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Saturday, July 20, 2002 |
RELOCATION NOTICE - WE'RE MOVING!
This may not work, but assuming it does, you need to change your bookmarks, favorites and blogrolls. It is 11:50pm CDT on Saturday, July 20, 2002. If all goes well, this site will be relocated within the next few hours.
This weblog is leaving http://radio.weblogs.com/0100740/.
Look for it at: http://www.rodentregatta.com/
Thanks, Steve Pilgrim
11:51:31 PM 
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WHEN THINGS OF INTEREST COME TO ME VIA DAYPOP
I always wonder where they originated. As I understand it, Daypop ranks the top 40 posts to weblogs based upon how often the posts are read or linked to or something. This implied that if something begins to run up the charts at Daypop, a bunch of weblogs are covering or repeating the item. Yet, I can't find where I missed this one in the weblogs I read today. It's no big deal. I continue to try to figure out how all these weblogs align with (and against) each other.
This was worth reading, though, and none of the weblogs I read today picked it up.
Poynter.org - The ABCs and XYZs of Weblogs [Daypop Top 40]
9:36:48 PM
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A NIGHT AT THE BALLPARK
The Memphis Redbirds play the Tacoma Raniers in AAA baseball tonight at Autozone Park. We're taking the night to regroup with friends, family and the hot dogs.
9:30pm Update - A muggy night for baseball in Memphis. Redbirds won in 8th with a single by the DH with one man on, two outs and a full count.
4:10:22 PM
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Will Rogers. "Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate; now what's going to happen to us with both a Senate and a House?" [Quotes of the Day]
8:36:59 AM
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REFLECTION
My military ambition. Not so long ago -- in response to my throwaway remark that the German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn looks like a Panzer commander -- someone commented: [Jonathon Delacour]
8:22:59 AM
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Friday, July 19, 2002 |
John Ruskin. "In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it: They must not do too much of it: And they must have a sense of success in it." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
8:23:46 AM
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Thursday, July 18, 2002 |
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Wednesday, July 17, 2002 |
WE MAY NOT BE WOWED BY THE DELIVERY, BUT THE WORDS RESONATE
He's done it again only better!
Greenspan Coins a New Phrase. The man who gave us "irrational exuberance" is back, with a phrase that sums up the late 1990's even better than that one did. "Infectious greed." By Floyd Norris. [New York Times: Business]
9:32:18 PM
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WHILE THERE IS EXCELLENT POLITICAL PUNDITRY
Keep an eye on the comments to this post; things might get interesting
as someone attempts to gain notoriety!
in these links, I have to admit that part of my fascination with some of the high-traffic bloggers has to do with their site designs. You see, I'm trying to inch closer to the renaming of this weblog and its move to a new domain. Ideas seem to flood in when reading all of these non-techie weblogs.
IS IT POSSIBLE FOR LIBERALISM TO BE RIGHT EVEN IF KATIE COURIC ISN'T? Mickey Kaus dares to ask the question, as he notes that Ann Coulter was right about the "airhead" issue. Plus, Jack Shafer zeroes in on hypocritical crony capitalism by The New York Times.
I have to say, I find the "airhead" controversy even less enlightening than the "trifecta" controversy. But hey, I'm on vacation, so this stuff seems less important to me than usual.
The Times story is likely to have legs, though, and illustrates why it's going to be harder than many pundits think for the left to pillory Bush and the Republicans for financial chicanery -- the left sold its financial soul long ago. They're down to trading puts and calls on it now.
UPDATE: If you're less bored with the "trifecta" story than I am (like, you know, if you're not on vacation) Brendan Nyhan has an update over at SpinSanity.Com. I have to say, I find the Al Gore trifecta story the funniest part of this whole long-running affair. [InstaPundit]
9:21:48 PM
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Alvin Toffler. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." [Quotes of the Day]
(me thinks he never saw Radio templates, macros and HTML)
8:20:37 AM
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Tuesday, July 16, 2002 |
ANOTHER LOSS
So Long, and thanks for all the posts. What a marvelous party this has been, and what wonderful people I've met, but it's time, and past, for me to move on. This posting will be Burningbird's last. I wasn't sure how to close the weblog down. [Burningbird]
2:08:12 PM
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IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
Human nature often says, "make up some facts!"
