qldpol
"Romney Is Kerry. Or Maybe Gore: He’s too handsome, too rich, and too pompous to win the hearts of ordinary Americans" pjblack.me/zcaxHj
"Federal Court makes ruling on copyright in computer programs" pjblack.me/x0TaS0 #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
an overwhelming majority of incoming college freshmen support marriage equality: "The Marriage Equality Generation" pjblack.me/wuQbZa
from @rickhasen election law blog: "3 Thoughts on Super PACs: What We Now Know (and What We Don’t)" pjblack.me/xM56Jv
the facebook ipo is about to make many people rich: "Could The Facebook Billionaires Save Obama?" pjblack.me/zRsM4A
from @tvnewser: "Neil Cavuto: ‘I almost relish it when they dismiss us, when they say we’re going nowhere.’" pjblack.me/zZpcmK
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club troppo's weekly wrap of the australian blogosphere: "Missing Link Friday – Goats, deficits and a long lost shoe" pjblack.me/zDEbx1
we need to improve our campaign finance laws: "More evidence of why donation disclosure laws are hopeless" pjblack.me/w8TxXX #auspol
"Increasing speculation over PM's future" pjblack.me/xj5eUy #auspol
i am looking forward to seeing smash: "Smash Review: Will NBC's Terrific Backstage Musical Make It Big?" pjblack.me/xpaMOy
"Young Indigenous lawyer ready to take on the world" pjblack.me/wAS6ZF /via @QUTmedia
from @THResq: "Hollywood PiracyWatch: Magnolia Pictures Sends the Most Takedown Notices To Twitter"pjblack.me/whUIDf #lwb486 #lws008
from @TorrentFreak: "The Pirate Bay Moves to .SE Domain To Prevent Domain Seizure" pjblack.me/xc5LGW #lwb486 #lws008
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from legally weird: "Wannabe Jedi Master Jailed for Lightsaber Attack at Toys 'R' Us" pjblack.me/zIWr7b
from @NiemanLab: "The Washington Post tries a new weapon to fight the trolls: humans" pjblack.me/xVwMnZ
this is good to see: "The Days of 'Manager Knows Best' Are Ending" pjblack.me/A837mt
from @flavorpill: "The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World" pjblack.me/waRIqA
what is too much time on twitter? is there even such a thing?: "Spending Too Much Time on Twitter" pjblack.me/wP8q6e
this does seem like a very harsh penalty: "Juror Jailed After Researching Case on Internet" pjblack.me/ysV3zQ /via @crimlawnsw
from @wired: "Supreme Court of Sweden Upholds Pirate Bay Prison Sentences" pjblack.me/zhtgw8
from @rww: "5 Signs of a Great User Experience" pjblack.me/yfpFFZ
"Have the dark arts of spin outflanked the fourth estate?" asks @timdunlop pjblack.me/zQZwAO
how did academic publishers acquire these feudal powers, asks @georgemonbiot?: "The Lairds of Learning" pjblack.me/xWXusq

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:15:15 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

