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Prime Minister Gordon Brown today, who is polling third behind his opponents in the election, called a female candidate a bigoted woman in private remarks which were recorded and played back to him on the BBC. He swiftly apologized but it’s sure to sting a little longer though his apology was accepted by his opponent.

Edit: I fail, the woman was just some random bigot who was out getting bread and milk. I read another story that claimed she was a candidate.

For television viewers, one of the day’s most excruciating moments came when a BBC Radio announcer told Brown that he had a tape recording of the private conversation and played it back for him. In what could become a defining image of the election, Brown, whose party is running third in most opinion polls, buried his head in his hands.

Via The Washington Post: Gordon Brown stumbles on campaign trail.

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Some guy named Christopher found a little post card that shows there is prior art for Skype and other webcam software (yeah, I know Skype was the late-comer – but who gets a CU-SeeMe reference today?).

Check it, it’s kinda creepy. Even shows how French people invented the Interwebs.

From a French postcard c. 1910. Notice the caption which translates as “In the year 2000.” Not too far off, except for the costumes.

via Christopher Herot’s Weblog: Videoconferencing c. 1910.