Vanity Fair Editor Got $100,000 for Suggesting a Movie

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L.A. Times and N.Y. Times Investigating
Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter

L.A. Times and N.Y. Times Investigating
Vanity Fair Editor Graydon Carter 05/13/2004 05:05 AM
Graydon Carter enriching himself? PERISH THE THOUGHT! .. uses his close ties to Hollywood .. web-only scoop .. NIKKI FINKE .. an article

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Vanity Fair Does It One Last Time

Vanity Fair Does It One Last Time 01/04/2005 08:27 PM
This month Vanity Fair will once again take readers to that galaxy far, far away with superb photos by Annie Leibovitz and an interview with George Lucas. This issue doesn't just touch on Episode III but rather all six films. For more information, please visit the official Star Wars website!

January Vanity Fair

January Vanity Fair 01/05/2005 01:34 PM
Lucas talks to Vanity Fair about Star Wars and the next movies he has planned. For a synopses of the main feature click through.

Vanity Fair Cover

Vanity Fair Cover 01/06/2005 12:01 PM
Rebelscum has received high resolution of next month's Star Wars Vanity Fair edition. Click on the thumbnail above to see the 150 dpi version, or download the 300 dpi file.

Washington Post on the Vanity Fair photo
spread of Valerie Plame, the outed CIA
agent

Washington Post on the Vanity Fair photo
spread of Valerie Plame, the outed CIA
agent 12/04/2003 09:33 AM
Howard Kurtz article .. BOGUS:

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FEAR, BETRAYAL, LIFE IN DANGER: CIA
Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover,
Poses In Vanity Fair

FEAR, BETRAYAL, LIFE IN DANGER: CIA
Agent Valerie Plame Goes Undercover,
Poses In Vanity Fair 12/04/2003 08:26 AM

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Gazelle Movie Editor

Gazelle Movie Editor 08/19/2004 06:57 PM
New SVG project on java.net

Suggesting a link? Use the form

Suggesting a link? Use the form 07/14/2004 03:11 AM
A quick reminder: we prefer to get Boing Boing submissions via the suggest-a-link form. Sending your submission there formats it for easy conversion to a blog-post, distributes among multiple editors (increasing the chance that it will get picked up), and simplifies our existence greatly. I, for one, won't consider Boing Boing suggestions via direct email, IM or the like -- just not enough hours in the day to do it the hard way. Thanks! Link

3 years ago: Google 2.0, suggesting a
browser

3 years ago: Google 2.0, suggesting a
browser 08/27/2004 02:15 PM
john at webword has been putting good thought into this for a long time

U.S. Is Suggesting Guaranteed Role for
Iraq's Sunnis

U.S. Is Suggesting Guaranteed Role for
Iraq's Sunnis 12/26/2004 01:34 AM
Even if Sunnis do not fare well in upcoming elections, the Bush administration is trying to guarantee them a set number of top jobs.

"any statements by CPA and US officials
suggesting otherwise are blatantly
absurd"

"any statements by CPA and US officials
suggesting otherwise are blatantly
absurd" 04/13/2004 03:30 PM

U.S. Is Suggesting Prominent Posts for
Iraq's Sunnis

U.S. Is Suggesting Prominent Posts for
Iraq's Sunnis 12/25/2004 05:17 PM
Even if Sunnis do not fare well in upcoming elections, the Bush administration is trying to guarantee them a set number of top jobs.

Cleveland Editor Takes Heat for
Publishing Gun List (Editor and
Publisher)

Cleveland Editor Takes Heat for
Publishing Gun List (Editor and
Publisher) 07/30/2004 03:52 PM
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Why did a pro-gun group post directions to a local newspaper editor's house on its Web site?

Making a phpBB-style Editor - Part 1:
The Editor

Making a phpBB-style Editor - Part 1:
The Editor 10/29/2003 12:11 AM
This tutorial is for all those looking to achieve a bb-style editor for their users. This part (part 1) covers the javascript and form behind the editor itself (none of the processing). FOREWARNING - it lacks some of the functionality of the actual phpBB editor.

Vanity Font

Vanity Font 04/25/2004 10:10 PM

The Yale Typeface: Someday I'll be cool enough to have my own font.

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Vanity tinyURLing

Vanity tinyURLing 11/17/2003 09:17 AM
Erik Olsen writes,

So, we all started "tinyurling" our names

http://tinyurl.com/evo (my init) is rather odd.

http://tinyurl.com/erik leads to a dead link (sob!)

http://tinyurl.com/pnh is, well, Swedish. I think.

http://tinyurl.com/cory , however, May Well Lead To The Truth(tm).

Anyhow. Rules are simple, link is 1-4 chars after the tinyurl.com/

Link (Thanks, Erik!)