Stephen Colbert (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)
"Stephen Colbert is king in 2012 political comedy cycle" says @politico pjblack.me/zUGBCy
the fallout from #optusnrl: "NRL left exposed in media rights fight" pjblack.me/ytmVFK #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
arrested for mockingly retweeting north korea's official feed: "South Korean arrested for tweet" pjblack.me/w0Yyuj
this is appalling: "Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada" pjblack.me/xiynOU
a good review of the @twittelatorneue iphone twitter app pjblack.me/wLI4IN
interesting model: "Monash allies with Warwick: universities to cooperate on teaching and research" pjblack.me/w79Don #highered
"Gallup state numbers predict huge Obama loss" pjblack.me/z25DdB /cc @blairmartinSEE
this makes my 6,682 followers look pretty pathetic: "10 Twitter Users Now Have More Than 10 Million Followers" pjblack.me/yqDiO6
couldn't it be both?: "Taiwanese Ad Featuring Fake Steve Jobs: Funny or Offensive?" pjblack.me/ynhfEo
oops: "Romney, citing safety net, says he’s ‘not concerned about the very poor’" pjblack.me/wEv0yL
"IE staves off rival browsers on desktops in January. Shame it's missing out on the mobile browser boom"pjblack.me/wb0S2m
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"How Fox News stayed on top" explains @politico pjblack.me/vZCKyc
very strange: "Strange and intrusive bathroom rules at Norwegian companies" pjblack.me/yJcg9T
a quick preview of @annabelcrabb's new show "Kitchen Cabinet" pjblack.me/y9ieSF
some tips from @lifehacker: "How to Stay Motivated and Avoid Slacking Off While Working From Home"pjblack.me/xR08Nt
for @newmatilda, @beneltham takes a look at gina rinehart: "A Wealthy Amateur Who Wants Respect" pjblack.me/z8LXiI
"Congress can fix the Super PAC problem" pjblack.me/xM4pr9
the unhappiness of technology: "Happiness Takes (A Little) Magic" pjblack.me/wB3b4C /via @kottke
i still always feel a little embarrassed when take photos of my food: "How to Take Better Food Porn Photos" pjblack.me/wXkxhT
nice work from @slate: "Slate Gets Personal With Customized Newsfeed" pjblack.me/zVZZXV
what privacy?: "Surveillance Video Becomes a Tool for Studying Customer Behavior" pjblack.me/wChroi
"Be Better at Twitter: The Definitive, Data-Driven Guide" pjblack.me/ybZ8Mf
"Neil Young is right — piracy is the new radio" pjblack.me/zY6aoL #lwb486 #lws008
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from @socialtimes: "Tumblr’s Election 2012 Report: Bloggers Respond to Republican Primaries" pjblack.me/xDIQsL
"Why Can't Europe Just Forget The Ridiculous Idea Of A 'Right To Be Forgotten'" asks @techdirt pjblack.me/xPgcmh
"Dutch court upholds online fantasy game theft conviction" pjblack.me/wNnQvI
what should media companies provide free online, and how and if should they charge for content?: "Is Rupert wrong?" pjblack.me/ywwNO1
latest data released by the australian electoral commission shows "Tech companies light on political donations" pjblack.me/yjBmMF #auspol
"Are these the most memorable advertising slogans ever? And how brand reputation is hard to prove"pjblack.me/y1kMgv #lwb486 #lws008
a typically good piece from @jackshafer: "Newt Gingrich and the fine art of press-bashing" pjblack.me/yI5DEx

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:51:49 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

