Archive for January, 2004

Flames! Glorious Flames!

Filed under Weblogging
Comments Off

Southern Musings hosts this week’s Bonfire of the Vanities.

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

The Green Screen of Death

Filed under Tech

Kevin’s TiVo might have bit the dust. As long-time TiVo user, I’ve never run into this.
“Uh Oh!!!”
UPDATE: This phenomenon isn’t new. I think I’ve had my TiVo for over three years. I better get emotionally prepared for the day I get the GSOD.

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Vote for TAM

Filed under Weblogging

There’s this little contest called BlogMadness 2003. Think of it as the NCAA basketball tournament for weblogs. In the first round, yours truly is matched up against a formidible challenger. It’s early in the voting, and TAM has the narrowest of leads. Read both posts then make your choice as to who should go on. […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Duck Hunt #8

After the “I Have a Scream” speech it’s gotten harder to find critical posts on Howard Dean, M.D. It’s Kerry this and Kerry that. Did you know he served in Vietnam? However, Howard Dean, M.D. is closing in on Sen. John Kerry. Like the Duck, M.D. campaign there may be some life left in this […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Covering JFK

Filed under Politics
Comments Off

Just like TAM is hammering away at Howard Dean, M.D., Viking Pundit is doing the same to Sen. John Kerry. Only he doesn’t have a gimmick like The Duck Hunt. How about the Vietnam Veteran Hunt?
[via Heh. Indeed.]

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Carnival of the Capitalists

Filed under Economics
Comments Off

Winds of Change.NET hosts this week’s Carnival of the Capitalists.

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Dump Dowd

Here’s the first sentence from Maureen Dowd’s column today:
Howard Dean’s bark was missing its bite. And his socks were missing their warp. Not to mention their woof.
The NY Times must exist in a weird world for Dowd to get paid to write while a more interesting woman could write better for them at half the […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Diner Poll

Filed under Politics
Comments Off

If Weekend Pundit’s informal, unscientific diner poll is any indication, there are a lot of New Hampshire voters who don’t know who to vote for yet. WP writes,
The undecideds wield considerable power, being able to make or break a candidate’s campaign with a simple vote. They can confound the pollsters and turn a frontrunner into […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Needs Butter

Filed under Politics

If this week’s Toast-O-Meter is anything like last week’s read it then forget everything because the New Hampshire primary will be as surprising as the Iowa caucuses. Not to pick on Steven for going out on a limb and making a prediction (I made one last fall that looks to have ended my hopes of […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Bad Vibes for Kerry?

Filed under Politics
Comments Off

Yes, Sen. John Kerry looks like the Old Man of the Mountain. Is this an omen since the “man” crashed down last May? Will Sen. F-U (D-France) tumble next Tuesday?
“Separated at Birth?” [via Wonkette]

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Interview with an Economist

Filed under Economics

John Hawkins got himself an interview with the prolific economist and columnist, Thomas Sowell. It’s brief so if you want further insight read Basic Economics and Applied Economics. Both are outstanding.
“10 Questions With Thomas Sowell”

[…]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

“I Need Some Ribs”

Filed under Politics

Posting the transcript is great, but having the audio (if any exists) would be priceless.
“Remarks by the President to the Press Pool” [via Matthew Stinson]

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Did in by a Scream?

Partially inspired by mtpolitics’ admission that he didn’t think the “I Have a Scream” speech wasn’t “that big of a deal” I wonder if Dr. Duck’s campaign would be at the point of collapse if he wouldn’t have released that UFW-inspired wail. Without the “YEEEAAAHHH!!!” television and radio shows wouldn’t have had anything stunning to […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Indian Business Development

Filed under Economics
Comments Off

Despite the cries that someone should “do something” about outsourcing, based on Gordon Smith’s observation of India, the U.S. stil retains an important comparative advantage in entrepreneurship.
“Is India Entrepreneurial Enough?”

Save and Share:
These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark

Scream Source

There’s an explanation from Dave Winer as to why Dr. Duck screamed the way he did:
I was at Dean headquarters on the night of the Iowa caucuses, and I watched the Dean rant on TV in the office, with the other Web programmers. A few minutes before the speech they had a staff meeting in […]

Save and Share: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • del.icio.us
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Digg
  • NewsVine
  • Furl
  • YahooMyWeb
  • Fark