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well i’m in the process of moving to nyc. today i drove just under 7 hours in a 15 foot moving van… honestly, it wasn’t that bad… though the van isn’t as fast as my truck and there were some slow sections of road. i’ve arrived in hershey for the night and i’ll finish the journey tomorrow, weee! hottest day of the year to unload the truck….

Introducing MediaCommons:

(cross-posted from if:book)

I’ve got the somewhat daunting pleasure of introducing the readers of if:book to one of the Institute’s projects-in-progress, MediaCommons.

(What follows is long, so I’ve tucked it beneath the fold.)

Continued below the fold…

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This is great stuff, it is sort of like what h-net, the matrix and my projects at the center for digital discourse and culture have been doing in other fields.

Logos 2.0:
Famous logos, if they were created for Web 2.0 sites.
Link courtesy of Good Morning Silicon Valley

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some are funny

Open Source Socialtext:
Socialtext just released their wiki code under the OSI-compliant Mozilla Public 1.1 license. You can downloaded it here. The package is called Socialtext Open, and according to the press release, it is “the first open source wiki with a commercial venture as its primary contributor. Over 2,000 businesses run Socialtext Wiki products today as a hosted service or appliance.” I’m on the board of Socialtext and we’ve been talking about doing this for a long time. Socialtext has always been an open source contributor, but this is a fairly important step forward and a shift in the business model. I think this puts Socialtext solidly on the right side of the open source movement.

Green Acres Is Not the Place for Him – New York Times:
“They honk at you, of course, because you’re going so slow,” he said, noting that his tractor clocked a top speed of 25 miles an hour. “But mostly they wave.”

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this made me smile…. if it was a Model 60 John Deere… well i’d be right there.

Make a timeline of your life story at Dandelife:
Web app Dandelife, a “social biography network,” creates a timeline of your life linked to textual posts, YouTube videos and Flickr photos.
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this could have amazing uses in documenting local knowledges and microhistories.

Mickey Spillane – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Frank Morrison Spillane (March 9, 1918 – July 11, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American author of crime novels. He was known for his series of novels featuring his signature detective character, Mike Hammer, among other works.

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the big softy passes on.

Apple Store – ProCare:
ProCare. Taking care of you.
The novice you, who needs a little help learning your way around the Mac. The creative you, who could use a few tips on editing and burning your own DVDs. Even the hurried you, who needs a repair turned around, pronto. ProCare offers everything you need to get the most out of your Mac — and out of yourself. All for only $99 a year. So go ahead. Ask us about ProCare. It’s only available at the Apple Store.

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on one level i think this is wrong, but it could be handy.

Stop and Smell the Roses.:

Life can be busy and hectic, but please remember to stop and smell the roses, like these cute orangutans are doing – found at Daum.

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it smells nice, i bet.