My fellow long-time blogger and friend ddjango, author of P! (http://ddjango.blogspot.com), has, like many of us, fallen on hard times. In early 2006, he had lost a professional job because of severe illness and had to live in a homeless shelter for a year. He was able finally to pick up enough part-time temporary work to allow him to live on his ( Read more... )

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I hope to have webcasts up by the end of December. I almost believe it.  :)

In the meantime, I occasionaly post here.


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bANKHOLIC IS A GOOD SITE. lET'S HOPE THE NEW OWNERS DON'T WRECK IT.

Bankaholic.com Wordpress Blog Sells for $15m
by Patrick Altoft on October 2, 2008
BankRate.com has acquired the bankaholic.com blog for $15 million according to recent reports.
Financial info site BankRate is expanding its financial product listings, as it’s acquiring ( Read more... )

Ray Beckerman Sued By the RIAA

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 18, @11:00AM
from the hey-wait-we-know-that-guy dept.

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Are The Netroots Being Played By Rove?

12 Sep 2008 05:37 pm

One reader thinks so:

I just wanted to say thank you so much for being the only blogger (aside from Al Giordano) who  gets it. While the rest of the blogosphere (especially the liberal bloggers) lose their heads you are an island of common sense. Patience and Steel. Yes, yes. yes.

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September 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments

A funny thing happened to me as I attempted to access my site to post an article; like any savvy Internet user, my virus and malware protection, as well as a software firewall compliments my home system. I don’t need down-time because of viruses and spyware, and there have been several instances where my ( Read more... )

September 6 / 7, 2008
You Tube is Watching

By MICHAEL WINSHIP

Chronicling his life as a journalist in the colonial British Raj, a young Winston Churchill wrote that “nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Nor, I’d add, is there anything in life quite so discombobulating as to turn a corner and unexpectedly walk into a ( Read more... )

PR to counter this?
Anti-Kremlin website owner shot dead in police custody


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