A short time after I began blogging, I noticed that most blogs provided RSS feeds (or some variant thereof, such as Atom) which allow readers to use “feed readers” to check for content updates at their favorite blogs, news sites,…
It looks like Scott Kurtz was also bothered a bit by the Sesame Street “Cookie Monster” idiocy: While I wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment, it appears as if some of Kurtz’s readers have taken umbrage with the sentiments expressed. Meh.…
Now the Health Mullahs have gone too far: Cookie Monster – health food advocate? Arrrgh! Is nothing sacred?
This might be a personal choice issue, but, all things considered, I’d really rather that my urinals not have hands. Egah.
I’m just about speechless with anger at the moment, but hang with me. As you may have seen, Jalal Talibani was picked as the interim President of Iraq. Most pundits with an understanding of Iraq’s internal politics have lauded this…
Apologies for the headline – I normally eschew ‘netspeak shorthand but the opportunity to mix bizspeak with ‘netspeak proved overwhelming of my baser instincts and hatred for AOLisms. Longtime readers might remember my general disdain for NPR (and yet, I…
I guess “texas holdem” spammers have finally figured out that every single red-blooded blogger out there with an ounce of intelligence is now actively, preemptively deleting any and all comments that even come close to containing either of those words…
…when they make assinine observations like this: “Getting rid of Office wasn’t an option,” [a program manager at the Pentagon] notes. “You can’t run a war without PowerPoint.” What, in the name of Peter, Paul, Mary and Puff does Power…
Sean Gleeson nicely summarizes my feelings on the rampant idiocy reporting that has followed in the wake of the Pope’s death in an entry titled Birdbrains on the religion beat. He is not impressed, to say the least. Oh, and…
A few stories have cropped up over the past week that cause me to worry quite a bit about free speech protections on-line. First up is the silencing of GayPatriot by a gay activist convinced that if you’re gay, Republican’s…
