By William M. Hartnett on Mar 5, 2007 in newspapers | 0 Comments
>What Goes On The Front Page (Hartford Courant)
(Via Romenesko)
The Hartford Courant is putting more Connecticut news on its front page. This, apparently, is a topic worthy of a “reader representative” column:
Q: I agree with readers who tell me they expect The Courant to edit the world for them, to tell them on the front page [...]
By William M. Hartnett on Mar 5, 2007 in geekery, video | 0 Comments
>Nintendo’s Wii pushes players into mini-workout (LA Times)
(Via my brother)
I’m ashamed to admit that my right arm felt like jelly the day after playing Wii Sports for the first time. I don’t know if the fact that I managed to more than double my best real-world bowling score makes that fact less or much, much [...]
By William M. Hartnett on Mar 5, 2007 in oddities | 0 Comments
>California town to try birth control to limit squirrel population (AP in USA Today)
(Via my brother)
I ask what I’m missing out on by not being a USAToday.com reader, and my brother sends me this. I’m hooked. Meanwhile, more people are weighing in on the big USAToday.com redesign.
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By William M. Hartnett on Mar 5, 2007 in newspapers | 0 Comments
>Pulitzer Judging Starts Monday — So Step Inside The Jury Room (E&P)
Pulitzer time. Yeeeaaaah boyyyy. Can’t wait to see which NYT, LAT and WP stories emerge the winners from the towering piles of paper described in the story above.
I know they’re considering a broader range of multimedia and database features this year, but the current [...]