a summary of the #optusnrl judgment by @wrothnie: "Optus wins first round of Optus TV Now!"pjblack.me/yR4DSt #lwb486 #lws008
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i have some empathy for this professor: "Click 'Like' After Class: Yale Professor Chooses Internet-Free Lecture Hall" pjblack.me/w24yqV
there is something to this i think: "Supreme Court Fails to Communicate Effectively to Public, Law Scholar Argues" pjblack.me/Awvf3w
from @paidContent: "‘Hot News’ Returns In Hollywood Publisher Catfight" pjblack.me/zhcClW
"What the Occupy movement must learn from Sundance" says naomi wolf pjblack.me/zeUSiK
fair and balanced: "Fox News Celebrates 10 Years On Top" pjblack.me/A4FEuL
"13 Unintentionally Sexual Books" pjblack.me/y6GL9a /via @mrbenjaminlaw
some good ideas from @thewrap: "10 Movie Stars Who Should Take the Plunge Into TV" pjblack.me/zE4Btu
i know i don't ... does that make me a bad person?: "Should you feel guilty for buying your iPhone?" pjblack.me/x3l59Y
"Megaupload's hosting company teams up with EFF to identify legal files" pjblack.me/xZj6HL #lwb486
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from @buzzfeed: "Big Media Is About To Pull The Plug On Newt Gingrich" pjblack.me/xnMH5j
very clever: "Obama and Romney Campaigns Adopt Square for Funding" pjblack.me/wmFFSM
from @TheFix: "5 lessons the Florida primary taught us" pjblack.me/xsp0dc
"Romney wins Florida: Inevitability restored as he beats Gingrich by 14 points" reports @jdickerson pjblack.me/waexuF
"Equal-pay push lands workers big rise" pjblack.me/xYL1wk #auspol
"Age loses bid to protect sources over Fitzgibbon link to Chinese businesswoman" pjblack.me/ygrkBj #lwb480 #kkb175
from @THResq: "Decades-Long Legal Feud Over 'Spawn' Comic Book Finally Ends" pjblack.me/Ai9Jt0 #lwb486
this slipped under the radar: "Google to Censor Blogger Blogs on a 'Per Country Basis'" pjblack.me/ADEFcY
this is a surprisingly useful little app: "Launch Center's Curious Quest to Fix the iPhone" pjblack.me/ApSkcS
"The 46 Types Of People On Facebook" according to @buzzfeed pjblack.me/ycLRwH
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
"The Howard Years Were No Golden Age" says ian mcauley in @newmatilda pjblack.me/zGv5GH #auspol
paul adams on "How and why we communicate with others" pjblack.me/AAqD2B
a typically thoughtful post from @legaleagle777: "Wrongful birth – claiming for a disabled child" pjblack.me/y7tLCP
"Optus wins TV-recording case" pjblack.me/yRsEbM /via @joshgnosis #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
a copy of the #optusnrl judgment is online here pjblack.me/wsCutc (summary pjblack.me/zr5TEw) /via @j_hutch #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
an unexpected copyright decision: "Judge Declares Batmobile Is Subject to Copyright" Reporterpjblack.me/ybbwRq #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
"Optus wins landmark web broadcast rights case" pjblack.me/wpz3ux /via @bengrubb
from the australian: "University of Tasmania's Peter Rathjen boldly going where no other V-C can"pjblack.me/w70QWz #highered
interesting move from the university of canberra: "Brumbies sign US college-style sponsorship" pjblack.me/xwDY8K #highered
this is good to see: "Regions rolling in new students" pjblack.me/wnczXO #highered
the australian discusses the role of teqsa: "Standards watchdog spells it out" pjblack.me/zQ6CPB #highered
"Business boosts its political donations, Australian Electoral Commission figures show" pjblack.me/wM9fZa #auspol
from @entmagazine: "Forget Networking. How to Be a Connector" pjblack.me/A67N7w
the @NewYorker on tyler clementi’s suicide: "The Story of a Suicide: Two college roommates, a webcam, and a tragedy" pjblack.me/xHW8aG
a profile of frank warren, the creator of postsecret: "America’s confessor" pjblack.me/xxoCcY
thinking of getting season tickets for the 2012 season of the queensland theatre company pjblack.me/wWYr3N
i'm just concerned over the poor mobile phone reception in the building: "ABC raises questions over new ABC building" pjblack.me/zEsijt
commercial radio australia to introduce changes to radio ratings: "New ratings system trialled"pjblack.me/yuNyxB
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is this good parenting?: "Dad Gets Restraining Order Against Son's 4th Grade Bully" pjblack.me/zHTrJ8
it depends on who you ask: "Were Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich close?" pjblack.me/xIZJvi
"Is it good for journalism when sources go direct?" asks @mathewi pjblack.me/wnWsgI
"What the S.A.G. Awards May Portend for the Oscars" explains @TheCarpetbagger pjblack.me/zLILgt
a good list from @rww: "Apps To Help You Deal With Too Many Apps" pjblack.me/Aj8Fkm

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:20:03 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