Chinese Movie Industry Recognizes Movie
Watching Is A Social Experience

Chinese Movie Industry Recognizes Movie
Watching Is A Social Experience 03/22/2005 05:03 PM
Yesterday we noted that the MPAA and movie theater owners were whini ng about how much people coming in an taping movies was hurting their business. The obvious response, we pointed out, is to recognize that going to the movies is a social experience. It's not just about the content (though, that is important), but the overall experience. If they improved that, then people would want to go -- even if they could score the same movie off the internet or a cheap DVD bought off the street. While the folks in Hollywood refuse to entertain this idea, someone (anonymously) in the comments to that story pointed to an article in China noting that this is exactly what Chinese movie theaters have done. After years of declining attendance, they finally shaped up and made going to the movies cool again. They improved the overall experience, putting in better equipment and more comfortable seats. They improved the sound and the lighting as well. It sounds like they also made some theaters to be more like bars, to help attract young adults away from traditional bars. Yet the supposedly "creative" movie people in Hollywood insist "nothing can be done" to get people into the theater.

Mobile Vanity Numbers

Mobile Vanity Numbers 06/22/2004 09:26 AM

The BBC carries word of a Bahrain man, Abdullah al-Hammadi, who makes a living by selling unique phone and license plate numbers. His latest, "9111119" has been put on the market for $13,200. And he'll probably sell it, too -- a previous number sold for $7,000, and a "man once bought his son a license plate for $16,000," to "encourage him to work hard."
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Vanity and Vulgarity at Enron

Vanity and Vulgarity at Enron 06/03/2004 10:20 AM
Transcripts of conversations between energy traders are stranger than fiction.

Vanity Plate Lookup

Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 06:12 PM

Department of Motor Vehicles/Vanity Plate: This is a great idea for a state Web site. However, getting "Gadgetopia" in readable form on a license plate is tricky.

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SET's Editor, a friendly text editor

SET's Editor, a friendly text editor 06/26/2004 05:20 PM
SETEdit 0.5.3 r1051 DOS/Win32

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity)

How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity) 12/27/2004 02:30 AM
FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up Firefox (Helpful Vanity) .. improve Firefox's performance

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Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup

Connecticut Has Vanity Plate Lookup 05/29/2004 01:51 PM
The state of Connecticut has put up a vanity plate lookup at http://www.dmvplate.state.ct.us/VanityPlate.asp. If there is no match to your lookup, you'll get a sample of what the plate would...

Manipulating Google For Vanity And For
Politics

Manipulating Google For Vanity And For
Politics 01/22/2004 06:28 AM
It seems some people just can't get over their obsession with Google results. The practice of "Google bombing" - getting a bunch of people to link to a specific page with a specific phrase, so that a search on that phrase returns the page, even if the phrase has nothing to do with the actual page - is turning into a political war as people on all sides of the political spectrum are trying to associate various negative words or phrases with politicians or policies they dislike. This was sort of amusing the first time it happened, but now it just seems really childish on all sides. It certainly doesn't do anything to impact anyone's political beliefs. To me, it seems like the online equivalent of a writing something bad about someone on a bathroom wall. Meanwhile, though, there's another interesting trend that is less annoying: buying ad keywords on your own name. The idea is not to influence the main Google search terms, but to have some say in pointing people to a specific site if they're searching on your name. It also lets you know how many people are searching for you, as that will show up in your Adwords statistics. It's becoming especially popular with freelancer or individual professionals (doctors and lawyers) where people are likely to search on their names. Apparently, it's become quite a trend. I have no idea when this started, but the first person I heard do this was Glenn Fleishman last July. Of course, there's a price involved - you have to pay each time someone clicks on your ad.

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner

GOTMILF? Not anymore, for vanity plate
car owner 07/22/2004 06:40 PM
Michael Syravong thought he'd pulled a fast one on Washington's Department of Licensing when he got a license-plate that read "GOTMILF." He told the department that MILF stands for "Manual Inline Lift Fluctuator," But eventually, bluenoses who are somehow familiar with the true meaning of the acronym (Google it for the not-safe-for-work answer), complained to the department and Syravong lost his plates. Link (Thanks, Eric!)

Mobile Vanity Numbers, Saudi Style

Mobile Vanity Numbers, Saudi Style 06/23/2004 07:40 AM

Reader Majid Almadi sends this interesting bit about mobile vanity numbers in Saudi Arabia:

In regards to your story about Mobile Numbers. The problem is way more prevalent here in Saudi Arabia.
- In newspapers, at least 40 percent of personal ads are about 'Special' Mobile numbers or license plates.
- People have been doing it for years. Recently, the Telecom Company and the traffic department caught on and started holding 'Auctions' for special numbers to get in on the action.
- The mobile number 055555555 was sold for SR 250,000 (US$ 67,000 Approx).
- Any requested mobile number starts at $250 for any request whatsoever (say 050xyzabc) and increases as similar numbers are grouped (for example 050xxyyyy).
- It is not uncommon to find listing for License plates these days that are sold for $US 5000-20000.
This is probably the only country in the world where there people who live off selling and buying numbers (License Brokers), and live quite well.
- Recently, due to the over expansion of the Telecom Industry, the Saudi Telecom Company (a long standing monopoly) added an extra digit to mobile numbers to accommodate the growth. The papers were flooded for weeks with complaints from people who owned 'Special numbers' saying that their status (for some) and investment (for others) were downscaled because the extra digit (a zero, now can be changed to a 5 for a $7 fee).

