Dave Shea's mezzoblue

• WDN Roundup
  There are a few pieces of WDN news that we wanted to put out there. I'll make this quick.
• Babble
  Here are a couple of quick things I've tried doing to help preserve the meaning of my message when writing in languages I don't speak.
• Detect This
  Reason #429 why your browser detection script needs to be trashed.
• Moving Along
  What's up the the css Zen Garden?
• WDN in 2008
  We'd be crazy not to do Web Directions North all over again, wouldn't we?

NYT > Home Page
New York Times > Breaking News, World News & Multimedia

• Candidates Scrambling to Cope With Rise of Huckabee
  The chaotic nature of the Republican race was on display over the weekend as Mike Huckabee’s sudden rise to the top tier rippled across the field.
• Political Memo: In ’08 Race, the Other Clinton Steps Up Publicly
  Bill Clinton is not running his wife’s campaign, but he has become the most powerful force in her political operation besides the candidate herself.
• Free Trade Zones Ease Passage of Counterfeit Drugs
  Counterfeiters use free trade zones to hide a drug’s provenance, or to make, market or relabel adulterated products, according to anticounterfeiting experts.
• Zurich Journal: The World Is Flat, and Chocolatiers Want to Coat It
  Swiss chocolatiers, having long ago conquered markets in Europe and North America, are now aiming at the vast expanses of Russia, India and China.
• Old U.S. Allies, Still Hiding Deep in Laos
  Thousands of jungle warriors hired by the C.I.A. to fight Communists during the Vietnam War are living in fear of the Laotian government.
• For Recipients of Medicare, the Hard Sell
  Federal officials are trying to cut down on aggressive or deceptive sales pitches for Medicare Advantage plans.
• On Facebook, Scholars Link Up With Data
  A team of researchers is using the Facebook habits of students to study how personal tastes, habits and values affect the formation of social relationships.
• Turkey Bombs Kurdish Militants in Northern Iraq
  The bombing was part of an American-sanctioned effort by Turkey’s military to weaken the Kurdish guerrilla group that hides in northern Iraq.
• Snowstorms Delay Air Travel
  Snow overnight gave way to rain on Sunday in the New York City area, even as much of the Northeast was hit by snowstorms that delayed air travel and caused traffic accidents.
• Celine Dion, She Went On and On
  About 4,000 fans bid farewell to “A New Day,” Celine Dion’s show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
• Retailers Face an Ominous Holiday Sign
  Sales of women’s clothing, a traditional pillar of the holiday shopping season, are unusually weak so far this year, according to a major credit card company.