Daily Archives: Friday, May 21, 2004

Free Martha: This is absurd. Overturn the woman’s conviction. Apologize. And leave her alone.

Rochester, Minn. – the new home of hip: According to this story via Minnesota Public Radio, “Erik Westra and three friends had an idea. They wanted to create a magazine they would want to read.” (I guess this is unlike … Continue reading →

Zoom: If you use Safari, this hack will help speed up things. At least it has for me. (However, it won’t help much when trying to access the slow server on which this weblog is hosted.)

This just in: Bill Gates describes to Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, Carly Fiorina, Barry Diller and other top business executives how blogs work and suggests that they can be used as a tool for businesses to communicate with customers. (I … Continue reading →

Blog to work day: In observance of Bike to Work Friday, this weblog rode his wife’s bike (mine’s to, well, special) to work today. Actually, I’ve wanted to bike to work for a long time, but it’s hard to when … Continue reading →

And the award for whiner of the year goes to: CBS MarketWatch’s Jon Friedman (via investors.com) attended the National Magazine Awards and has some complaints about how they are organized. Quote: The American Society of Magazine Editors should overhaul its … Continue reading →