AListReview: April 2006 Archives

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Apr29	News from the Wine Front Diane Ensey April 29, 2006 Know More: Lifehacker 2.0, Lifehacker So far Spring Barrel Tasting is going quite well. 6 wineries yesterday (we got started late) with no appreciable hangover this morning, although I did get sunburnt. 80 degrees! I was revisiting wine-related entries made by A-Listers and found this one at Lifehacker about an audio Sonoma wine tour by David Hyde Pierce that is downloadable to an iPod. They charge $30 for it. Maybe I should do one for Yakima Valley wineries. Posted at 9:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	National Anthem: Which Language? Diane Ensey April 29, 2006 Lots of bloggers, including Michelle Malkin, are up in arms about the Star Spangled Banner being sung in Spanish instead of English.Does it really matter as long as the sentiment is there? As long as the flag is still there?Sure,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	News Floozy: Wine, Washington Post Tizzy, Fab Insults and Harvard Plagiarizer Diane Ensey April 28, 2006 Today through Sunday is Spring Barrel Tasting in the Yakima Valley. 80-odd wineries open their doors with tasting of last year's vintage as well as their bottled wine. Guess where I will be? I'll post updates all weekend, along with... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yoo Hoo, Mr. Government Agent! Diane Ensey April 28, 2006 I've just found out that the CIA may be reading my blog! OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin told The Washington Times, "A lot of blogs now have become very big on the Internet, and we're getting a lot of rich... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	BlogCritics: Elizabeth Taylor Near Death Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 BlogCritics reports the London Daily Mail asserting that the infamous actress is rapidly failing due to heart failure.I loved her as Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin roof; that flash in those violet eyes when she argues... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Best of the Rest: Xiaxue, Poynter Online, MyDD Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Here's where I take the opportunity to highlight some of the A-List blogs that I don't usually cover. Xiaxue: I don't usually read this blog because A) I finding is childish and irritating and B) I can't find an RSS... Continue Reading Posted at 8:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Althouse and Hyena Sex Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Ann Althouse has conjured an image which is painful and horrifying, especially for men. Image men having to give birth through their...uh...male anatomy. That is how it is for Alpha female hyenas. I would love to see Tom Cruise try... Continue Reading Posted at 7:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cardboard Bed - Great for Bedwetters Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Boing Boing covered this cardboard bed. The first thing I thought of when I saw the child sitting there is - what about bedwetters? Won't this thing just dissolve into mush? ... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Bush Not a Leader, Punishing Journalists, Character, $4 Gas Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Totally brain dead this morning. I just realized that I was clicking through my RSS feeds without actually reading them. And there is some pretty good stuff in there too:Daily Kos: "Handed the greatest opportunity for leadership since Pearl Harbor,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr26	Liberal Blog-Readers Aren't Rabid Teenage Activists After All Diane Ensey April 26, 2006 Who reads liberal political-type blogs? The profile of the average reader is: 46 years old (40%) College or Post-Graduate schooling (80%) Median annual income of $80,200 66% male, 34% female Politically active: Signed a petition: 83% Contributed to a cause/campaign:... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Whining Republicans, Winer, Where's Doc?, Hang 'Em High Diane Ensey April 26, 2006 I'm up at 5 am this morning, reporting on the A-List news just for you. Somebody's got to do it and I'm throwing my body on the fire of the..... ok, whoa. Too much hyperbole. Let's just get to the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	Scotty Couldn't Match This Snow Job Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Ack! What a horribly, pun-ny title. I'm truly sorry. It's out of my system now, I promise.Via Huffington Post:Fox News commentator Tony Snow has decided to accept the White House press secretary's job after top officials assured him that he... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Only Those Who Pay Rent On Time, Have a Job or Work Should Get Housing Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 SusanG at Daily Kos talks about U.S. Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson's declaration that "only the best residents" should be allowed back into public housing in New Orleans. How does he define "best resident"? Those who paid rent on time, those... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Iran, McCarthy, Tony Snow and the Vatican Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Character is what you do when no one is watching. ~ Anon. Last night my husband and I are walking our new Brittney Spaniel named Roxy. Since we've only had her 24 hours at this point, we are not yet... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pre-Op Transgendered Inmate Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Where do you put a pre-op transgendered female inmate? The comments over at Althouse pretty much agree: if you still got the package, you go to male jail. But all is not lost. The jail has administrative lockdown, where inmates... Continue Reading Posted at 8:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Plagiarize and Still Make a Bundle Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Kaavya Viswanathan wrote an apparently fabulous book and was signed to a $500,000 two book deal. The Harvard sophmore wrote How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life (currently #32 on the NY Times Bestseller list and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	No Photographs in Supermarkets Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Seth Godin talks about being told he couldn't take pictures inside of a grocery store without corporate approval. This is strange on a couple of levels.First, as Seth said, flickerizing your shopping experience for your friends is great publicity. But... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hole Swallows Man Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 I was always told that if I lied I'd be swallowed up by a hole in the ground (perhaps leading to my fears of basements). This guy must have told a whopper!... Continue Reading Posted at 12:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Masthead Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Wow! I love it! Thanks to our KMM designers.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Raytheon CEO a Plagiarizer? Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson has booklet called Unwritten Rules for management that was featured in a Business 2.0 article last year. Now some people are saying his rules are plagiarized.If you read the rules you quickly realized that they are... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Erica Jong Dealt With Bad Reviews Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 I am going to print this out and put it up above my desk, so that I can look at it every time I get flamed or receive a rejection slip. The whole article is great as well.For most of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Think "Book" not "Diary" Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Dave Winer's comment about Guy Kawasaki's post had me going back to take a look. Guy gives ten ways to evangelize a blog. I agree with him, although I have some reservations about #1:1. Think “book” not “diary.” First, a... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	RIAA Sues Those Without Computers Who Share Music Via Computer Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 The title doesn't make sense, does it? A Rockmart, GA family is being sued by the RIAA for sharing 8 songs. The family is puzzled because they don't own a computer. Cory Doctorow, however, applauds this new tactic and just... Continue Reading Posted at 10:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wake Up Bloggers: Be Controverisal and You'll Get Controversy Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 A Chicago high school teacher blogged about the problems he saw at his high school: He labeled his Chicago students "criminals," saying they stole from teachers, dealt drugs in the hallways, had sex in the stairwells, flaunted their pregnant bellies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A-Listers Are Cat People? Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 We are expecting the delivery of a pureblood Brittney spaniel today named Roxy. She comes from great bird hunting stock and has just been bred with another dog with equally great lines. I'm anxious to see how our two cats,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Naked Carpenter Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 Have you heard about the naked carpenter? Apparently, a Berkeley prefers to work in the nude because it gave him a better range of motion. He also didn't want to get his clothes dirty when he had to crawl under... Continue Reading Posted at 8:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Intro to The Ruse Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 Reading all of the A-Listers means that get to know about different kinds of music and groups that I otherwise wouldn't know about.I found out about The Ruse through a Blogcritics review. They sound a bit like U2, when U2... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cheney Loves Breakthrough Note Reader Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 You can actually read your notes with your eyes closed! One delighted user, Dick Cheney, loved it so much he used it during Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit to the White House. Says Cheney, "It is such a great... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are We Blinded to the World? Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 Harry Shearer blogs on the Huffington Post about U.S. television news departments closing foreign bureaus and stopping the assignment of reporters to the State Department. When we lived in Seattle we got a Canadian station and watched Canadian news every... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Twinkie Defense Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 What if we lived in an alternate reality and Bush saw the errors of his ways? Listen to these hilarious speeches written for Bush by children and read by an impersonator. Melissa's is my favorite, hands down.Thanks Metafilter!... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Earth Day! Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 It is a gorgeous one here in the eastern half of the Evergreen State, sunny, around 70. My husband is celebrating by replacing a broken sewer pipe at his parent's house. I'm going fishing, but first:BlogCritics would rather see kids... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr21	Organic Brews Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 Since it is Friday, let's get ready to party info from Cool Hunting - brewers and distillers are now creating organic alcoholic beverages.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stoner or Drunk - You Decide Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 As usual, the use of marijuana for medical use is under attack. Representative Mark Souder of S. Dakota points out that legalizing medical marijuana is a front for people who want to legalize it for everyone.Davis Sweet, author of The... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dual Monitors - I'm Drooling on my Keyboard Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 Lifehacker reports that using dual monitors can increase your efficiency 20 - 30%. The commenters all agree. A majority report that going back to a single monitor is like losing a limb. Several talk about going to a triple configuration. ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	An "UnKeynote"? How Will That Work? Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 An unconference is a conference where the content of the meeting is driven and created by the participants rather than by a single organizer. Never having been to one, I'm not really in a position to comment...but I will anyway. ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: New Trek Movie, Dixie Chicks and Hu Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 I had to run into Seattle yesterday for a networking event (2.5 hour drive each way) and by the time I got home I was too pooped to post. So here are the A-List posts that caught my eye for... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	Dave Winer: Notorious Curmudgeon? Diane Ensey April 20, 2006 Dave reports that Fortune magazine calls his a notorious curmudgeon. The entire quote was:On his influential blog, Dave Winer, one of software's top programming thinkers and a notorious curmudgeonThat's much better than being called a cranky old bastard, Dave!The article... Continue Reading Posted at 7:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	Paul Graham Gets Me Thinking Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Do bloggers blog because they think out loud? Are we blogging because it stimulates our thought processes - a substitute for the community discussions around the pickle barrel, town square or whatever? A way of examining our lives?Paul Graham wonders... Continue Reading Posted at 7:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stephen Colbert to Replace Scott McClellan? Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Hugh Hewitt thinks that Stephen Colbert would make a fine Press Secretary. It is true - let's look at his qualifications: He can present incredibly stupid things as if they were seriously true He retains a serious, professional demeanor even... Continue Reading Posted at 6:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lesson From Gizmodo: Check Your CD Backups Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Gizmodo reports that some of their CD backups from 1999 have already degraded to the point of uselessness. Kodak is now producing 24-karat gold discs, both CD and DVD. The gold resists oxidation, so CDs may last up to 300... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Michael Jackson, Hookahs, Japanese Martha Stewart, Tacky Pro-American Art Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 I'm still two quarts low on coffee, so here's a roundup of news from the A-List:Coolfer: Michael Jackson plans to have a new album out in 2007... Fifty bucks says the record's horrible. Why won't he just go away?Althouse: "Hookah... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Quote of the Day Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 I really tried to find something funny on the A-list for everyone - something to wash the icky taste out from the last two posts. All I found was this. I'm going to have a martini or three.... I watched... Continue Reading Posted at 5:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	More on the Malkin Controversy Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 Earlier I posted on Michelle Malkin vs. the students. In following up with what everybody has been saying I'm really concerned at the level of emotion this issue has engendered. Not just between Malkin's "teeth-gnashing orcs" and the "liberal moonbats",... Continue Reading Posted at 4:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle Malkin: World's Worst Person Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 You ask "how did she get such an honor?" Well, pull up a seat and I'll tell you.A group from UC Santa Cruz called "Students Against War" published a press release with the full names and contact information of their... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Seth Godin: Flipping the Funnel Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 Marketing is a funnel. You put undifferentiated prospects into the top. Some of them hop out, unimpressed with what you have to offer. Others learn about you and your organization, hear from their peers, compare offerings, and eventually come out... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kimberly Williamson Butler Continues to Astound Wonkette (and Me) Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 I've been following this one for several days, but now it has just gotten too weird not to share.Kimberly Williamson Butler is a mayoral candidate for the city of New Orleans. Like most candidates, she has a website with a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	Ultimate, Favorite Huffington Post Comment Today Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Commented on this post, but originally seen here."Will Someone Please Give Bush a B--- J-- So We Can Impeach Him?"... Continue Reading Posted at 11:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Huffington Post: 79 Reasons Bush Needs to Be Impeached Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 I'm reading some fab comments on nearly all the blogs I monitor. This one is from the Huffington Post: Perhaps we are all upset because: 1. Memogate: The Senate Computer Theft 2. Doctor Detroit: The DOJ's Bungled Terrorism Case 3.... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Guy Kawasaki - Take Advantage of Your Competion Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Guy features six ways that companies stymied their competition by thinking differently. The best story, however, was supplied by a commenter:Here the game of cricket is huge, often leading to intense cola wars. When India hosted the World Cup, Coke... