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25
Jan 09

Daily Links for January 24th

The New York Times > Business > Image > Presidents and Economic Performance –
Many Eyes: Obama Inauguration Speech Word Tree –
Social Circles – Mailing list interactive circles, displayed in flash.

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22
Jan 09

Daily Links for January 21st

Going.com – Newspapers Covering Obama’s Inauguration – A collection of front pages.
A face you can trust – Boston.com – Princeton psychologists recently showed that certain faces, even when expressionless, strike people as trustworthy or untrustworthy. Features like the shape of the eyebrow are part of an unconscious language of trust that powerfully affects human interaction.
Barack Obama Said 44 Men Have Taken The Oath Of Office For President. Was He Right? – Yahoo! Answers – OMG. I don't even know where to go with this? The only proper response is to mock the true-believers.

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21
Jan 09

Daily Links for January 20th

Tag Clouds of Obama’s Inaugural Speech Compared to Bush’s – ReadWriteWeb –
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: Image Galleries –
Hugh’s List of Bush Scandals | NetRootsMass – Be warned, it is a big list.
Inaugural Words – 1789 to the Present – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com – A look at the language of presidential inaugural addresses. The most-used words in each address appear in the interactive chart below, sized by number of uses. Words highlighted in yellow were used significantly more in this inaugural address than average.

Government / News / Politicking / Webculture — 1 Comment
20
Jan 09

Inauguaration Videos and Related Materials [Updated]

The actual ’swearing in’, with full text and video (embedded below, with part 2 here) of the Inaugural Address:

Also, whitehouse.gov rolled out a redesign at 12:01pm. Today was also a BIG day for new media, although the web appeared to be showing the strain. Aretha Franklin wore what could only be described as an interesting hat. Should you be so curious, you can view text and video of many previous inaugurations here.

The President and First Lady dance to “At Last” as sung by Beyonce: