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Jun30	The AListReview July Project Diane Ensey June 30, 2006 Know More: About AListReview 2.0, About AListReview July 20th I am turning 40, so to celebrate I am going to profile 40 of the A-List blogs, 2 per day each day, until my birthday. As part of the project I am going to dump my current A-List RSS feed list and import the most current list from the Technorati and Bloglines top blog lists as well as a couple of other sources. This would be a great time for anyone who wants to nominate a blog that should be A-List, but isn't on the top 100, to email it to me at diane[at]alistreview[dot]com. Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun29	Superman Returns - The A-List Buzz Diane Ensey June 29, 2006 In my opinion, a movie that didn't need to be made, Superman Returns, is generating a lot of buzz. Ain't It Cool News has at least 16 posts about it.Blogcritics has at least 8.Boing Boing, Coolfer, Engadget, Deadspin, Gawker, Hugh... Continue Reading Posted at 8:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun28	Anonymous Blogging at Daily Kos - Part Three? Four? Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 More silliness about blogger anonymity at Daily Kos as reported by Rogers Cadenhead: I can understand the urge to blog under a pseudonym to protect your privacy and avoid job-related hassles, but when you reach a point where you're fielding... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Seth Godin on the Meaning of Free Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 When is free not really free? If required to complete a survey to get your free product, is the product still free? How about if you have to pay a minimal (say $1.00) handling charge? Seth's article is a reminder... Continue Reading Posted at 8:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Deadspin Live Blogs World Cup Matches Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 If you haven't had the chance to actually watch the World Cup, Deadspin posts live blogging of all matches. It is almost like being there - of being blind while someone else describes the action. After reading the play-by-play of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun27	News Floozy: Flag Burning, Rush Limbaugh, Tulsa Judge, Monkey God Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 I saw one of those "if you lost a bundle in the stock market, we'll help you sue" commercials last night. I've never had a bundle to lose and I think that someone definitely needs to be sued about that. ... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brazil over Ghana in World Cup Soccer Action Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 I'm a huge Brazil fan, mainly because I lived there as a teenager. So I was excited to watch Brazil beat Ghana this morning 3-0 with Ronaldo hitting a new record for World Cup Scorers. technorati tags: football soccer world cup... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun26	Two Characters Will Die in Final Harry Potter Book! Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Now that I've just gotten to the point where I can look at Half Blood Prince without tearing up, JK Rowling announces that two (two!) characters will be offed in the final book.I'm hoping McGonagall makes it - she's not... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogger Conferences - Same Ol', Same Ol'? Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Kent Newsome brings up some very valid questions about blogger conferences - questions that I've asked myself as well. One of the commenters said: "Think of BloggerCon as a "users group" rather than a vendor supported conference and it makes... Continue Reading Posted at 9:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	World Cup Hotties Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 I lived in Brazil as a teenager, so had first hand knowledge of just how hot soccer players (and volleyballers) are. Halley agrees with me. I'm watching as many World Cup matches as I can on the Spanish language stations... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Coffee Cup Drip Stamper Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 I don't usually link to Gizmodo stuff - mostly because I think just about everything on their site is cool. This beats them all, however. Coffee cups with stamps on the bottom, so drips look purty.I'm thinking that independant potters... Continue Reading Posted at 7:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Huffington Post and JWT: How (Not) to Manipulate Bloggers Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Excellent analysis of marketing agency JWT and Huffington Posts attempt to create positive, viral buzz about JWT's buy-up of Huffington Posts advertising for a week. Here's a summary, but you'll want to read the whole article. JWT buys up all... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	TechCrunch Criticizes Spammy Startup; Accepts Link Spammer Sponsorship Diane Ensey June 23, 2006 Valleywag has another TechCrunch hypocrisy story. While Michael Arrington on one hand criticized startup Jigsaw for being spammy, the other hand is busily doing business with Text Link Ads, a link spammer.I'm really not sure what to think here. Bloggers... Continue Reading Posted at 7:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun22	Kos in the Blogosphere's Sights Again Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Another story of blogger hypocrisy is making the rounds. This one involved the venerable Kos website's Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas. What bloggers are wondering about is a "pay-for-play scheme in which politicians who hire Armstrong as a consultant get... Continue Reading Posted at 12:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Puppies, Marines, Haditha and Murder Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The puppies are a week old today. We ended up with nine. One puppy never really got much attention from Roxy, it was the runt and I'd noticed that it's umbilical cord kept bleeding. Well Roxy took care of the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why I Rarely Read Beyond the First Line of TechDirt Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Forgive me for a small rant, but this has been building up for quite awhile. What is it with Techdirt's lack of paragraphs? Are their pinkys sore or something?I read a lot of posts every day, and a feed like... Continue Reading Posted at 9:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Superman Tags Support Research Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Adrants reports that the Christopher Reeve Foundation is now selling Superman tags, the proceeds of which will help fund treatment and research into curing paralysis. $10 gets you both the necklace and a clip so you can show your support... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun21	Are Blogs Supplanting Newsletters? Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Would you take design and usability tips from a guy whose website looked like this? Jeff Jarvis doesn't think so, and neither do I. Nielsen claims that "Bloggers tend to be all one extreme edge" and that most people prefer... