October 2008
20 posts
Dispelling the notion that polls are tightening up
From 538:
It might also help to come at this from the other direction. Here is one poll (Mason-Dixon reporting an Obama 4% lead in Pennsylvania) out of many, out of one “must-win” state out of many, that shows that John McCain is sorta kinda close? This is the best news he can muster? On Monday, I laid out specific criteria for what I’d want to see in order to conclude that...
And the Call Was Coming from the Basement! →
From This Ameican Life. The best part of this episode is when Ira plays messages listeners left on a special 800 line the show setup about all these horrible, horrible things their parents did to scare them as children.
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me: I pretend I'm you every time I play Call of Duty 4.
Mike: Oh yeah?
Mike: Does your guy get stuck going to a lot of public relation meetings with Iraqi officials while battling a small army of children begging for candy and footballs?
“Your blog post you should’ve written THE ROG VS. THE HODG! or something...”
– Aaron
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“The Red Sox had come down here saying that, through all these miracles and...”
– Amelie Benjamin, Boston Globe 10/20/08
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Jen Turrell - Meteor Shower
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Final debate polls
All post-debate polls have Obama winning the debate overwhelmingly. The CNN Instant Poll had Obama winning 58% to 31% among all voters and 57% to 31% among independent voters. The CBS Instant Poll of undecided voters had Obama winning 53% to 22%. Both polls showed McCain’s favorable continuing to sink as a result of the debate while Obama’s continued to increase. The MediaCurves...
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Nate Silver, the number-crunching prodigy who went... →
In the spring, most pundits predicted Clinton would win Indiana by five points and noted she’d narrowed the gap with Obama in North Carolina to just eight. Silver disagreed with this consensus. He’d broken the numbers down demographically and come up with a much less encouraging outcome for Clinton: a two-point squeaker in Indiana, and a seventeen-point drubbing in North Carolina. On the night of...
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The five products Apple must make →
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Tumblr Backup Tool →
This is amazing. Generates a neat backup that’s easier to read than the built in archive. Here’s mine.
Debate polls
A majority said Obama seemed to be the stronger leader during the debate, 54 percent to 43 percent, and by a more than two to one margin — 65 percent to 28 percent — viewers thought Obama was more likable during the debate. A majority of debate watchers polled thought Obama was more intelligent, by a 57 percent to 25 percent margin over McCain. Debate watchers also thought Obama more...
“They’re using a standard keytar, not a 1983 Casio DG-20 electric guitar...”
– Aaron, in response to this ad which bares a striking resemblence to a Flight of the Conchords episode.
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Songs I'd Like to see appear as Rock Band DLC
Guided By Voices - Game of Pricks
Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
Television - Marquee Moon
Modern Lovers - Roadrunner
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
Jesus and Mary Chain - Head On
The Kinks - Lola
R. Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
New Order - Blue Monday
Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die
Long Blondes - Lust in the Movies