Tag Archives: 'google'

• In the News

  - MoveOn.org apparently paid less for ad space in the New York Times than conservative groups. This has upset the conservatives to no end, and they “demand the same ad rate [that MoveOn.org] paid.” Someone get a textbook, teach the conservatives the laws of supply and demand. – Speaking of MoveOn.org’s now infamous ad — [...]

• In the News

  - The economy lost a few thousand jobs this past month, even though economists “were forecasting payrolls to grow by 110,000.” (Just more proof that economists don’t know anything.) – Does anyone else think that a Google phone’s OS would consist of several blue links over a white background, and maybe a revolving logo around [...]

• In the News… Short And Sweet!!!

  - No more snowballing the press. Back to Fox News, I guess. – Senate democrats are looking to regain their footing on ending the war in Iraq. Where have the democrats been on the Iraq war issue? Oh yea, all over the place. – Google’s attempts to use San Francisco as a testing ground for [...]

• In the News

  - The president feels free to compare the Iraq war quagmire with the Vietnam war quagmire since he hasn’t sacrificed in either. – Google will finally introduce ads to YouTube, which only makes financial sense, really. – A CIA report says that former director and Presidential Medal of Honor recipient George Tenet “held accountable for [...]

• In the News

  - Google is now offering Sun’s StarOffice for free, a $70 value, in the latest battle with Microsoft and their stranglehold on office productivity software. (By the way, I hate Outlook.) – How long will the religious right allow Romney to continuously sway on the abortion issue, “from the ‘effectively pro-choice’ position he held until [...]

• In the News… Rove.

  - The executives of the company that nearly leveled the city of Buffalo (and bankrupted the Buffalo Sabres hockey team) are finally headed to prison. – Karl Rove, the GOP genius, “leaves a lame-duck president suffering from low approval ratings, an unpopular war in Iraq and public rejection in the 2006 elections.“ – And even [...]

• In the News

  - Mitt Romney came in first in Iowa’s straw poll, but more surprisingly, Mike Huckabee came in second. The campaign buttons are being made now: “I ♥ Huckabee.“ – Facebook is considering going public in possibly “two years that would almost certainly be the biggest public offering since Google.“ – And Turd Blossom is retiring, [...]

• In the News

  - Republicans may duck the questions from the American people as the two leading GOP candidates — Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani — cite scheduling conflicts as the reason they can’t make the proposed YouTube debate. Just admit it, you don’t want to make an ass out of yourself, like some of the democrats did. [...]

• 250 Meg Show Cancelled

  Well, I am all-but-done with Vimeo. I shouldn’t say “all-but-done” when I am simply done. Although Vimeo is much better than YouTube and others, the service has now established itself as a “community,” and that is not what I’m looking for. I feel that converting my video files myself to flv and hosting them gives [...]

• In the News

  - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “has told environmentalists she supports raising fuel economy standards to at least 35 miles per gallon and requiring utilities to generate 20 percent of their power from renewable sources such as wind, solar or biomass by 2020.” Unfortunately, the energy bill being voted on doesn’t include either. A do-nothing Congress? [...]

• In the News… Don’t Be Evil, Don’t Be Google.

  - The Buffalo Sabres have lost both of their captains to free agency. I think this is a good thing in the long run — the price-tag was way too high for a small-market team still rebuilding following bankruptcy. When it comes to my sports teams, I always support a long-term strategy. – Four years [...]

• In the News

  - Maybe Bush’s worst legacy will be the plight of the heroes of nine-eleven, the rescue workers. – Just how powerful is Google? Well, Microsoft has decided to alter Vista following a Google complaint. – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ditched the GOP label that hinders his political future. What is that political future? [...]

• In the News… 2008.

  - GOP presidential hopeful (haha) Sam Brownback sent out a memo criticizing forerunner (and Mormon) candidate Mitt Romney… “The LDS Jesus is not the same Jesus of the Christian faith.” (I wonder what my subcontractor would say. Actually, I don’t.) – Bill Richardson is selling an Iraq war policy that would leave zero troops in [...]

• In the News

  - Google is reducing the amount of time it keeps your search history. (And all it took was for the European Union to press Google on the issue.) – Google is not a fan of Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista. – Bush headed to the Capitol in an effort to salvage his immigration bill. – [...]

• So, This Vimeo Thing (or, The 250 Meg Show)

  Alright, I have shopped around plenty for online video sharing sites over the years, and Vimeo is one of the best. There is no doubt about it. The site doesn’t include any of those silly best-of-Seinfeld compilations remixed with Ludacris-or-something, and the site offers the cleanest interface, hands down. (Everyone should know by now my [...]

• In the News

  - “The company that makes the painkiller OxyContin pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges that it had misled doctors and patients when it claimed the drug was less likely to be abused than traditional narcotics.” Just another marketing ploy in a business world without ethics. (Don’t blame them, it is how they were [...]

• In the News

  - I know it was expected, but I’m still surprised that every republican, even pro-choice Rudy Giuliani, outwardly supported the repeal of Roe v. Wade. Is this the prevailing viewpoint in America? (Also, are these guys running for president or parish coordinator?) – I always appreciate Ana Marie Cox’s liveblogs. I thought that this was [...]

• In the News

  - The president told PBS’ Charlie Rose that it would be “a catastrophe for American forces to leave now” in Iraq. And how did it get to this? Does this mean Bush is the man competent enough to do the job? – And our next president..? “Giuliani said the country is under threat from violent [...]

• In the News

  - “Just 26 percent of California voters approve of the president’s performance in office — nearly reaching the record low 24 percent approval rating of former President Richard Nixon in August 1974, just before his resignation over the Watergate scandal.” That doesn’t mean Bush isn’t able to still raise money here. Politicians are like Berkeley [...]

• In the News

  - Viacom is suing “YouTube for more than $1 billion.” The Google-owned website is clearly violating copyright law, but I am assuming that Viacom (and others) are looking for their piece of the pie. – Another week, another White House “affair.” The politically-motivated firings of U.S. attorneys has snowballed, and with democrats in control, the [...]

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