It's funny how the subconscious fills in detail, even when no information is present. [Scripting News]
10:53:56 AM
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Monday, July 15, 2002 |
HER FRIENDS AREN'T THAT INTERESTING?
I've got some friends who aren't that interesting as well! (After editing, the sentence became: When she looks at blogs she sees the weblogs she knows; and misses the enormity of the medium.)
I'm beginning to get the impression that there is some kind of history that colors Dave's view of the book or Rebecca or something said in the past. What I can tell you is that this comment about "her friends" doesn't flow naturally from a reading of Rebecca's book.
Morning coffee notes. [Scripting News]
7:41:41 AM
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Sunday, July 14, 2002 |
FOUR STARS OR FOUR THUMBS UP * * * *
On Being a Sensualist. The world that lieth in wickedness, the sensualist, has no taste nor relish for that bread which cometh down from God out of heaven, and nourisheth the soul up unto eternal life. Thomas Lechtworth, They that wait upon the... [Burningbird]
5:52:44 PM
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AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE
Dave is back - I mean really back; it's great!
As with any product or service, the novice simply has to dig around, experiment, ask questions and watch others to learn why one product or service is good or bad or better or worse for the need or want. Take digital cameras as an example. A novice user of a digital camera would probably be overwhelmed (or would seriously undervalue) the features of a truly high end digital camera.
The same is true with weblogging. Radio Userland may be the right software for hackers or programmers or whatever they want to be called. Movable Type may be the right choice for some other skill level or interest level or whatever. How can the novice determine that? Just this morning I heard of another tool for weblogging that I've not even seen mentioned in six months of fairly intensive weblogging. Somebody ought to take a minute or two and elaborate on the lines of dileniation between all these products. We novices could then stay out of the hair of those who have contempt for us!!!
I found Rebecca Blood's book worthwhile. I am a novice. I admit that. However, novices need resources such as Rebecca's particularly if they are coming from some field other than software development, website development and whatever other spins people want to put on the names for those people and industries involved in computer work.
I owe every bit of my weblog to Dave Winer and the people who are users of the Radio Userland product. There are things about the tool and the "community(?)" I don't like. Those things don't prevent me from learning more, using the tool more and wishing for the stuff that I don't like to change. It is easy for me to see how a pioneer in the weblogging area we're talking about might not need the same resource that I need. Does that then make that resource bad? I don't think so. You really need to read all of what Dave had to say this morning. Some of it has been edited since I first saw the beginnings of the post in the news aggregator. Here's an excerpt:
It's the software. In 2002, we're beginning to get to a category of software, with lines of delineation -- Movable Type is different from Manila, and Radio is different from Blogger, if one wanted to study a category, the products are lining up to accomodate. Other than that there's little that each blog has in common with other blogs. It's like trying to figure out what word processing documents have in common. People did try to do that in the late 70s and early 80s, but then the market exploded, and that ended all speculation.
Of all the books in process, I hold the most hope for the BlogRoots folks: Meg, Matt, and PB. They put enough time into it (the O'Reilly book was a rush job) and they (appear to) have the right premise. It would have been possible for a philosophical book to have lasting value, but to do so, they should have gotten a social butterfly to edit it, one who crosses all the lines with ease, someone who likes everyone and who everyone likes, but somehow doesn't have to kiss ass to do it. (Note: I am not that person, as you can see I don't suffer fools without complaining, I don't write to make friends, and I know it.) [Scripting News]
10:25:39 AM
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SUMMER READING
Reading list. I'm not quite sure why, but I haven't been documenting what I've been reading for the past few months. Laziness [kottke.org]
9:13:08 AM
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