links for 2008-12-12

From the comments: "No sympathy from me and lets hope the poice [sic] dont waste too much time looking for the people that did it".

"Under the headline 'Greece in self-destruct mode' the conservative daily newspaper Kathimerini said in an editorial: 'This is a country with a state that is in a shambles, a police force in disarray, mediocre universities that serve as hotbeds of rage instead of knowledge and a shattered health care system. It is also on the brink of financial ruin.'"

Very comprehensive list of things to do and good ideas to have when setting up a blog.

"So what do we have, 7 of the 10 pages, are in the words of My Cousin Vinny Prosecuting Attorney Mr Trotter (wait for it) … eye-dentical, don’t believe me check them out. Way to go Google I’d say that was a failure of epic proportions as far as filtering out duplicate content is concerned". Michael goes on to say he'd make the developers wear 'failwhale cares' t-shirts til they fixed it, which made me laugh.

"These are the official guidelines for social media at Intel. If you're an Intel employee or contractor creating or contributing to blogs, wikis, social networks, virtual worlds, or any other kind of social media both on and off intel.com—these guidelines are for you."

"Cristina Balzano, 19, the singer with Italian band Soul Cry, is said to have stabbed her 16-year-old guitarist after he made a mistake while playing a guitar solo during a band practice". Those Italian heavy metal bands have very high standards you know.

"Picture taken last Sunday of riot police aiming a pistol at protesters in central Athens. The photographer, Kostas Tsironis, who took this picture for the Eleutheros Typos newspaper subsequently lost his job."