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  • Why I’m a skeptic

    Here’s a good reason why I have a hard time believing most of what I hear from news organizations. It’s all about making the story more interesting than it really is and inducing panic so that people stay tuned, isn’t it? So, we’ve got newspeople spouting basically whatever comes into their heads as truth, and…

  • Where are we headed?

    Here’s a few thoughts on the current legal and tech scene: What is the best thing about the internet for us, and the worst for Big Media? There are very few barriers to entry when it comes to publishing online. You can do it for very little $$, it doesn’t take special equipment, or licenses….

  • The case of the mysterious tied-up telephone lines.

    I only thought I was going to be researching those telephone company contracts today. I was partially right. I am dealing with both our telephone equipment vendor and the local telephone company, but not about the data T1, it’s the voice T1 that’s throwing fits. Monday we had a short period of time where no…

  • What a day!

    It’s System Admin Appreciation Day and in honor of the day, I’m staying home. No, not really, I’m staying home to administer to my own digestive system, which seems to have some corrupt data that needs to be purged, if ya’ know what I mean. *L* It’s also Chris Pirillo’s 29th birthday. Happy birthday you…

  • Misc. Updates

    Yes, Angela did put in her two weeks notice this morning. All I can say about that is that someone is going to be in for a rude surprise on Aug. 2 when they realize how many things don’t get done anymore and how many people here have no idea how to do them. Oh…

  • Morning Notes

    John Hiler says: This is the dark side of blogging: the emphasis it puts on our egos. If I write something and someone else blogs it on their site… well all of a sudden, I feel validated and great about myself. Same thing goes with press mentions: you read a few articles that mention you…