Some links that have caught my eye of late:
- The Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s [Pitchfork.com] — Via kottke.org
- Wikipedia Will Limit Changes on Articles About Living People [NYTimes.com] — "Officials…say that within weeks, the English-language Wikipedia will begin imposing a layer of editorial review on articles about living people."
- Slate Is Switching From 'Today's Paper' to a News Roundup [NYTimes.com] — "Slate is retiring “Today’s Papers,” one of the original aggregators of the Web, 12 years after it started its beloved once-a-day summary of the nation’s news pages."
- "Stubborn political crisis hangs over Thai economy" [Reuters] — "Foreign investors are wading back into Thailand despite a three-year political crisis, stoking stock and currency gains, but economists say political unrest will limit how fast and how far Thailand pulls out of recession."
- "Shifting the Right of Way to the Left Leaves Some Samoans Feeling Wronged" [WSJ.com] — "Government Calls Traffic-Rule Switch 'Common Sense,' but It Sparks Road Rage"
- "King calls for unity in polarized Thailand" [Reuters] — "Revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has called for unity in deeply divided Thailand to stop it from falling into ruin, in a rare foray into the country's four-year political crisis."
- "Updated tutorials for Audacity (audio editing app)" [Teaching Online Journalism] — Excellent Audacity tutorials from Mindy McAdams.
- News Corp. pushing to create an online news consortium — latimes.com — "The media giant, advocating a model that would charge for news distributed online and on portable devices, has met recently with major publishers."
- "Myanmar Military Gains on Rebels as Villagers Flee to Safety" [NYTimes.com] — Perspective on the Myanmar military's ongoing war against the Karen rebels.
- "Visualizing The U.S. Electric Grid" [NPR] — Interesting data visualization.
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