AListReview: August 2006 Archives

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Aug31	Blog Surprise Day Diane Ensey August 31, 2006 Know More: Blog Surprise Day 2.0, Blog Surprise Day Happy Blog Surprise Day! The idea is to welcome new bloggers by commenting on their first posts. Here are my three: Escape from a Narcissist is bare bones, but promises some interesting content. It could become a rallying point for those in relationships with a narcissist. Yet Another Anime Blog takes tentative first steps into the blogosphere. DirectSalesCoaching.com offers useful information to Direct Sellers and MLM folks. Welcome everybody to the blogosphere! Posted at 8:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Is Apple the New Dell? Diane Ensey August 30, 2006 I've had my own Apple problems in the past working at a company that used only Apple products. When told by customer service that it is common for every fifth iMac to be 'bad' I was appalled (we bought 15... Continue Reading Posted at 5:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tomorrow is Blog Surprise Day! Diane Ensey August 30, 2006 I've designated the last day of every month as Blog Surprise Day, an idea started by Philipp Lenssen and cheered by Chartreuse. The concept is simple, find three new bloggers and comment on their blogs, then post the names of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	SMS Mashups - New Wave of Citizen Journalism Diane Ensey August 29, 2006 I'm blase about most mashups out there, but this one highlighted by Steve Gillmor has the potential of changing how we get our breaking news. The concept is based on SMS. Citizens file reports from their cell phones via SMS,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	News Floozy: Daily Kos, Maine Mystery Beast, Tension, Male Chauvinism is Alive and Well Diane Ensey August 28, 2006 After three days offline, it feels a little strange to be plugged back in. Let's ease into the week with a summary of what the A-Listers are talking about:Daily Kos' Markos Zuniga is profiled by the GOP and bloggers are... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	A-List Views of Paramount's Jettisoning of Tom Cruise Diane Ensey August 24, 2006 My favorite article on the whole debacle comes from Captain's Quarters : "...his public behavior has overshadowed his middling talents and erased his nice-guy attraction." The Captain also points out that South Park's previously-banned episode of "Trapped in the Closet"... Continue Reading Posted at 8:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Using an Incubate Box Diane Ensey August 24, 2006 Being slightly obsessive-compulsive, I tend to organize. And re-organize. And go slightly insane when I feel disorganized. Right now is one of those times. My desk is loaded with "need to read" magazines, parts of projects, headphones, coffee cups and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	Does Your Yearbook Reveal Your Inner Killer? Diane Ensey August 23, 2006 Chelsea Snyder at Blogcritics does a hilarious review of her own 2003 yearbook to prove that she is a psychopathic homocidal maniac in the making a la John Mark Karr.I'd hate to see what my yearbook says about me. Let's... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	News Floozy: Yellow Jackets, Dave Winer Chipped, Raccoon Invasion Diane Ensey August 22, 2006 From Dvorak Uncensored: "A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say." Raccoons unafraid of humans? Would these be... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	Snakes on a Plane the Campy Movie the Summer Needed Diane Ensey August 21, 2006 I've enjoyed the hype, YouTube previews and buzz about the Samuel L. Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane. Now the movie is out and the word is....its funny! Funny in a campy, self-aware way. Looking at Technorati, I see entry... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Steorn Gets the Blogosphere Buzzing Diane Ensey August 21, 2006 Steorn, an Irish technology company, has claimed to have developed "a technology that produces free, clean and constant energy." They issued a challenge for scientists to test the technology and more than 1300 have taken the bait.From the website: Steorn... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	Nick Carr Sees Blogosphere as Elite Nobility vs. Peasants Diane Ensey August 18, 2006 Nick Carr gives his version of how to get links from A-Listers and it sounds a little bitter. Maybe he feels he's not getting enough link-love of his own?The best way, by far, to get a link from an A... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nick Carr Sees Blogosphere as Elite Nobility vs. Peasants Diane Ensey August 18, 2006 Nick Carr gives his version of how to get links from A-Listers and it sounds a little bitter. Maybe he feels he's not getting enough link-love of his own?The best way, by far, to get a link from an A... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	Evil Mutant Killed By Car In Maine Diane Ensey August 17, 2006 I'm a sucker for cryptozoology stories - this one comes from Maine: "It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget," she told the Sun Journal of Lewiston. "We locked eyes for a few... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Andrew Sullivan and the Murder of 61 Children Diane Ensey August 16, 2006 Andrew Sullivan reports that the BBC is covering the massacre of 61 Sri Lankan children by government forces. An air raid targeted a school in rebel-held Sri Lanka, resulting in the deaths. Andrew finds it strange, and so do I,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	There is No Relationship Between Celebrity and Class Diane Ensey August 15, 2006 Hat tip to Deadspin for this story. I don't usually read Deadspin, as it is a sports blog and I'm not much of a sports fan. This story caught my eye though, and I'm glad it did.The post is very... Continue Reading Posted at 9:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BlogTipping: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Diane Ensey August 15, 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog which apparently is authentic. There is a link in the upper right for an English language version.Surprisingly enough there are comments enabled, although they don't show up on the English version, and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	Ministry of Silly Walks Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Compfused had the Ministry of Funny Walks Monty Python clip last week, but I just had to show it myself. Good for a Monday that, so far, isn't going well.... Continue Reading Posted at 10:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Product Packaging Maims Mark Cuban, Conjugate "To Google" Please Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Blog Maverick indulges in a product packaging rant: "Damn you and any other product manager who thinks wrapping inpenetrable plastic around a product is a smart move. It isn't."Steve Rubel at MicroPersuasion talks about the infinitive verb "to google": "... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Orleans Update Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Tim Stay has posted a great list of New Orleans blogs and podcasts created by those living in the "zone". One of the results I hope this project has it to remind everyone outside of the Louisiana/Mississippi area that the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	News Floozy: Muslims, Entrepeneurs, Steve Gillmor Diane Ensey August 13, 2006 A reader strikes back after Andrew Sullivan's remark: "There is something terribly sick within the Muslim mind at this moment in history. It is Nietzsche's ressentiment, but with God re-attached." You could have used a qualifier instead of "the", Andrew,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	Can We Trust the BlogMob? Diane Ensey August 11, 2006 An interesting, and rather pathetic, story brought to my attention by Chris Garrett at Performancing.com. To summarize, a would-be photographer created his professional portfolio (including Flickr, his own website and on forums) using photos stolen from other photographers. From what... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carry On Luggage Problem Solved Diane Ensey August 11, 2006 In Britain at least, carry on luggage is banned except for a very limited list. I can't help think that, terrorism aside, this is a good thing. I'm a carry on person myself. I hate waiting for my luggage and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	Say It Ain't So, Joe: The A-List on Lieberman's Loss Diane Ensey August 10, 2006 I had to dash out yesterday to trek to Seattle to give a workshop on basic blogging. I was surprised when a topic of conversation before the workshop started was about the role blogs played in Lieberman's defeat. The story... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Heathrow and US Institute High Security After Hijacking Foiled Diane Ensey August 10, 2006 This is what I love most about Technorati - the ability to find breaking news as the blogosphere picks it up.According to CNN, 25+ terrorists were just days away from hijacking US-bound planes from Britain and blowing them up. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	News Floozy: Lamont Beats Lieberman, McKinney Out, Pittsburgh Blah, Om v. Sifry Diane Ensey August 9, 2006 Well, Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Senate primary race. Finally. Now Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos and Eschaton have to find another issue to beat into the ground.Om Malik takes a look at just how many blogs... Continue Reading Posted at 6:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	More Comments on Adnan Hajj's Photo Doctoring Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 James Wolcott, quoting Billmon at Whiskey Bar, has a good point: "The fact that our homegrown war porn aficionados apparently find this offense more atrocious than the vile crimes being committed in this war [my link, not Billmon's]-- by their... Continue Reading Posted at 3:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vanitas Vanitatum Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 In the comments to my post on the new social media classification, Mary has a very dark, very accurate view of the real state of social media. But I'm not sure which she was talking about, since both poems apply... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Leopard and YouTube - Short But Sweet Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 43 Folders on Apple's Leopard preview: "...this feels a bit cute and a little light on really revolutionary stuff (the long overdue promise of something like Time Machine notwithstanding)." Here's Engadget's summary of the new features.Anil Dash on YouTube: "I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	Reuters Admits to Doctored Photos from Adnan Hajj Diane Ensey August 7, 2006 Lots of buzz about Reuters' use of doctored photos from Lebanon. Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs. The photos are laughably badly altered - there is no way an editor in his or her right mind would OK these to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Landis, Curry, Reuters, Egyptian Tombs and Sifry's State of the Blogosphere Diane Ensey August 7, 2006 Blogcritics wonders why Tour de France cyclists don't take their own backup blood and urine samples for independant testing. American cyclists at least need to take a look at doing this.Boing Boing reports that "eating certain curry dishes may improve... Continue Reading Posted at 8:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Mousebender: Have you in fact got any cheese here at all? Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Being the kind of person who can mouth along the words of nearly every Monty Python episode I was excited, nay, aflame, agitated, animated, annoyed, aroused, awakened, beside oneself, charged, delighted, discomposed, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, frantic,... Continue Reading Posted at 7:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Web 2.0 is Like High School Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Dead 2.0 compares Web 2.0/Blogging to high school and high school comes off looking pretty good in comparison. Even I get a mention: High School: Everyone wants to hang out with the ‘cool kids’ despite knowing that deep down, they... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Reviewing Mel Gibson Coverage by A-Listers Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Alternatively amusing and appalling, the opinions expressed by A-Listers on Mel Gibson's now infamous DUI arrest and anti-Semitic tirade give an insight into the personalities that make up the A-List.Andrew Sullivan, who has had 19 posts since July 29th tied... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: German Peacekeepers, Cybercrime Treaty, Stupid Criminal Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Quiet on the Blogosphere front. Even Michelle Malkin hasn't anything to say yet this morning. Here's the best of what is out there:Captain's Quarters questions whether German troop should be part of UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon: "A real peacekeeping force... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Social Media Classification System Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 I like Steve Rubel's metaphor for the social media universe:Galaxies: centers of gravity that attract the like-minded - e.g. YouTube, Digg and Second Life Stars: online celebs, such as Robert Scoble, Thomas Hawk, AskaNiinja, etc. * Planets: individuals who follow... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	Chartreuse Announces New Orleans Fact Finders Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Congratulations and good wishes to Mishikea Brathwaite, Travis Campbell and Loren Feldman who will be going to the New Orleans area and investigating allegations of FEMA and police abuse. They will be leaving next Friday, August 11th and their stories... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: AOL Changes, Rumsfeld Wikiality, Matt Damon as Kirk, Run Katie Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Talking Points Memo is sounding like the Daily Show: Rumsfeld: "I have never painted a rosy picture. I have been very measured in my words, and you’d have a dickens of a time trying to find instances where I have... Continue Reading Posted at 12:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Robert Scoble & Steve Gillmor - Keeping Blogs for the Elite Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Robert Scoble wrote a post about 'gestures' and how they are better than linking. As far as I can tell, 'gestures' are basically emailing someone a link they might find interesting. What upsets me most is the idea that linking... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	Digg Stats Haven't Changed Much Post-Jason Calcanis Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 According to Diggtrends (quoted from Richard MacManus)They found that the top 10 users contributed 1792 of the frontpage stories - i.e. 29.8%. The top 100 contributed 3324 stories, i.e. 55.28%. Nearly 30% of frontpage stories contributed by just 10 people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Chris Be a Hurricane? Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 Living in the inland Pacific Northwest, hurricane watching feels a little ghoulish - like sitting at the turns in Nascar to watch the crashes. This is supposed to be a nasty year (another nasty year) for hurricanes, but we haven't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Kills 50,000 Dogs in Rabies Scare; US Foxes So Far Safe Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 A Chinese province had three people die from rabies gotten from dogs. Their solution was to massacre 50,000 dogs:Dogs being walked were taken from their owners and beaten on the spot, the newspaper said. Other killing teams entered villages at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Cuba Obsession, E3 (Minus Booth Babes), Christmas Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 Five Things All Sane People Agree On About Blogs And Mainstream Journalism (So Can We Stop Talking About Them Now?) Om Malik talks about changes to E3: "Less Booth Babes, Better Industry Profile" Marketing Vox is already talking about the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Word ot the Day: Wikiality (Thanks to Stephen Colbert & Wikipedia) Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 The July 31st edition of the Colbert Report had host Stephen Colbert's needling Wikipedia and creating a new word "Wikiality". Wikiality is define as "the reality that exists if you make something up and enough people agree with you."Colbert encouraged... Continue Reading Posted at 8:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	You Too Can Be a Homeland Security Graduate! Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 In homage to those awful online degree mill TV commercials, Sploid posts about a Connecticut college that is offering a 2 year AA degree in Homeland Security. Among the classes required are Introduction to Computer Literacy, Contemporary Ethical Perspectives and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fidel Castro - Condition Sounds Serious? Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 When a man who has never, ever let loose the reigns of power in 50-odd years, suddenly gives them up, even temporarily, to his designated successor, one has to wonder just how serious his medical condition is. Captain's Quarters points... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Let's Find Out The Truth About New Orleans Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 Chatreuse (Beta) is asking for two volunteers who will leave in the next 5-10 days and uncover the truth about what is going on in the hurricane ravage New Orleans area. How bad are the FEMA camps? Are residents being... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Atlanta Bombs, LockerGnome, BIY Museum Podcasts, Conrad Burns Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 The puppies (8 of them - one has sold) woke us up at 4:00 in the oh-my-god-what-time-is-it because they wanted to play. As a result, my brain feels like something excreted by those little devils. Here's a non-comprehesive look at... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Blog Tipping Day Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 Three more blogs meet the ruthless AListReview keyboard on Blog Tipping Day. Our victims guests this month are:#1 Treehugger.com -Compliment #1: I like your range of posts - from articles about prefab housing to information on local eco-problems.Compliment #2: The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Aug31	Blog Surprise Day Diane Ensey August 31, 2006 Know More: Blog Surprise Day 2.0, Blog Surprise Day Happy Blog Surprise Day! The idea is to welcome new bloggers by commenting on their first posts. Here are my three: Escape from a Narcissist is bare bones, but promises some interesting content. It could become a rallying point for those in relationships with a narcissist. Yet Another Anime Blog takes tentative first steps into the blogosphere. DirectSalesCoaching.com offers useful information to Direct Sellers and MLM folks. Welcome everybody to the blogosphere! Posted at 8:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Is Apple the New Dell? Diane Ensey August 30, 2006 I've had my own Apple problems in the past working at a company that used only Apple products. When told by customer service that it is common for every fifth iMac to be 'bad' I was appalled (we bought 15... Continue Reading Posted at 5:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tomorrow is Blog Surprise Day! Diane Ensey August 30, 2006 I've designated the last day of every month as Blog Surprise Day, an idea started by Philipp Lenssen and cheered by Chartreuse. The concept is simple, find three new bloggers and comment on their blogs, then post the names of... Continue Reading Posted at 7:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	SMS Mashups - New Wave of Citizen Journalism Diane Ensey August 29, 2006 I'm blase about most mashups out there, but this one highlighted by Steve Gillmor has the potential of changing how we get our breaking news. The concept is based on SMS. Citizens file reports from their cell phones via SMS,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	News Floozy: Daily Kos, Maine Mystery Beast, Tension, Male Chauvinism is Alive and Well Diane Ensey August 28, 2006 After three days offline, it feels a little strange to be plugged back in. Let's ease into the week with a summary of what the A-Listers are talking about:Daily Kos' Markos Zuniga is profiled by the GOP and bloggers are... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	A-List Views of Paramount's Jettisoning of Tom Cruise Diane Ensey August 24, 2006 My favorite article on the whole debacle comes from Captain's Quarters : "...his public behavior has overshadowed his middling talents and erased his nice-guy attraction." The Captain also points out that South Park's previously-banned episode of "Trapped in the Closet"... Continue Reading Posted at 8:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Using an Incubate Box Diane Ensey August 24, 2006 Being slightly obsessive-compulsive, I tend to organize. And re-organize. And go slightly insane when I feel disorganized. Right now is one of those times. My desk is loaded with "need to read" magazines, parts of projects, headphones, coffee cups and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	Does Your Yearbook Reveal Your Inner Killer? Diane Ensey August 23, 2006 Chelsea Snyder at Blogcritics does a hilarious review of her own 2003 yearbook to prove that she is a psychopathic homocidal maniac in the making a la John Mark Karr.I'd hate to see what my yearbook says about me. Let's... Continue Reading Posted at 10:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	News Floozy: Yellow Jackets, Dave Winer Chipped, Raccoon Invasion Diane Ensey August 22, 2006 From Dvorak Uncensored: "A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say." Raccoons unafraid of humans? Would these be... