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Better Know Your Spammers

Tired of fake spambots on Twitter? Me too. So, I put that journalism experience to work to track some of them down. Here we go folks, let’s get to know us a spammer! (more…)

Learning Lessons

Bradley’s got him a new project! (more…)

My Library

On last night’s essay, I included a picture of my personally written library and said that I stopped adding to that in about 2005. I really need to make backup hardcopies of everything I’ve written since then. (more…)

Hemingway’s Iceberg - Part 1

What follows is the first part of a collection of essays regarding identity and the perception of such, both in practice and in reality, both online and off. (more…)

Hulu First Thoughts

Hulu’s here, and damnit, it seems to actually work. (more…)

Hulu Test Post

Unless you’ve been living in special community for luddites, you’ve probably heard the news that Hulu.com came out of beta today. This is a test post to see how the embedding plays with Wordpress. (more…)

Goodnight Magic Fingers

I made the mistake of approaching the Saturday Nights’ new album as if it were a follow-up to their debut. In doing so I did the work an immediate disservice. (more…)

The True Luck of the Irish

A piece written last year for St. Patty’s Day that was posted to my blog’s previous database. Here it is again, as requested by Kenton Shelley.  Snow, booze, writing, drama - it’s got it all. (more…)

Twitter was Taking Over

It’s rare these days when I actually get a chance to sit down and bang out a real post here. (more…)