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John Hodgman, an author and the PC in the Mac ads, uses his 50,000 Twitter followers, whom he refers to as "Hive Mind," as a focus group for his books. He considered removing a reference to Tron in the paperback version of More Information Than You Require, but Hive Mind unanimously asked him to keep it in. "So I will," he says. "And I will probably note that the Internet liked it." (Read TIME's interview with Hodgman...
...talking with these people and started to notice how emotionally distraught they were when they were connected to such traumatic incidents. And we realized we had the skills to help these people out back home who were going through these types of things, and what came to mind was homicides and suicides. We knew it happened in people's homes, and we sort of figured they were doing this themselves. Eighty percent of these cleanups still, even today, get cleaned up by families themselves. And there's just no reason for it, because what we do is all covered...
...Greg's actions over the last two months, moving in and out of the Commerce job and then immediately attacking Administration economic policy, appear to be the workings of a confused mind. His record as a member of the Senate may be unspectacular. However, it says a great deal about the state of the discourse regarding the budget that his observation is one of the few, by a ranking Senator in his party, which mentions the term "bankrupt" to refer to what could become of the American government...
...Harvard men’s lacrosse team had revenge on its mind as it opened Ivy League play against Penn at Harvard Stadium yesterday. Last season, a 12-10 loss to the Quakers sparked a six game losing streak that spoiled the Crimson’s season. Harvard (4-1, 1-0 Ivy) got its payback yesterday, beating Penn (1-4, 0-2) convincingly...
...Gates declines to bluff when he doesn't know the answer. When he was asked on Wednesday about the best strategy for the war in Afghanistan, he shrugged. "Unlike Iraq and some of the other problems, this is an area where I've been somewhat uncertain in my own mind what the right path forward is," he said with weapons-grade candor rarely heard from the Pentagon podium...