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	Snakes on a Plane the Campy Movie the Summer Needed Diane Ensey August 21, 2006 I've enjoyed the hype, YouTube previews and buzz about the Samuel L. Jackson movie Snakes on a Plane. Now the movie is out and the word is....its funny! Funny in a campy, self-aware way. Looking at Technorati, I see entry... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Steorn Gets the Blogosphere Buzzing Diane Ensey August 21, 2006 Steorn, an Irish technology company, has claimed to have developed "a technology that produces free, clean and constant energy." They issued a challenge for scientists to test the technology and more than 1300 have taken the bait.From the website: Steorn... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	Nick Carr Sees Blogosphere as Elite Nobility vs. Peasants Diane Ensey August 18, 2006 Nick Carr gives his version of how to get links from A-Listers and it sounds a little bitter. Maybe he feels he's not getting enough link-love of his own?The best way, by far, to get a link from an A... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nick Carr Sees Blogosphere as Elite Nobility vs. Peasants Diane Ensey August 18, 2006 Nick Carr gives his version of how to get links from A-Listers and it sounds a little bitter. Maybe he feels he's not getting enough link-love of his own?The best way, by far, to get a link from an A... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	Evil Mutant Killed By Car In Maine Diane Ensey August 17, 2006 I'm a sucker for cryptozoology stories - this one comes from Maine: "It was evil, evil looking. And it had a horrible stench I will never forget," she told the Sun Journal of Lewiston. "We locked eyes for a few... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Andrew Sullivan and the Murder of 61 Children Diane Ensey August 16, 2006 Andrew Sullivan reports that the BBC is covering the massacre of 61 Sri Lankan children by government forces. An air raid targeted a school in rebel-held Sri Lanka, resulting in the deaths. Andrew finds it strange, and so do I,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	There is No Relationship Between Celebrity and Class Diane Ensey August 15, 2006 Hat tip to Deadspin for this story. I don't usually read Deadspin, as it is a sports blog and I'm not much of a sports fan. This story caught my eye though, and I'm glad it did.The post is very... Continue Reading Posted at 9:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	BlogTipping: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Diane Ensey August 15, 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has started a blog which apparently is authentic. There is a link in the upper right for an English language version.Surprisingly enough there are comments enabled, although they don't show up on the English version, and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	Ministry of Silly Walks Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Compfused had the Ministry of Funny Walks Monty Python clip last week, but I just had to show it myself. Good for a Monday that, so far, isn't going well.... Continue Reading Posted at 10:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Product Packaging Maims Mark Cuban, Conjugate "To Google" Please Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Blog Maverick indulges in a product packaging rant: "Damn you and any other product manager who thinks wrapping inpenetrable plastic around a product is a smart move. It isn't."Steve Rubel at MicroPersuasion talks about the infinitive verb "to google": "... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Orleans Update Diane Ensey August 14, 2006 Tim Stay has posted a great list of New Orleans blogs and podcasts created by those living in the "zone". One of the results I hope this project has it to remind everyone outside of the Louisiana/Mississippi area that the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	News Floozy: Muslims, Entrepeneurs, Steve Gillmor Diane Ensey August 13, 2006 A reader strikes back after Andrew Sullivan's remark: "There is something terribly sick within the Muslim mind at this moment in history. It is Nietzsche's ressentiment, but with God re-attached." You could have used a qualifier instead of "the", Andrew,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	Can We Trust the BlogMob? Diane Ensey August 11, 2006 An interesting, and rather pathetic, story brought to my attention by Chris Garrett at Performancing.com. To summarize, a would-be photographer created his professional portfolio (including Flickr, his own website and on forums) using photos stolen from other photographers. From what... