links for 2006-09-08

An excellent overview of how newspapers and similar need to recognise the implicit value of what they are reporting

Funny, I know the sudo one is more comtemporary, but this had me laughing

Lovely looking cufflinks based on sewer covers from cities worldwide, I like the Parisian and Roman ones, I've been taking pictures of this kind of thing for years...

Fascinating and believable contradiction of the standard beliefs behind wikipedia, that 700 odd people write the thing, Aaron claims that thousands contribute, but a core edit, which makes the politics of the moment all the more interesting.

Just way too funny, clips of New York chatter