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Today on the internet, otherwise-sane and grown-up individuals are arguing over "Maka-Maka," "Hulu," and more reasonably, but no less astoundingly user-hostile, "Leopard."

Where's the other party?

Adriana and her Uncle

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Make me rich, you follow-fashion monkeys.
Originally uploaded by Mike Monteiro.

The Truth Hurts

Gawker Reckoning:

I just think that emulating traditional media's willingness to destroy people who aren't villains isn't a strategy for long-term success.

Sometimes the truth hurts, sometimes it's sweet.

Sheep

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Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize

TEDBlog: Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize:

This morning in Sweden, Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007, "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change."

At TED2006, Gore delivered to a rapt audience the seminal slide show that would later that year form the core of his blockbuster documentary An Inconvenient Truth. He followed it up with a second talk at the end of the conference showing ways of turning climate concern into action.

Throughout the day we'll be offering tributes to the impact of that speech on those present at TED2006 -- and the way the impact has spread throughout the world.

Spotty Dock

Gio from Technological Supernova speaks truth to the Dock whingers:

But the whole thing about the Dock looking stupid while on the left or right side is... well... stupid. If you think that gravity is an argument against the Leopard's Dock appearance, then why don't you argue that gravity is an argument against being able to position your windows wherever you want them -- why don't your windows always fall to the bottom of the screen? Furthermore, who says Tiger's Dock doesn't have any gravity? In that case, Tiger's Dock also looks stupid when positioned on the side of the screen.

The amount of blog inches (bytes?) that's been devoted to Leopard's dock is silly, and I'm a little sad to pile on. But I've been using that Dock, and I like it. It never made sense for 3d icons to be sitting in a 2d space, or for Finder's otherwise 2 dimensional metaphor to suddenly have texture. I use the dock as little as possible, which is how I believe it was meant to be used. But Leopard's dock (with stacks) is a big step forward.

Peggy Noonan: I urge HuffPo readers to send in any pictures they might have or know of of presidents cracking up.

Best Gelato in Bologna

Robyn's Guide to Gelato in Bologna. That's good blog!

1608 words on Gelato and not one use of the adjective "tangy." "Tangy" is the "tastes like chicken" of food blogging. Food bloggers say something is tangy when they're already thinking about the next meal, or are simply out of adjectives.

Musings on Examiner comments on my column:

For the past few months, readers have been encouraged to comment on Examiner stories and columns. On the whole, I find the comments on my Monday Education column positive and intelligent. There is also an "agree/disagree" option for readers of the comments.

However, sometimes either the comments or the "agree/disagree" clicks are mystifying. On the very first comment I received, for instance, a reader commented on my column on the Virginia Tech shootings that my column inspired hope without trivializing the disaster. Since its posting, more than three hundred readers have clicked, in nearly equal numbers, that they agreed or disagreed with this comment.

I really don't quite understand what those clicks mean. The reader was reacting to the column. Did "disagree" mean that my column didn't inspire hope? Or that the event itself was too horrible to inspire hope?

My Mom has an on-line community! Cool, right?