New York Times won’t unite digital and newspaper staffs for Newspaper Guild

Digital staff to be treated differently until at least 2011 if this holds true

Keyword: Evil

Harpers takes a look at Google’s addiction to cheap power. Worth it for the data center blueprint alone.

Interesting New York Observer article on the future of the LA Times

Still worth a read even thought the LA Times just announced Russ Stanton, former innovation editor, as the new editor in chief. I’ve met and even interviewed with Russ before, he’s a smart guy who will serve the paper well.

For all your Clay Davis remixing needs…

Someone with more time than I please remix this. “Money laundering? They gonna come talk to me about money laundering? In west BALTIMORE? Sheeeeeeeit.”

Paris Hilton vehicle “The Hottie and the Nottie” scored a six on metacritic

“Great actors make the craft look easy. In the Paris Hilton comedy The Hottie and the Nottie, acting looks very, very difficult.”

Thank You For Being A Friend

CNN is using Jeff Han’s multi-touch tech for their election coverage. More from the Washington Post

Blue Ocean Fishphone is “a sustainable seafood text messaging service”

Text it the name of a fish, it will text back whether or not the fish is endangered. Smart!

I’m not much of a Spongebob fan but this redub of classic movies is pretty good