Two Things I Don’t Discuss Here
Religion and abortion. Â I hesitate to even bring either of them up. Â There’s not much anyone can say to change anyone else’s mind about either, and I’d rather just avoid those topics altogether. Knowing that I’m not trying to persuade anyone to believe anything, please enjoy this excerpt based purely on its cleverness. Â You can [...]
Email, Blogging, and Twitter Explained
SVD is documenting his forays into these mediums (where else) on his blog. All of these things mean so many different things to different people. Here’s how I like to describe them… When I send you an email, it’s the equivalent of me inviting you over to the house for a cup of coffee. We’re [...]
Great News Story–You Forgot Something
Silence pointed out a story in the Tennessean this morning about political bloggers in Tennessee. Newscoma points out something too. Not a bad story but it amazes me that they didn’t link the bloggers they were talking about. Come on ‘Coma…what part of “they don’t get it yet” don’t you understand? Giving credit where it [...]
Meghan McCain’s Blog–FAIL
I hope for Barack Obama’s sake it’s real. I hope for John McCain’s sake it isn’t. John McCain’s daughter Meghan is blogging from the campaign trail. And by “blogging” I mean there is blogging software installed on a domain, and she can occasionally compose a compound sentence. Apparently a digital camera is involved as well, [...]
Straight Outta Knoxville
Thanks to the guys at Knoxify and Rootclip, I’m wearing a shirt today…my new Rootclip T-shirt that I won via Knoxify’s giveaway. Eastcoast? Westcoast? Nope. This is all about Ebenezer and Westland–aka The Westland Ghetto. Entry to Knoxify’s contest was open to anyone discussing their ‘hood in the comments, so I figured I’d represent my [...]
I’m a Big Winner
Just wanted to say thanks to the guys over at Knoxify for rigging their random number generator so that I could win their contest. Look for me around town wearing a shiny new RootClip t-shirt. Hopefully by the end of the summer it won’t look like it’s two sizes too small. I’ll be repesentin’ the [...]
Forget Education, Someone Has a Better Idea for Schools
From the NYT “Imagine schools that are open all day and offer after-school and evening recreational activities, child care and preschool, tutoring and homework assistance,” the speech reads. “Schools that include dental, medical and counseling clinics.” I’ll get around to imagining that just as soon as I’m finished imagining schools that do what they’re supposed [...]
WordPress 2.6 Nice
WordPress 2.6 has been released, and there are some really nice features in this version. The biggest new feature to me is the revision history, which allows you to compare every revision of a post and also gives you the option to revert back to previous versions.  Other really cool features are a live word [...]
MSM Strategy
AP vs Bloggers, Couch-gate, and _____ coming soon to an outraged corner of the blogosphere some time next week. If a marketer were smart, she’d use this surefire formula to duplicate these incidents. It’s really a simple process, and it creates buzz and a ton of web traffic. Announce or release something that is sure to piss off [...]
Carnival of Local Political Gaffes #1
Welcome to the June 16, 2008 edition of carnival of local political gaffes. This is the first edition of the carnival, and there wasn’t much notice for submission, so contributions were light overall, but there is plenty of great stuff here, at least if you live in Tennessee. Christian Grantham presents: Mt. Pleasant Commissioner charged [...]
