Archive for February 2009

The monthlies.

• Media Is Blind To Obama’s Mandate

  In 2000, Texas Governor George W. Bush received less votes than Vice-President Al Gore. After a lengthy legal battle over the contested results from the tie-breaking state of Florida in the historically close election, a legal process that found itself in the Supreme Court, Bush was decreed the victor. Two months later, the president was [...]

• Jesus on Facebook

  I am in the midst of decommissioning my Facebook account — a process that began when I inadvertently realized I had 111 so-called friends; I am now at 11 — which is (surprisingly) having all sorts of reverberations (more on that… later… maybe).
  I’m taking a moment to remember my best-of statuses, or what I [...]

• Search Results Search Results

  I’m looking to revamp the search results pages — differing between tags, series and general search queries — but the WordPress Codex was no help, at least the search function…

  Image: WordPress
  Is this funny, or am I a geek?

• The Iraq Option

  Graduating from college, one always has options, some more enticing than others. I should already issue a correction: Unless your major studies were in the liberal arts and you did not have family connections, one always has options upon graduating from college, some more enticing than others. For me, one option was Iraq.
  It was early [...]

• Gonzo Reilly

  Rick Reilly is not that funny of a guy, but he tries to be in his ESPN column, and I respect that.
  In his latest column however, Reilly abandons logic when he suggests that the 2001 MVP award should have gone to Luis Gonzales, as well as the home run record, because the actual winner — [...]

• A Baseball Junto

  My baseball project is taking shape — but it is not ready yet.

  I’m not entirely sure if anything will come of this.

• Currently Reading

  Confessions of an Economic Hit Man confirms what you don’t want to believe about the United States: That our foreign policy is a mask for an all-out corporate push for a global empire. Confessions should probably become required reading at the high school level at some point, if only as part of the AP syllabus.
  On [...]

• Tip of the Week

  I keep telling myself to keep everything in context. For example, what type of person reads a newspaper for tech advice? Probably not an internet savvy one, for sure, and most likely, an AOL dial-up subscriber. Nevertheless, this is the absolute worst tech advice I have ever seen, courtesy of the San Francisco Chronicle’s tech [...]

• Press One Now

  I received this voicemail asking, er, demanding I refinance my mortgage…

  I wasn’t exactly sure of her instructions.

• Buffalo News’ Coverage

  The Buffalo News is liveblogging the plane crash story, including links to Flickr photos, and is compiling the list of confirmed victims.
  UPDATE — Footage from last night…

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