'sock puppets' and 'astroturfers'
Will fake business blogs crash and burn?Companies caught out posting these bogus blogs - or "flogs" - include Sony, L'Oreal and Wal-Mart, while a whole vocabulary has gradually emerged to describe their actions.
de-scent those pet skunks
10 things we didn't know last week – "Snippets from the week's news, sliced, diced and processed for your convenience." [BBC Magazine]arts and artists
Pop Experiment – "Experimental Pop Art, Music, Photography, Design and Culture Cross-Pollination"let it be toad
Affremble Quotes:"A new study shows that licking a frog can cure depression. The down side is, the minute you stop licking, the frog gets depressed again."
–Jay Leno
'minimalist data visualization'
The Falling Times[via Ample Sanity]
Beware of links to external news sites with heavy and/or intrusive advertising.