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Carry On Luggage Problem Solved Diane Ensey August 11, 2006 In Britain at least, carry on luggage is banned except for a very limited list. I can't help think that, terrorism aside, this is a good thing. I'm a carry on person myself. I hate waiting for my luggage and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	Say It Ain't So, Joe: The A-List on Lieberman's Loss Diane Ensey August 10, 2006 I had to dash out yesterday to trek to Seattle to give a workshop on basic blogging. I was surprised when a topic of conversation before the workshop started was about the role blogs played in Lieberman's defeat. The story... Continue Reading Posted at 10:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Heathrow and US Institute High Security After Hijacking Foiled Diane Ensey August 10, 2006 This is what I love most about Technorati - the ability to find breaking news as the blogosphere picks it up.According to CNN, 25+ terrorists were just days away from hijacking US-bound planes from Britain and blowing them up. The... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	News Floozy: Lamont Beats Lieberman, McKinney Out, Pittsburgh Blah, Om v. Sifry Diane Ensey August 9, 2006 Well, Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman in the Connecticut Senate primary race. Finally. Now Crooks and Liars, Daily Kos and Eschaton have to find another issue to beat into the ground.Om Malik takes a look at just how many blogs... Continue Reading Posted at 6:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	More Comments on Adnan Hajj's Photo Doctoring Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 James Wolcott, quoting Billmon at Whiskey Bar, has a good point: "The fact that our homegrown war porn aficionados apparently find this offense more atrocious than the vile crimes being committed in this war [my link, not Billmon's]-- by their... Continue Reading Posted at 3:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Vanitas Vanitatum Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 In the comments to my post on the new social media classification, Mary has a very dark, very accurate view of the real state of social media. But I'm not sure which she was talking about, since both poems apply... Continue Reading Posted at 3:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Leopard and YouTube - Short But Sweet Diane Ensey August 8, 2006 43 Folders on Apple's Leopard preview: "...this feels a bit cute and a little light on really revolutionary stuff (the long overdue promise of something like Time Machine notwithstanding)." Here's Engadget's summary of the new features.Anil Dash on YouTube: "I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	Reuters Admits to Doctored Photos from Adnan Hajj Diane Ensey August 7, 2006 Lots of buzz about Reuters' use of doctored photos from Lebanon. Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs. The photos are laughably badly altered - there is no way an editor in his or her right mind would OK these to... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Landis, Curry, Reuters, Egyptian Tombs and Sifry's State of the Blogosphere Diane Ensey August 7, 2006 Blogcritics wonders why Tour de France cyclists don't take their own backup blood and urine samples for independant testing. American cyclists at least need to take a look at doing this.Boing Boing reports that "eating certain curry dishes may improve... Continue Reading Posted at 8:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Mousebender: Have you in fact got any cheese here at all? Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Being the kind of person who can mouth along the words of nearly every Monty Python episode I was excited, nay, aflame, agitated, animated, annoyed, aroused, awakened, beside oneself, charged, delighted, discomposed, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, fired up, frantic,... Continue Reading Posted at 7:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Web 2.0 is Like High School Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Dead 2.0 compares Web 2.0/Blogging to high school and high school comes off looking pretty good in comparison. Even I get a mention: High School: Everyone wants to hang out with the ‘cool kids’ despite knowing that deep down, they... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Reviewing Mel Gibson Coverage by A-Listers Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Alternatively amusing and appalling, the opinions expressed by A-Listers on Mel Gibson's now infamous DUI arrest and anti-Semitic tirade give an insight into the personalities that make up the A-List.Andrew Sullivan, who has had 19 posts since July 29th tied... Continue Reading Posted at 10:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: German Peacekeepers, Cybercrime Treaty, Stupid Criminal Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 Quiet on the Blogosphere front. Even Michelle Malkin hasn't anything to say yet this morning. Here's the best of what is out there:Captain's Quarters questions whether German troop should be part of UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon: "A real peacekeeping force... Continue Reading Posted at 9:03 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Social Media Classification System Diane Ensey August 4, 2006 I like Steve Rubel's metaphor for the social media universe:Galaxies: centers of gravity that attract the like-minded - e.g. YouTube, Digg and Second Life Stars: online celebs, such as Robert Scoble, Thomas Hawk, AskaNiinja, etc. * Planets: individuals who follow... