@abulsme Updates from 2012-08-03 (UTC)

RT @appwiz: @abulsme Mary Jo Foley got a response from MSFT that the reduced emphasis is not because of litigation http://t.co/Mc8zyyR2 #
.@appwiz Thanks for the followup link. Still a branding mess. #
Reading – Is 'Metro' now a banned word at Microsoft? (Mary Jo Foley) http://t.co/6HgbV4mv #
Reading – Math doesn't suck, you do. (Maddox, The Best Page in the Universe) http://t.co/FfBYmcSM #
Reading – A plain blog about politics: Electoral College Advantage Revisited (Jonathan Bernstein) http://t.co/X87ZEuD2 #
Reading – How Microsoft Lost Its Mojo: Steve Ballmer and Corporate America’s Most Spectacular (Kurt Eichenwald) http://t.co/zG29Cpcq #
Reading – HiRISE Camera to Attempt Imaging Curiosity’s Descent to Mars (Nancy Atkinson) http://t.co/LUxmq8E9 #
MT @brendanloy: The 1st pres debate should feature all cand on enough ballots to get 270 EVs. THEN apply the 15% criterion to later debates. #
Reading – Obama Poll Watch — July, 2012 (Chris Weigant) http://t.co/VxGqqkga #
Reading – Election Prediction, August Edition (Oliver Willis) http://t.co/5vW74rd4 #
Reading – Garbage Strike Officially Over (Dominic Holden) http://t.co/Vc5dD0ta #
Reading – In Defense of Trilogizing 'The Hobbit' (Ta-Nehisi Coates) http://t.co/0SHv5fsj #
Reading – The Fantasy Of Paul Ryan, Ctd (Andrew Sullivan) http://t.co/sNqMPAxL #
Reading – The end of Nathan Fillion (Jenny Lawson) http://t.co/6xRmdBPy #