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January 27, 2006

Behind the Knight Ridder sale; Bird flu vaccine engineered? Davos; Weekend games; R.I. blog an award finalist; Critic in my soup; Bowie '69 video

Sherman’s March: How Naples, Florida, money manager Bruce S. Sherman muscled Knight Ridder—the nation’s second-largest newspaper company—into putting itself up for sale. At American Journalism Review.

2:12 a.m.
It's not just for the birds: Scientists develop bird flu vaccine:

University of Pittsburgh scientists say they've genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine that has proven 100 percent effective in mice and chickens.

Pittsburgh Tribune Review says human trials are next.

Doing Davos: Covering the The World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

"Every participant of the Annual Meeting – ranging from business leaders to political leaders, heads of NGOs, religious leaders academics and journalists – will be asked to join the Forum blog...All of the more than 2,000 participants, including presidents and prime ministers, will be asked to provide at least one posting for the blog."

Here's the blog: Forumblog.org - The World Economic Forum Weblog

Delving into Davos: The International Herald Tribune and The New York Time have a pack of blogging reporters there.

Hamas victory rocks the crowd.

Weekend! Games!:Sonic the Hedgehog: Classic run-and-jump Sega game remade in Flash. Oh go ahead, it's Friday.

There's a buzz right now around fastr — a flickr game. "Fastr is a game that uses flickr images. It loads ten images that all share a common tag, one by one, and you guess what the tag is. When you guess right, the tag will turn blue. Then you can watch the pictures until the next set begins. The faster you guess, the more points you get. The points are reset every five minutes."

This bored me. The thumbnails are too tiny to see what's going on in many of the images, and the tags only rarely make sense (unless you're looking at a set of roses).

The Koufax Awards 2005: Best state and local blogs: Among the nominees at Wampum, Rhode Island's Future, a political blog with attitude and lots of energy.

The Awards are named after Dodger Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest lefty pitchers ever.

Voting isn't open yet. Stay tuned.

Critic in my soup, waiter:
My Week as a Waiter: N.Y. Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni switches roles, and sounds harried even in the retelling.

There's a rhythm to it. Get in the groove and you'd just know which table needs you, Frank.

You sure you want to see this? 1969 David Bowie video.

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