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Boing Boing's unapologetic eleventh-hour apologia [100-word Version] (Valleywag)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Boing Boing's readers, hopped up on free-speech rhetoric, continue to find the tech-culture blog's act of unpublishing unspeakable. Hoping to put the Internet's most enduring drama llama this month... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Boing Boing vs Violet Blue: the follow-up (Poor Mojo Newswire)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:58:31 GMT

So someone went through the shadow archives of the internet and republished all of the Violet Blue posts that Boing Boing had deleted. (via Tiny Nibbles) Meanwhile, the Boingers tell the LA Times what they've learned from the fiasco, but don't exactly apologize or discuss transparency or anything. It's a puff piece, meant to placate and distract. And from a PR standpoint it's exactly...

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Xeni Jardin Takes the Heat on Boing Boing Conference Call (Adrants)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:41:53 GMT

Yesterday Boing Boing held a conference call with Xeni Jardin, David Pescovitz, Joel Johnson, John Battelle of Federated Media, and The LA Times.

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Boing Boing's relationship with Violet Blue comes full circle [Nerdfight] (Valleywag)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT

Sex blogger Violet Blue may have tried to ride the Boing Boing coattail express to microfame by airing grievances publicly. But once upon a time she waged the same kind of war on Boing Boing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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Boing Boing / Violet Blue notes (Infothought)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:59:28 GMT

Regarding speculations about what Violet Blue did to be, well, dewonderfuled, note she was still considered properly Boingy as late as 2007-07-27, in a now "unpublished" post about "Short link amuse bouches for Friday". Her offense must have been after that date. The only thing that seems to fit the timeline is the trademark case she brought against a porn star using the name "Violet Blue",...

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Jesse Helms leaves the planet. (Boing Boing)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:40:29 GMT

US Senator Jesse Helms died today. Here were his words in 1956, responding to criticism that a fictional black character in his newspaper column was racist: To rob the Negro of his reputation of thinking through a problem in his own fashion is about the same as trying to pretend that he doesn't have a natural instinct for rhythm and for singing and dancing. Jesse Helms quotes on life and politics [AP]...

Wikio - Boing Boing

Boing Boing's unapologetic eleventh-hour apologia [100-word Version] (Valleywag)

Boing Boing vs Violet Blue: the follow-up (Poor Mojo Newswire)

Xeni Jardin Takes the Heat on Boing Boing Conference Call (Adrants)

Boing Boing's relationship with Violet Blue comes full circle [Nerdfight] (Valleywag)

Boing Boing / Violet Blue notes (Infothought)

Jesse Helms leaves the planet. (Boing Boing)

Some douche steals Ian Curtis' (of Joy Division) headstone (Boing Boing)

Captain America, Fuck Yeah! (Boing Boing)

Iran: death penalty for “corrupt weblogs” (Boing Boing)

New eBoy Peecol figures (Boing Boing)

Tattooed living zombie (Boing Boing)

NYC cops harass club owner whose CCTV footage overturned drug conviction (Boing Boing)

America loves drugs (Boing Boing)

Where the Linear Crosses the Exponential: Kevin Kelly (Boing Boing)

Interview with Charlie Angus, Canadian MP who's fighting the Canadian DMCA (Boing Boing)

Government nosy parkers use passport database to spy on celebs (Boing Boing)

Ninja scare results in school lockdowns (Boing Boing)

Lost scenes from Metropolis found (Boing Boing)

Bugs have creepy faces (Boing Boing)

Video: documentary on Showbiz animatronic band (Boing Boing)