Another Dead Canary

The Republicans are coming. The Republicans are coming. Just in case you were wondering what was causing that clickety clacking noise, it’s the rumblings and keystrokes of a conservative revolution (a true oxymoron if ever there was one) on the Web. After getting their asses handed to them on Nov. 4, the Republicans have done [...]

Michael Kinsley’s recent piece in Time online asked the question: “How many blogs does the world need?” Kinsley was wondering if, at this point in the history of the Internet, there was anyone out there without a blog? The opportunity for us all to express an opinion is wonderful. Having to read all those opinions [...]

Well, I’ve decided there must be a reason I can’t bring myself to blog. I figure I’m either one of those Obamazombies in that hilarious Onion video or it’s because I’m still trying to get through this fascinating and very long series in Newsweek that takes us behind-the-scenes of the Obama and McCain campaigns (though, [...]

Old Ed Pulver is surely long dead by now. The fact is, he wasn’t doing so well when I met him, which was 20 years ago when I was a junior at the University of Florida. He walked into my college newsroom one afternoon in his grungy, stained clothes and announced that he wanted to [...]

Change.org launched its redesigned Web site this week. I never spent too much time on their old site, so I can’t really compare the before and after. However, what I’ve seen of the after is pretty encouraging. I’m not quite sure how many more social networks I can maintain without suffering serious overload but I’m [...]

My friend and I have a standing zombie plan, which includes a predetermined rendezvous point at the end of the Metro system’s red line. That’s where, according to our plan, we’ll recover our cache of weapons, food and other survival supplies. We drew up an “end of the world” zombie plan over beers and herbal [...]

Ugh. You ever have one of those days where you push a button and nuke your entire blog? I suppose that’s what I get for trying to do the “simple” install of the latest wordpress software. In a flash, everything on this blog — a year’s worth of posts — evaporated into the ether. I [...]