From the monthly archives: October 2006

NYT says YouTube is yanking clips

By On October 31, 2006 · 1 Comment

Update for my post YouTube to remove Daily Show clips?.

A story from the New York Times about You Tube removing video clips. They credit Jeff Reifman of News Cloud for breaking the news. Not sure if this means the clips from The Daily Show are really gone. I just did a [...]

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I’m reading more paper

By On October 29, 2006 · Leave a Comment

For the past several years I’ve gotten most of my news online. I’m a computer worker so I sit infront of a PC for hours during the day. Only makes sense I’d find the most time to keep up with daily news while I’m at a computer.

But various changes in my life have moved [...]

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YouTube to remove Daily Show clips?

By On October 28, 2006 · 2 Comments

It appears YouTube has removed some video of the Daily Show, Colbert Report and South Park. Yet I’ve searched for and found some clips. An unconfirmed rumor is flying around that the lawyers for Comedy Central have asked YouTube to remove video citing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

If this is true [...]

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Download Firefox 2.0

By On October 27, 2006 · 2 Comments

If you read blogs and are on the web you might have heard… Firefox 2.0 is out! Its an open source web browser for PC, Mac, and Unix/Linux that is free.

I wasn’t so excited until I tried it with Windows. It has built in SPELL CHECK! This is huge for me. I [...]

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Hood an expert on Edwards?

By On October 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Cross posted from OrangePolitics:

Wednesday’s Daily Tar Heel has a front page story about John Edwards called “Edwards on the Road.” It has a big map of the USA plotting Edward’s public travel schedule. The story comes to the conclusion that he is campaigning for President in 2008. Shocked? Not I.

Is [...]

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US out of Iraq now!

By On October 26, 2006 · Leave a Comment

In case I haven’t said it recently, the US military needs to leave Iraq now. Every single last solider, public or private, needs to leave Iraq. No permanent military bases. No covert military presence. No hired guns. Let Iraqis rebuild their country in peace with restitution paid by their former occupiers.

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Search for How-tos on Media Making

By On October 25, 2006 · Leave a Comment

The Google Co-Op service allows you to create custom searches that focus on topics and sites you’re interseted in. I made one that will hopefully help people find how-tos, articles, and tutorials on media making. Topics like blogs, podcasts, video blogs, etc. will be included. You can test it out by clicking on [...]

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Helpful Canidates Links

By On October 25, 2006 · Leave a Comment

via MyDD

–AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl
–AZ-01: Rick Renzi
–AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth
–CA-04: John Doolittle
–CA-11: Richard Pombo
–CA-50: Brian Bilbray
–CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave
–CO-05: Doug Lamborn
–CO-07: Rick O’Donnell
–CT-04: Christopher Shays
–FL-13:

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WordPressMU 1.0 is out

By On October 24, 2006 · 2 Comments

WordPressMU aka WordPress Multi-User 1.0 is available for download. Now I wish someone, who has used both, would tell me in detail the differences between Lyceum (a fork of wordpress that creates multi-blog installs) and WordPressMU 1.0.

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Moderates and Lefties get together

By On October 23, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Its about time people in the middle to the left of the American political spectrum worked together to get a liberal Democrat elected. This is a prudent strategy. Here’s why.

The Dems need leftists more than ever. Simply because lefties consistently work with important Democratic constituants. We work for important causes of women, GLBT people, [...]

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