Category Archives: Blog Power

Support Democracy: Support Impeachment of Bush

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Oliver

Today is a critical day in the history of US democracy.  Either we will vote to honor our constitution and penalize those who disregard its basic tenets no matter how high their office. Last Friday the House Judiciary Committee met … Continue reading →

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Is Foldera Unfolding?

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Oliver

Some of you might remember Foldera (FDRA).  The company enjoyed a brief moment of prominence and seemed poised to be a Web 2.0 darling that was breaking the rules and suceeding brilliantly.  So charmed was the company that at one … Continue reading →

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And These People Expect Amnesty? (a Guest Post from Gary Burton)

Posted on July 11, 2008 by admin

Editor’s Note:  This is from an email I just received from a friend of mine, Gary Burton.  I was pretty shocked to see the images he’d sent me.  I can’t fathom why these kids would affront the very place that … Continue reading →

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Best Caption Wins…

Posted on June 23, 2008 by admin

I’ve got a $50 Amazon.com Gift Certificate for the individual that comes up with the best caption for this Anne Leibovitz photo of the Dictator in Chief and his Cabinet. Rules:  Caption must be posted as a comment on this … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Must be More Desperate than We Realize but Selling Viagra?

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Oliver

Otherwise how do you explain this odd bit of spam that found its way into my inbox this morning? Okay,  I don’t really believe that Microsoft is trying to sell me cut-rate Viagra, but you have to admire the “testicular … Continue reading →

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AP/Blogger Solidarity Post – The Zac Browser for Autistic Children

Posted on June 13, 2008 by Oliver

Note: This post is in response to Jeff Jarvis’ suggestion that all bloggers repost substantially all of any AP story to show solidarity and support for their fellow blogger, Rogers Cadenhead’s community-created Drudge Retort, after it was aggressively threatened by … Continue reading →

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Facebook Reaches New Low: Spamming for Members

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Oliver

Before you start saying that MySpace is the slime of the social networking space you should probably take a look at this nice bit of spam that found its way to my inbox (courtesy of an email address I don’t … Continue reading →

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Dear GoDaddy, Signed “a Loyal but Annoyed Customer”

Posted on June 7, 2008 by Oliver

Bright and early this morning my email managed to do something that I’m sure everyone’s email does on occasion; it pissed me off. The culprit this beautiful Saturday was the following notice from the domain registrar GoDaddy. (I have truncated … Continue reading →

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Is OLPC a Fraud?

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Oliver

Back in December of 2007 I took OLPC – the One Laptop Per Child project up on it’s special year-end offer. This offer included two laptops: one which would be donated to a country in need of the devices to … Continue reading →

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When are You Going to Get Mad?

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Oliver

Great Scene. Are you Mad yet? [YouTube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-rmSYhK_NQ&autoplay=0 380 380]

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