International Law

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• time magazine: "Battle Rages Over Australia's Internet Filter" http://j.mp/a0rbwh #openinternet #nocleanfeed
• from the daily beast ... "Obama?s Oval Office Speech: Reactions and Commentary" http://j.mp/chBZNR
• this is interesting ... "Baby names have long-lasting effects, for better or worse" http://j.mp/asLG1W
• i think steve rosenbaum might be onto something here ... "Content Is No Longer King: Curation Is King" http://j.mp/dpCuv2
• this is a balanced review i think ... "News and media on the iPad: A mixed bad so far" http://j.mp/dfvwZV
• silicon valley insider says "Calm Down: Google's Wifi Scraping Is Not A Big Deal" http://j.mp/cPuB1l
• a good move from foursquare ... "Foursquare To Open Online Store" http://j.mp/ae1GxG
• opera gets better and better ... "Opera 10.60 Beta Lands, Brings More Speed, Geolocation And WebM Support" http://j.mp/daFkPn
• some apps do, but the best apps don't ... "More People Recognizing That Media iPad Adaptations Feel Like CD-ROM Media" http://j.mp/clkQRF
• well this is mature ... "More relationships are ending via Facebook, survey finds" http://j.mp/alRAbm
• with all of this twitter downtime, has anyone gone back and had another look at google buzz? http://j.mp/brviRu
• foxnews has a new and improved website http://j.mp/9Np0fh
• a smart op-ed from @renailemay "Facebook continues to stonewall Australia" http://j.mp/aNSdWi
• antony green looks at "Possible Federal Election Dates" http://j.mp/cDYR4u
• another good question ... "Why Are Teens Drawn to Dystopian Novels?" http://j.mp/97MOzB
• as you would expect, "LIGHTNING ROD: Incinerated Jesus Lights Up Blogosphere" http://j.mp/dpigbu
• it was a bizarre result ... "Was Alvin Greene's Surprise SC Win Legitimate?" http://j.mp/blxmsR
• maybe i could get a job as a white guy? ... "Want To Rent a White Guy in China?" http://j.mp/bVnxUP
• he is an amazingly versatile director ... "The unjustly unheralded work of director Michael Winterbottom" http://j.mp/aY453y
• good question ... "Why does England get its own team in the World Cup?" http://j.mp/cFXf6J
• an academic study looks at what rules do the bouncers at night clubs use to filter some clientele into the club? http://j.mp/aJtIts
• slate's @jdickerson explains "What Obama's speech on the BP oil spill was lacking" http://j.mp/bnTlJ5
• am i alone in thinking this is silly? ... "SMH goes 3D" http://j.mp/civWZF
• an important step ... "Internet overtakes newspapers for US advertising revenue" http://j.mp/d6M2wo
• embeddable video is a good move by the white house ... "Blogger-Friendly White House-Produced Embed Code" http://j.mp/c76AqI
• haha of course! page 3 girls are the answer ... "How to Get Your Porn App Into iTunes: Wrap a Newspaper Around It" http://j.mp/bmSXpJ
• ridiculous ... "FIFA Threatens To Sue Brewery, Because Dutch World Cup Fans Wore Orange" http://j.mp/c2jGQ5
• teachers may be interested in this ... "Tools for school ? Digital document annotation on an iPad, iPod Touch, or laptop" http://j.mp/akKYHi
• the wrap explains "Why Tweeting Beats Tracking" when it comes to predicting box office receipts http://j.mp/bM5CmB
• while mark bahnisch discusses the possibility of "An August election?" http://j.mp/9Ra6Ja
• barrie cassidy says rudd should have called an early election ... "Rudd's election delay a political miscalculation" http://j.mp/chMnc6
• an excellent piece by david barnett on censorship in australia ... "A return to wowserism in the name of politics" http://j.mp/9lVUQ2
• i'm looking forward to the mac version of this new flock browser ... "New Flock divorces Firefox, snuggles up to Chrome" http://j.mp/afKHUS
• a nice profile of pam barnes, the executive producer of "the circle" ... "Ring of confidence" http://j.mp/dm4x6b
• but has she been promised the 10pm timeslot? ... "Fox News Seals New Contract for Greta Van Susteren" http://j.mp/bt25Mb
• i know some of my colleagues show no sign of retiring ... "Old academics don't retire, they just go into research" http://j.mp/cy9gno
• but when will we see the fairfax ipad apps? ... "Dulhunty moves to 'special projects', Fairfax denies he's been pushed" http://j.mp/cmWInB
• reading @bengrubb's piece "Inside Australia's data retention proposal" http://j.mp/aRyt3Y

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