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sifry's State of the Blogosphere Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 According to Dave, Technorati now tracks 36.5 million blogs and the blogosphere is doubles every six months. Interesting facts: 3.9 million bloggers write at least weekly There are about 1.2 million posts a day ( or about 55,000 an hour)... Continue Reading Posted at 10:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	We Can't Stop Phishing - Or Crime Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Mr. Scoble linked to an article which asks 'can we really stop phishing?' It is Greg Hughes' opinion we really can't: Stopping phishing and other online fraud is really just like everyday police work - It's not actually about ending crime,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Scoble to Moderate Comments Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Mr. Scoble is half-way through a two week blogging break and decided to blog about it, which I find amusing (sounds like something I'd do).He's been mulling over a lot of things, apparently, and one of the decisions he's come... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	Jumping the Shark Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 The phrase "jumping the shark" has been appearing over and over again in the past two weeks in many different contexts. Craig Crawford at the Huffington Post provides a succinct explanation: If President Bush had starred in a television sitcom,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Digg: How To Change People's Perception of You Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 This topic on Digg was interesting enough, but take a look at the comments:"How to be fake basically, right? I don't like how business is all politics. Bunch of bullshit. I like who I am and I don't care what... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Retired Generals: Loud and Proud Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 Check out Daily Kos for his rundown of Sunday talk shows. My favorite (facetious) quote: "And his momma is so stupid she tried to put M&Ms in alphabetical order! Hell, Barbara Bush is so stupid, she thought "Wu Tang"... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newspapers Can Find the News Using Bloggers Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 Ellen Foley, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, got sarcastic and completely missed the point during her interview with On The Media. It was suggested that newspapers should allow reader to vote on stories that the paper isn't covering but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	News Floozy: Falling Ice, Jethro Tull, Bird Flu, Iranian Hitler Diane Ensey April 15, 2006 Boing Boing talks about ice that falls from the sky in California: "Earlier this week, I posted about a huge chunk of clear ice that mysteriously fell in an Oakland park last weekend. Yesterday, another hunk, the size of a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog-Cleaning (Or Keeping Your Husband Happy) Diane Ensey April 15, 2006 Blogging doesn't get you out of housework. Well, it may get you out of housework, but it didn't fly with my husband. He has an appointment this morning and as he left he informed me that we would be cleaning... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Scott Adams: Weird, or Not Weird? You Decide Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Anyone else think that Scott Adams (the Dilbert behind Dilbert) is really strange? I remember being really puzzled after his second or third book because he seemed to be heading for that big space ship in the sky. His blog... Continue Reading Posted at 6:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do A-List Blogs Provide a Experience Others Lack? Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 I've been getting all introspective today, thinking about blogging, why I blog, how I blog, how blogging is different from the articles and news stories I write. Chartreuse is responding to a commenter, but he could be responding to my... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jesus Was a Radical NonViolent Revolutionary Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Along with the plague, rodeos and low cut jeans, I try to avoid discussion of religion. However, given the whole Passover/Holy Week/South Park/Mohammed Cartoon thing being debated, I will take a stand. Geeky ex-VH1 veejay -slash- America's Funniest Home Videos... Continue Reading Posted at 1:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Liar Beats All Reality TV Shows Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Steve Young reports on the latest issue of 'American Liar' where Colin "Bucky" Powell was "voted off the show for slipping up and admitting that U.S. mistakes in the invasion of Iraq led to the current insurgency and sectarian fighting." ... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Blogs are Three Dimensional Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Chris Garrett points out that the most interesting blogs are "three dimensional": As an example, if you are a gadget blogger you might talk about not just the gadget you are reviewing or previewing but about what you might use... Continue Reading Posted at 8:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	My Thoughts on the South Park Controversy Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 I've been thinking all day what to say about the whole controversy of Comedy Central censoring South Park by not allowing Mohammed to join the cast of characters. This despite the fact he's been portrayed once before.Then Mary Katharine Ham... Continue Reading Posted at 5:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Special Agent Bush: "What to do? What to do?" Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 Mark Fiore has done it again - another cartoon lampooning Plamegate and the whole leakage controversy. Thanks to Crooks and Liars for pointing it out.And poor Rumseld isn't having the greatest day either.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Rest of The Best: Coolfer, GapingVoid, Stuff On My Cat Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 "The Rest of the Best" Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Science Teacher Does Go Too Far Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 As a follow up to my post about the teacher who showed an anti-Bush video in his classroom, it appears now the teacher is on leave.I think I've clarified my position on this whole issue in the comments to my... Continue Reading Posted at 8:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Calendar: Been There, Done That Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 Everyone is buzzing this morning about the release of Google calendar. I'm less than impressed, but let's see what the digital world has to say:Search Engine Watch: Google Calendar launches today, and it's a strong release, with a number of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Scott McClellan: Bad Press, Bad, Bad Press Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 This is a tough one, so I am going to parse it out for you: Scott McClellan demands that the press apologize for reporting that Bush claimed US forces found mobile biological weapons labs when he knew that claim was... Continue Reading Posted at 3:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Drooling Over Engadget Stuff Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 I used to love the Sears toy catalog that came out in November every year. Engadget is my replacement for that icon.They reviewed the Matrox Triplehead2Go. This little box allows you to put three screens together so they act like... Continue Reading Posted at 2:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cut to the Quick: When Domestic Accidents Happen Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Wil Wheaton tells how he cut his thumb the other night on the lid of a tin can. (Warning, his narration will make your hands hurt)His unfortunate domestic accident reminds me of the "Chicken Skewer Incident". I volunteered to make... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Voice Text Search Ready for Prime Time? Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Om Malik reports that Google has just filed a patent for a voice-based search technology and is askingWhat are your thoughts on mobile search and which technology would you bet on in the mobile search domain? Will Google be the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush Lied About Germ Trailers? Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Washington Post: On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile... Continue Reading Posted at 7:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	Giving Up Free Marketing to Force Visits to Website? Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Chartreuse, whom I just discovered, but am in awe at his tastes in music, talks about pulling a band's video from YouTube: The video had 30000 views in 6 days. It was copied zero times. And you can't buy it... Continue Reading Posted at 7:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozie: Immigration, Bush's Ratings, War With Iran Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Washington Post: Former Iranian President Rafsanjani says "Iran has put into operation the first unit of 164 centrifuges, has injected [uranium] gas and has reached industrial production." Just kind of slapping us in the face with it, aren't they?BreitBart.com via... Continue Reading Posted at 12:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Techies ARE Weird and Kind of Rude Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Dave Winer, talking to a reporter, says:He [the reporter] recounted how, at a conference, Nelson spoke up, saying that we were all doing hypertext wrong...The reporter said that Nelson was really weird and kind of rude. Dave doesn't understand that,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Subscription Music: Can You Hear Me Now? Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Frank Gruber compares and contrasts the major music providers. To sum up his findings: Overall, the best service based on pure stats is Virgin Digital.For the flat out cheapest price, Yahoo comes in at the lowest pointRhapsody has the slickest... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crooks and Liars Calls Little Green Footballs Blogger a Racist Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 The link history: Matt O., as guest blogger on Firedoglake blogs about Little Green Footballs and is picked up by Crooks and Liars.Matt attempts to build the argument that LGF's blogger, Charles Johnson, is racist. His proofs for this claim... Continue Reading Posted at 8:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	US Has a Big Mouth Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 And we seem to be shooting it off left and right. Speaking from a great deal of personal experience, I know that unthinking, unmeasured talk result in more damage to the speaker than those the words are aimed at.Brian James... Continue Reading Posted at 2:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Music to Blog To Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Atrios over at Eschaton is listening to Pretty Girls Make Graves and points out two MP3s you can download legally. I discovered them not long ago and on my computer's stereo sound system they sound great (good thing I live... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SEO Titles vs. Catchy Titles Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Apparently newspapers with a web presence, like The New York Times are re-writing their headlines when they appear on the web so that they are SEO respectible. There is nothing wrong with this, and the practice very likely makes it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AListReview for Dummies Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Hello? Books For Dummies people? I'm ready for my closeup. Google Blogoscoped pointed out this neato generator and I just had to run with it.There is actually a group out there who writes programs that generate all sorts of cool... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Business Blog Avoidance Techniques Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Anil Dash suggests that the key to making blogs accessible for everyone is to present blogs as safe.But too often, we use terrible examples or scare stories to convince people how to start blogging, and that’s just not helping our... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	Put One Hundred Actors in Front of a Keyboard... Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Actor, allegedly abusive husband and now blogger for The Huffington Post, Alec Baldwin says that the Democratic Party is the solution to our country's current woes:Many people have commented on these pages that the Democrats will not do any better.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Ultimate Geek Slumber Party Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Seattle Mind Camp is accepting registration. Mind Camp apparently is a 24 hour geekfest where participants bring sleeping bags and talk geek.Who has said they are going so far? Mr. Scoble, Chris Pirillo, Dave Winer...Personally, I find the thought terrifying...... Continue Reading Posted at 9:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	War For the Suburbs: Brzezinski Negotiations at Stalemate Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 The Washington Post reports this morning that former national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has failed to reach an accord on the vital issue of sidewalks.As you can see, there are a number of complex issues that have to be evaluated... Continue Reading Posted at 9:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Not to Get Re-Elected Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Our Senate race here in Washington State is shaping up to be an important one. At issue is Maria Cantwell's weak connection with her constituency. Cantwell is a Democrat who supports the Iraq War, Patriot Act, etc. You can only... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Candidate Oath: First, Do No Harm Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 A thoughtful post from Blogcritics on why the GOP will continue to get the Independant vote:They're alienated from politics, hostile to government and to both parties and they mostly want to be left alone. They vote their pocketbooks, on the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 8	Starting to Define A-List Bloggers Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 What makes an "A-List" blog or blogger so popular? While this is a topic I'll come back to many times, while reading Mr. Scoble's blog just now I realized that one huge reason is that they respond to their readers. ... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Guy Kawasaki's Nine Steps Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Guy Kawasaki give his advice for writing an executive summary (you know, that blurb in your business plan that convinced the VCs that you are the next hot thing). He says to include: The Grab The Problem The Solution The... Continue Reading Posted at 5:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Taking a National Leak Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Since everybody is talking about Scooter Libby's shocking (shocking!) disclosure that our Dear Leader is also the National Leak, a summary of what is being said is in order:Washington Post: Scooter remembered that the Dear Leader was the leaker, but... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Protect Your Children From Opinions Different From Yours Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Michelle Malkin reports that a mother of a 13-year old boy became "livid" when she found out he saw a film in class that called our Dear Leader an a**hole. The teacher received a reprimand and the school Superintendant said... Continue Reading Posted at 11:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Quizno's Side Effects Include Nausea Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 I've been watching those Quizno's prime rib sandwich ads with a skeptical eye,Consumerist, bless their stomachs, actually bought one and photographed it. Now when I see that commercial all I am going to feel is nausea. because have you ever... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Sounds Like Marc Canter Has Conference Fatigue Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 Looking over the list of speakers for Supernova, Marc Canter is complaining that it is the same old speakers that appear at every conference. Mr. Scoble points out that "known names sell tickets." Who'd pay money to hear a nobody... Continue Reading Posted at 6:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle Malkin Wants to Know What NBC Stands For Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 NBC is imameh high in a scandal that involved soliciting "Arab-looking" men to attend NASCAR races and see if they got harassed. Michelle Malkin is asking readers to submit their own interpretation of NBC. So far: Narrow-minded, Bigoted, and Condescending.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Once You Hit 'Send' It Is Open Season Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 According to B.L. Ochman, a publicist sent a press release to Steve Rubel over at Micro Persuasion. Logically enough, Steve blogged about it. He even sent an email ahead of time asking "Can I run with this?" but the publicist... Continue Reading Posted at 4:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Judas = Snape? Blogcritic thinks so Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 Eric Olsen over at Blogcritics.org compares the Judas as portrayed in the Gospel of Judas to Professor Snape in the Harry Potter series:Was the apparent murder part of Dumbledore's grand scheme? Was Snape helping free Dumbledore from "the man that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A-Listers Here I Come! Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 My name is Diane Ensey and I am excited to be taking over AListReview for Know More Media. Background A life-long resident of the Pacific Northwest, I graduated from The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. While... