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Archive for December, 2007

Blog tag: Bhutto

I’m dying to hear what Matt has to say about the Bhutto assassination. Not really the topic of my blog, but I think he’ll have some interesting insights…
So Matt, I’m tagging you. Looking forward to what you have to say.
For everyone else, consider this an open thread to add your thoughts. About the news. About [...]

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A Web site is a great way for you to get out your message on your terms.
But you should never create one just because you can. You need to have a reason to do so.
Today’s lesson in online communication for the military has been brought to you by the U.S. Army, which recently launched “Grow [...]

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Those dangerous interwebs

As if the military didn’t have enough irrational fears about online technology…
From af.mil:
“Intruders” from cyberspace are trying to hack into the Kadena Air Base network and steal information from unsuspecting e-mail users.
The intruders are not hackers, though they pretend to be to gain access to information they would need if they wanted to cripple the [...]

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In today’s Buzz Feed, there were some links to recent blog posts about terrorists using virtual worlds (think platforms like Second Life) to conduct training programs.
Check out some of the links (here, here and here) .

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Weblogs a decade old

Dear Pentagon,
I think these “weblog” thing that the kids are talking about on the Inter-tubes are catching on.
From BBC:
The word “weblog” celebrates the 10th anniversary of it being coined on 17 December 1997.
The word was created by Jorn Barger to describe what he was doing with his pioneering Robot Wisdom web page.
The word [...]

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Here comes another bubble

My boss forwarded this to me. I love parody.

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Bye, bye defendamerica.mil

DefendAmerica.mil, the one-stop shop for information about the Global War on Terror (or whatever OSD is calling it these days) is no more.

Supposedly, all of the content is being integrated into pentagon.mil. However, based on my last post, I doubt that is the case.
It’s election season. Time to hide Iraq under the carpet until there [...]

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Where is Iraq?

Inspired by Scott Baradell’s love of tag clouds by TagCrowd, I thought I would do an analysis of the Pentagon’s primary page, www.pentagon.mil.
Notice what is missing from the tag cloud created from the language on the home page today (December 4, 2007):

Yes to soldiers. No to airmen or sailors.
Big yes to Gates. Big no to [...]

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Troops LOVE beef jerky

From the YouTube:

You know another good way to support the troops, Iowa College Republican leader Ben Johnson? By serving your country with them.

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Which way is she spinning?

So this isn’t related to the military or new media… but it is cool. Which way do you see? Can you see both?

The Right Brain vs Left Brain test … do you see the dancer turning clockwise or counter-clockwise?
If clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and vice versa.
Most of [...]

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