Rumsfeld’s resignation broke an internal record for the time it takes a story to go from being submitted to landing on the home page. It took about 3 minutes for users to digg the story enough for it to make it to the front door. Google News had it 20 minutes later. Lesson: “People can […]

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This video has probably been out in the wilds for a while, but I didn’t come across it until now (stumbled into it through some searching for screencasting tools reviews).
Nevertheless, a good item for a Friday lunch hour posting…
ACLU Surveillance Campaign - Pizza and the Total urveillance Society, complete with library borrowing info and […]

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“This gives me a chance to sound off with a few words or a long editorial,” said Mr. Cronkite, 88, the longtime “CBS Evening News” anchorman. “It’s a medium that is new and interesting, and I thought I’d have some fun.” [The New York Times > Technology > A Boldface Name Invites Others to Blog […]

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The infamous Crossfire clash between John Stewart and Tucker Carlson has to be one of the funniest TV moments of 2004.
CNN’s move to shut down Crossfire and say goodbye to Tucker and his pretentious bow-tie has to bring a smile to lefties.
[Listening to: Song For Whoever - The Beautiful South - Carry On Up The […]

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Well, there isn’t much to be said that hasn’t already been said somewhere, or on some blog or newspaper, related to the US presidential election. I’ll simply point to Mena’s map and welcome you to the world of Tim Horton’s if you so desire.
Only one thing broke up the drone of the political analysts […]

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Worth a listen…
Jon Stewart and Al Franken on Air America
Here’s Matt Haughey’s 66MB Zip of Jon Stewart being interviewed on Al Franken’s Air America show last night. 66MB Zip Link (via Whole Lotta Nothing)

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It looks as though China has blocked its citizens from accesing Typepad-hosted blogs. The only way that many bloggers have reported being able to access their site is via their RSS aggregators. The details are somewhat fuzzy, although the details and comments in this post reveal that there is most definitely an issue of censorship […]

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A somewhat disturbing account of Art Rhyno’s attempt to cross the border into the US to present at a library conference. [via Kenton]

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I came across a very interesting read regarding the Bush administration and their influence on the scientific community. The article unmasks the bias of so-called “peer-review” that happens when peers are selected or excluded using criteria based not on merit but on the desired outcome of their findings. In this case, the Bush administration seems […]

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While I haven’t made a penny off blogging, others seem to do quite well from them…
But that was before Chandler’s campaign turned a $2,000 investment in blog advertising into over $80,000 in donations in only two weeks. Chandler — who won a seat in the House of Representatives Tuesday evening — definitely knows what a […]

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