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he said no: "From Biden, a Vivid Account of Bin Laden Decision" pjblack.me/ztuuYK
this is very interesting indeed: "Seeking privacy, more teenagers shifting from Facebook to Twitter" pjblack.me/AtEGRe
from @THResq: "Newt Gingrich Sued For Using 'Eye of the Tiger' At Campaign Rallies" pjblack.me/zR4QuF #lwb486 #lws008
and now the other side of the argument: "Jonathan Franzen Is Wrong: eBooks Are Good for Everyone" pjblack.me/y8rIHG
jonathan franzen's passionate defence of the printed book: "Jonathan Franzen: e-books are damaging society" pjblack.me/w019YW
the nsw supreme court has lost its crown as the nation's most efficient superior court and is now the slowest pjblack.me/xUXrn4
from the @nytimes: "Ritalin Gone Wrong: Children’s A.D.D. Drugs Don’t Work Long-Term" pjblack.me/zy2lLj
from @thecaucus: "If Twitter Is Any Clue, Axelrod Thinks a Lot About Romney" pjblack.me/wheBqO
two interesting interviews with @kottke pjblack.me/AwDH2P
"Rethinking The Oreo For Chinese Consumers" pjblack.me/wRCfqZ
"Google questions for Obama: 10 strange ones" pjblack.me/zONQ6u
some more good shows coming to #abcnews24: "Airdate: Weekend Breakfast, Grandstand, Planet America"pjblack.me/wtgUnM
this sounds good: "In a Departure, USA Network Plans a Washington Political Drama" pjblack.me/wCvn41
"Wilkie has crossed a thin line" says malcolm mackerras pjblack.me/yD6tV1 #auspol
hopefully this test will be introduced in australia soon: "Saliva HIV Test As Effective As Blood Test: Study" pjblack.me/A8G3HZ
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but he looks so good without a shirt: "Taylor Lautner's Not So Brilliant Career" pjblack.me/wtmrcu
you've got to love neil patrick harris: "You Can't 'Punk' NPH!" pjblack.me/xw8sSC
julian assange has made it now: "WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange to Play Himself on 'The Simpsons'" pjblack.me/w3HE7Q
"Mute Gingrich: How Romney stole Gingrich's voice in Florida" explains @jdickerson pjblack.me/xzRKJ1
@ryyder @tomjkenny another link you may find interesting: "The problem with polygamy"pjblack.me/x8VKKT
@sponnypete @tomjkenny @ryyder good news - apparently smart people are not ugly pjblack.me/ztjtjR
from @derekbarry: "Aliens in their own land: Sovereignty and the tent embassy" pjblack.me/wREorQ #auspol
this is a ridiculous idea: "Welcome to the World's First ever Twitter Moot (#Twtmoot)" pjblack.me/AzTm0s
"iiNet completes Internode buyout a month early" pjblack.me/zONvUU
i know i did: "Pew: More Than Half Of Adults Used Cell Phones In Stores For Purchasing Decisions During The Holidays" pjblack.me/xHQQXe
from the @guardian: "Interview: David Karp, founder of Tumblr, on realising his dream" pjblack.me/yXdD6r
from @mashable: "How to See When Someone Unfriends You on Facebook" pjblack.me/zAnQPR
"Disruption, change and the future of legal education: an interview with Jordan Furlong" pjblack.me/vYXevN
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bill wyman for @slate: "Steven Spielberg's complete movies: I've seen every one, and I almost wish I hadn't"pjblack.me/ztDlg9
the obituaries editor for the @telegraph on dealing with death: "The Art of the Obituary"pjblack.me/zcFCJQ
"25 Things I Learned From Opening a Bookstore" pjblack.me/wG4q6l
"Facebook Users to Put Political Views Up in Lights on Times Square" pjblack.me/xNoZ0b
"'Choppergate' news director rejoins Nine" to organise coverage of the queensland election pjblack.me/ApuYjh #qldvotes
a very interesting @storify: "Who's bankrolling the super PACs? Tracking the disclosure deluge" pjblack.me/wLOYAW
from the @telegraph: "Twitter could block super-injunction tweets" pjblack.me/A85pID
i'm surprised it's only 25%: "25% Of People Have Tweeted Something They Regret" pjblack.me/A59fF7
it is pretty cool: "Mobile Foxtel now available on iPad!" pjblack.me/wEMVUj
a good post at @techcrunch: "The Ecommerce Revolution Is All About You" pjblack.me/wzw3PL
"Web Second, Mobile First" says @msuster pjblack.me/zEUYvS
a piece from @benpobjie on margaret court: "Thinking a Bit More" pjblack.me/ztIzO5
this looks good: "New CityGlider to link stadiums with entertainment precincts" pjblack.me/zirkLe
"Only political negligence can kill off this historic referendum" says @ProfGWilliams pjblack.me/wISQYZ #lwb242 #auspol
"Marcia Langton 'goes too far - voting no does not indicate racism'" pjblack.me/yh60KQ #lwb242 #auspol
i'm thinking of attending @gtcentre's 2012 constitutional law conference and dinner on 17 february pjblack.me/w9tKn8
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"Twitter Gives Glimpse Into Rupert Murdoch’s Mind" writes @carr2n pjblack.me/wIVyfm
from @thetimeblawg: "Lawyers cannot hide on Twitter" pjblack.me/y8hBbe
from @TIMEIdeas: "The Myth of 'Practice Makes Perfect'" by @anniemurphypaul pjblack.me/zg1ZhA
this is concerning: "Copyright Industry Calls For Broad Search Engine Controls" pjblack.me/wbU5Vd #lwb486 #lws008
for @wired, @garthsundem interviews robert bjork: "Everything You Thought You Knew About Learning Is Wrong" pjblack.me/y12FUk
from @techcrunch: "The Emergence Of The Content Creation Class" pjblack.me/wLmuXX
this is so true: "Sorry, But Babies Are Ugly" pjblack.me/w41yd8
this is a little silly: "Check Out The Tweets That Ruined A Trip To The US" pjblack.me/z6ctzB

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Infographic: Music, movie & book business bigger than ever

pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:46:08 PST

Is piracy really destroying the entertainment industry? Techdirt blogger Mike Masnick doesn’t thin so, and he has some numbers to prove it. Masnick and his Floor64 colleague Michael Ho released a report titled “The Sky Is Rising” at the Midem music industry convention in Cannes Monday that shows how the global entertainment industry actually grew by 50 percent in the last decate, despite Napster, BitTorrent & Co.