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comcast Even Puts Their Own Employees Through Hold Hell Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Church of the Customer found this great YouTube video created by a guy whose Comcast service went out. The technician (when he finally arrived) is put on hold by his own company for 90 minutes and falls asleep on the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	TechCrunch Says Money Changes Everything Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 TechCrunch is getting some flak for perceived hypocrisy linked to its new layout, which includs prominent advertising space. While anywhere else this wouldn't be a problem, TechCrunch has, in the past, expressed disdain for advertising:"Revenue generation from advertising isn’t and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bud and the World Cup: This Dishwater's For You Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 There's big buzz on the A-Listers about Budweiser and their self- annihilating sponsorship of the World Cup. For those of you not aware, the World Cup is being held in Germany - the beer center of the universe. Budweiser shelled... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Connie Chung: No Comment Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Someone just asked why I haven't talked about Connie Chung's cabaret style farewell. True, the A-Listers are talking about it. But I do need some kind of bar to what I post on. However, for those with stronger stomachs than... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where Do You Get Your News? Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Buzz Machine reports that, according to a British survey, 95% of US residents surveyed had gotten news from the internet in the past week and 40% had read a blog. My first thought was - what kind of survey was... Continue Reading Posted at 8:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Boing Boing Reports LA Times Newsroom Censorship Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Why, exactly, would a newsroom censor the internet? Apparently the LA Times is doing just that. Peacefire, an anti-censorware website is one of the blacklisted sites. Odder still is that:"...web software does block access to certain offensive websites for the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	News Floozy: Cables, Camera Blockers, Kirk in China, Hate Speech, New Star Trek Show Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 Just a Floozy's look at the dark corners of the A-List psyches:A June 6th cable from the American Ambassador to the State Department was released by the Washington Post this last weekend. Am I the only one thinking "cable?" They... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jim Lehrer - American Idol for Three Year Olds Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 I'm with one of the Metafilter commenters - I think that Jim Lehrer's eyes do make him look like a demented teddy bear. That is probably why three year old Henry Schally wanted a NewsHour-themed birthday party. His parents watch... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun18	Laptop with D.C. Employees Information Stolen Diane Ensey June 18, 2006 Will someone please explain to me why the confidential personal information of thousands of people are on laptops? It should be a no-brainer that this kind of information should be accessible only on mainframe servers with appropriate logins and logging.HIPPA... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun17	The American Public School System Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Ann Althouse has a strong discussion going on over on her post "Visualizing the school that favors boys as much as school really does favor girls."My personal two cents is that there is too much non-educational garbage being included in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ebayer Buys a Pretty Generic "Landing Page" for $10K Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 So this guy buys a ringtone landing page on ebay for $10,000. The seller claims that it makes over $12,000 a month. Apparently having the brains of a loaf of bread, he actually believed it was the plain web page... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	I Can Make Art, Me! Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 From the world of abstract art comes this priceless story, via Dvorak Uncensored. An artist entered the "laughing head" sculpture in a juried art exhibition sponsored by the Royal Academy of Arts. The judges apparently thought the artist had submitted... Continue Reading Posted at 4:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Aluminum Smelters & Data Centers Have in Common Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Just the other evening my husband and I were watching some show on metals and metallurgy (we live on the edge) when something stuck in my husband's brain. Because the enormous amount of electricity needed to smelt aluminum, many aluminum... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Be Thankful Your Stupid Moment Isn't On the Internet Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Deadspin provided a link to a story about those unfortunate people whose private goofing around or honest attempts at something new get posted on the internet for all to see.Lightsaber Kid, Numanuma guy, Boom Goes the Dynamite Sportscaster, and the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	It Pays to Marry a Politician in India Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Need a road to your village and electricity? Apparently all you need to do is marry well in India. Boing Boing reports that Sudesh Mahato, Home Minister of Jharkhand state persuaded the state government to build a 35 km road... Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun16	Avatar Invisible? Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Am I blind? A VC has several posts about his avatar - but I've never seen it. Is it because I'm using FireFox? It is kind of creeping me out that I can't see what everyone is talking about!Another person... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Meg Hourihan is Craving Oregon Cherries - Washington Much Better Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Meg - our cherries are much sweeter; plump, luscious and juicy. Bings, Rainiers, you name it - they are fabulous, and they are just coming off the trees now. We were a little worried - some rainy weather moved in,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	101 Brittney Spaniels.... Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Our Brittney Spaniel, Roxy, had her puppies yesterday. The process amazed my husband, who'd never seen anything being born before. He was smart, though, and let Roxy handle it all. On first count we had five puppies. By the time... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun15	News Floozy: American Girls, Gitmo Suicide, Obese Japanese, Bleeding Rats Diane Ensey June 15, 2006 Well, we are more than halfway through a heck of a week. I feel like I've lived three weeks in the past three days. After a run to Seattle today, things are supposed to quiet down a bit. Can't say... