I actually like Google News pretty well.

I've mentioned elsewhere, but I'll repeat it here: my contract has been extended yet again, and looks good to be extended a couple more times, as my manager is planning what all I'll be working once the Big Project goes live (aside from patching all the holes that spring open once actual users actually start using it).

Yep, Twitter. Easy to weed out the reliable news from the non-reliable there, and by far the quickest. I have NPR, NYT, Al-Jazeera English and a bunch of bloggers I trust on my Twitter feed.

Though this morning at 5:30 a.m., the first place I heard about the shooting was Tumblr.

tonight I am collapsing into a recliner with my book and nothing else. tomorrow parts of the house will get tackled and mac and I will watch a marathon of comic book movies at home.

That's an excellent plan.

I think I'm going to pack my books tonight? We'll see. I may just collapse. Tomorrow I should pack some things in between laundry (at the laundromat), a pedicure, a massage, and TDKR. I do realize that if I had movers pack me it wouldn't take more than like 4 hours, so it's not like packing takes a lifetime, but I do want to continue to sort and make sure I have enough boxes (which I don't yet). BOXES, still my nemesis.

Theodosia, that's great news about your contract!

Yeah, I learn everything through Twitter.

ETA: such a weird day. Woke up to a message from Mr Philly that his apartment (in a "nice" area of Philly, with 24/7 front desk "security"!) was burglarized while he was sleeping last night. Apparently they came in long enough to steal his iPhone, Nikon D80, a Tumi backpack, a spare set of his keys, and a single credit card he had lying on the counter by the front door.

He's really freaked.

I would have to work out who to follow on Twitter, which is kinda the same question over again...but I'm not gonna start using Twitter any time soon. I'm good.

This is going to sound weird--how do you get Google News? I use it as research on a topic, to say what the spread of sources says about something, but it almost always going to multiple sources, many of which I don't know how do judge without evaluating one at a time. You just click on news.google.com and read the different stories from different sources? Then you still have the "Do I trust these people?" question, right?

Matt Damon is not listed as being in Bourne Legacy. Unless he's a cool cameo they're hiding, they're kinda cheating by using both his name and photo in the trailer.

This is going to sound weird--how do you get Google News?

Go to Google; click News.

Then you still have the "Do I trust these people?" question, right

Yes, but the fact that you can see the top line or so from multiple sources helps sort out the outliers.

Honestly, I usually hear about news first from social media (here, FB, twitter), unless I hear about it on the radio as I'm getting ready for work. Then I might google whatever it is, and because my internetting habits are what they are, google generally sends me to the NYTimes first.

Kinda interestingly, I only see one place saying the idiot Co shooter claimed he was patterned after the Joker and noting that his red hair not how the Joker rolls.

The local news here mentioned both. I should see which ticker feeds their national news.

Theo, good news!

was burglarized while he was sleeping last night.

Holy crapola. I would be pissing myself.

was burglarized while he was sleeping last night.

Yeah, I would pee myself, too. Thank goodness *he's* alright, though!

The local news here mentioned both. I should see which ticker feeds their national news.

Okay, no. The local paper's website uses AP news, and they did NOT mention the Joker's hair is green. One local TV station's website also uses AP, and they DID mention that although the shooter colored his hair red and called himself the Joker, the Joker's hair is really green.

I'm wondering if it's a later version of the story that got corrected by the AP, or if the TV station's editors corrected it.