The report was commissioned by the Computer & Communications Industry Association, which counts companies like Google and Facebook as its members. It’s definitely worth a read (check out the full PDF) and will likely provoke lots of discussion, especially in light of the entertainment industry’s ongoing push for tougher copyright laws. For a CliffsNotes-like version, check out the following infographic:

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:44:12 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

"Fine Novelty Dining: The world's weirdest restaurants" pjblack.me/AFwIh5
from glen boreham, chairman of the convergence review committee: "Recalibrating policy as new era dawns" pjblack.me/zu5NMo #lwb480
"Telstra seeking net, mobile Olympic rights" pjblack.me/zfCTQc
this could be cool: "Rethinking iPhone UI and getting things done with Clear to-do app"pjblack.me/wn9CTI
Image by Getty Images via @daylife
harold ramis is an under-appreciated comedy director and performer: "The Lost Projects of Harold Ramis"pjblack.me/yGgGXE
from @Splitsider: "Examining Jon Stewart's Humble Late Night Beginnings" pjblack.me/Ay1JvB
an excerpt from the book "The Start-Up of You": "The real way to build a social network"pjblack.me/AwEUXl
these are cool: "Lego Moleskine notebooks" pjblack.me/ApE4vO
from @wired: "Why the Clean Tech Boom Went Bust" pjblack.me/yjAo2i
"What's Wrong With the Teenage Mind?: Children today reach puberty earlier and adulthood later."pjblack.me/ytH1Jc
from @salon: "Can music learn from the slow-food movement?" pjblack.me/AyOb5S
interesting post on @GOOD: "Why the Most Literate Cities in America Aren't the Wealthiest"pjblack.me/yxjuwZ
just in case someone, somewhere hasn't played angry birds yet: "Angry Birds on Facebook Launching on Valentine's Day" pjblack.me/xVa1b4
Image via CrunchBase
a nice story on their relationship: "Bill Gates: 'I wrote Steve Jobs a letter as he was dying. He kept it by his bed’" pjblack.me/yvP4jB
teachers taking a stand against censorship: "An Educational Technology Bill of Rights Targets Censorship in Schools" pjblack.me/xlXhlR
"Julia Gillard's prime ministership is cursed" says @bernardkeane: "Gillard: just a matter of when"pjblack.me/wPW0dy #auspol
i'd spend more than that: "Study: Workers Spend $1,000 Yearly on" pjblack.me/wexsHH
"Kevin Rudd a lousy bet as leader" pjblack.me/zKVaxd #auspol
a very interesting report: "Mapping Australian higher education - A Grattan report" pjblack.me/yQWEuf
i am cautiously optimistic: "Abbott won’t recreate Labor’s 'ham-fisted' Internet filter" pjblack.me/wq1GKk #auspol @openinternet
from the australian: "Uni research focus leaving students out" pjblack.me/y2HzQU
this sort of transparency should be encouraged: "Twitter Puts Its DMCA Takedown Requests Up For All To See" pjblack.me/ACa6Pr
"Thought SOPA Was Bad? 10 Reasons to Oppose ACTA" pjblack.me/yFXSuz #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
i'm inclined to agree: "In defense of flip-flopping: Politicians who change their positions make U.S. democracy work" pjblack.me/y4D5RV
77 years ago this week: "The Birth Of The Beer Can" pjblack.me/xN24Tb
hear, hear! the @nytimes editorial page says "Filibustering Nominees Must End" pjblack.me/AzNM7q
Image via Wikipedia
from the @nytimes: "In the GPS Case, Issues of Privacy and Technology" pjblack.me/wPHv0k
from @tnw: "Social Media: The New American Brain Drain" pjblack.me/xQFHBw
good question: "Brands Pay Celebs for Tweets, but who Pays Twitter?" pjblack.me/z0uJyl
a look at interactive textbooks from @TheEconomist: "The future of teaching: Difference engine: Let the games begin" pjblack.me/wzhCrw
from the @NYTMag: "Will Israel Attack Iran?" pjblack.me/yGtnip
from @The_Rumpus: "Transformation And Transcendence: The Power Of Female Friendship"pjblack.me/xRacVn
this is cool: "LEGO Boardroom Table" pjblack.me/zNObyc
from the australian: "BlackBerry's rise and fall: another tale of technology woe" pjblack.me/zMG2Rw

