Archive for December, 2004
Saturday, December 25th, 2004
Lots of people are pointing to this; but in case you haven't seen it, it's fun. It's Google's 2004 Zeitgeist, tallying the top 10 Google queries for lots of categories.
In case we're under some illusion that the net's role as source of news, commentary, commerce, and useful information has ...
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Tuesday, December 21st, 2004
There's some talk in the air about wishing "Merry Xmas", from the bullshit of Rush Limbaugh to some good sense at the Washington Post. So I'll give my two cents.
I don't celebrate Xmas; it's a Xian holiday marking the mythical birth of their mythical messiah, and so it's not my ...
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Monday, December 20th, 2004
Geez, all of a sudden, it's really winter. Noon stats here in Albany: temperature 0°, dew point -13°, wind chill -23°. I was walking around with my light jacket unzipped last week.
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Sunday, December 19th, 2004
As you can likely tell by looking, I migrated the blog from Blogger to WordPress this morning. There will probably be a bit of funkiness here and there as the new thing gets tweaked. The archives have been transferred over, but there are two minor issues there: ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
I wish I could be as positive-minded as this guy. David J. Sirota's The Democrats' Da Vinci Code: How the path to nirvana is painted right on the 2004 electoral map. Definitely worth a read for lefties who like a glimmer of hope to spice up these dark ...
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Tuesday, December 14th, 2004
So Memestreams' list for The Year in Ideas includes "Wal-Mart Sovereignty". Now, I thought I'd come up with the idea all by myself here. But apparently, it's just in the zeitgeist. Go ahead; google it yourself. Even in quotes, it gets a good 75 hits or ...
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Tuesday, December 7th, 2004
So, I've been setting up new versions of the blogs using WordPress. They're not linked to anything, and there just sitting in some directories there with a couple of test posts on them. A day or so later, they already have comment spam. I actually haven't had a big problem ...
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Friday, December 3rd, 2004
It's my son Oz's birthday. He's 5. I am busy partying with him today; but in honor of his birthday, I offer for anybody who cares the little essay On bonds with others which he inspired me to write a little while back.
Happy birthday, Ozzy! (Not that he'd be reading ...
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