Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] I love the internet...

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Jonathan King wrote:

> This is just another example of why the Internet really is the best 
> thing since sliced bread:
>
> http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/default.asp
>
> Yes, there are limits here, but the whole idea is pretty empowering and 
> interesting. I am sure that journalism students of all kinds are going 
> to have a field day with this: what stories are on the front page, and 
> are they above or below the "fold"?


I'll bet you're right.  Another nice thing:  Every paper I checked there 
had the front page available as "Readable PDF", which is fantastic.  In 
fact, I think they are doing this only for papers where the front page has 
been made available as PDF.  Some countries are massively overrepresented 
and some have no front pages in the collection (e.g., I checked Ecuador, 
Netherlands and Denmark).  But 565 front pages is a great start!  (Still 
no Springfield, MA.)

By the way, how did "aqua teen hunger force" blinking-light thingies get 
mistaken for any kind of terrorist device?  Anytime someone spills a 
little Splenda on the counter at work, I call the police just in case it 
is anthrax.  (Vern - I'm kidding.)

Mike

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