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun14	BigFoot Memories Diane Ensey June 14, 2006 When I was a kid I lived for a year and half up in the Blue Mountains of north eastern Oregon. We lived in a standard Forest Service ticky-tacky house with a daylight basement. I slept in the basement. At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	Who's On Your A-List? Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Darren Rowse of ProBlogger writes about the characteristics that his A-List have: They post regularly - but not too regularly - I want the important news from these bloggers and that’s it. While I subscribe to bloggers who write more... Continue Reading Posted at 10:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ValleyWag Speculates on Next Microsoft Scoble Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Valleywag is going to feature five candidates to take Robert Scoble's place as the Microsoft A-List blogger. Their first candidate is the only serious candidate (the others? Dave Winer, RoboScoble, Chris Coulter (the anti-Scoble) and Clippy). Niall Kennedy has all... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ann Coulter Plagiarizes in Godless? Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Think Progress reports that Ann Coulter may have plagiarized part of her new book, Godless. Some examples from the Rude Pundit include:Here's Coulter from Chapter 1 of Godless: The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: New Shark, Budda as SEO, Nake HiJinks, Grade Skipping and Odeo Scan Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 After a totally insane Monday, without much chance to blog, I open my feed reader to over 4000 posts. 4000 posts!? Here's what some of the A-Listers are talking about (no politics this time, I promise).Biz Stone says you can... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	Robert Scoble Leaves Microsoft Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 Robert Scoble, the ultimate A-Lister, is leaving his position as evangelist for Microsoft to join startup Podtech.net. He'll be moving to Silicon ValleyFrom his blog posts I can tell there were a lot of issues at play in his decision: ... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 9	How Much Should a Professional Blog Cost? Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 This site, Pearsonified, gives you a good feel for what goes into a professionally designed blog - and website. Because, after all, a blog is a website. He actually gives real-life numbers and links to his clients with a general... Continue Reading Posted at 7:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Morality Mobs: Stolen Sidekick, Amir and the Computer, Shaghai Affair Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 In a voyeuristic way I'm enjoying the morality mobs playing out around the globe: New York, England, China. In the first two cases, the perpetrators did something morally (and legally) reprehensible, and when found out, refused to remedy the situations.The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Note To Ice Cube - Stop Begging, Oprah Just Doesn't Like You Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 Ice Cube wants to be on Oprah so bad, he's begging? And I love this one: "She’s had rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I’m not a rags-to riches story for her, who is?" Problem... Continue Reading Posted at 9:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friday Headlines Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 Today's headline of the day: Republican Assures The Public Bush Can Follow A Discussion Does GMhave enough money to do LeMans? Corvette Team Heads for LeMans Runner-Up: Luxury Condos Attack Jewish Cemetery!... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Armando at Daily Kos Gets Outed? Seems Like He Outed Himself! Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 There's quite a dustup over at Daily Kos. Apparently sometime author and snarky commenter Armando got bent out of shape because another blogger "outed" him - revealed his "real" name. Apparently he is a lawyer with some big corporate clients.Truth? ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 8	Deadspin Provides World Cup Round Up Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Even someone who isn't a sports nut can appreciate Deadspin's analysis of the teams and their matchups. Reading it even got me excited about the World Cup. And tomorrow is the big day! Friday, the 9th9:00am - Group A -... Continue Reading Posted at 9:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Killing Zarqawi Isn't That Important (Outside of Revenge) Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Very good analysis by Think Progress. He'd pretty much become irrelevant within any kind of organization. His death does not leave a leadership vacuum, any more than Saddam's arrest ended the insurgency.Andrew Sullivan reports that locals, and maybe Jordanians, turned... Continue Reading Posted at 8:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Urinal Warns Men Not to Drive Drunk. Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 If my husband had one too many and told me the urinal talked to him, he sure as heck wouldn't be driving home. I would think this little device would scare the pi$$ out of any man, but I don't... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Boing Boing and Bollywood Make a Great Thursday Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Boing Boing, I prostrate myself before your coolness. They provided the link to this trippy Bollywood video: What better way to start a Thursday, than a Bollywood cover of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand?"Update: WFMU actually had this before Boing... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: al-Zarqawi Dead, Nudity, Ann Coulter, Dave Winer, Poker Felon Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Althouse, quoting the NY Times: "Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American air strike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6.15 p.m. local time on Wednesday." Does it really matter? Someone... Continue Reading Posted at 8:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 7	Music To Blog To: Raconteurs, No Wait Wait, Joggers, Cream Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 I'm looking for some different music to listen to. Ted Leonsis is listening to the Raconteurs, so I plugged them into Pandora and was rewarded by No Wait Wait and Joggers. I almost listened to my Billie Holiday playlist, reminded... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ann Coulter vs. Common Sense; Common Sense Wins! Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Oh, Ann Coulter - you certainly know how to get everyone talking about you and your book:"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzies. I have... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Katherine Harris is Just Plain Wierd Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 You remember Katherine Harris - the person involved in the Florida voting scandal back six years ago? Well, she is attempting to run for the Senate, even though Jeb Bush himself has said she can't win.And here are some statements... Continue Reading Posted at 8:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	Courage Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 On this anniversary of D-day, I salute Rick Moran of Blogcritics who writes a moving commentary on the true meaning of courage and asks:Can we still summon forth the will to perform great deeds in a cause that reaches far... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Death Forecaster, Geek Love, Vikings, Neocolonialist Blather Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 I'm going to have pizza tonight. My husband doesn't know this yet, and will try to talk me out of it. I'm crafting a careful argument as to why I need pizza tonight, so while I do that, you can... Continue Reading Posted at 5:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Click Fraud is an A-List Priority Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Google AdSense click fraud seems to be a hotter than usual topic lately. Andy Beale says that Mike O'Krongli's prediction about a virus that would force computers to click on AdSense ad has come true.For those not in the know,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do Blog Titles Make You An A-Lister? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Sometimes I think A-Listers are on the A-List simply because of their ability to write headlines. Examples:My Little Blue Dinghy - Halley Suitte. Sounds vaguely perverted, doesn't it?Idiot Visits Disneyland - James Wolcott. How could you not read that?eBay to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fun With Buzzwords and Acronyms Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Business Pundit has had it with corporate buzzwords and has decided to coin his own: INABATIBS, which stands for "I Need A Beer And This Is Bulls%@t." I think it is in the wrong order - it should be TIBINAB... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 5	Paris Hilton Causes Crisis in AListReview Author's Musical Tastes Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Hi. My name is Diane E. (Hi Diane) Uh, yeah. This is really hard for me. I mean really really hard for me. (you're among friends here, Diane) Ok, thanks. Well, I listened to Paris Hilton singing The Stars Are... Continue Reading Posted at 7:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How To Find Inspiration on a Slow News Day Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 What do you blog about on a slow news day? Andy Merrett (via Problogger)came up with five ideas, each just OK, but not particularly inspirational: Do Nothing Post opinion / forum / consumer views Stray from your niche Revisit old... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	John Batelle's Searchblog Changing Format Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 John Batelle is finding he only has so much time in a day, and has decided to stop doing product reviews. Too bad, I'll miss them, but he promises that we will be rewarded with more in depth, thoughtful posts.What... Continue Reading Posted at 10:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Zinsmeister, Monkey Chow, London Terror Raid, Cave Paintings Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 You're reading a tired Floozy today...a Floozy with lots of caffeine in her, but still tired. And itchy. We fished the Yakima River Canyon Saturday and the husband caught a lovely 20 inch rainbow - fat as a pig. The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	With MTV & VH1Primarily Reality TV, Where is Music's Key Driver? Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Dave Pell points out that, at about the same time that MTV and VH-1 stopped showing music videos, music sales declined. Are sales of music directly related to "key drivers" as Dave suggests? In the 50s and 60s we had... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dog vs. Cat - I Need Your Help! Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 OK Readers, I need some advice. My Brittney Spaniel, Roxy, is about a week away from having puppies, so I 've been trying to keep her inside, where we have a nice "den" made up for her and where I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 3	Haditha - What the A-Listers are Saying Diane Ensey June 3, 2006 Time for a review of what the A-Listers are saying about a certain subject or using it in their blog posts. Today's topic is the Marine massacre at Haditha.Blog Maverick (Mark Cuban) uses Haditha of an example of how you... Continue Reading Posted at 9:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 2	Joe Volpe Has Site Taken Down, Returns Money to Children Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Apparently in Canada, that bastion of liberalism, it is OK when a leadership candidate's wonk orders the site taken down by CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) and CDNS (Canadian Domain Name Services).The site satirized Joe Volpe for donations made to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ask.com Blog Search: Everyone Likes it But Steve Rubel Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Well, Steve Rubel seems to be in the minority with his opinion of Ask.com's new blog search. The BlogBusinessSummit people like it: "...it was no surprise to see Ask launch a blog/RSS search after its acquisition of Bloglines. I know... Continue Reading Posted at 4:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stormhoek Wins Award Thanks to GapingVoid Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Congratulations to Gaping Void's Hugh Mcleod and Stormhoek Winery. Hugh worked with Stormhoek to create a blog-based campaign for under $288.53 which won "Best Consumer Campaign" from Drinks Business Magazine. They beat out companies like "Pernod Ricard who were nominated... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog Tipping: A Day Late, But Still in the Game Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 I missed out on Blog Tipping yesterday - started by our own Easton Ellsworth. So I've marked it on my calendar (recurring entry, of course) and offer my own contribution a day late:Tipped Blog #1: Andrew SullivanPraise - You always... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High Tech Mosquito Murderer Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 My blood is like crack for mosquitos - they can't get enough of it. After getting bit, huge lumps appear on my skin like some kind of zombie metamorphosis. But I'm also a geek, so this high-tech, $200 dollar mosquito... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 1	Can't a Cat Have His Dignity? Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I think I promised at some point never, ever to show another photo from Stuff On My Cat. But they are an A-List blog and I've just got to spread the news about the hideous insanity that drives cat... Continue Reading Posted at 6:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: 200th Post; New Orleans, Marines; Killing Kids

