| After the Paperclip (KJZZ Tempe) In 2006, Phoenix resident Jody Gnant was the aspiring musician who traded a year of rent in her downtown Phoenix house for a recording contract. It was part of the "Red Paperclip Project," an internet scheme hatched by a 26-year-old blogger trying to barter his way from a single paperclip to a house. A year later, Gnant has recorded her album, and it's out in September 2007. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Live blogging of the Princeton-Cornell football game (Daily Princetonian) Prince reporters begin live blogging of tonight's football game at 6:45 p.m., as the Tigers seek to defeat Cornell to pull back to .500 in the Ivy League. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Finally, blogging is blessed on high (FT.com via Yahoo! News) The Presidential Medal of Freedom - America's highest civilian honour - has gone to historians, astronauts, spies, jazz musicians, matinee idols, philosophers, soldiers, activists, novelists, boxers, televangelists, architects, businessmen, politicians (a depressing number), painters and even newspaper editors. us.rd.yahoo.com |
In global precedent, Google to hand over blogger's IP address (Globes Online) An anonymous blogger using Google Blogger slandered Shaarei Tikva councilmen. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Facebook apologises for breach FACEBOOK has apologised for a privacy breach involving its Beacon advertising program. australianit.news.com.au |