Month March 2006

Scoble hits it perfectly

From Robert Scoble, “Microsoft tech evangelist”, on snarkiness, deliberate attacks in hopes of getting hits, and other such self-referential blogdom ploys. The John Dvorakification of the blogosphere (I’m signing off of Memeorandum) I’m unsubscribing from Memeorandum.Reading Dave Winer this morning…

What is a radical…

From Lefti A liberal is someone who thinks the problem is the people controlling the system. A radical is someone who thinks the problem is the system controlling the people. My corollary: Liberals say the problem is a rogue president,…

Democratic non-opposition

From the Rock and Rap Confidential newsletter, one more reason to get in the streets on March 18 for the nationwide antiwar protests. Be there. On Thursday, the Senate voted 89-10 to make 14 of the 16 provisions of the…

Global warming and Africa’s rivers,

Many climate scientists already predict that less rain will fall annually in parts of Africa within 50 years due to global warming. Now new research suggests that even a small decrease in rainfall on the continent could cause a drastic…