Jun30	The AListReview July Project Diane Ensey June 30, 2006 Know More: About AListReview 2.0, About AListReview July 20th I am turning 40, so to celebrate I am going to profile 40 of the A-List blogs, 2 per day each day, until my birthday. As part of the project I am going to dump my current A-List RSS feed list and import the most current list from the Technorati and Bloglines top blog lists as well as a couple of other sources. This would be a great time for anyone who wants to nominate a blog that should be A-List, but isn't on the top 100, to email it to me at diane[at]alistreview[dot]com. Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun29	Superman Returns - The A-List Buzz Diane Ensey June 29, 2006 In my opinion, a movie that didn't need to be made, Superman Returns, is generating a lot of buzz. Ain't It Cool News has at least 16 posts about it.Blogcritics has at least 8.Boing Boing, Coolfer, Engadget, Deadspin, Gawker, Hugh... Continue Reading Posted at 8:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun28	Anonymous Blogging at Daily Kos - Part Three? Four? Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 More silliness about blogger anonymity at Daily Kos as reported by Rogers Cadenhead: I can understand the urge to blog under a pseudonym to protect your privacy and avoid job-related hassles, but when you reach a point where you're fielding... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Seth Godin on the Meaning of Free Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 When is free not really free? If required to complete a survey to get your free product, is the product still free? How about if you have to pay a minimal (say $1.00) handling charge? Seth's article is a reminder... Continue Reading Posted at 8:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Deadspin Live Blogs World Cup Matches Diane Ensey June 28, 2006 If you haven't had the chance to actually watch the World Cup, Deadspin posts live blogging of all matches. It is almost like being there - of being blind while someone else describes the action. After reading the play-by-play of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun27	News Floozy: Flag Burning, Rush Limbaugh, Tulsa Judge, Monkey God Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 I saw one of those "if you lost a bundle in the stock market, we'll help you sue" commercials last night. I've never had a bundle to lose and I think that someone definitely needs to be sued about that. ... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brazil over Ghana in World Cup Soccer Action Diane Ensey June 27, 2006 I'm a huge Brazil fan, mainly because I lived there as a teenager. So I was excited to watch Brazil beat Ghana this morning 3-0 with Ronaldo hitting a new record for World Cup Scorers. technorati tags: football soccer world cup... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun26	Two Characters Will Die in Final Harry Potter Book! Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Now that I've just gotten to the point where I can look at Half Blood Prince without tearing up, JK Rowling announces that two (two!) characters will be offed in the final book.I'm hoping McGonagall makes it - she's not... Continue Reading Posted at 10:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogger Conferences - Same Ol', Same Ol'? Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Kent Newsome brings up some very valid questions about blogger conferences - questions that I've asked myself as well. One of the commenters said: "Think of BloggerCon as a "users group" rather than a vendor supported conference and it makes... Continue Reading Posted at 9:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	World Cup Hotties Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 I lived in Brazil as a teenager, so had first hand knowledge of just how hot soccer players (and volleyballers) are. Halley agrees with me. I'm watching as many World Cup matches as I can on the Spanish language stations... Continue Reading Posted at 8:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Coffee Cup Drip Stamper Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 I don't usually link to Gizmodo stuff - mostly because I think just about everything on their site is cool. This beats them all, however. Coffee cups with stamps on the bottom, so drips look purty.I'm thinking that independant potters... Continue Reading Posted at 7:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Huffington Post and JWT: How (Not) to Manipulate Bloggers Diane Ensey June 26, 2006 Excellent analysis of marketing agency JWT and Huffington Posts attempt to create positive, viral buzz about JWT's buy-up of Huffington Posts advertising for a week. Here's a summary, but you'll want to read the whole article. JWT buys up all... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun23	TechCrunch Criticizes Spammy Startup; Accepts Link Spammer Sponsorship Diane Ensey June 23, 2006 Valleywag has another TechCrunch hypocrisy story. While Michael Arrington on one hand criticized startup Jigsaw for being spammy, the other hand is busily doing business with Text Link Ads, a link spammer.I'm really not sure what to think here. Bloggers... Continue Reading Posted at 7:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun22	Kos in the Blogosphere's Sights Again Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Another story of blogger hypocrisy is making the rounds. This one involved the venerable Kos website's Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas. What bloggers are wondering about is a "pay-for-play scheme in which politicians who hire Armstrong as a consultant get... Continue Reading Posted at 12:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Puppies, Marines, Haditha and Murder Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 The puppies are a week old today. We ended up with nine. One puppy never really got much attention from Roxy, it was the runt and I'd noticed that it's umbilical cord kept bleeding. Well Roxy took care of the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why I Rarely Read Beyond the First Line of TechDirt Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Forgive me for a small rant, but this has been building up for quite awhile. What is it with Techdirt's lack of paragraphs? Are their pinkys sore or something?I read a lot of posts every day, and a feed like... Continue Reading Posted at 9:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Superman Tags Support Research Diane Ensey June 22, 2006 Adrants reports that the Christopher Reeve Foundation is now selling Superman tags, the proceeds of which will help fund treatment and research into curing paralysis. $10 gets you both the necklace and a clip so you can show your support... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun21	Are Blogs Supplanting Newsletters? Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Would you take design and usability tips from a guy whose website looked like this? Jeff Jarvis doesn't think so, and neither do I. Nielsen claims that "Bloggers tend to be all one extreme edge" and that most people prefer... