International Law

These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:

• thousands of tweeters have repeated the bombing joke in support of paul chambers, who lost his appeal against conviction http://j.mp/9jZKcG
• i think this is compliment of chris christie ... "Chris Christie, the Justin Bieber of Political Media" http://j.mp/bZ3Zbu
• a good explanation of "What is a meme?" http://slate.me/aGVJbK
• tim wu on how "Steve Jobs reinvented technology with some really old-fashioned business methods" http://slate.me/9FJYf0
• this makes sense to me - the daily beast is the better long term option for the web ... "Newsweek Site to Shut Down" http://is.gd/gYYHH
• the only fair ruling ... "Alaska Vote Count Must Continue: U.S. Judge" http://n.pr/d435iL
• an usual free speech case ... "A Cheerleader and Her Free-Speech Rights, Tied Up in Court" http://aol.it/bf9OWR
• here's an usual theory about hollywood ... "Piracy didn?t kill the movie star. Popcorn did." http://j.mp/ctYeYU
• i really want one of these angry birds toys ... "?Angry Birds? Toys, A Photo Essay Part 2 (Pig Edition)" http://j.mp/aA3CN5
• a pirate edition of limewire has surfaced http://j.mp/cZ9OOf
• "Why Google can?t build Instagram" explains @scobleizer http://j.mp/biMSwM
• interesting twist on the gay marriage debate ... "Skype Enables Gay ?E-Marriage? For Texas Couple" http://j.mp/9CW92S
• a fun competition at club troppo to "Write Julia?s 'Light on the Hill' speech" http://j.mp/b3ibVz #auspol
• the atlantic wire lists "The 11 Most Controversial Google Doodles" http://j.mp/bJ3Tt9
• slate's troy patterson on "Conan: He lost a job. He became an icon." http://j.mp/d130An
• slate's @jackshafer offers some "Unsolicited advice for Tina Brown, the new editor-in-chief of Newsweek" http://j.mp/9A0aqX
• new york times magazine asks "What message are girls really getting from breast-cancer activism?" ... "Think About Pink" http://j.mp/dlZZM8
• an "Alphabetical listing of foursquare Badges" ... and how to get them http://j.mp/aiaNd3
• moma has the history of the brown paper bag http://j.mp/didwCC
• as if the greens care about - let alone watch - sport ... "Green threat to stop anti-siphoning changes" http://j.mp/b3JnD9
• 6pm with george negus is looking very promising ... "Hamish Macdonald joins Network Ten" http://j.mp/b109gC
• i am loving the new washington post ipad app
• joan didion on woody allen http://j.mp/bPWdrF
• wired reports "Sarah Palin E-mail Hacker Sentenced to 1 Year in Custody" http://j.mp/cloFrs
• from legally weird ... "Sex Toy Assault: Woman Attacks Cop With 'Pleasure Device'" http://j.mp/cnLYiD
• a good list of the likely republican candidates for president in 2012 ... "The 2012 Presidential Line!" http://j.mp/dezsOb
• 20 years ago today the web was proposed by tim berners-lee http://j.mp/9Xguhw
• The Peter Black Daily is out! http://bit.ly/a6k6XS
• My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Jens Lekman (55), Inland Sea (20) & Andrew Bird (12) http://bit.ly/cjRlmM

Follow me on Twitter @peterjblack.