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Apr29	News from the Wine Front Diane Ensey April 29, 2006 Know More: Lifehacker 2.0, Lifehacker So far Spring Barrel Tasting is going quite well. 6 wineries yesterday (we got started late) with no appreciable hangover this morning, although I did get sunburnt. 80 degrees! I was revisiting wine-related entries made by A-Listers and found this one at Lifehacker about an audio Sonoma wine tour by David Hyde Pierce that is downloadable to an iPod. They charge $30 for it. Maybe I should do one for Yakima Valley wineries. Posted at 9:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	National Anthem: Which Language? Diane Ensey April 29, 2006 Lots of bloggers, including Michelle Malkin, are up in arms about the Star Spangled Banner being sung in Spanish instead of English.Does it really matter as long as the sentiment is there? As long as the flag is still there?Sure,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	News Floozy: Wine, Washington Post Tizzy, Fab Insults and Harvard Plagiarizer Diane Ensey April 28, 2006 Today through Sunday is Spring Barrel Tasting in the Yakima Valley. 80-odd wineries open their doors with tasting of last year's vintage as well as their bottled wine. Guess where I will be? I'll post updates all weekend, along with... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Yoo Hoo, Mr. Government Agent! Diane Ensey April 28, 2006 I've just found out that the CIA may be reading my blog! OSC Director Douglas J. Naquin told The Washington Times, "A lot of blogs now have become very big on the Internet, and we're getting a lot of rich... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	BlogCritics: Elizabeth Taylor Near Death Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 BlogCritics reports the London Daily Mail asserting that the infamous actress is rapidly failing due to heart failure.I loved her as Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin roof; that flash in those violet eyes when she argues... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Best of the Rest: Xiaxue, Poynter Online, MyDD Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Here's where I take the opportunity to highlight some of the A-List blogs that I don't usually cover. Xiaxue: I don't usually read this blog because A) I finding is childish and irritating and B) I can't find an RSS... Continue Reading Posted at 8:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Althouse and Hyena Sex Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Ann Althouse has conjured an image which is painful and horrifying, especially for men. Image men having to give birth through their...uh...male anatomy. That is how it is for Alpha female hyenas. I would love to see Tom Cruise try... Continue Reading Posted at 7:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cardboard Bed - Great for Bedwetters Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Boing Boing covered this cardboard bed. The first thing I thought of when I saw the child sitting there is - what about bedwetters? Won't this thing just dissolve into mush? ... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Bush Not a Leader, Punishing Journalists, Character, $4 Gas Diane Ensey April 27, 2006 Totally brain dead this morning. I just realized that I was clicking through my RSS feeds without actually reading them. And there is some pretty good stuff in there too:Daily Kos: "Handed the greatest opportunity for leadership since Pearl Harbor,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr26	Liberal Blog-Readers Aren't Rabid Teenage Activists After All Diane Ensey April 26, 2006 Who reads liberal political-type blogs? The profile of the average reader is: 46 years old (40%) College or Post-Graduate schooling (80%) Median annual income of $80,200 66% male, 34% female Politically active: Signed a petition: 83% Contributed to a cause/campaign:... Continue Reading Posted at 2:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Whining Republicans, Winer, Where's Doc?, Hang 'Em High Diane Ensey April 26, 2006 I'm up at 5 am this morning, reporting on the A-List news just for you. Somebody's got to do it and I'm throwing my body on the fire of the..... ok, whoa. Too much hyperbole. Let's just get to the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	Scotty Couldn't Match This Snow Job Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Ack! What a horribly, pun-ny title. I'm truly sorry. It's out of my system now, I promise.Via Huffington Post:Fox News commentator Tony Snow has decided to accept the White House press secretary's job after top officials assured him that he... Continue Reading Posted at 9:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Only Those Who Pay Rent On Time, Have a Job or Work Should Get Housing Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 SusanG at Daily Kos talks about U.S. Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson's declaration that "only the best residents" should be allowed back into public housing in New Orleans. How does he define "best resident"? Those who paid rent on time, those... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Iran, McCarthy, Tony Snow and the Vatican Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Character is what you do when no one is watching. ~ Anon. Last night my husband and I are walking our new Brittney Spaniel named Roxy. Since we've only had her 24 hours at this point, we are not yet... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pre-Op Transgendered Inmate Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Where do you put a pre-op transgendered female inmate? The comments over at Althouse pretty much agree: if you still got the package, you go to male jail. But all is not lost. The jail has administrative lockdown, where inmates... Continue Reading Posted at 8:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Plagiarize and Still Make a Bundle Diane Ensey April 25, 2006 Kaavya Viswanathan wrote an apparently fabulous book and was signed to a $500,000 two book deal. The Harvard sophmore wrote How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life (currently #32 on the NY Times Bestseller list and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr24	No Photographs in Supermarkets Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Seth Godin talks about being told he couldn't take pictures inside of a grocery store without corporate approval. This is strange on a couple of levels.First, as Seth said, flickerizing your shopping experience for your friends is great publicity. But... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hole Swallows Man Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 I was always told that if I lied I'd be swallowed up by a hole in the ground (perhaps leading to my fears of basements). This guy must have told a whopper!... Continue Reading Posted at 12:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Masthead Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Wow! I love it! Thanks to our KMM designers.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Raytheon CEO a Plagiarizer? Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Raytheon CEO Bill Swanson has booklet called Unwritten Rules for management that was featured in a Business 2.0 article last year. Now some people are saying his rules are plagiarized.If you read the rules you quickly realized that they are... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Erica Jong Dealt With Bad Reviews Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 I am going to print this out and put it up above my desk, so that I can look at it every time I get flamed or receive a rejection slip. The whole article is great as well.For most of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Think "Book" not "Diary" Diane Ensey April 24, 2006 Dave Winer's comment about Guy Kawasaki's post had me going back to take a look. Guy gives ten ways to evangelize a blog. I agree with him, although I have some reservations about #1:1. Think “book” not “diary.” First, a... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	RIAA Sues Those Without Computers Who Share Music Via Computer Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 The title doesn't make sense, does it? A Rockmart, GA family is being sued by the RIAA for sharing 8 songs. The family is puzzled because they don't own a computer. Cory Doctorow, however, applauds this new tactic and just... Continue Reading Posted at 10:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wake Up Bloggers: Be Controverisal and You'll Get Controversy Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 A Chicago high school teacher blogged about the problems he saw at his high school: He labeled his Chicago students "criminals," saying they stole from teachers, dealt drugs in the hallways, had sex in the stairwells, flaunted their pregnant bellies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A-Listers Are Cat People? Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 We are expecting the delivery of a pureblood Brittney spaniel today named Roxy. She comes from great bird hunting stock and has just been bred with another dog with equally great lines. I'm anxious to see how our two cats,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Naked Carpenter Diane Ensey April 23, 2006 Have you heard about the naked carpenter? Apparently, a Berkeley prefers to work in the nude because it gave him a better range of motion. He also didn't want to get his clothes dirty when he had to crawl under... Continue Reading Posted at 8:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Intro to The Ruse Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 Reading all of the A-Listers means that get to know about different kinds of music and groups that I otherwise wouldn't know about.I found out about The Ruse through a Blogcritics review. They sound a bit like U2, when U2... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cheney Loves Breakthrough Note Reader Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 You can actually read your notes with your eyes closed! One delighted user, Dick Cheney, loved it so much he used it during Chinese President Hu Jintao's recent visit to the White House. Says Cheney, "It is such a great... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are We Blinded to the World? Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 Harry Shearer blogs on the Huffington Post about U.S. television news departments closing foreign bureaus and stopping the assignment of reporters to the State Department. When we lived in Seattle we got a Canadian station and watched Canadian news every... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Twinkie Defense Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 What if we lived in an alternate reality and Bush saw the errors of his ways? Listen to these hilarious speeches written for Bush by children and read by an impersonator. Melissa's is my favorite, hands down.Thanks Metafilter!... Continue Reading Posted at 11:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Earth Day! Diane Ensey April 22, 2006 It is a gorgeous one here in the eastern half of the Evergreen State, sunny, around 70. My husband is celebrating by replacing a broken sewer pipe at his parent's house. I'm going fishing, but first:BlogCritics would rather see kids... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr21	Organic Brews Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 Since it is Friday, let's get ready to party info from Cool Hunting - brewers and distillers are now creating organic alcoholic beverages.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stoner or Drunk - You Decide Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 As usual, the use of marijuana for medical use is under attack. Representative Mark Souder of S. Dakota points out that legalizing medical marijuana is a front for people who want to legalize it for everyone.Davis Sweet, author of The... Continue Reading Posted at 5:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dual Monitors - I'm Drooling on my Keyboard Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 Lifehacker reports that using dual monitors can increase your efficiency 20 - 30%. The commenters all agree. A majority report that going back to a single monitor is like losing a limb. Several talk about going to a triple configuration. ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	An "UnKeynote"? How Will That Work? Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 An unconference is a conference where the content of the meeting is driven and created by the participants rather than by a single organizer. Never having been to one, I'm not really in a position to comment...but I will anyway. ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: New Trek Movie, Dixie Chicks and Hu Diane Ensey April 21, 2006 I had to run into Seattle yesterday for a networking event (2.5 hour drive each way) and by the time I got home I was too pooped to post. So here are the A-List posts that caught my eye for... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	Dave Winer: Notorious Curmudgeon? Diane Ensey April 20, 2006 Dave reports that Fortune magazine calls his a notorious curmudgeon. The entire quote was:On his influential blog, Dave Winer, one of software's top programming thinkers and a notorious curmudgeonThat's much better than being called a cranky old bastard, Dave!The article... Continue Reading Posted at 7:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	Paul Graham Gets Me Thinking Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Do bloggers blog because they think out loud? Are we blogging because it stimulates our thought processes - a substitute for the community discussions around the pickle barrel, town square or whatever? A way of examining our lives?Paul Graham wonders... Continue Reading Posted at 7:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stephen Colbert to Replace Scott McClellan? Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Hugh Hewitt thinks that Stephen Colbert would make a fine Press Secretary. It is true - let's look at his qualifications: He can present incredibly stupid things as if they were seriously true He retains a serious, professional demeanor even... Continue Reading Posted at 6:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lesson From Gizmodo: Check Your CD Backups Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 Gizmodo reports that some of their CD backups from 1999 have already degraded to the point of uselessness. Kodak is now producing 24-karat gold discs, both CD and DVD. The gold resists oxidation, so CDs may last up to 300... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Michael Jackson, Hookahs, Japanese Martha Stewart, Tacky Pro-American Art Diane Ensey April 19, 2006 I'm still two quarts low on coffee, so here's a roundup of news from the A-List:Coolfer: Michael Jackson plans to have a new album out in 2007... Fifty bucks says the record's horrible. Why won't he just go away?Althouse: "Hookah... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Quote of the Day Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 I really tried to find something funny on the A-list for everyone - something to wash the icky taste out from the last two posts. All I found was this. I'm going to have a martini or three.... I watched... Continue Reading Posted at 5:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	More on the Malkin Controversy Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 Earlier I posted on Michelle Malkin vs. the students. In following up with what everybody has been saying I'm really concerned at the level of emotion this issue has engendered. Not just between Malkin's "teeth-gnashing orcs" and the "liberal moonbats",... Continue Reading Posted at 4:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle Malkin: World's Worst Person Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 You ask "how did she get such an honor?" Well, pull up a seat and I'll tell you.A group from UC Santa Cruz called "Students Against War" published a press release with the full names and contact information of their... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Seth Godin: Flipping the Funnel Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 Marketing is a funnel. You put undifferentiated prospects into the top. Some of them hop out, unimpressed with what you have to offer. Others learn about you and your organization, hear from their peers, compare offerings, and eventually come out... Continue Reading Posted at 9:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kimberly Williamson Butler Continues to Astound Wonkette (and Me) Diane Ensey April 18, 2006 I've been following this one for several days, but now it has just gotten too weird not to share.Kimberly Williamson Butler is a mayoral candidate for the city of New Orleans. Like most candidates, she has a website with a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	Ultimate, Favorite Huffington Post Comment Today Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Commented on this post, but originally seen here."Will Someone Please Give Bush a B--- J-- So We Can Impeach Him?"... Continue Reading Posted at 11:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Huffington Post: 79 Reasons Bush Needs to Be Impeached Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 I'm reading some fab comments on nearly all the blogs I monitor. This one is from the Huffington Post: Perhaps we are all upset because: 1. Memogate: The Senate Computer Theft 2. Doctor Detroit: The DOJ's Bungled Terrorism Case 3.... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Guy Kawasaki - Take Advantage of Your Competion Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Guy features six ways that companies stymied their competition by thinking differently. The best story, however, was supplied by a commenter:Here the game of cricket is huge, often leading to intense cola wars. When India hosted the World Cup, Coke... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Sifry's State of the Blogosphere Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 According to Dave, Technorati now tracks 36.5 million blogs and the blogosphere is doubles every six months. Interesting facts: 3.9 million bloggers write at least weekly There are about 1.2 million posts a day ( or about 55,000 an hour)... Continue Reading Posted at 10:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	We Can't Stop Phishing - Or Crime Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Mr. Scoble linked to an article which asks 'can we really stop phishing?' It is Greg Hughes' opinion we really can't: Stopping phishing and other online fraud is really just like everyday police work - It's not actually about ending crime,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Scoble to Moderate Comments Diane Ensey April 17, 2006 Mr. Scoble is half-way through a two week blogging break and decided to blog about it, which I find amusing (sounds like something I'd do).He's been mulling over a lot of things, apparently, and one of the decisions he's come... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	Jumping the Shark Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 The phrase "jumping the shark" has been appearing over and over again in the past two weeks in many different contexts. Craig Crawford at the Huffington Post provides a succinct explanation: If President Bush had starred in a television sitcom,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Digg: How To Change People's Perception of You Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 This topic on Digg was interesting enough, but take a look at the comments:"How to be fake basically, right? I don't like how business is all politics. Bunch of bullshit. I like who I am and I don't care what... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Retired Generals: Loud and Proud Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 Check out Daily Kos for his rundown of Sunday talk shows. My favorite (facetious) quote: "And his momma is so stupid she tried to put M&Ms in alphabetical order! Hell, Barbara Bush is so stupid, she thought "Wu Tang"... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newspapers Can Find the News Using Bloggers Diane Ensey April 16, 2006 Ellen Foley, editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, got sarcastic and completely missed the point during her interview with On The Media. It was suggested that newspapers should allow reader to vote on stories that the paper isn't covering but... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	News Floozy: Falling Ice, Jethro Tull, Bird Flu, Iranian Hitler Diane Ensey April 15, 2006 Boing Boing talks about ice that falls from the sky in California: "Earlier this week, I posted about a huge chunk of clear ice that mysteriously fell in an Oakland park last weekend. Yesterday, another hunk, the size of a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog-Cleaning (Or Keeping Your Husband Happy) Diane Ensey April 15, 2006 Blogging doesn't get you out of housework. Well, it may get you out of housework, but it didn't fly with my husband. He has an appointment this morning and as he left he informed me that we would be cleaning... Continue Reading Posted at 10:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Scott Adams: Weird, or Not Weird? You Decide Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Anyone else think that Scott Adams (the Dilbert behind Dilbert) is really strange? I remember being really puzzled after his second or third book because he seemed to be heading for that big space ship in the sky. His blog... Continue Reading Posted at 6:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do A-List Blogs Provide a Experience Others Lack? Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 I've been getting all introspective today, thinking about blogging, why I blog, how I blog, how blogging is different from the articles and news stories I write. Chartreuse is responding to a commenter, but he could be responding to my... Continue Reading Posted at 1:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jesus Was a Radical NonViolent Revolutionary Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Along with the plague, rodeos and low cut jeans, I try to avoid discussion of religion. However, given the whole Passover/Holy Week/South Park/Mohammed Cartoon thing being debated, I will take a stand. Geeky ex-VH1 veejay -slash- America's Funniest Home Videos... Continue Reading Posted at 1:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	American Liar Beats All Reality TV Shows Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Steve Young reports on the latest issue of 'American Liar' where Colin "Bucky" Powell was "voted off the show for slipping up and admitting that U.S. mistakes in the invasion of Iraq led to the current insurgency and sectarian fighting." ... Continue Reading Posted at 10:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Blogs are Three Dimensional Diane Ensey April 14, 2006 Chris Garrett points out that the most interesting blogs are "three dimensional": As an example, if you are a gadget blogger you might talk about not just the gadget you are reviewing or previewing but about what you might use... Continue Reading Posted at 8:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	My Thoughts on the South Park Controversy Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 I've been thinking all day what to say about the whole controversy of Comedy Central censoring South Park by not allowing Mohammed to join the cast of characters. This despite the fact he's been portrayed once before.Then Mary Katharine Ham... Continue Reading Posted at 5:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Special Agent Bush: "What to do? What to do?" Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 Mark Fiore has done it again - another cartoon lampooning Plamegate and the whole leakage controversy. Thanks to Crooks and Liars for pointing it out.And poor Rumseld isn't having the greatest day either.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Rest of The Best: Coolfer, GapingVoid, Stuff On My Cat Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 "The Rest of the Best" Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Science Teacher Does Go Too Far Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 As a follow up to my post about the teacher who showed an anti-Bush video in his classroom, it appears now the teacher is on leave.I think I've clarified my position on this whole issue in the comments to my... Continue Reading Posted at 8:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Calendar: Been There, Done That Diane Ensey April 13, 2006 Everyone is buzzing this morning about the release of Google calendar. I'm less than impressed, but let's see what the digital world has to say:Search Engine Watch: Google Calendar launches today, and it's a strong release, with a number of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Scott McClellan: Bad Press, Bad, Bad Press Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 This is a tough one, so I am going to parse it out for you: Scott McClellan demands that the press apologize for reporting that Bush claimed US forces found mobile biological weapons labs when he knew that claim was... Continue Reading Posted at 3:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Drooling Over Engadget Stuff Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 I used to love the Sears toy catalog that came out in November every year. Engadget is my replacement for that icon.They reviewed the Matrox Triplehead2Go. This little box allows you to put three screens together so they act like... Continue Reading Posted at 2:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cut to the Quick: When Domestic Accidents Happen Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Wil Wheaton tells how he cut his thumb the other night on the lid of a tin can. (Warning, his narration will make your hands hurt)His unfortunate domestic accident reminds me of the "Chicken Skewer Incident". I volunteered to make... Continue Reading Posted at 8:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Google Voice Text Search Ready for Prime Time? Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Om Malik reports that Google has just filed a patent for a voice-based search technology and is askingWhat are your thoughts on mobile search and which technology would you bet on in the mobile search domain? Will Google be the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush Lied About Germ Trailers? Diane Ensey April 12, 2006 Washington Post: On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for his administration in Iraq: Two small trailers captured by U.S. and Kurdish troops had turned out to be long-sought mobile... Continue Reading Posted at 7:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	Giving Up Free Marketing to Force Visits to Website? Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Chartreuse, whom I just discovered, but am in awe at his tastes in music, talks about pulling a band's video from YouTube: The video had 30000 views in 6 days. It was copied zero times. And you can't buy it... Continue Reading Posted at 7:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozie: Immigration, Bush's Ratings, War With Iran Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Washington Post: Former Iranian President Rafsanjani says "Iran has put into operation the first unit of 164 centrifuges, has injected [uranium] gas and has reached industrial production." Just kind of slapping us in the face with it, aren't they?BreitBart.com via... Continue Reading Posted at 12:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Techies ARE Weird and Kind of Rude Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Dave Winer, talking to a reporter, says:He [the reporter] recounted how, at a conference, Nelson spoke up, saying that we were all doing hypertext wrong...The reporter said that Nelson was really weird and kind of rude. Dave doesn't understand that,... Continue Reading Posted at 11:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Subscription Music: Can You Hear Me Now? Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 Frank Gruber compares and contrasts the major music providers. To sum up his findings: Overall, the best service based on pure stats is Virgin Digital.For the flat out cheapest price, Yahoo comes in at the lowest pointRhapsody has the slickest... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crooks and Liars Calls Little Green Footballs Blogger a Racist Diane Ensey April 11, 2006 The link history: Matt O., as guest blogger on Firedoglake blogs about Little Green Footballs and is picked up by Crooks and Liars.Matt attempts to build the argument that LGF's blogger, Charles Johnson, is racist. His proofs for this claim... Continue Reading Posted at 8:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	US Has a Big Mouth Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 And we seem to be shooting it off left and right. Speaking from a great deal of personal experience, I know that unthinking, unmeasured talk result in more damage to the speaker than those the words are aimed at.Brian James... Continue Reading Posted at 2:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Music to Blog To Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Atrios over at Eschaton is listening to Pretty Girls Make Graves and points out two MP3s you can download legally. I discovered them not long ago and on my computer's stereo sound system they sound great (good thing I live... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	SEO Titles vs. Catchy Titles Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Apparently newspapers with a web presence, like The New York Times are re-writing their headlines when they appear on the web so that they are SEO respectible. There is nothing wrong with this, and the practice very likely makes it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	AListReview for Dummies Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Hello? Books For Dummies people? I'm ready for my closeup. Google Blogoscoped pointed out this neato generator and I just had to run with it.There is actually a group out there who writes programs that generate all sorts of cool... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Business Blog Avoidance Techniques Diane Ensey April 10, 2006 Anil Dash suggests that the key to making blogs accessible for everyone is to present blogs as safe.But too often, we use terrible examples or scare stories to convince people how to start blogging, and that’s just not helping our... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	Put One Hundred Actors in Front of a Keyboard... Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Actor, allegedly abusive husband and now blogger for The Huffington Post, Alec Baldwin says that the Democratic Party is the solution to our country's current woes:Many people have commented on these pages that the Democrats will not do any better.... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Ultimate Geek Slumber Party Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Seattle Mind Camp is accepting registration. Mind Camp apparently is a 24 hour geekfest where participants bring sleeping bags and talk geek.Who has said they are going so far? Mr. Scoble, Chris Pirillo, Dave Winer...Personally, I find the thought terrifying...... Continue Reading Posted at 9:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	War For the Suburbs: Brzezinski Negotiations at Stalemate Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 The Washington Post reports this morning that former national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski, has failed to reach an accord on the vital issue of sidewalks.As you can see, there are a number of complex issues that have to be evaluated... Continue Reading Posted at 9:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Not to Get Re-Elected Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 Our Senate race here in Washington State is shaping up to be an important one. At issue is Maria Cantwell's weak connection with her constituency. Cantwell is a Democrat who supports the Iraq War, Patriot Act, etc. You can only... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Candidate Oath: First, Do No Harm Diane Ensey April 9, 2006 A thoughtful post from Blogcritics on why the GOP will continue to get the Independant vote:They're alienated from politics, hostile to government and to both parties and they mostly want to be left alone. They vote their pocketbooks, on the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 8	Starting to Define A-List Bloggers Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 What makes an "A-List" blog or blogger so popular? While this is a topic I'll come back to many times, while reading Mr. Scoble's blog just now I realized that one huge reason is that they respond to their readers. ... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Guy Kawasaki's Nine Steps Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Guy Kawasaki give his advice for writing an executive summary (you know, that blurb in your business plan that convinced the VCs that you are the next hot thing). He says to include: The Grab The Problem The Solution The... Continue Reading Posted at 5:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Taking a National Leak Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Since everybody is talking about Scooter Libby's shocking (shocking!) disclosure that our Dear Leader is also the National Leak, a summary of what is being said is in order:Washington Post: Scooter remembered that the Dear Leader was the leaker, but... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Protect Your Children From Opinions Different From Yours Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 Michelle Malkin reports that a mother of a 13-year old boy became "livid" when she found out he saw a film in class that called our Dear Leader an a**hole. The teacher received a reprimand and the school Superintendant said... Continue Reading Posted at 11:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Quizno's Side Effects Include Nausea Diane Ensey April 8, 2006 I've been watching those Quizno's prime rib sandwich ads with a skeptical eye,Consumerist, bless their stomachs, actually bought one and photographed it. Now when I see that commercial all I am going to feel is nausea. because have you ever... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Sounds Like Marc Canter Has Conference Fatigue Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 Looking over the list of speakers for Supernova, Marc Canter is complaining that it is the same old speakers that appear at every conference. Mr. Scoble points out that "known names sell tickets." Who'd pay money to hear a nobody... Continue Reading Posted at 6:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle Malkin Wants to Know What NBC Stands For Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 NBC is imameh high in a scandal that involved soliciting "Arab-looking" men to attend NASCAR races and see if they got harassed. Michelle Malkin is asking readers to submit their own interpretation of NBC. So far: Narrow-minded, Bigoted, and Condescending.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Once You Hit 'Send' It Is Open Season Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 According to B.L. Ochman, a publicist sent a press release to Steve Rubel over at Micro Persuasion. Logically enough, Steve blogged about it. He even sent an email ahead of time asking "Can I run with this?" but the publicist... Continue Reading Posted at 4:07 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Judas = Snape? Blogcritic thinks so Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 Eric Olsen over at Blogcritics.org compares the Judas as portrayed in the Gospel of Judas to Professor Snape in the Harry Potter series:Was the apparent murder part of Dumbledore's grand scheme? Was Snape helping free Dumbledore from "the man that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A-Listers Here I Come! Diane Ensey April 7, 2006 My name is Diane Ensey and I am excited to be taking over AListReview for Know More Media. Background A life-long resident of the Pacific Northwest, I graduated from The Evergreen State College with a B.A. in Liberal Arts. While... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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