Monthly Archives: June 2008

People as a Whole are Indeed Stupid

I try to follow Anthony Citrano’s blog, Cosmic Tap, but had fallen behind. I have to reblog his article, Reminder: People Are Stupid. I have always considered this to be true (see Wisdumb of Crowds: SAVE THE WHALES), but always need as much affirmation as possible, and Mr. Citrano give me all the ammo I […]

This Twitter is Temporarily Disabled

Not only do I want to harpoon the Twitter Whale but I also want to take out the Twitter Bird with a Red Ryder BB Gun!

Someone Harpoon the Twitter Whale!

I love Twitter, I do, but I have been suffering through this blurb and this graphic for hours now — the hated and reviled Twitter Whale-with-Birds!:
Twitter is over capacity.
Too many tweets! Please wait a moment and try again.

QIK Rocks My Nokia N95 8GB and My World

I am now beginning to rock my Nokia N95 8GB with some pretty cool stuff, all recommended from my friends online and also in person at BlogPotomac, in the case of QIK.
QIK – An amazing little app that is free and I have downloaded and installed that allows me to stream live video from my […]

52″ & 32″ Full HD LCD Sharp Aquos TVs Already Coughed Up By the Life Changing Box

I don’t know where you have been, but if you’re not touching the Life Changing Box, you’re missing out on all sorts of opportunities to win killer televisions, rocking trips to Japan and New York, lots and lots of consumer electronics and prizes valued from $400-$14,000. Add the Life Changing Box game to your Facebook […]

The Gun Ban Struck Down in Washington, DC

Fresh off the wire and directly from the Supreme Court, Via the Chicago Tribune:
“The Supreme Court says individuals have a right to own guns, and so has struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D.C.”

“Chicago’s handgun ban has lasted for more than a quarter-century, but it’s under threat after the Supreme Court on Thursday […]

I Am Still A Plurking Plurker Who Plurks


We Will Miss You George Carlin

George Carlin was my first adult comedian. My dad — my parents — loved him. He was a true disruptor and free thinker, using comedy as his platform. Please check out George Carlin’s Wikipedia entry and the lovely obituary from the New York Times.

Google Trends is Worthless for Most Bloggers

In an update to How Do You Use Google Trends?,  Corvida from Read/WriteWeb wrote the post I wish I had written, Google Trends for Websites Sucks for Small Blogs, highlighting the fact that Google Trends might be useful for analysis and for term, keyword, and site comparison, but it isn’t useful at all for most […]

Liberal Bloggers Google Bomb John McCain

According to hhavensteincw over at Slashdot, there’s a new Google Bomb campaign to get liberal bloggers to associate John McCain with a number of posts and articles that highlight “ugly” things about the Republican Presidential candidate:
“A liberal blogger has launched a ‘Google bomb’ project aimed at boosting Google search results for nine news articles showing […]