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Oct31	Pig Heads - 2 Tons Worth - Spilled on Road Diane Ensey October 31, 2006 Know More: Humor, In the News 2.0, Humor How could I not blog about that? Apparently the heads spilled out of the back of a truck as it accelerated at an intersection. Why, exactly, was the truck carrying just pig heads? Is there some kind of market for pig heads other than creepy butcher shop displays where the pig has an apple in its mouth? It's true - you can Google for anything. Apparently you can buy pig's heads in grocery stores in Germany to make head cheese. technorati tags: head cheese pig germany del.icio.us tags: head cheese pig germany icerocket tags: head cheese pig germany Posted at 9:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct30	Blog Business Summit Wrap Up Diane Ensey October 30, 2006 It was very difficult for me to blog on Friday because the sessions were so fantastic and I was meeting so many interesting people! Luckily some people were able to take really great notes:Tim Stay of Know More Media and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct27	Business Blog Summit: You No Longer Control Your Brand Diane Ensey October 27, 2006 In the past, branding and marketing focused on product quality and consistency. Think 1950's style Campbell Soup commercials. Branding and marketing then changed to be centered on customer identity - how does the customer want to seen or feel while... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small Business Blogging at Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 27, 2006 The small business blogging panel was held in the Cove Ballroom, a much smaller room, which was pretty packed. I would have liked to see it held in the bigger room, with more room to breathe, because it was interesting.Interesting,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct26	Blog Business Summit: Searching & RSS Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Halley Suitt, Mary Hodder and Dave Taylor are talking about tracking the blogosphere buzz by using RSS and search engines. Would you believe Mary has over 100 searches that she follows on a number of different sources? Each search targets... Continue Reading Posted at 3:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Engaging with Bloggers Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Buzz Bruggeman (ActiveWords), Janet Johnson (Marqui) and Halley Suitte (Top 10 Sources) gave a dynamic, interesting presentation on engaging with bloggers.Transparency seems to be the theme so far today. The panel takes the position that if you want bloggers to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jason Calacanis' Keynote at Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Jason started out a little weak. He admitted he didn't prepare a presentation and it really showed. He started when he was a baby Web 1.0 and we've learned all about his professional feud with Nick Denton (Gawker Media). He... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Corporate Blogging Policy at the Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Yesterday's session on Corporate Blogging policy featured speakers from real corporations - Yahoo, IBM and Microsoft, but I'd like to see more speakers from "non-tech" based companies. Perhaps some companies that have to meet government regulations on communications. Yahoo and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog Business Summit: Communities and Transparency Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 I'm very excited to be at the Blog Business Summit here in Seattle. I met up with fellow Know More Media blogger Tim Stay. Tim brought a big bowl of Pez and Pez Dispensers with the Know More Media logo,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	AList Opines on Madonna's Adoption of David Diane Ensey October 25, 2006 Boy, A-List sentiments over little David Banda's adoption by Madonna is all over the board:Blogcritic's Eric Olsen: "Perhaps a rich and famous continent will adopt Africa. Yes, its family will miss it, but at least it will be well taken... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct24	News Floozy: Snipes, New Orleans and Barack Obama Diane Ensey October 24, 2006 That's right, the Floozy is back! So many snarky comments, so little time to share. Michelle Malkin: "I am asking you to combat CNN's glorification of Iraqi jihadist snipers by supporting American snipers." Tit for tat, Michelle? How about glorifying... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	BL Ochman Forced to Mac After Dell Trauma Diane Ensey October 23, 2006 BL Ochman has switched over to a Mac after experiencing prolonged Dell Hell. She gives her top 10 reasons for buying a Mac, most of which are based on Dell's service (there are other computer sellers, you know).I have five... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will I Pay to Read Chartreuse? Diane Ensey October 23, 2006 David over at Blogging Pro throws out his opinion on Chartreuse's foray into paid blog reading. That's right, our old friend Chartreuse now wants $10/month from his readers to read his blog. And you know what? Good for him. It's... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct19	Light Posting This Week Diane Ensey October 19, 2006 I've been ill with some nasty bug all week, which explains the light posting. With luck I'll be back on my feet soon - especially important since the Business Blog Summit is next week. Know More Media CIO Tim Stay ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct18	StumbleUpon Not Entirely Socially Directed After All Diane Ensey October 18, 2006 I get some traffic from StumbleUpon - not a lot, but my Manamana post gets hit fairly regularly. Now it appears that at least some of StumbleUpon's "stumbles" are actually paid placements.StumbleUpon works as a random generator of pages that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Jeff Jarvis Predicts End of Sunday Papers Diane Ensey October 17, 2006 Apparently in England, many large papers have a separate Sunday staff, which is inefficient and costly, obviously. A Guardian columnist recently predicted that Sunday papers in the UK will disappear.Jeff acknowledges that the US has a different environment for Sunday... Continue Reading Posted at 8:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	I'm Curling Up with a Stuffed Microbe Diane Ensey October 16, 2006 Megnut pointed out these wacky stuffed animals microbes. Since I've been hit hard today by a stomach ache, I'm going to cuddle up with Shigella. The next time I get a cold, Rhinovirus will be a cute distraction. Actually, now... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct13	Friday the 13th: Death Row Pregnancy, Canadian Marijuana and a Panty Thief Diane Ensey October 13, 2006 Obviously my definition of 'solitary confinement' differs from that in Vietnam because Dvorak Uncensored is reporting that a woman held on death row in solitary confinement for almost a year is pregnant and asking for a pardon. Metafilter quotes an... Continue Reading Posted at 4:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct12	Is Autism a Human Adaptation Rather Than a Disorder? Diane Ensey October 12, 2006 This little brain-bender from Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing is going to have me thinking all day. What if some 'disorders' and 'diseases' are really human adaptations? As an example Cory says:Homosexuality once appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual... Continue Reading Posted at 7:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Mark Cuban Still Things Google is Crazy Diane Ensey October 11, 2006 At least he isn't calling them morons, but he is making a point about the whole copyright liability issue. If Google/YouTube continue as is without liability consequences, Mark plans on his own "load everything you own and share it with... Continue Reading Posted at 9:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	Fox's Interest in YouTube Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 Techcrunch reports that Fox is the copyright owner of many YouTube videos. Is that so surprising? After all, they have the biggest cadre of quotable morons jerks freaks individuals on television today in their news division.To be fair, outside of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apple's Anonymous Blogger Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 Robert Scoble (whose blog has been singularly uninteresting since he left Microsoft) talks about Apple's anonymous blogger. Because Apple is so heavy-handed with employees, they can't talk about Apple in public. Robert points out:"What happens when only anonymous employees can... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A LIsters on North Korea Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 What is surprising is how little the supposed nuclear tests in Korea have been talked about by A Listers. Here's a summary for you:Apparently the US now doubts that North Korea actually detonated a nuclear bomb. Either it was a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	TechCrunch Gets the Scoop - YouTube Sold! Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 Techcrunch got the scoop - Google has indeed acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. Apparently the deal will close in the 4th quarter, which makes it a pretty quick close. According to TechCrunch, Yahoo was also in the running.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush - Army - Bush: On Disloyalty and Friendship Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 These three quotes don't quite match up, subject-wise, but they are just too good not to share with my friends.Crooks and Liars: "In the obsessively private Bush clan, talking out of school is the ultimate act of disloyalty, and Bush... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why North Korea Wants the Bomb Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 It isn't news anymore that North Korea probably performed underground testing of a nuclear weapon yesterday. What we should focus on is why?The LA Times points out the obvious:"Showcasing a nuclear capability would almost certainly deepen North Korea's diplomatic and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 7	At Least Maryland Gov. Ehrlich is Honest Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 I appreciate honesty from my politicians. Since we don't see it often, we need to cherish it when it appears:Crooks and Liars, quoting Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. on his picking a blind woman for his running mate: "In my... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What is Chartreuse Up To? Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 Chartreuse(Beta) is out of beta and now just Chartreuse. He's promising a new launch of Chartreuse on Friday the 13th. In his words: It will introduce you to new music, ideas, companies and people that matter. It will utilize the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Using Blog Posts for Good Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 On October 2nd Boing Boing posts about Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus Trilogy. Suffering from post-polio syndrome, Wilson is dying and facing eviction because he is nearly out of money. His care is being provided by friends and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 6	North Korean Spokesman Say Next War Will Be On US Soil Diane Ensey October 6, 2006 The North Korean leadership is loony anyway, but the "unofficial spokesman" for Kim Jong-il published an article in the Asia Times saying"Unlike all the previous wars Korea fought, a next war will be better called the American War or the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friday News Floozy: Foley, John Stewart and Outraged Malkin (Still) Diane Ensey October 6, 2006 It's Friday and I'm putting off work that really needs to be done, so let's take a look at wierd and wonderful things said on blogs this week:Little Green Footballs: "There’s now evidence that the fever swamp blogosphere (led by... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Iraq Update: What the AListers Are Saying Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 DailyKos: "While Republicans scramble to cover their bloated asses over the Foley cover-up scandal, Iraq is coming apart at the seams:"Newsweek: "The administration was not just unlucky. It was almost willfully blind to the risks entailed in invading and occupying... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	True Christian Values Appear Naive Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Andrew Sullivan writes about something I've been thinking about myself for the past few days:Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. How easy to say. How hard to practise. When people actually practise what Jesus... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Apocalypto Suffer the Sins of the Father? Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Ain't It Cool News insider Massawyrm saw a production cut of Apocalypto, the native language, Central American-based film. (Oh, yeah, made by Mel Gibson - but don't hold that against the film)Wyrm was impressed, even with the rough cut: From... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Scoble, Suits and Seattle Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Robert Scoble talks about men in suits and the difference in attitudes between men in suits and men in jeans. There was less energy and more power from the suits and more energy/less power from the jeans contingent. Part of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Harry Potter's Weasley Family Clock Comes To Life Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Stowe Boyd has been testing a Whereabouts Clock, which tracks family members by their cellphone. Apparently users register zones, or locations, and when they are in that location - school, work, library, local bar - it appears on the clock. ... Continue Reading Posted at 11:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	North Korea Squalling for Attention Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 North Korea, which has been largely ignored for several months, has scrunched up their eyes, waved their fists and is squalling like a baby with a dirty diaper. Its the same old thing - a nuclear test.According to the Washington... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Katie Couric Isn't the Problem Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Instapundit seems gleeful that CBS's Nightly News with Katie Couric had dropped to third in the ratings.I don't see the problem as Katie, per se. The problem is the new format. Where are the news stories? With only half an... Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online Poker's Days Numbered in US? Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 In yet another example of how Congress needs to look long and hard at their priorities, right after they approve torture, they decide to ban online poker. Apparently online poker is much worse than torture.While huge site PokerStars says your... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dow is Up - Time to Tighten Belts Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Wonkette is justifiably skeptical about the Dow's latest record-breaker. They suggest we look at past record-breakers: September 3, 1929: The Dow reaches a record high of 381.17, just seven weeks before Black Friday began nearly 20 years of poverty and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 3	Modern Homes with Recycled Shipping Containers Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 When I read the title of John Dvorak's post "Turning shipping containers into housing" I was ready to get all offended at the thought of making low-income housing out of the thousands of unused metal shipping containers stacked in our... Continue Reading Posted at 12:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small Business Owners Do It Themselves Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Anita Campbell has a thought-provoking post today about the trend in small business of doing it yourself. She points out that most small business owners keep their own books, rather than hiring an accountant. Instead, accountants are being held for... Continue Reading Posted at 10:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Students Should Not Question George Bush Says Michelle Malkin Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Michelle Malkin attacks a poem written by a student and published in a LA teacher's union newsletter because it questions George Bush and why we are at war. Michelle has long believed that freedom of speech applied only to herself,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brazilian Airliner May have Collided with Corporate Jet Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 A NY Times reporter was on the small corporate jet that may have clipped (or was clipped by) the Boeing 737 that crashed into the Amazon jungle, killing 150.The story is amazing and there is a discussion over at MetaFilter... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Foley's Down, Hastert's Losing His Grip, Who is Next? Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Here's something scary for you: our Congressional leadership gets its information from ABC News:"No one in the Republican leadership, nor Congressman Shimkus, saw those messages until last Friday when ABC News released them to the public," said Speaker of the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 2	A Skip Tracer's Story Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 My Know More Media colleague, Michelle Dunn, talks about skip tracing and whether you should do your own in-house. Skip tracers literally track the whereabouts of people who have disappeared. Nearly all of the work is done by phone and... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	YouTube - Illegal? Stupid? What the AListers Are Saying Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Mark Cuban started the blogosphere babbling when he said any buyer of YouTube would be a 'moron' because of potential copyright violations yet to be faced by the popular video sharing site. Cuban also talks about the safe harbor act... Continue Reading Posted at 2:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tony Snow Shrugs off Foley Scandal as 'Naughty Emails' Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 This lovely exchange between CNN's Soledad O'Brien and Tony Snow occured this morning, transcript courtesy of Think Progress: O’BRIEN: I would assume everybody would want to know, including the president. I mean, we’re not talking about any old person. We’re... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Jersey Faces Pumpkin Famine Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Gothamist reports that the New Jersey pumpkin crop suffers from a soil fungi as a result of a hot summer with rains in June and August. 50-90% of the crop may be lost this year. On the face of it,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Age of Consent in D.C. is 16 Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Andrew Sullivan points out the age of consent in Washington D.C. is 16 - so technically Mark Foley didn't do anything illegal. In Florida, Foley's state, the age of consent is 17. I'm fairly certain that Foley didn't check the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Odes to Easton, the Blogtipping Man Diane Ensey October 1, 2006 Know More Media's Easton Ellsworth is the founder of blogtipping and is the (ir)reverent subject of a set of odes by admirers about blog tipping:Manage to Change: ‘Twas the night before Blogtipping Day and all through the house,Not a creature... Continue Reading Posted at 5:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching Groups Doesn't Work - Seth Godin Agrees Diane Ensey October 1, 2006 I agree with Seth Godin that teaching to a group is difficult, maybe impossible:"Speech is both linear and unpaceable. You can’t skip around and you can’t speed it up. When the speaker covers something you know, you are bored. When... Continue Reading Posted at 5:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Oct31	Pig Heads - 2 Tons Worth - Spilled on Road Diane Ensey October 31, 2006 Know More: Humor, In the News 2.0, Humor How could I not blog about that? Apparently the heads spilled out of the back of a truck as it accelerated at an intersection. Why, exactly, was the truck carrying just pig heads? Is there some kind of market for pig heads other than creepy butcher shop displays where the pig has an apple in its mouth? It's true - you can Google for anything. Apparently you can buy pig's heads in grocery stores in Germany to make head cheese. technorati tags: head cheese pig germany del.icio.us tags: head cheese pig germany icerocket tags: head cheese pig germany Posted at 9:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct30	Blog Business Summit Wrap Up Diane Ensey October 30, 2006 It was very difficult for me to blog on Friday because the sessions were so fantastic and I was meeting so many interesting people! Luckily some people were able to take really great notes:Tim Stay of Know More Media and... Continue Reading Posted at 8:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct27	Business Blog Summit: You No Longer Control Your Brand Diane Ensey October 27, 2006 In the past, branding and marketing focused on product quality and consistency. Think 1950's style Campbell Soup commercials. Branding and marketing then changed to be centered on customer identity - how does the customer want to seen or feel while... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small Business Blogging at Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 27, 2006 The small business blogging panel was held in the Cove Ballroom, a much smaller room, which was pretty packed. I would have liked to see it held in the bigger room, with more room to breathe, because it was interesting.Interesting,... Continue Reading Posted at 8:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct26	Blog Business Summit: Searching & RSS Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Halley Suitt, Mary Hodder and Dave Taylor are talking about tracking the blogosphere buzz by using RSS and search engines. Would you believe Mary has over 100 searches that she follows on a number of different sources? Each search targets... Continue Reading Posted at 3:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Engaging with Bloggers Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Buzz Bruggeman (ActiveWords), Janet Johnson (Marqui) and Halley Suitte (Top 10 Sources) gave a dynamic, interesting presentation on engaging with bloggers.Transparency seems to be the theme so far today. The panel takes the position that if you want bloggers to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jason Calacanis' Keynote at Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Jason started out a little weak. He admitted he didn't prepare a presentation and it really showed. He started when he was a baby Web 1.0 and we've learned all about his professional feud with Nick Denton (Gawker Media). He... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Corporate Blogging Policy at the Blog Business Summit Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 Yesterday's session on Corporate Blogging policy featured speakers from real corporations - Yahoo, IBM and Microsoft, but I'd like to see more speakers from "non-tech" based companies. Perhaps some companies that have to meet government regulations on communications. Yahoo and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blog Business Summit: Communities and Transparency Diane Ensey October 26, 2006 I'm very excited to be at the Blog Business Summit here in Seattle. I met up with fellow Know More Media blogger Tim Stay. Tim brought a big bowl of Pez and Pez Dispensers with the Know More Media logo,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct25	AList Opines on Madonna's Adoption of David Diane Ensey October 25, 2006 Boy, A-List sentiments over little David Banda's adoption by Madonna is all over the board:Blogcritic's Eric Olsen: "Perhaps a rich and famous continent will adopt Africa. Yes, its family will miss it, but at least it will be well taken... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct24	News Floozy: Snipes, New Orleans and Barack Obama Diane Ensey October 24, 2006 That's right, the Floozy is back! So many snarky comments, so little time to share. Michelle Malkin: "I am asking you to combat CNN's glorification of Iraqi jihadist snipers by supporting American snipers." Tit for tat, Michelle? How about glorifying... Continue Reading Posted at 10:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct23	BL Ochman Forced to Mac After Dell Trauma Diane Ensey October 23, 2006 BL Ochman has switched over to a Mac after experiencing prolonged Dell Hell. She gives her top 10 reasons for buying a Mac, most of which are based on Dell's service (there are other computer sellers, you know).I have five... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will I Pay to Read Chartreuse? Diane Ensey October 23, 2006 David over at Blogging Pro throws out his opinion on Chartreuse's foray into paid blog reading. That's right, our old friend Chartreuse now wants $10/month from his readers to read his blog. And you know what? Good for him. It's... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct19	Light Posting This Week Diane Ensey October 19, 2006 I've been ill with some nasty bug all week, which explains the light posting. With luck I'll be back on my feet soon - especially important since the Business Blog Summit is next week. Know More Media CIO Tim Stay ... Continue Reading Posted at 8:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct18	StumbleUpon Not Entirely Socially Directed After All Diane Ensey October 18, 2006 I get some traffic from StumbleUpon - not a lot, but my Manamana post gets hit fairly regularly. Now it appears that at least some of StumbleUpon's "stumbles" are actually paid placements.StumbleUpon works as a random generator of pages that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct17	Jeff Jarvis Predicts End of Sunday Papers Diane Ensey October 17, 2006 Apparently in England, many large papers have a separate Sunday staff, which is inefficient and costly, obviously. A Guardian columnist recently predicted that Sunday papers in the UK will disappear.Jeff acknowledges that the US has a different environment for Sunday... Continue Reading Posted at 8:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct16	I'm Curling Up with a Stuffed Microbe Diane Ensey October 16, 2006 Megnut pointed out these wacky stuffed animals microbes. Since I've been hit hard today by a stomach ache, I'm going to cuddle up with Shigella. The next time I get a cold, Rhinovirus will be a cute distraction. Actually, now... Continue Reading Posted at 10:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct13	Friday the 13th: Death Row Pregnancy, Canadian Marijuana and a Panty Thief Diane Ensey October 13, 2006 Obviously my definition of 'solitary confinement' differs from that in Vietnam because Dvorak Uncensored is reporting that a woman held on death row in solitary confinement for almost a year is pregnant and asking for a pardon. Metafilter quotes an... Continue Reading Posted at 4:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct12	Is Autism a Human Adaptation Rather Than a Disorder? Diane Ensey October 12, 2006 This little brain-bender from Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing is going to have me thinking all day. What if some 'disorders' and 'diseases' are really human adaptations? As an example Cory says:Homosexuality once appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual... Continue Reading Posted at 7:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct11	Mark Cuban Still Things Google is Crazy Diane Ensey October 11, 2006 At least he isn't calling them morons, but he is making a point about the whole copyright liability issue. If Google/YouTube continue as is without liability consequences, Mark plans on his own "load everything you own and share it with... Continue Reading Posted at 9:22 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct10	Fox's Interest in YouTube Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 Techcrunch reports that Fox is the copyright owner of many YouTube videos. Is that so surprising? After all, they have the biggest cadre of quotable morons jerks freaks individuals on television today in their news division.To be fair, outside of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apple's Anonymous Blogger Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 Robert Scoble (whose blog has been singularly uninteresting since he left Microsoft) talks about Apple's anonymous blogger. Because Apple is so heavy-handed with employees, they can't talk about Apple in public. Robert points out:"What happens when only anonymous employees can... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A LIsters on North Korea Diane Ensey October 10, 2006 What is surprising is how little the supposed nuclear tests in Korea have been talked about by A Listers. Here's a summary for you:Apparently the US now doubts that North Korea actually detonated a nuclear bomb. Either it was a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 9	TechCrunch Gets the Scoop - YouTube Sold! Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 Techcrunch got the scoop - Google has indeed acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock. Apparently the deal will close in the 4th quarter, which makes it a pretty quick close. According to TechCrunch, Yahoo was also in the running.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Bush - Army - Bush: On Disloyalty and Friendship Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 These three quotes don't quite match up, subject-wise, but they are just too good not to share with my friends.Crooks and Liars: "In the obsessively private Bush clan, talking out of school is the ultimate act of disloyalty, and Bush... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why North Korea Wants the Bomb Diane Ensey October 9, 2006 It isn't news anymore that North Korea probably performed underground testing of a nuclear weapon yesterday. What we should focus on is why?The LA Times points out the obvious:"Showcasing a nuclear capability would almost certainly deepen North Korea's diplomatic and... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 7	At Least Maryland Gov. Ehrlich is Honest Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 I appreciate honesty from my politicians. Since we don't see it often, we need to cherish it when it appears:Crooks and Liars, quoting Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich Jr. on his picking a blind woman for his running mate: "In my... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What is Chartreuse Up To? Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 Chartreuse(Beta) is out of beta and now just Chartreuse. He's promising a new launch of Chartreuse on Friday the 13th. In his words: It will introduce you to new music, ideas, companies and people that matter. It will utilize the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Using Blog Posts for Good Diane Ensey October 7, 2006 On October 2nd Boing Boing posts about Robert Anton Wilson, author of the Illuminatus Trilogy. Suffering from post-polio syndrome, Wilson is dying and facing eviction because he is nearly out of money. His care is being provided by friends and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 6	North Korean Spokesman Say Next War Will Be On US Soil Diane Ensey October 6, 2006 The North Korean leadership is loony anyway, but the "unofficial spokesman" for Kim Jong-il published an article in the Asia Times saying"Unlike all the previous wars Korea fought, a next war will be better called the American War or the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friday News Floozy: Foley, John Stewart and Outraged Malkin (Still) Diane Ensey October 6, 2006 It's Friday and I'm putting off work that really needs to be done, so let's take a look at wierd and wonderful things said on blogs this week:Little Green Footballs: "There’s now evidence that the fever swamp blogosphere (led by... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 5	Iraq Update: What the AListers Are Saying Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 DailyKos: "While Republicans scramble to cover their bloated asses over the Foley cover-up scandal, Iraq is coming apart at the seams:"Newsweek: "The administration was not just unlucky. It was almost willfully blind to the risks entailed in invading and occupying... Continue Reading Posted at 10:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	True Christian Values Appear Naive Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Andrew Sullivan writes about something I've been thinking about myself for the past few days:Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. How easy to say. How hard to practise. When people actually practise what Jesus... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Will Apocalypto Suffer the Sins of the Father? Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Ain't It Cool News insider Massawyrm saw a production cut of Apocalypto, the native language, Central American-based film. (Oh, yeah, made by Mel Gibson - but don't hold that against the film)Wyrm was impressed, even with the rough cut: From... Continue Reading Posted at 8:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Scoble, Suits and Seattle Diane Ensey October 5, 2006 Robert Scoble talks about men in suits and the difference in attitudes between men in suits and men in jeans. There was less energy and more power from the suits and more energy/less power from the jeans contingent. Part of... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 4	Harry Potter's Weasley Family Clock Comes To Life Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Stowe Boyd has been testing a Whereabouts Clock, which tracks family members by their cellphone. Apparently users register zones, or locations, and when they are in that location - school, work, library, local bar - it appears on the clock. ... Continue Reading Posted at 11:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	North Korea Squalling for Attention Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 North Korea, which has been largely ignored for several months, has scrunched up their eyes, waved their fists and is squalling like a baby with a dirty diaper. Its the same old thing - a nuclear test.According to the Washington... Continue Reading Posted at 9:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Katie Couric Isn't the Problem Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Instapundit seems gleeful that CBS's Nightly News with Katie Couric had dropped to third in the ratings.I don't see the problem as Katie, per se. The problem is the new format. Where are the news stories? With only half an... Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online Poker's Days Numbered in US? Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 In yet another example of how Congress needs to look long and hard at their priorities, right after they approve torture, they decide to ban online poker. Apparently online poker is much worse than torture.While huge site PokerStars says your... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dow is Up - Time to Tighten Belts Diane Ensey October 4, 2006 Wonkette is justifiably skeptical about the Dow's latest record-breaker. They suggest we look at past record-breakers: September 3, 1929: The Dow reaches a record high of 381.17, just seven weeks before Black Friday began nearly 20 years of poverty and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 3	Modern Homes with Recycled Shipping Containers Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 When I read the title of John Dvorak's post "Turning shipping containers into housing" I was ready to get all offended at the thought of making low-income housing out of the thousands of unused metal shipping containers stacked in our... Continue Reading Posted at 12:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Small Business Owners Do It Themselves Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Anita Campbell has a thought-provoking post today about the trend in small business of doing it yourself. She points out that most small business owners keep their own books, rather than hiring an accountant. Instead, accountants are being held for... Continue Reading Posted at 10:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Students Should Not Question George Bush Says Michelle Malkin Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Michelle Malkin attacks a poem written by a student and published in a LA teacher's union newsletter because it questions George Bush and why we are at war. Michelle has long believed that freedom of speech applied only to herself,... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Brazilian Airliner May have Collided with Corporate Jet Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 A NY Times reporter was on the small corporate jet that may have clipped (or was clipped by) the Boeing 737 that crashed into the Amazon jungle, killing 150.The story is amazing and there is a discussion over at MetaFilter... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Foley's Down, Hastert's Losing His Grip, Who is Next? Diane Ensey October 3, 2006 Here's something scary for you: our Congressional leadership gets its information from ABC News:"No one in the Republican leadership, nor Congressman Shimkus, saw those messages until last Friday when ABC News released them to the public," said Speaker of the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 2	A Skip Tracer's Story Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 My Know More Media colleague, Michelle Dunn, talks about skip tracing and whether you should do your own in-house. Skip tracers literally track the whereabouts of people who have disappeared. Nearly all of the work is done by phone and... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	YouTube - Illegal? Stupid? What the AListers Are Saying Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Mark Cuban started the blogosphere babbling when he said any buyer of YouTube would be a 'moron' because of potential copyright violations yet to be faced by the popular video sharing site. Cuban also talks about the safe harbor act... Continue Reading Posted at 2:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tony Snow Shrugs off Foley Scandal as 'Naughty Emails' Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 This lovely exchange between CNN's Soledad O'Brien and Tony Snow occured this morning, transcript courtesy of Think Progress: O’BRIEN: I would assume everybody would want to know, including the president. I mean, we’re not talking about any old person. We’re... Continue Reading Posted at 9:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	New Jersey Faces Pumpkin Famine Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Gothamist reports that the New Jersey pumpkin crop suffers from a soil fungi as a result of a hot summer with rains in June and August. 50-90% of the crop may be lost this year. On the face of it,... Continue Reading Posted at 4:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Age of Consent in D.C. is 16 Diane Ensey October 2, 2006 Andrew Sullivan points out the age of consent in Washington D.C. is 16 - so technically Mark Foley didn't do anything illegal. In Florida, Foley's state, the age of consent is 17. I'm fairly certain that Foley didn't check the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Oct 1	Odes to Easton, the Blogtipping Man Diane Ensey October 1, 2006 Know More Media's Easton Ellsworth is the founder of blogtipping and is the (ir)reverent subject of a set of odes by admirers about blog tipping:Manage to Change: ‘Twas the night before Blogtipping Day and all through the house,Not a creature... Continue Reading Posted at 5:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teaching Groups Doesn't Work - Seth Godin Agrees Diane Ensey October 1, 2006 I agree with Seth Godin that teaching to a group is difficult, maybe impossible:"Speech is both linear and unpaceable. You can’t skip around and you can’t speed it up. When the speaker covers something you know, you are bored. When... Continue Reading Posted at 5:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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