Life and times of Jason since 2001
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I have 53 years left to live. Supposedly.
Best Case Scenario: YOU ARE NAMED POPE
5) To answer your obvious question: No, the popemobile would not be improved by a bitchin’ sound system that really brings out the bass line on “Low Rider.”
Ramallah Online News updates from Palestinians in Ramallah, so they’re biased, of course, but it’s interesting to read nonetheless (sp?).
Blogosphere: the emerging Media Ecosystem
How Weblogs and Journalists work together to Report, Filter and Break the News
Trying to understand the complex relationship between bloggers and journalists has become my own personal Waterloo.
I’ve taken a few stabs at it already, and learned a lot along the way. Lesson One: Blogs can do a tremendous job breaking news, and journalists are wise to start their own to tap that power. Lesson Two: Some rare bloggers become amateur journalists, a status which brings with it its own unique ethical challenges. Lesson Three: Most bloggers are more like Columnists than capital-J Journalists.
Web logging can serve many roles
Corporate Web logging — an emerging way for companies to get the word out about products and services — is getting quite a bit of notice from the online community. Does it really work? What are its potential uses — and abuses?
Web logs are regularly (even daily) updated Web pages offering a blend of commentary and links. They can be personality-based, news-oriented or topic-specific, but they share the qualities of immediacy, iconoclasm and a highly active feedback loop.
As a grass-roots vehicle, blogs (as they’re nicknamed) have largely been the domain of individuals, not businesses. There are an estimated 500,000 blogs on the Web (nobody really knows the exact number), most of which are broadsides of sorts for their authors.
“I wonder why it is you think there are such strong sentiments in Europe against you and against this administration?” the reporter said. “Why, particularly, there’s a view that you and your administration are trying to impose America’s will on the rest of the world, particularly when it comes to the Middle East and where the war on terrorism goes next?”
Turning to Mr. Chirac, he added in French: “And, Mr. President, would you maybe comment on that?”
“Very good,” Mr. Bush said sardonically. “The guy memorizes four words, and he plays like he’s intercontinental.”
“I can go on,” Mr. Gregory offered.
“I’m impressed — que bueno,” said Mr. Bush, using the Spanish phrase for “how wonderful.” He deadpanned: “Now I’m literate in two languages.”
Bugs may control weather: Study
British scientists have launched a study to find out if airborne bugs in clouds control the Earth’s weather.
Scientists believe certain bug species may have evolved the ability to manipulate the weather in order to secure their own survival.
Will the Blogs Kill Old Media?
One blog avatar has formally wagered that by 2007, more readers will get their news from blogs than from The New York Times
A year ago, Glenn Reynolds hardly qualified as plankton on the punditry food chain. The 41-year-old law professor at the University of Tennessee would pen the occasional op-ed for the L.A. Times, but his name was unfamiliar to even the most fanatical news junkie. All that began to change on Aug. 5 of last year, when Reynolds acquired the software to create a ?Weblog,? or ?blog.? A blog is an easily updated Web site that works as an online daybook, consisting of links to interesting items on the Web, spur-of-the-moment observations and real-time reports on whatever captures the blogger?s attention. Reynolds?s original goal was to post witty observations on news events, but after September 11, he began providing links to fascinating articles and accounts of the crisis, and soon his site, called InstaPundit, drew thousands of readers?and kept growing. He now gets more than 70,000 page views a day (he figures this means 23,000 real people). Working at his two-year-old $400 computer, he posts dozens of items and links a day, and answers hundreds of e-mails. PR flacks call him to cadge coverage. And he?s living a pundit?s dream by being frequently cited?not just by fellow bloggers, but by media bigfeet. He?s blogged his way into the game.
Ahhh…. Irresponsible media hype. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say mainstream media’s attempting to create a hostile environment towards blogging. And for no reason. Think about it, blogs are nice and all and a good way to find opinions, but that’s about it. They’re opinions. Think of them as massive op-ed pages. Some of them, like Instapundit and what not, will post a few different opinions and link to news that supports those and their opinions. But it’s still opinion, heavily slanted, and in no way a replacement for the regular media.
And I think most people realize this. And, anyone that doesn’t and takes what these people say as facts, well, they’re already doing that elsewhere, mainstream media has already lost them.
Blogs will not “kill” old media, but they will effect it. I think you’ll see more and more journalists and columnists getting online and blogging. Maybe some breaking news will take on a more blogging feel where the correspondant in the field can quickly update and let the world know what’s going on in real time without the need for streaming video or audio. But “kill”? Radio was supposed to “kill” old media. Television was supposed to “kill” old media. The Internet’s been “killing” old media for almost 10 years now. But they haven’t succeeded in this, they’ve been assimilated and utilized.
Old media doesn’t die, it evolves.
Blogs take Web diaries to the next level
Ever frog blog — or contemplate blogging your dog? Or how about blogging over that 1967 mustang? Blogs are journalism’s latest craze. The odd little word is short for “Web logs.” They first appeared around 1998, and are starting to take off among people searching for information online. You can find a blog on just about any topic imaginable, and this week, Bruce Burkhardt speaks to a self-proclaimed blogger. Josh Quittner, editor of Business 2.0, tells Bruce Burkhardt why he thinks blogs are journalism for the future.
