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Obamacon
There are lots of prominent Republicans/conservatives who have endorsed Obama. Two that surprised me was Julia Nixon Eisenhower (daughter of Richard Nixon and granddaughter-in-law of Dwight Eisenhower) and Francis Fukuyama (the political economist who basically was responsible for neo-conservatism).
About This Site
I write plenty for this site; I don’t visit very much. But it is becoming increasingly clear to me that load times are kinda slow. I think I’ve got too many bells and whistles, even for those with fast Internet access. So, yeah. I’ll clean that up at some point. At some point.
Rassmussen-NC: Obama Up
For the first time, Rassmussen polls Obama ahead of McCain in North Carolina. North Carolina Trends: McCain vs. Obama Date McCain Obama 9/23/2008 47% 49% 9/18/2008 50% 47% 8/13/2008 46% 42% 7/15/2008 45% 42% 6/10/2008 45% 43% 5/08/2008 48% 45% 4/10/2008 47% 47% 3/20/2008 51% 42%
RIP Olive Riley
At 108, she was unofficially recognized as the world’s older blogger. Her blog — The Life of Riley She died this past weekend from, well, from being 108 years old.
One Post Wonder
Seems like lots of people start a blog, and then give up immediately. Here’s a blog that collects other blogs that have but one single post: One Post Wonder.
Facebook’s Grammar Problem
As a new convert to Facebook, I’ve notices that its news and updates feature lack grammatical correctness. For example, you might read that "John Smith has a picture to their profile." (Emphasis mine). That’s because Facebook doesn’t take into account one’s gender. But that’s going to change.
Site Changes
I added a widget in the left column with my Google calendar. I added a widget in the right column listing my Facebook status updates, as well as those of my friends (click the arrows in the title bar). UPDATE: And the clock. Let me know if there are any problems….
Seventh Sense Changes
(1) Due to the news that Typepad has improved its spam blocker, comments will no longer be moderated. That means that your comments will appear within minutes after you have posted them. (2) Comments will be automatically closed 3 months after an item is posted.
Blogging Traditions
John Cole starts a new blogosphere tradition: your 10,000th blog post should be about your cat. Ok. Well, this is my 5,511th post. Maybe I’ll have a cat by 10,000. But I doubt it.
Testing One, Two…. Is This Thing On?
Wow. A coding error of some sort stopped all my posts from posting. I think I fixed the error…..
Death Of A Blogger
Fortunately, the blogger was a puddle. Yeah, you read right. A puddle! Located at the corner of Jay and Plymouth, a couple blocks east of the Manhattan Bridge, the "puddle" has been blogging since February 1. It dried up today.
Busy Busy
Light No posting today, it seems. Lot of things in the fire. Preview audience tonight for The Foreigner, too. You’re not missing much. I really had nothing to say, except for a few rather meandering thoughts about Lost.
Read This…
From the NYT Review of Books: Many bloggers really don’t write much at all. They are more like impresarios, curators, or editors, picking and choosing things they find on line, occasionally slapping on a funny headline or adding a snarky (read: snotty and catty) comment. Some days, the only original writing you see on a blog is the equivalent of … Read More