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pete.black@gmail.com (Peter Black) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:57:53 PST

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

this is amazing: "By the Sword: The Science of Sword-Swallowing" pjblack.me/AfEQEq
from @buzzfeed: "'The Brady Bunch Movie' Kids: Where Are They Now?" pjblack.me/xv3qpN
again, i think there is a lot to this: "Why Twitter’s new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates"pjblack.me/xkKLwv
not all food should be photographed and posted to the internet: "Amateur Food Porn Has Got To Stop"pjblack.me/yx61t5
Stephen Colbert (Image via RottenTomatoes.com)
who wants a sweet ‘n sour stephen col-pear?: "Buy You a Drink: A Highly American Cocktail for Stephen Colbert" pjblack.me/xggJH2
america now knows how the rest of the world feels when it comes to tv shows: "Is it OK to steal 'Downton Abbey'?" pjblack.me/xjoHbO
this is so true: "Angry Nerds: Copyright Theft Is Bad, When It Happens To People We Like"pjblack.me/zYsyDw #lwb486 #lws008 #kkb175
from the @guardian: "Refused honours: who were the people who said no? (And help us find out)"pjblack.me/A2D6C8
"The H.I.V. Scare: Three friends got unexpected news about H.I.V. Was I next?" pjblack.me/yEvhiA
six services that preserve your facebook page on actual paper: "Thanks for the Memories"pjblack.me/ygs1UJ
from @arstechnica: "Mega-man: The fast, fabulous, fraudulent life of Megaupload's Kim Dotcom"pjblack.me/AD8nzO
from @NiemanLab: "David Skok: Aggregation is deep in journalism’s DNA" pjblack.me/wt3Tas
"What Do Elites Know Of Ordinary Americans?" pjblack.me/ydMzI4
the likely best picture winner at the academy awards: "Michel Hazanavicius Tops DGA Awards for 'The Artist'" pjblack.me/zDZPue
"Australia plummets in press freedom index" pjblack.me/xlrBfK #lwb480 #kkb175
i thought he had already endorsed the american people?: "Cain Endorses Gingrich for President"pjblack.me/zdvRmS
interesting analysis from @AntonyGreenABC: "The Battle for Ashgrove - What Past results Tell Us"pjblack.me/x9x6cV #qldvotes #qldpol
"The Top 10 Steps You Must Take To Use Anger Effectively" pjblack.me/zH0nQB
a good piece on how twitter is transforming political campaigns: "Twitter Is a Critical Tool in Republican Campaigns" pjblack.me/yVBipA
"Hollywood Fixer Opens His Little Black Book: Scotty Bowers and His Sexual Tell-All of Old Hollywood"pjblack.me/zW7JVH
from @THResq: "Universal Music May Have Inadvertently Exposed a Flaw in the YouTube Takedown Process" pjblack.me/wLZJEu #lwb486 #lws008
louise adler is wrong to say university e-presses are lightweight affairs: "E-presses punch above their weight" pjblack.me/Aalo4J
i think there really is a lot to this: "The Trouble With 'Free'" pjblack.me/xONBbh
Image via CrunchBase
you don't really think of google as "beautiful": "Larry Page’s 'Beautiful' New Google" pjblack.me/wWDFlr
the whole megaupload case is fascinating: "Megaupload: A Lot Less Guilty Than You Think"pjblack.me/yjEMHF #lwb486 #lws008
interesting but unsurprising: "Aussies reluctant to pay for web content" pjblack.me/wfDZRK
from @CNN: "50 new tech tools you should know about" pjblack.me/yQs5Og
from legally weird: "'Toxic Tush' Talk Show Brawl: Alleged Butt Injections Asst. Attacked"pjblack.me/A5iSZS
"Saturday Night Live: From John Belushi to Tina Fey, the best stories ever written about the show"pjblack.me/AllDZ4

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