From the monthly archives: November 2006

Fake Robo calls from Republicans?

By On November 6, 2006 · 1 Comment

There are several reports out there about political telemarketer style phone calls, aka Robo calls. Personally I don’t like any of them. I don’t care who they come from. Whether they be Democrats or Republicans. Slapped on top of this annoyance is a new dirty wrinkle.

Supposedly people in several states (reported in

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The Fifth of November

By On November 5, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Remember remember the 5th of November,
The Gunpowder, Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot.

November 5 is Guy Fawkes night.

Side note: The comic book V for Vendetta by Alan Moore is amazing. The movie adaptation wasn’t [...]

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GORILLA POLITICAL MARKETING

By On November 3, 2006 · Leave a Comment

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How Newspapers could cite Blogs

By On November 3, 2006 · 1 Comment

From the The Columbia Guide to Online Style

Blogs and Wikis

Humanities Style

Cite blogs or wikis similarly to citing mailing list or newsgroup postings, including the name (or alias) of the author, the title of the posting (if applicable), the title of the site, the date of posting, and the address of the [...]

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Gregarius vs Google Reader

By On November 3, 2006 · 1 Comment

ARRRRGH! I’m conflicted. Gregarius, the open source web based RSS feed reader you install on your own blog, has served me well. But I’m at the point were its just too slow. Plus it doesn’t act well on a PC using Firefox. For example: Some feeds I try to mark as read and they [...]

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FCC FU

By On November 2, 2006 · 1 Comment

Just watch the video… then read the song lyrics. That says it all. Thanks for sharing this with me Ruby. FCCFU.com

“FCC FU: The Anthem”
LYRICS: (to the tune of
“My Country ‘Tis of Thee”)

My country used to be
Sweet land of liberty
That once was [...]

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Stephen Colbert talks about Youtube on The Word

By On November 2, 2006 · Leave a Comment

Update for my posts YouTube to remove Daily Show clips? and NYT says YouTube is yanking clips.

Stephen Colbert weighs in on the “rumor mill… bought by Google” on this segment of The Word.

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Our Pumpkins 2006

By On November 1, 2006 · 1 Comment

Ruby took this pick. We carved the pumpkins at a neat party. Ruby did the abstract one and I made the heart.

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My Halloween Night

By On November 1, 2006 · Leave a Comment

After work last night I drove to Raleigh on Rt 54 not 40, ate some Char-Grill Hamburgers, met with Y. Carrington to talk about domain names and some web hosting, drank coffee, found out that Third Place does not have wifi but Cup a Joe on Hillsboro St. in Raleigh DOES, [...]

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