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Comcast Even Puts Their Own Employees Through Hold Hell Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 Church of the Customer found this great YouTube video created by a guy whose Comcast service went out. The technician (when he finally arrived) is put on hold by his own company for 90 minutes and falls asleep on the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	TechCrunch Says Money Changes Everything Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 TechCrunch is getting some flak for perceived hypocrisy linked to its new layout, which includs prominent advertising space. While anywhere else this wouldn't be a problem, TechCrunch has, in the past, expressed disdain for advertising:"Revenue generation from advertising isn’t and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bud and the World Cup: This Dishwater's For You Diane Ensey June 21, 2006 There's big buzz on the A-Listers about Budweiser and their self- annihilating sponsorship of the World Cup. For those of you not aware, the World Cup is being held in Germany - the beer center of the universe. Budweiser shelled... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun20	Connie Chung: No Comment Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Someone just asked why I haven't talked about Connie Chung's cabaret style farewell. True, the A-Listers are talking about it. But I do need some kind of bar to what I post on. However, for those with stronger stomachs than... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Where Do You Get Your News? Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Buzz Machine reports that, according to a British survey, 95% of US residents surveyed had gotten news from the internet in the past week and 40% had read a blog. My first thought was - what kind of survey was... Continue Reading Posted at 8:48 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Boing Boing Reports LA Times Newsroom Censorship Diane Ensey June 20, 2006 Why, exactly, would a newsroom censor the internet? Apparently the LA Times is doing just that. Peacefire, an anti-censorware website is one of the blacklisted sites. Odder still is that:"...web software does block access to certain offensive websites for the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun19	News Floozy: Cables, Camera Blockers, Kirk in China, Hate Speech, New Star Trek Show Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 Just a Floozy's look at the dark corners of the A-List psyches:A June 6th cable from the American Ambassador to the State Department was released by the Washington Post this last weekend. Am I the only one thinking "cable?" They... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jim Lehrer - American Idol for Three Year Olds Diane Ensey June 19, 2006 I'm with one of the Metafilter commenters - I think that Jim Lehrer's eyes do make him look like a demented teddy bear. That is probably why three year old Henry Schally wanted a NewsHour-themed birthday party. His parents watch... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun18	Laptop with D.C. Employees Information Stolen Diane Ensey June 18, 2006 Will someone please explain to me why the confidential personal information of thousands of people are on laptops? It should be a no-brainer that this kind of information should be accessible only on mainframe servers with appropriate logins and logging.HIPPA... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun17	The American Public School System Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Ann Althouse has a strong discussion going on over on her post "Visualizing the school that favors boys as much as school really does favor girls."My personal two cents is that there is too much non-educational garbage being included in... Continue Reading Posted at 8:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ebayer Buys a Pretty Generic "Landing Page" for $10K Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 So this guy buys a ringtone landing page on ebay for $10,000. The seller claims that it makes over $12,000 a month. Apparently having the brains of a loaf of bread, he actually believed it was the plain web page... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	I Can Make Art, Me! Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 From the world of abstract art comes this priceless story, via Dvorak Uncensored. An artist entered the "laughing head" sculpture in a juried art exhibition sponsored by the Royal Academy of Arts. The judges apparently thought the artist had submitted... Continue Reading Posted at 4:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Aluminum Smelters & Data Centers Have in Common Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Just the other evening my husband and I were watching some show on metals and metallurgy (we live on the edge) when something stuck in my husband's brain. Because the enormous amount of electricity needed to smelt aluminum, many aluminum... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Be Thankful Your Stupid Moment Isn't On the Internet Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Deadspin provided a link to a story about those unfortunate people whose private goofing around or honest attempts at something new get posted on the internet for all to see.Lightsaber Kid, Numanuma guy, Boom Goes the Dynamite Sportscaster, and the... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	It Pays to Marry a Politician in India Diane Ensey June 17, 2006 Need a road to your village and electricity? Apparently all you need to do is marry well in India. Boing Boing reports that Sudesh Mahato, Home Minister of Jharkhand state persuaded the state government to build a 35 km road... Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun16	Avatar Invisible? Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Am I blind? A VC has several posts about his avatar - but I've never seen it. Is it because I'm using FireFox? It is kind of creeping me out that I can't see what everyone is talking about!Another person... Continue Reading Posted at 6:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Meg Hourihan is Craving Oregon Cherries - Washington Much Better Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Meg - our cherries are much sweeter; plump, luscious and juicy. Bings, Rainiers, you name it - they are fabulous, and they are just coming off the trees now. We were a little worried - some rainy weather moved in,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	101 Brittney Spaniels.... Diane Ensey June 16, 2006 Our Brittney Spaniel, Roxy, had her puppies yesterday. The process amazed my husband, who'd never seen anything being born before. He was smart, though, and let Roxy handle it all. On first count we had five puppies. By the time... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun15	News Floozy: American Girls, Gitmo Suicide, Obese Japanese, Bleeding Rats Diane Ensey June 15, 2006 Well, we are more than halfway through a heck of a week. I feel like I've lived three weeks in the past three days. After a run to Seattle today, things are supposed to quiet down a bit. Can't say... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun14	BigFoot Memories Diane Ensey June 14, 2006 When I was a kid I lived for a year and half up in the Blue Mountains of north eastern Oregon. We lived in a standard Forest Service ticky-tacky house with a daylight basement. I slept in the basement. At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun13	Who's On Your A-List? Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Darren Rowse of ProBlogger writes about the characteristics that his A-List have: They post regularly - but not too regularly - I want the important news from these bloggers and that’s it. While I subscribe to bloggers who write more... Continue Reading Posted at 10:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	ValleyWag Speculates on Next Microsoft Scoble Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Valleywag is going to feature five candidates to take Robert Scoble's place as the Microsoft A-List blogger. Their first candidate is the only serious candidate (the others? Dave Winer, RoboScoble, Chris Coulter (the anti-Scoble) and Clippy). Niall Kennedy has all... Continue Reading Posted at 9:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ann Coulter Plagiarizes in Godless? Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 Think Progress reports that Ann Coulter may have plagiarized part of her new book, Godless. Some examples from the Rude Pundit include:Here's Coulter from Chapter 1 of Godless: The massive Dickey-Lincoln Dam, a $227 million hydroelectric project proposed on upper... Continue Reading Posted at 8:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: New Shark, Budda as SEO, Nake HiJinks, Grade Skipping and Odeo Scan Diane Ensey June 13, 2006 After a totally insane Monday, without much chance to blog, I open my feed reader to over 4000 posts. 4000 posts!? Here's what some of the A-Listers are talking about (no politics this time, I promise).Biz Stone says you can... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun12	Robert Scoble Leaves Microsoft Diane Ensey June 12, 2006 Robert Scoble, the ultimate A-Lister, is leaving his position as evangelist for Microsoft to join startup Podtech.net. He'll be moving to Silicon ValleyFrom his blog posts I can tell there were a lot of issues at play in his decision: ... Continue Reading Posted at 7:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 9	How Much Should a Professional Blog Cost? Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 This site, Pearsonified, gives you a good feel for what goes into a professionally designed blog - and website. Because, after all, a blog is a website. He actually gives real-life numbers and links to his clients with a general... Continue Reading Posted at 7:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Morality Mobs: Stolen Sidekick, Amir and the Computer, Shaghai Affair Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 In a voyeuristic way I'm enjoying the morality mobs playing out around the globe: New York, England, China. In the first two cases, the perpetrators did something morally (and legally) reprehensible, and when found out, refused to remedy the situations.The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Note To Ice Cube - Stop Begging, Oprah Just Doesn't Like You Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 Ice Cube wants to be on Oprah so bad, he's begging? And I love this one: "She’s had rapists, child molesters and lying authors on her show. And if I’m not a rags-to riches story for her, who is?" Problem... Continue Reading Posted at 9:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friday Headlines Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 Today's headline of the day: Republican Assures The Public Bush Can Follow A Discussion Does GMhave enough money to do LeMans? Corvette Team Heads for LeMans Runner-Up: Luxury Condos Attack Jewish Cemetery!... Continue Reading Posted at 9:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Armando at Daily Kos Gets Outed? Seems Like He Outed Himself! Diane Ensey June 9, 2006 There's quite a dustup over at Daily Kos. Apparently sometime author and snarky commenter Armando got bent out of shape because another blogger "outed" him - revealed his "real" name. Apparently he is a lawyer with some big corporate clients.Truth? ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 8	Deadspin Provides World Cup Round Up Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Even someone who isn't a sports nut can appreciate Deadspin's analysis of the teams and their matchups. Reading it even got me excited about the World Cup. And tomorrow is the big day! Friday, the 9th9:00am - Group A -... Continue Reading Posted at 9:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Killing Zarqawi Isn't That Important (Outside of Revenge) Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Very good analysis by Think Progress. He'd pretty much become irrelevant within any kind of organization. His death does not leave a leadership vacuum, any more than Saddam's arrest ended the insurgency.Andrew Sullivan reports that locals, and maybe Jordanians, turned... Continue Reading Posted at 8:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Urinal Warns Men Not to Drive Drunk. Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 If my husband had one too many and told me the urinal talked to him, he sure as heck wouldn't be driving home. I would think this little device would scare the pi$$ out of any man, but I don't... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Boing Boing and Bollywood Make a Great Thursday Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Boing Boing, I prostrate myself before your coolness. They provided the link to this trippy Bollywood video: What better way to start a Thursday, than a Bollywood cover of "I Wanna Hold Your Hand?"Update: WFMU actually had this before Boing... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: al-Zarqawi Dead, Nudity, Ann Coulter, Dave Winer, Poker Felon Diane Ensey June 8, 2006 Althouse, quoting the NY Times: "Al Qaeda's leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was killed in an American air strike on an isolated safe house north of Baghdad at 6.15 p.m. local time on Wednesday." Does it really matter? Someone... Continue Reading Posted at 8:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 7	Music To Blog To: Raconteurs, No Wait Wait, Joggers, Cream Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 I'm looking for some different music to listen to. Ted Leonsis is listening to the Raconteurs, so I plugged them into Pandora and was rewarded by No Wait Wait and Joggers. I almost listened to my Billie Holiday playlist, reminded... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ann Coulter vs. Common Sense; Common Sense Wins! Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 Oh, Ann Coulter - you certainly know how to get everyone talking about you and your book:"These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles about them, reveling in their status as celebrities and stalked by grief-arazzies. I have... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Katherine Harris is Just Plain Wierd Diane Ensey June 7, 2006 You remember Katherine Harris - the person involved in the Florida voting scandal back six years ago? Well, she is attempting to run for the Senate, even though Jeb Bush himself has said she can't win.And here are some statements... Continue Reading Posted at 8:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 6	Courage Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 On this anniversary of D-day, I salute Rick Moran of Blogcritics who writes a moving commentary on the true meaning of courage and asks:Can we still summon forth the will to perform great deeds in a cause that reaches far... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Death Forecaster, Geek Love, Vikings, Neocolonialist Blather Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 I'm going to have pizza tonight. My husband doesn't know this yet, and will try to talk me out of it. I'm crafting a careful argument as to why I need pizza tonight, so while I do that, you can... Continue Reading Posted at 5:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why Click Fraud is an A-List Priority Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Google AdSense click fraud seems to be a hotter than usual topic lately. Andy Beale says that Mike O'Krongli's prediction about a virus that would force computers to click on AdSense ad has come true.For those not in the know,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Do Blog Titles Make You An A-Lister? Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Sometimes I think A-Listers are on the A-List simply because of their ability to write headlines. Examples:My Little Blue Dinghy - Halley Suitte. Sounds vaguely perverted, doesn't it?Idiot Visits Disneyland - James Wolcott. How could you not read that?eBay to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fun With Buzzwords and Acronyms Diane Ensey June 6, 2006 Business Pundit has had it with corporate buzzwords and has decided to coin his own: INABATIBS, which stands for "I Need A Beer And This Is Bulls%@t." I think it is in the wrong order - it should be TIBINAB... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 5	Paris Hilton Causes Crisis in AListReview Author's Musical Tastes Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Hi. My name is Diane E. (Hi Diane) Uh, yeah. This is really hard for me. I mean really really hard for me. (you're among friends here, Diane) Ok, thanks. Well, I listened to Paris Hilton singing The Stars Are... Continue Reading Posted at 7:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How To Find Inspiration on a Slow News Day Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 What do you blog about on a slow news day? Andy Merrett (via Problogger)came up with five ideas, each just OK, but not particularly inspirational: Do Nothing Post opinion / forum / consumer views Stray from your niche Revisit old... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	John Batelle's Searchblog Changing Format Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 John Batelle is finding he only has so much time in a day, and has decided to stop doing product reviews. Too bad, I'll miss them, but he promises that we will be rewarded with more in depth, thoughtful posts.What... Continue Reading Posted at 10:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Zinsmeister, Monkey Chow, London Terror Raid, Cave Paintings Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 You're reading a tired Floozy today...a Floozy with lots of caffeine in her, but still tired. And itchy. We fished the Yakima River Canyon Saturday and the husband caught a lovely 20 inch rainbow - fat as a pig. The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	With MTV & VH1Primarily Reality TV, Where is Music's Key Driver? Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 Dave Pell points out that, at about the same time that MTV and VH-1 stopped showing music videos, music sales declined. Are sales of music directly related to "key drivers" as Dave suggests? In the 50s and 60s we had... Continue Reading Posted at 9:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dog vs. Cat - I Need Your Help! Diane Ensey June 5, 2006 OK Readers, I need some advice. My Brittney Spaniel, Roxy, is about a week away from having puppies, so I 've been trying to keep her inside, where we have a nice "den" made up for her and where I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 3	Haditha - What the A-Listers are Saying Diane Ensey June 3, 2006 Time for a review of what the A-Listers are saying about a certain subject or using it in their blog posts. Today's topic is the Marine massacre at Haditha.Blog Maverick (Mark Cuban) uses Haditha of an example of how you... Continue Reading Posted at 9:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 2	Joe Volpe Has Site Taken Down, Returns Money to Children Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Apparently in Canada, that bastion of liberalism, it is OK when a leadership candidate's wonk orders the site taken down by CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) and CDNS (Canadian Domain Name Services).The site satirized Joe Volpe for donations made to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ask.com Blog Search: Everyone Likes it But Steve Rubel Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Well, Steve Rubel seems to be in the minority with his opinion of Ask.com's new blog search. The BlogBusinessSummit people like it: "...it was no surprise to see Ask launch a blog/RSS search after its acquisition of Bloglines. I know... Continue Reading Posted at 4:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stormhoek Wins Award Thanks to GapingVoid Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 Congratulations to Gaping Void's Hugh Mcleod and Stormhoek Winery. Hugh worked with Stormhoek to create a blog-based campaign for under $288.53 which won "Best Consumer Campaign" from Drinks Business Magazine. They beat out companies like "Pernod Ricard who were nominated... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog Tipping: A Day Late, But Still in the Game Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 I missed out on Blog Tipping yesterday - started by our own Easton Ellsworth. So I've marked it on my calendar (recurring entry, of course) and offer my own contribution a day late:Tipped Blog #1: Andrew SullivanPraise - You always... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High Tech Mosquito Murderer Diane Ensey June 2, 2006 My blood is like crack for mosquitos - they can't get enough of it. After getting bit, huge lumps appear on my skin like some kind of zombie metamorphosis. But I'm also a geek, so this high-tech, $200 dollar mosquito... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jun 1	Can't a Cat Have His Dignity? Diane Ensey June 1, 2006 I think I promised at some point never, ever to show another photo from Stuff On My Cat. But they are an A-List blog and I've just got to spread the news about the hideous insanity that drives cat... Continue Reading Posted at 6:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: 200th Post; New Orleans, Marines; Killing Kids

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