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Lazy Susan: Ice Sculpture. Please discuss. more »

Claire Buoyant: Online music sales growth have slowed since Apple allowed for increased prices in the iTunes music store. Edgar Bronfman, Jr. concedes that upping pri... more »

adiam7: A tacky, foreign gay with money who likes to party- there must be such a clamor for his affection from every fag hag in the city. Back to the party: W... more »

raincoaster: Jeebus. I got bumped up to first class several times when I was on Welfare. It's all in the presentation. JA needs to lay off the warpaint so she doe... more »

marciax3: Mr. Demi made a funny. more »

That70sDude: Seattle is boring... great weed though. more »

That70sDude: In with the insiders.. not those lowly outsiders.. more »

Calgetty: And I still cant get my Google Chrome to work right. Also, hoping to see Lucy Southworth (11) on the cover and centerfold for the American Mathematic... more »

GlasgowRose: Now that's what I call Google Buzz! more »

Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: "Sure that if you turn to teach a tit camera" BYO context and/or syntax? more »

#resourcefulness

The War over Intellectual Property's Boiling Point: Pictures of Snow on Flickr

Who knew Flickr users were so hardboiled? Not British daily The Independent, who stole from them pictures of....snow. Thrifty! This pissed off one copyrighted photographer, who posted his fun exchange with the digital director, who basically laughs him off. [Flickr]

#thingsweactuallylike

Pretty Commemorative Pictures Are the Killer App for Print

After his fairly traditional magazine was taken from him and run into the ground, Web-savvy photographer Derek Powazek found a tighter niche: Instant photo magazines tied to major events, like his nifty publication on an Australian dust storm. More »

#politics

How to Delete Any Photo on Flickr

Yahoo deleted a controversial caricature of "Joker" Barack Obama from its creator's Flickr account. Why? Someone with an obviously fake name filed a copyright complaint. More »

#softwareasadisservice

Flickr Shuts Down Discussions About Flickr Constantly Shutting Things Down

Flickr deleted a controversial Barack Obama caricature; it nuked thousands of pictures over some comments about Obama. What sort of political expression is allowed on the Yahoo photo-sharing service? Unclear: Flickr decided a conversation on the topic was... not allowed. More »

#politics

Flickr Deletes Obama Caricature

The ways you can criticize the president continue to grow more limited on Flickr. If the first rule was "don't post too many political comments on White House photos," the second seems to be "no caricatures." More »

#disasters

Flickr Loses a Few Thousand More Pictures, with No Recourse

A Flickr user is complaining loudly that the photo service allowed 3,000+ of his photos to be deleted by a hacker with no warning. Now they're supposedly gone, forever. When will Flickr start making backups? More »

#fromthemailbag

Flickr Founder Calls Nuked User 'A Dick'

An update on Shepherd Johnson, who lost 1,200 Flickr images over comments on White House photos: Yahoo said the activist's pictures are gone forever, offered him $25 and blocked his messages. And Flickr's founder called him "a dick." More »

#disasters

Yahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments

Flickr user Shepherd Johnson was browsing the official White House photostream one night when he decided to post a politically-charged comment. Then another, then another. Soon, without warning, Yahoo's photo-sharing service deleted his account, complete with 1,200 pictures. More »

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