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Matthew Zuras

Member since: Sep 4th, 2009

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Striking Detroit Symphony Musicians Take Fight to Facebook (Switched)

Mar 17th 2011 3:17PM @vendelavee

That's the spirit.

Magnets Glue Fidgety Kids to Ski Lifts, Still Confound ICP (Switched)

Nov 8th 2010 8:20AM @(Unverified)

Thanks, we've corrected the post.

Facebook Photo Helps Nurse Spot 2-Year Old's Eye Cancer (Switched)

Oct 21st 2010 8:30AM @(Unverified)

Thanks for the catch. We've clarified the post above.

Mark Zuckerberg Makes Himself 'Unblockable' on Facebook, We Are Entirely Unsurprised (Switched)

Aug 23rd 2010 11:59AM @Topas

Email.

Welcome to the New Switched! (Switched)

Aug 20th 2010 11:33AM @leilaclaire

Agree, very beautiful. But when are we launching the cats hub?

TST-14J BonusJet Glider Comes With Retractable Jet Engine (Switched)

Aug 19th 2010 9:13PM Should we humans soar through the skies like so many graceful birds? Is it natural for our footed kind to race through the atmosphere at 900 feet per minute?

As you can possibly tell, I have a fear of flying. No gliders for me.

Facebook Accidentally Deletes Palin's Anti-Mosque Post, Promptly Apologizes (Switched)

Jul 23rd 2010 4:07PM @ John D. Larsen

"Close ties to Hamas" is, from what I understand, not entirely accurate. (Please send links if you know otherwise.) You should definitely check out Wright's piece in the NYT, in which he examines the web of misinformation that's being spun by the Weekly Standard. To quote him, "the real estate developer for the project has a business partner who has an uncle (you still with us?) who dramatically affirmed his support for Hamas after the recent blockade-running flotilla incident."

At the same time, the imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's wife "has an uncle who used to be 'a leader' of a mosque that now has a Web site that links to the Web site of an allegedly radical organization." So it's a pretty tangled story.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/a-mosque-maligned/?ref=opinion

Facebook Even More Reviled Than the IRS, Study Says (Switched)

Jul 21st 2010 2:16PM @mlynn

Which Google are you using? May want to try that search again. Everyone from ABC to the Wall Street Journal (cited above) has reported on this.

This Is the Worst App Ever: Text While Walking With 'Road SMS' (Switched)

Jul 15th 2010 10:21AM @David

Alas, I was not at Switched at the time that post was written. Good catch, though.

Terrence and I may disagree on whether walking and texting is good idea -- we may have to kick each other in the nethers to come to a consensus. (Still, Terrence did point out, "Of course, this will only show you what's directly in front of the camera, so you'll still have to be careful of low hanging tree branches and telephone poles.") But I stand by my assertion that, regardless of platform, this app and any of its kind are bad. BAD.

Bruce Munro's Sea of 600,000 Used CDs (Switched)

Jun 24th 2010 4:03PM @Mace

Why buy new CDs when millions are used and unwanted? Munro plans to send the discs to a recycling plant in France when the exhibition is over.

And, for an artist, I'm pretty sure that creating a large-scale installation would be considered "productive."