Time to Unplug the CPB   In the October issue of its newsletter Extra!, the progressive media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) argues that the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is corrupt beyond repair, and should be replaced with an independent trust fund for public broadcasting. http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2671

'UnGoogleables' Hide From Search     How far will you go to steer clear of Google's all seeing eye? Some people don't publish blogs, participate in internet communities, or reveal their names online to ward off identity theft and maintain a low profile for political or personal reasons. Wired terms this class of "digitally privileged" folks who intentionally don't have a visible presence on the internet UnGoogleables, and some of them make some extensive efforts to maintain this status. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68998,00.html

UbuWeb    Culture vultures can quit swirling and finally swoop on ubu.com. After a summer of rebuilding, this filled-to-the-gills, free-to-the-public collection of visual, concrete, and sound poetry once again has hundreds of gigabytes of sound files, books, texts, and videos ready for consumption. Featured artists range from John Cage to Eugene Ionesco to Kiki Smith. http://www.ubu.com/
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