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Aug 29, 2007

Serra and sunset

Summer finally seems to have arrived as evidenced by Tuesday evening’s beautiful sunset. A guard at the Olympic Sculpture Park took a moment to watch the light play across the rusty surfaces of Richard Serra’s sculpture, “Wake.”

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Aug 28, 2007

Bushisms, the video

President Bush, who was in town Monday for a political fundraiser, is known for his ability to mangle his syntax while speaking in public (does he also do this in private? We’d have to ask the first lady, I guess). Jacob Weisberg collects these for Slate.com.

The following speech, courtesy of Slate, provides several examples. It appears that “the decider” has been retired and has been replaced with … no, it wouldn’t be fair to tell you. You’ll just have to watch and find out for yourself:

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Aug 27, 2007

Pick of the pix: Three Mariners at the fence

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There’s just something about summer and baseball that makes them so perfect together. In this photo from MySeattlePix, photographer mklistoff captures a quiet moment before the game as three Mariners survey the field of battle.

Submit your photos to MySeattlePix by clicking here.

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Aug 15, 2007

Who’s editing Wikipedia entries? Sometimes, it’s the CIA

Who’s editing Wikipedia? Sometimes, it’s the CIA. Or the Vatican. Or the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

A new tool, Wikipedia Scanner, shows which organizations are making changes to the popular online encyclopedia. Or rather, it shows that someone on those organizations’ computers is making the changes.

According to a BBC story, someone at the CIA made edits on the entry about Iran’s president. And, someone at the Vatican edited an entry on Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.

And an unknown person at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the “official campaign arm of the Democrats” in the House of Representatives, made changes to the Wikipedia entry on Rush Limbaugh. The DCCC says they “don’t condone” the activity.

Uh-huh.

Microsoft was outed earlier this year for offering to pay a blogger to “correct” technical articles about the company on Wikipedia.

When will they learn? Online, there are no secrets, only cyber fingerprints.

Update: Wired has a story about Wikipedia Scanner here.

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Aug 12, 2007

Gas Works fireworks video

Still wondering what all the fuss was about at Gas Works Park on Saturday? Casey McNerthney had the scoop: a wedding celebration for Clearwire director Stuart Sloan. Check out the video to see and hear the fireworks (and don’t miss the propane cannon’s flaming burst at the end):


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