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Monthly Archives: November 2008
It's too damn early
Vodafone has decorated its website for Christmas, even though we’re not even a week into November. Come on, people!
The magic 500
Apparently this is my 510th publish post. I’m not sure how that happened, especially given how I slacked off while without a web connection in the UAE etc. But, there you go. Interesting how such things sneak up on a person.
The real news
Forget the renewal of hope and general breath of fresh air that Obama will bring to the White House, he’s going to bring a whole new dress sense:
The Obama family took the stage in Chicago Tuesday night in color-coordinated outfits, all with touches of red or black.
For Michelle Obama, no stuffy suits or demure pastels here: Instead she wore a striking red-and-black dress designed by well-regarded, but not-so-mainstream, Narciso Rodriguez.
President-elect Barack Obama wore the same style dark-navy suit custom-made by Hart Schaffner Marx that he wore at the Democratic Convention, the company says, accompanied with a deep red, striped necktie.
Older daughter Malia wore a red bubble-hem dress, while the younger Sasha wore a black dress with an oversized bow on the front.
Together, they made a pleasing picture of coordination and confidence, style-watchers say.
Clearly I am out of touch with the really important stuff.
Links o' the day 6/11/08
While the world continues to cheer the election of Barack Obama as president of the world’s most powerful democracy, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck has been anointed king of the world’s newest, Bhutan.
Apparently you can accidentally steal a car.
Gorillas need surgery too.
Companies are turning to blogging as a way of reporting layoffs, rather than letting them get picked up by the traditional media.
It’s a beard off!
Cleantech is growing in silicon valley.
The Mars lander is guestblogging on Gizmodo 😀
Obama
I’m sure that in years to come I will kick myself for not being up and watching when he won the election. We’ll just have to see how well he does over the four years from when he takes over in January.
I’m happy he won the popular vote as well as the electoral college vote, because it means he has a wider mandate and that he has transcended racial boundaries to a good extent. His policies and attitudes toward the likes of Pakistan and Afghanistan could be a problem, but only time will tell. It will also be interesting to see if there is some return to the civil freedoms that existed before the Bush administration.
If he can roll back some of the restrictions that the Patriot Act introduced then he will have made some serious progress — and he has the parliamentary support to do it. I just hope he doesn’t preside over an equally reactionary and oppressive regime. He has a great many minds to change and hearts to soften all over the world. Fingers crossed he can do it.