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Spamenfreude
This news feels too good to be true, and yet it is. McColo Corp., in San Jose, California, is a Web hosting service that had been identified by those savvy folks in the know as a bearer of bad things for some time now . These same sav-sters conducted their own studies and determined [...]
20Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Weeks 8-11 Aftermath
Yeeeeaaah, so I have a lot of catching up to do, so let’s get to it.
Prior to week 8, I had offered up a couple of trade that would have upgraded a couple of my opponents but would have upgraded me even more over the multiple trades; in other words, I make 2 opponents ~5 [...]
19Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Better Late…: A Review of Liar’s Poker by Michael Lewis
Liar’s Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street has to be the first book about the mortgage crisis that the United States is going through. I say this with some confidence, because it was first published on October 1, 1990. Yes yes, 18 years ago, but I swear to you it is the most [...]
18Nov2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Truth in Comics, or Flash Games I Have Loved
The brilliant xkcd published this comic awhile back. I knew it to be true instantly (me and a million others, it’s not hard to see the artists’ smarts) but I couldn’t remember a specific game that had caught me recently.
Well, pshaw. I’ve found a game that I cannot get enough of, and like all good [...]
Stardock and the non-sequel to Master of Magic
Hot diggity damn.
Stardock, after teasing us for more than a year, has officially announced that they are producing a spiritual successor to the classic Master of Magic . The new title, Elemental: War of Magic , does not actually build off of the MoM license. However, MoM was a Magic: the Gathering / Civilization double [...]
How to Host a Game Night, an Apples to Apples Review
I recently met a new couple that I really like, and they live incredibly close to me. It so happens that another couple with whom my partner and I have been friendly also live close by, and we’ve all said to each other at different times that we should hang out more than we do. [...]
29Oct2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Georgia - Florida, and Urban’s Way: Unnecessary Fussin’
This week is the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party; go spit, SEC, that’s what it’s called, and I don’t even drink. Before I get into what’s on my mind, a little refresher for those of you insensitive enough not to keep up with such heady affairs. Last year, in an effort to get the Bulldogs [...]
28Oct2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Ty Willingham is Leaving - Now What, UW?
As has been widely reported, Tyrone Willingham is stepping down at the end of the season. If you’ve been following UW football at all this year, this is absolutely no shock to anyone. Many folks were surprised that he kept his job after last year, and as the losses piled up the expectations grew that [...]
27Oct2008 | John | Comments Off | Continued
Fantasy Football: Week 7 Aftermath and Making Trades
I’m catching up with this, any anyway I got creamed. 63 points in a league where about half the teams cross the century mark each week - yep, ker smackers. What happened?
Nothing happened, that’s what. Barring a bye or two I was starting what should be a 1st string team:
QB - Peyton Manning
WR - Plaxico [...]
Saturday Potpourri: Misaligned Priorities
I’ve been a busy boy lately, and believe it or not a lot of it has had to do with this blog. Well, blog network. Sorta thing. Despite the almost complete lack of posting on my part, I’ve:
learned about Wordpress-mu
installed Wordpress-mu
navigated the transition of the one-blog-many-authors model to the many-niche-blogs-feeding-an-uber-blog model
tried to market Ray’s great [...]
Thanks for stopping by. :) I imagine the recent news caused more folks like me to do a little research, and your post comes up very early on google (so well done there!).
It's amazing, the things I'm learning about the big, ugly web out there, an
Well, except for me. I just expressed my opinion of the jerks, and now I find folks are linking to that rant. I hope all this attention means criminal charges and prison time for Mccolo's owners etc. In the meantime keep spreading the word about thos
Lisa McSherry mentioned that you're looking for additional bloggers and thought I might suit for reviews and Pagan articles. Shall we discuss possibilities?
Hey John,
Nice to see GU coming along. Your 'proposal' makes a lot more sense now that I can see it in action. Very interesting set-up. I'm monitoring my traffic closely post-election. Merging The Big Stick into a larger network may make more sens
Go 'Dawgs, indeed. Richt's successes are more than admirable, and I've missed the hell out of him at the offensive helm these last eight years. Should be a great game, but I give the edge to the 'Dawgs. Even though Tim Tebow once touched a blind