Daily Archives: Thursday, June 3, 2004

Cheap shot

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Cheap shot: I’ll admit. I was never much of a Cracked magazine guy. I was too much a Mad man. So the fact that Cracked didn’t go out of business 20 years ago completely got past me somehow. According to … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the world of weblog custom publishing

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Welcome to the world of weblog custom publishing: Since Nick Denton is today announcing that Gawker Media is launching a “contract publishing” service, I have decided to announce that Hammock Publishing is doing the same. Actually, we launched it about … Continue reading →

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Martha asks for “do-over”

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Martha asks for “do-over”: This weblog admits it is responsible for making up the rumor that Martha Stewart’s lawyers will request that instead of spending time in jail, she will agree to purchase this and move in and start all … Continue reading →

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Don’t rein-in my Parade

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Don’t rein-in my Parade: In this weblog’s second Newhouse-related item in a row, here is news New Yorkers have been anxiously anticipating for the past decade. Or not.

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Because no one cares

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Because no one cares: Mediabistro.com has the results of an amusing (yet non-scientific and completely pointless) survey of its journoesque readership on why “Graydongate” went no where. As noted here (scroll to “Later“), the rexblog is firmly in the camp … Continue reading →

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Pling-plog

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Pling-Plog: Rafat Ali has some interesting observations regarding the Amazon.com beta test of a feature it is calling “Plogs“: “…what I would like is that if Amazon can spider services like Technorati to see other references (from other blogs/media sources) … Continue reading →

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The death of a biographer

Posted on Thursday, June 3, 2004 by Rex Hammock

The death of a biographer: As an avid fan of great biographies, it should come as no surprise that William Manchester is on my short list of favorite authors. His death yesterday leaves one work incomplete, the long delayed third … Continue reading →

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