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Aug

17

Leftovers: Amazing Paperboys Deliver!

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• Yesterday, some would-be Bucks County robbers apparently didn’t know that paperboys don’t really carry any money, and they tried to rob them. The twin brothers ran away, but the suspects were later seen shooting paintballs at pedestrians. You know, when you rob the paperboy, you’ve sunk pretty low, but — as these men show — you can certainly go lower. [6 ABC]

• Police have released the surveillance video of the robbery at Alex’s Lemonade Stand. The video shows actual cancer cells ransacking the place! Gasp! [CBS 3]

• The Lehigh U. bank robber has gotten 22 months to 10 years in prison. Damn you, Party Poker! [AP/Metro]

• There is a push going on to ban hotel room porn. All together now: From my cold, dead hands. [Pandagon]

• Judge Lisa Richette was attacked for the third time in the last 20 years on a Philadelphia Center City streetcorner. On the plus side, the Daily News printed the word “bitch” (twice!) in a non-Byko column. [Daily News]

• Today in Metro: Talladega Nights is not just a stupid Will Ferrell movie, it’s the most important piece of satire since Jonathan Swift wielded his mighty pen. [Metro]

• And, finally, the Inquirer has discovered instant messaging. Just wait until they find out about that hip, new search engine Yahoo.com. [Inquirer]
 
dmac | 4:21 PM | 0 Comments
Alex's Lemonade Stand, Bucks County, Courts, Crime, Inquirer, Instant Messaging, Leftovers, Lehigh, Lisa Richette, Metro, Paperboys, Porn, Will Ferrell
 

Feb

7

Google to integrate IM client into Gmail

020706gmailchat.gif I don’t try to ignore the reason some of you read this site: You have nothing better to do than waste time at work. That is, of course, okay. I am happy to contribute to a decline in the productivity level of American workers; we all work too hard, anyway. And maybe you read my site, get a little informed and amused, and return refreshed and ready to go save the world by working for the American Red Cross or something.

Because the blog world is so link incestuous and we all spend a majority of our time reading other people’s blogs — when we’re not bashing newspapers for hating blogs — and on other random time-wasting websites. I realize that some of you don’t sit on IM all day, since your work blocks it. Boo, I say, boo.

Most businesses don’t block free email clients, however, and there is great news today on that front: Google is integrating Google Talk, its (largely ignored) IM client, into Gmail. Meaning you’ll be able to chat (and store your conversations) in Gmail.

For those of you who hate instant messaging, this is another annoyance. For those of you who don’t write letters on parchment, this is the best thing ever. It’s a way to chat without installing a chat client, and a way to get around blocks of said blocks on instant messaging at work!

The New York Times says the product is being rolled out today, with Gmail Chat making its way to all accounts by February. Mine doesn’t have it yet, but if you want to send a tip or a link or whatever, my Gmail address is just my last name.

Let the time-wasting begin.

Gmail + Gtalk = Next Step in Separate Internet Plan [InterMedia]
New Google Service to Blend the Gmail and Chat Features [NYT]
Yesterday: Blogicized: The easy one-liner edition
 
dmac | 1:19 PM | 0 Comments
Gmail, Google, Instant Messaging, Work