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Crazy simple way to create online lists, and even share them (From Cameron Moll)
And, Google turns on public links for Google Docs. So, now you can make your Google Docs visible and accessible to everyone.
Google Docs make collecting information on your website, collaborating with a group and publishing charts generated from spreadsheets a snap.

Cute children’s book, interview worth the listen: Gravity and time. Gravity and time. … I didn’t take account of gravity and time.
AC/DC responsible for market crashes (scroll down)
We have a long way to go until most people understand climate change
And, MTV has a new video site that lets you embed videos

Muse |MTV Music

Justice |MTV Music

Continued our Twitter experiment at WKYC.com with two live “remotes” this week.
Tuesday, Web Reporter Kim Wendel posted 73 tweets at the Obama town hall / rally at BW. They are re-posted at the bottom of this story.
After increasing the number of people we follow from 51 on Monday to 530+ on Tuesday, we saw [...]

Postmodernism will destroy schools: War of the Worlds: The Human Side of Moore’s Law
McCain is tragically clueless: Clueless
In “no sh$t news,” another reason the game is stacked: Moral Hazard Redux

Eric Mansfield pumped out a quick look at 2007 homicides in Cleveland. more from Eric.
I had help from a bunch of WKYC’ers who turned Eric’s research into a clickable page powered by exhibit.
Thoughts? What data-driven stories would get you to visit a news web site?

Put all that high school SAT preparation to good use at freerice.com.
My vocab level is 40 (outta 50). Sheesh, I was smarter when I worried about exams.
And, once you’re done improving your grasp of obscure words, you can unlearn them by enjoying the alcohol-celebration awesomeness that is thesearepowerfulhours.com.
I’ve only enjoyed one beautiful [...]

As reported around (for example), Nine Inch Nails has a new album coming out that they are promoting via a constellation of web sites and phone numbers. Each, apparently, spirals you deeper and deeper into the story line behind “Year Zero.”
Sadly, NIN, I have zero patience for clicking through un-usable websites to learn more about [...]

On December 10, I read a blog post titled Shattering The Eyeglasses Scam.
Being a big dork, I couldn’t get the story of how “Glassy eyes” got new glasses for $81 online.
The last pair I purchased cost about $500 before insurance from LensCrafters. After insurance, we were out about $250. (I can’t find the receipt — [...]

I’ve been taking alot of photos with my new Sony camera (DSC-W100) and had the thought Saturday: What happens if the hard drive on my six-year-old computer dies?
Like normal people, I haven’t backed up my important data for a long time.
As I type, I’m attempting to use Amazon’s S3 storage to backup my photos [...]

It’s the money, stupid
I spend a lot of time thinking about money.
Sadly, I use to little of this time to dream up new ways to create money — my thoughts are mostly about paying off old debts and trying to not incur new ones. This focus will change over the next 12 months.
Here’s my [...]