Fireworks erupt at Republican debate

The gloves came off this week:
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidates Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney angrily accused each other on Wednesday of failing to be tough enough on illegal immigration as fireworks erupted at a debate.
The CNN/YouTube debate was as close to a free-for-all as can be expected at such events. The [...]

Toxic Tech: Greenpeace Speaks

Vancouver-based Greenpeace is sounding the alarm on toxic technology.  Here is Business Week’s take:
Greenpeace is smacking Microsoft and Nintendo for using toxic chemicals in their video game consoles, while applauding longtime target Apple for improving its green credentials. But the group’s latest quarterly ranking of electronics vendors, issued Nov. 27, in the thick of holiday [...]

Writers strike means reality boom times

There are potential implications for the news business here too:
LOS ANGELES – For five years, John Langley tried and failed to sell a cinema verite-style TV series tracking police officers on patrol. Then came the 1988 Hollywood writers strike.
 ”That’s when Fox bought `Cops,’ because a series with no narrator, no host, no script, no re-enactments [...]

Twitter Poetry

Today I came across the first example I’ve seen of Twitter poetry.  Could twitter be the re-birth of the art?  Here’s a sample but there is much more.
Deep-fried pants are spying on me. I see them with a contrived nonchalance on street corners reading l’Equipe.

Source: twitter.com via mtippett

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Dove Viral Draws Heat From Critics

The beauty industry is in the eye of the beholder.  Behold the blowback…
“Onslaught,” from Ogilvy, Toronto, has amassed about 1 million views on YouTube since its Oct. 1 debut, still well under the 12 million generated by its oft-honored predecessor, “Evolution,” whose viewership also got a boost from the new video.
But even with lower viewership, [...]

Top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia and Conservapedia

The user consuming side of user generated content:

Wikipedia is “The Free Encyclopedia.” What’s on the mind of Wikipedia its readers? Here are the top ten most viewed pages on Wikipedia:
1. Main Page [30,090,900]
2. Wiki [904,800]
3. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [413,400]
4. Naruto [...]

Newfound Sea Anemones Really Get Around

This is really interesting:
Sea anemones normally anchor themselves to the seafloor. But new species found lurking in the waters surrounding the windswept Aleutian Islands near Alaska swim and walk across the sea floor.
Scientists discovered the anemones, which could represent two species, as well as a new species of kelp as part of a two-year scientific [...]

The End of Findory

One of the most interesting blog / news sites has sadly shut its doors.  I will miss your randomly personalized goodness findory.   Good luck to Greg and his team in whatever they do next.
Thank you, Findory readers, for the last four years. I hope you not only found interesting news on Findory you otherwise would [...]

Buy Everything Day

this is not how buy nothing day was supposed to go down.
NEW YORK – Shoppers — shrugging off a spate of lead-tainted toy recalls and higher prices for food and gas — jammed stores before dawn Friday to grab discounted TVs, toys and the hard-to-find Nintendo Wii, for the official start of the holiday season, [...]

Buy Nothing Day aims to cut consumption rates

Buy Nothing Day is an informal day of protest against consumerism observed by social activists. In 2007, Buy Nothing Day falls on November 23rd in North America and November 24th internationally.[1] It was founded by Vancouver artist Ted Dave and subsequently promoted by the Canadian Adbusters magazine.
The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Vancouver [...]