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	Chartreuse Announces New Orleans Fact Finders Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Congratulations and good wishes to Mishikea Brathwaite, Travis Campbell and Loren Feldman who will be going to the New Orleans area and investigating allegations of FEMA and police abuse. They will be leaving next Friday, August 11th and their stories... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: AOL Changes, Rumsfeld Wikiality, Matt Damon as Kirk, Run Katie Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Talking Points Memo is sounding like the Daily Show: Rumsfeld: "I have never painted a rosy picture. I have been very measured in my words, and you’d have a dickens of a time trying to find instances where I have... Continue Reading Posted at 12:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Robert Scoble & Steve Gillmor - Keeping Blogs for the Elite Diane Ensey August 3, 2006 Robert Scoble wrote a post about 'gestures' and how they are better than linking. As far as I can tell, 'gestures' are basically emailing someone a link they might find interesting. What upsets me most is the idea that linking... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	Digg Stats Haven't Changed Much Post-Jason Calcanis Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 According to Diggtrends (quoted from Richard MacManus)They found that the top 10 users contributed 1792 of the frontpage stories - i.e. 29.8%. The top 100 contributed 3324 stories, i.e. 55.28%. Nearly 30% of frontpage stories contributed by just 10 people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Chris Be a Hurricane? Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 Living in the inland Pacific Northwest, hurricane watching feels a little ghoulish - like sitting at the turns in Nascar to watch the crashes. This is supposed to be a nasty year (another nasty year) for hurricanes, but we haven't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China Kills 50,000 Dogs in Rabies Scare; US Foxes So Far Safe Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 A Chinese province had three people die from rabies gotten from dogs. Their solution was to massacre 50,000 dogs:Dogs being walked were taken from their owners and beaten on the spot, the newspaper said. Other killing teams entered villages at... Continue Reading Posted at 9:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Cuba Obsession, E3 (Minus Booth Babes), Christmas Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 Five Things All Sane People Agree On About Blogs And Mainstream Journalism (So Can We Stop Talking About Them Now?) Om Malik talks about changes to E3: "Less Booth Babes, Better Industry Profile" Marketing Vox is already talking about the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Word ot the Day: Wikiality (Thanks to Stephen Colbert & Wikipedia) Diane Ensey August 2, 2006 The July 31st edition of the Colbert Report had host Stephen Colbert's needling Wikipedia and creating a new word "Wikiality". Wikiality is define as "the reality that exists if you make something up and enough people agree with you."Colbert encouraged... Continue Reading Posted at 8:26 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	You Too Can Be a Homeland Security Graduate! Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 In homage to those awful online degree mill TV commercials, Sploid posts about a Connecticut college that is offering a 2 year AA degree in Homeland Security. Among the classes required are Introduction to Computer Literacy, Contemporary Ethical Perspectives and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fidel Castro - Condition Sounds Serious? Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 When a man who has never, ever let loose the reigns of power in 50-odd years, suddenly gives them up, even temporarily, to his designated successor, one has to wonder just how serious his medical condition is. Captain's Quarters points... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Let's Find Out The Truth About New Orleans Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 Chatreuse (Beta) is asking for two volunteers who will leave in the next 5-10 days and uncover the truth about what is going on in the hurricane ravage New Orleans area. How bad are the FEMA camps? Are residents being... Continue Reading Posted at 10:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	News Floozy: Atlanta Bombs, LockerGnome, BIY Museum Podcasts, Conrad Burns Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 The puppies (8 of them - one has sold) woke us up at 4:00 in the oh-my-god-what-time-is-it because they wanted to play. As a result, my brain feels like something excreted by those little devils. Here's a non-comprehesive look at... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Blog Tipping Day Diane Ensey August 1, 2006 Three more blogs meet the ruthless AListReview keyboard on Blog Tipping Day. Our victims guests this month are:#1 Treehugger.com -Compliment #1: I like your range of posts - from articles about prefab housing to information on local eco-problems.Compliment #2: The... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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