Quoted: It is an injustice, a legacy of the racist threads of this nation’s history, but prominent African-Americans are regularly called upon to explain or repudiate what other black Americans have to say, while white public figures are rarely, if ever, handed that burden.

Blog by Bill McCoy of Adobe on ebooks. The beta version of Adobe Digital Editions he describes finally allowed me to rescue 17 ebooks I bought from Amazon from an old laptop computer, to which they had been tied for a couple of years. NB: Microsoft has to share blame for that as well. I tried to restore a backup of the laptop to run in VMWare, but the activation restrictions on the OEM version of Windows XP wouldn't allow it to start up.

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Funny Alanis Moressette spoof of the music video "My Humps" with Fergie/Black Eyed Peas. At least half of the humor is from the stately pace given to the ridiculous lyrics.

Mark Cuban on Social Networking Sustainability

Quoted: Ning is creating great tools so that niche social networks can be built that can be sustainable with multiple revenue options.

Weird video about using electrolysis to age wine.

Mark Cuban's Negotiations Rule

Quoted: When you sit down at the negotiating table to do a deal, you always look for the fool. If you dont see him/her, its you.

In this hilarious press conference, the Oregon duck examinates the end of the Oklahoma-Oregon game and, through conclusive videological evidence, proves that the officials' calls were correct and Oregon deserved to win.