- #nbcfail: 8 Ways NBC Blew Olympics Coverage (with image, tweets) · btballenger · Storify
"From tape-delays to ridiculous and ignorant commentary, Twitter agreed: NBC sucked at covering the 2012 opening ceremony." (fail olympics nbc )
- The Daily Mail, And How An NHS Death Means… Racism Is Fine? – Botherer
"The particular piece that’s riled me this evening is elegantly titled, “The NHS did not deserve to be so disgracefully glorified in this bonanza of left-wing propaganda“. That the Mail would write a piece arguing that the NHS is a bad thing, and should have had no part in the Olympic opening ceremony, is not a surprise. [...] The issue is what’s smuggled in there." (olympics racism daily_mail )
- Oh, how I wish you could hear this! – Roger Ebert’s Journal
The experience of the Olympic opening ceremony captured wonderfully from overseas: "…good gravy, ladies and gentlemen, a helicopter has appeared in the sky, and it looks like…yes! James Bond and Queen Elizabeth have just parachuted into the stadium!" (olympics )
- When Craigslist Blocks Innovations – Disruptions – NYTimes.com
Craigslist serves up lawsuits. Not the little freedom-fighter some of us might have imagined. (dopost legal craigslist )
- Let’s Go Public! Ad Contest Gallery | Shell
A spoof (but very, very serious spoof) of Shell's "Arctic Ready" ad campaign. Very sharp. (climate_change environment greenpeace spoof shell humour )
- 24 Agile Things To Do Before You’re Fired | Value, Flow, Quality
Including: "Tell finance that you no longer wish to purchase their services" (management humour agile )
- After G4S, who still thinks that outsourcing works? | Polly Toynbee | Comment is free | The Guardian
The problems with outsourcing public work: "Confidentiality clauses and fiendish complexity in contracts for public services create moral hazard on a grand scale" (dopost public_sector outsourcing government )
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