Daily Archives: Friday, December 15, 2006

If Apple doesn’t announce the iPhone Monday, can y’all just stop talking about it?

First, I hate perpetuating an Apple rumor meme. I’d prefer to just point to my page of “All the Apple Rumors You’ll Ever Need.” However, I can’t help myself from commenting on the newest iteration of what seems to me … Continue reading

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Ask and it shall be given — MyBlogLog starts a wiki

Thanks to the neo-pop-culture-icon Eric of MyBlogLog for dropping by the comments of a my post from a few days ago in which I suggested the MyBlogLog folks replace their update-challenged help page with a wiki*. Well, Tah-dah. More background … Continue reading

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It’s a wonderful day for watching reporters and U.S. Census PR people butcher statistics

The U.S. Census Bureau released the 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States (PDFs) which has already unleashed a rash of really bad reporting by journalists who likely avoided taking statistics courses in college. Sam Roberts of the New York … Continue reading

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PDF as the new model for newspapers? Not likely

This blog has about three readers who are probably waiting for me to rip into this MediaLife magazine article about publications that are delivered online as “digital versions”. That’s because, these three readers know I used to be rather hostile … Continue reading

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You can pay $10 to register a domain name on Google, but why?

As part of its efforts to bundle services that small businesses (and individuals) can operate using their own domain (insert Seinfeld joke here), Google is now offering the ability to register a domain. (I’ll let the experts on such tea-leaves … Continue reading

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Preserving Nashville history from those who don’t understand its value

I am about to become a zealot. If, as the Tennessean reports today, that “legally, there’s not much Metro or other Tennessee communities can do to protect historic stone walls,” I will be spending a portion of my time and … Continue reading

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links for 2006-12-15

It’s the most (un)happiest Time of the year | WWD.com Anxiety is building within the halls of Time Inc. as employees await the results of the evaluation by McKinsey & Co. as to how the publisher can run its magazine … Continue reading

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