Got Blog?
Instant online journals are a hot trend
Web logs, or blogs, are one of the hottest trends on the Internet, allowing people to instantly post their thoughts or links to whatever catches their fancy.
New technologies are giving more people a way to quickly set up their online soapboxes. Instead of needing extensive programming knowledge, computer users now can choose from several Internet-based services to open a site and keep their journal.
Blogs are arranged chronologically, like a diary, with short messages, pictures, links or essays.
Dr. Seuss Went to War A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
Users of America Online’s instant-messaging program and system were unwittingly connected to profanity and pornography last Saturday, according to an anti-AOL Web site.
AOL Watch said that malicious hackers — more accurately known as “crackers” — inserted profane graffiti, X-rated photos and sound files throughout the “Entertainment” section in AIM Today. The AIM Today feature of AOL’s Instant Messenger (AIM) generally pops up when a user first starts the AIM program, unless the user has disabled the feature.
It’s Your Congress. Learn to laugh.
Let’s plunge in; flush out the facts and plumb the depths of toilet repairs.
Palestinian civilians leave Bethlehem church
One by one, 27 Palestinian civilians Tuesday walked out of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem where they had been holed up for almost a month. About 20 people Israel accuses of being terrorists remained inside.
As the Palestinians walked out of the church, CNN’s Mike Hanna reported they were showing identity papers to Israeli soldiers in Manger Square and boarding a bus. Israeli officials said those not wanted by Israel would be released.
In other action, Israel’s security Cabinet decided not to cooperate for now with the United Nations fact-finding team appointed to look into the conflict at the Jenin refugee camp.
Israel: Captured documents show EU aid subsidizing war
Israel has relayed evidence to the European Union that its aid to the Palestinian Authority is being diverted to finance insurgency attacks.
Israeli officials said the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has sent captured PA documents on the Palestinian use of EU aid.
Over the last year, the EU has provided more than $70 million to the PA to pay salaries of members of the more than 100,000 Palestinian civil servants. The EU aid has earmarked for paying the salaries of Palestinian police officers, Middle East Newsline reported.
Israeli officials said the Sharon government sent a report to Brussels that details PA use of EU funding. The report asserts that the PA pays 20 percent less to its officers than reported to the EU. The difference is pocketed by the PA.
PA officers are said to earn between $250 and $500 a month, officials said. But their salaries are paid in Israeli currency and based on an exchange rate that amounts to 3.6 shekels to the dollar. The actual conversion rate is close to five shekels per dollar.
The result is that the PA earns $2.5 million a month from the EU aid, which it then uses to fund insurgents, the report said. Officials said a similar report was presented to the United States.
Mr. Elmo Goes to Washington Yeah, yeah, it’s old, but I didn’t post about it then so I’ll post about it now!
Well, Here’s Your Problem Right Here, Ma’am
A Bangladeshi snake charmer called in to find two serpents in a suburban home near the capital unearthed over 3,000 deadly cobras and hundreds of eggs.
Police and local newspapers said snake charmer Dudu Miah captured over 3,500 young cobras at two houses in Narayanganj near Dhaka.
The find, however, triggered panic among neighbors who fled their homes, police said.
Thong-Wearing Teens Kicked Out Of Dance
A group of parents are calling for the resignation of Rancho Bernardo High School’s vice principal, claiming she enforced underwear checks at a school dance, 10News reported.
The dance occurred Friday and vice principal Rita Wilson turned away girls who were wearing thongs, the parent said.
Kim Teal is among the several parents angry with Wilson (pictured, right).
“First thing (my daughter) said when she got into the car was, ‘Mom, it was horrible last night. You have to fight this,'” Teal told 10News.
According to parent Alane Garvik, girls who arrived at the dance wearing short skirts were immediately asked: “What kind of underwear do you have on?”
Now, I’m just a guy so I may have no idea what I’m talking about here, but doesn’t most other underwear kinda show through a skirt that might be form fitting? I mean, not show show, but you can see the lines, right? Hell, what am I saying, BECAUSE I’m a guy I know exactly what I’m talking about here. Unless there’s no underwear involved….
Anyways…
More bin Laden His Desire to Destroy the U.S. or read the whole interview.
This isn’t a tater gun it’s a tater cannon.
Are you smarter than Miss America I am! I got 7 out of 8 right while “Miss Washington DC got 4 right. Miss Tennessee, Miss Massachusetts, and Miss New York got 5 right each. Miss Oregon got 6 right and went on to become Miss America and she cried a whole bunch and wore a tiara and all the other Miss Whatevers hugged her and Tony Danza sang.” Well, he tried to.
You aren’t supposed to know this stuff.
Official Calls WTC ‘Phallic Symbol’ Berlin’s minister for culture Adrienne Goehler faced pressure to resign on Wednesday for calling the World Trade Center towers “phallic symbols” at a public meeting after they were destroyed on September 11. Now, was she saying she missed it in the same sentence…
SWEET! I have to make one of these.