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We finally made it through the NYT Mag story about Andrew Cuomo (posted online this week, the paper version comes out this weekend). It basically throws every theme related to Cuomo into the mix: the ambition, the father-son dynamic, the bleak state budget, the intransigent legislature, the impending showdown with Sheldon Silver. There are some interesting bits, but your time this weekend is probably better spent eating ice cream or something.
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My favorite line from the article:
...Cuomo said outside the Tweed Courthouse. “It’s time for the people of the Empire State to strike back.â€
Pretty sure that was a Star Wars reference.
I don't know about you, but any candidate that is willing to make a Star Wars reference will get my consideration.
... said El Gucks on Aug 13, 2010 at 7:02 PM | link
Couple of tricks for coping with those long, multi-page NYT articles:
1. If you generally prefer to see multi-page nytimes.com articles as a single page, there are browser extensions for that.
Single Page Articles for New York Times
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/eendgmfgkdcnelcibbdfimafckmikaci
AutoPager Chrome
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/mmgagnmbebdebebbcleklifnobamjonh
These are for Chrome (you are using Google Chrome, right?), but there are equivalents for Firefox. All they really do is append the URL querystring argument that requests the single-page version (WRT nytimes.com, `pagewanted=all`).
2. Now that you're always seeing single pages by default, why not go the whole way and make the page truly readable --- with the Readability bookmarklet.
Readability bookmarklet
http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
This bookmarklet (they're JavaScript snippets) makes it's best guess at which content division contains the meat of the current page, isolates it, strips its styling, and applies a white-bread stylesheet to the remains. Want to see the original page? Reload. The print-to-read crowd will also like Readability.
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We'll see if Cuomo can apply enough shame in the right places to tilt public administration away from special interests and toward a direct common good. Amounts to replacing the downstate Democratic machine with a good-government groundswell. Worthy goal. Outlook doubtful. Definitely a multi-term project.
LQ
... said Lou Quillio on Aug 14, 2010 at 9:50 PM | link