Monthly Archives: January 2008

Spoken Wikipedia Articles

Posted on January 31, 2008 by BrianR

I was just reading a Wikipedia entry about Thomas Pynchon. Scrolling to the bottom to look at some sources I noticed a link to some audio. (YES teachers wikipedia is cited.) Of course its in the open source audio format … Continue reading →

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An Obama/Edwards ticket?

Posted on January 28, 2008 by BrianR

No disrespect to my friends who support John Edwards. I believe he is a excellent Presidential candidate. But imagine this. What about a Obama/Edwards ticket? What if John Edwards ran with Obama as his Vice President? A white Southern man … Continue reading →

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935 Lies

Posted on January 25, 2008 by BrianR

A new report from The Center for Public Integrity called Iraq: The War Card says: President George W. Bush and seven of his administration’s top officials, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice, and Defense Secretary Donald … Continue reading →

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WordPress Consulting

Posted on January 24, 2008 by BrianR

Yah! I’m doing a bunch of WordPress consulting. I’ve gotten several jobs recently to help people tweak this wonderful bit of software. Everything from creating whole themes to adding plugins to making changes in existing themes. Hopefully in the near … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Wordpress, Yesh Consulting, consulting | 1 Comment

Palestinians break out from Gaza seige

Posted on January 24, 2008 by BrianR

Check out this amazing video of tens of thousands of Palestinian people rushing into Egypt to feed themselves and find supplies. Amazingly a major section of the Israeli wall has been torn down. My first look at major American news … Continue reading →

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Changes in the Local Political Blogosphere

Posted on January 23, 2008 by BrianR

There has been a flurry of activity in the Orange County political blogosphere this month. Changes that interest me as much as who is wining the presidential primaries. (Go Obama!) First, the big news is the disappearance of the Squeeze … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Local, Orange County | 1 Comment

Broken Plugin

Posted on January 22, 2008 by BrianR

Apologies to all of you who subscribe to email updates about my new blog content. (You won’t get this via email.) Seems I might have just spammed you. I discovered that every time I make a change to a post … Continue reading →

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Voter Generated Video

Posted on January 22, 2008 by BrianR

techPresident has a cool list of their Favorite Videos of 2007. Voter generated videos that is. Check em out. Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters So far my favorite is the Onion’s War for the Whitehouse coverage … Continue reading →

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NC Science Blogging Conference 2008: Opening

Posted on January 22, 2008 by BrianR

This is the opening ceremony of the 2008 NC Science Blogging Conference. I’m working on two other sessions I recorded. A total of three hours of video content.

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Dissent is NOT Disloyalty

Posted on January 21, 2008 by BrianR

Another great speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam. It seems so relevant today. Check out the full text after the fold.

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