Quality interweb mischief from Jared Bridges
I thought it was funny that NBC decided to have some bloggers comment on tonight’s debate. Funny, in that they’ve just now caught on to the blogging phenomenon. It’s more than a little ironic that for the conservative blogger they chose John Hinderaker from Powerline—the blogger who started the RatherGate meltdown that led to CBS’s … Read more
From the folks at Mozilla, the FireFox 1.0 Preview Release is out, and so far,I like what I see. The “live bookmarks” feature can turn your brower into an RSS reader, which is quite handy. Also, when browsing secure sites, the address bar is highlighted in yellow with an additional security icon. Those are the … Read more
The whole Rathergate scandal with the forged documents regarding Bush’s National Guard service reminds me of how similar the free flow of information is to free markets. In the old media, information and subsequent analysis of information flowed through only a handful of sources. The advent of the blogosphere has now given rise to countless … Read more
Has anybody out there installed Windows XP Service Pack 2 yet? Just curious. I’ll probably take the plunge soon and let you know if I have any problems. UPDATE: Being the early-adopter wannabe that I am, I installed the update, and everything appears to be in order. It took about 20-30 minutes for the download … Read more
I’ve made several new addtions to my “Weblogs of Note” blogroll. Among them: Matthew White’s South End Grounds is a baseball-themed political blog from Tennessee. White is an ex U.S. Marine, and his “Adventures in Parris…Island” series is a must-read. John Rabe is sharp Christian blogger (apparently from Florida—but I won’t hold that against him) … Read more
I hate even to mention this, as it gives this person some unwarranted attention, but there is a certain commenter on this blog who keeps getting his comments deleted. Rather than give this person undue adulation, I’ll simply list some ways not to get your comments deleted: 1. Don’t use offensive language (yes, solely my … Read more
Everybody these days thinks you need a password to visit their website, even if the content is free. A few years after the New York Times initiated its “registration” process, it’s becoming difficult to find news providers who do not require you to first submit a user name and password. Everyone from the Washington Post … Read more
I’ve now completed (for the most part) TruePravda’s migration to WordPress as its backbone content management system (CMS). I’ve formerly been using Movable Type, and though it’s been good, I think WordPress will be better. It took me a while to get everything transferred over, but it was actually kind of fun to learn a … Read more
This post will only be of interest to other bloggers or potential bloggers, but I thought I’d give a tech update on blogging software. I’ve installed Movable Type 3.0 (the free version). This is the first post I’ve made with the new version. The upgrade installation from 2.64 was pretty seamless and easy—no problems, and … Read more
Yesterday morning, I noticed some strange things going on with TruePravda’s Sitemeter statistics. I was getting around the same number of visitors per hour yesterday as I did in a full day. All told 770 dropped by yesterday, which is a quite a jump from the average 45-50 visitors per day that TruePravda gets. What … Read more