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Mobile Vanity Numbers [Gizmodo]

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP)

Vanity License Plate Brings Tickets (AP) 07/22/2004 09:40 PM
AP - A vanity license tag chosen as a gag has left its owner holding the bag. Jim Cara thought the "NOTAG" plate he got for his Suzuki motorcycle would give people a laugh.

Motorola's i285 cellphone/vanity mirror

Motorola's i285 cellphone/vanity mirror 07/02/2004 11:35 AM
Engadget Jul 2 2004 2:18PM GMT

"FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up
Firefox (Helpful Vanity)"

"FreeRepublic.com: How To Speed Up
Firefox (Helpful Vanity)" 12/27/2004 11:25 AM

Britain: A Bishop Who Angered
Homosexuals By Suggesting They Seek A
Psychiatric Cure Is To Be Investigated
By Police To See If His Outspoken Views
Amount To A Criminal Offence

Britain: A Bishop Who Angered
Homosexuals By Suggesting They Seek A
Psychiatric Cure Is To Be Investigated
By Police To See If His Outspoken Views
Amount To A Criminal Offence 11/11/2003 09:24 AM
reports London’s Daily Telegraph .. nvestigated

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Super Science Fair Projects: Complete
Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics
and Experiments

Super Science Fair Projects: Complete
Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics
and Experiments 05/24/2004 06:24 AM
Super Science Fair Projects: Complete Guide to Science Fair Projects, Topics and Experiments
http://www.super-sc ience-fair-projects.com/

Today your teacher announced that your school is going to have a science fair and students are responsible for exhibiting their projects. What do you feel? Enthusiastic? Despondent? Dreadful? Fearful? Excited?" This statement opens the Super Science Fair Projects site. Actually, whether student or parent, science fair projects, while great ways to get students actively involved in learning the scientific method and problem solving, can be tough assignments. This site may help you with one of the hardest parts: coming up with an idea. The site does a great job of walking the visitor through the steps needed to plan and implement a project, from Choosing a Topic, the Scientific Method, and writing the Project Report. There are even tips on displaying your project, rehearsing, winning over judges, and what to expect the day of the fair. This is definitely a great tool to tap into when planning a science fair project.[From The NSDL Scout Report for Math, Engineering, and Technology, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-2003. http://scout.wisc.edu/]

Letter From the Editor: Meet Your New
Editor

Letter From the Editor: Meet Your New
Editor 08/10/2004 02:34 PM
Choire fails to escape from Gawker empire; Gawker to get new writer .. move

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Apple: fair play or failure to play
fair?

Apple: fair play or failure to play
fair? 08/07/2004 01:18 AM
Is Apple playing fair or not? On the one hand, it's their device, their music store, and their software.

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Empire Suzuki opened in the Dallas market in November 2004. In February 2005, Empire Suzuki launched their ad campaign featuring a vanity toll-free phone number, 1-800-NEW-RIDE in a jingle – written by Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki. Within six weeks the dealership received over 5,500 calls, with an all time high of over 800 calls in a single day. Speak with Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki, about his recent business success in Dallas. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Pentagon Deleted Rumsfeld Comment---The
Pentagon deleted from a public
transcript a statement Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld made to author Bob
Woodward suggesting that the
administration gave Saudi Arabia a
two-month heads-up that President Bush h

Pentagon Deleted Rumsfeld Comment---The
Pentagon deleted from a public
transcript a statement Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld made to author Bob
Woodward suggesting that the
administration gave Saudi Arabia a
two-month heads-up that President Bush h 04/22/2004 05:17 AM

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Fair NAT 0.68

Fair NAT 0.68 05/03/2004 10:45 AM
A tool that distributes bandwidth in a fair manner among the clients in the LAN.

The Fair Tax

The Fair Tax 05/01/2004 09:06 AM
The FairTax is a consumption tax designed to replace the entire federal income tax system, including personal, payroll, corporate, self-employment, capital gains, gift, and inheritance taxes. [more!!]

Fair NAT 0.74

Fair NAT 0.74 05/11/2004 09:02 PM
A tool that distributes bandwidth in a fair manner among the clients in the LAN.

Hey...not fair!

Hey...not fair! 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
"You look intimidating when you aren't smiling" - Jasmine Lam See...I'm not giving anyone dirty looks on purpose. And yes,...
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