more on devaluation of blogshares…. Phil read my post about Sugar‘s price per share plummeting and sent me an email, mentioning the following section from the BlogShares Manual: 4.4 PricesA blog’s share price fluctuates over time due to the following reasons: Shares are bought (pushes the price up) Shares are sold (pushes the price down) The blog is seriously…
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Noted War Blogger Cops to Copying. Sean-Paul Kelley, the man behind the immensely popular Iraq war blog The Agonist, admits he posted information from a highly regarded commercial intelligence company on his site without sourcing it — and in some cases credited it to unnamed sources. By Daniel Forbes. [Wired News] Whoa! What an interesting…
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Post removed on request of author. Sometimes it becomes necessary to remove a post and in this case I have been asked by Bear if I could remove the link. He promises that if/when the article is published he’ll send me a link. No problem Bear. Oh! I do think you’re right on the mark…
...Read MoreTired eyes…
I was here but I’m really too tired to wade through the News Aggregator and post. I spent the day weed-eating and mowing the yard. Well, ok, I spent 2 hours doing it. Now I need to find a rototiller to take care of the garden area.
...Read MoreA sneaky little monster…
What’s the word on C-Dilla?. A friend on one of my lists wrote: …found some nasty stuff on C-Dilla – installed as a copy protection tool with Turbo Tax, seemed to cause some nasty stuff on my system running as a system service in Win2000. Searches on various forums turned up some news on it…
...Read MoreAn empty house…
Peterson home silent “It is offensive to me,” said Brent Rocha, the missing woman’s brother. “Basically (her husband, Scott,) is saying he doesn’t care about the life he had with Laci. It seems like he just abandoned that life so easily. It definitely doesn’t make sense.” [ModBee]
...Read MoreYogi copyrights style…
Hot, sweaty and scandalous. Bikram Choudhury, founder of the fastest-growing style of yoga in America, has copyrighted his poses and is threatening to sue anyone who teaches his “hot” style without permission. Is this enlightenment? [Salon.com]
...Read MoreOff we go, into the wild blue yonder…
Starchaser unveils manned spacecraft prototype. Starchaser, a British company competing for the X Prize, unveiled Thursday a small capsule the… [spacetoday.net] After looking at pictures of the capsule I’m sure the guys wife is asking the question asked of most great inventors, “Are you NUTS???”
...Read MoreA Wi-Fi world!…
Tuning Into the Hype About Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi Internet access is popping up in all kinds of businesses, including fast-food restaurants and coffee shops. But do customers really want it? By Elisa Batista. [Wired News] Hell yah we do! The problem with the article is, they assume Starbucks to be the model place for Wi-Fi. A…
...Read MoreWar news…
For those of you who haven’t found them already, Tim Bray points to some great news links to keep you up to speed on the War in Iraq. Don’t Watch the War on TV. We don’t get TV at home, so I’ve been following the war (a bit obsessively, I will admit) on the Web….
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