Schmucks
If you’re a woman blogger and you write about rape, your site may be subject to a Denial of service attack. That’s what’s happening to Shakespeare’s Sister right now. There are a lot of small-minded nasty people in the world.
Archive of posts filed under the Blog-centric category.
Out and about
For those who are curious, among the items in the NYT website redesign is a list of its stories which have been picked up by bloggers. Presumably it’s compiled using Technorati, as the WaPo’s list is. Look at the “Most E-mailed” list; there’s a toggle button for “blogged.” For the past six weeks, any tourists …
An unexpected present
Well I’ll be hornswoggled. Somebody nominated this blog (or maybe a bolt of lightning struck the selectors — I’m not sure how this process works) over at the Koufax Awards for “Most Deserving of Wider Recognition.” What’s the intent of the Koufax Awards? The idea behind the awards is to recognize the contributions of a …
The Circle Game
No, not the Joni Mitchell song, although I remember it fondly. There are an increasing number of these blog roundups, as I’m sure you’ve all noticed. One I particular like is The Skeptic’s Circle, which aims to be “the place where we praise science and reason, and smirk and mock the gullible and credulous.” Budget …
Science fiction blogs
If you’re a sci-fi fan, here’s a somewhat old (October 2004) but presumably still useful list of blogs which relate to the subject, either written by authors or discussing it. I’ll point out that two of them are on my blogroll already, and if this post is normal output, John Scalzi will shortly be there. …
Site finds
Here’s a fun website from the NIH (oh, look, an oxymoron!): Portion Distortion! It shows you what a standard portion size for a particular food item (a bagel, perhaps?) was 20 years ago, what its caloric content was then, and what the comparables are now. Read it and weep (or say no thanks). If you’re …
Department of “Yikes!”
Somebody came by looking for this: “number+account+routing+bank+newyork,” which seems a little odd. Do people photocopy their checks and post them on the internet? Even if some people do, do I look that dumb? This one: “best goatee in baseball” seems a little more likely to be found here; I remember watching a televised game a …
Turkey necks
Have y’all met Giblets, the Mighty Lobster, and Fafnir? They are brilliant. They should be exalted above all other secular gods. Why, they have, in just this week alone, interviewed both Alan Keyes and Tim Russert & Bob Novak. They have elicited more useful information from those gentlemen than perhaps they expected. All Hail the …
Thursday (de)tritus
The digital cable is back (sorta); now it reverts to Channel 3 about once an hour for no apparent reason. Ashcroft’s Dept. of Justice can’t have patients’ medical records. DOJ wanted abortion records from Planned Parenthood’s affiliates, ostensibly to defend itself against lawsuits resulting from the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. A District Judge in …
Blogabout
I claim no originality here, but a relatively dull football game tonight caused me to wander about the link list and gather nuts and berries. A few pecans (no raspberries here!): Josh Marshall suggests that Rummy and friends are reliving history, specifically the infamous “stab in the back” charge leveled against post-WWI German politicians by …