http://www.ablogfor.us Just another stinkin' blog. Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:06:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Can be found at a site called autogeno.us: http://autogeno.us/2007/08/08/wall-street-journal-exodus/ bookmarks http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/08/19/interesting-observation-about-the-djmurdoch-deal/ checking to see if this reference tracks back http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/08/16/new-test/ can't figure it out. so i'm going to reference my most recent post on autogenous without trackback/ and with it http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/08/16/why-arent-trackbacks-working/ Amazing how quickly the terms climate change and global warming have burrowed into the public conversation, and the media's news hole. I remember searching "climate" in Wordcount a few months ago. The word fell in the 10,000s in terms of ranking. Now it's in the 3000s, after "string" and before ... http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/05/10/climate-change-in-the-daily-lexicon/ An article in this month's Atlantic Monthly makes the case for this. Interestingread http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/05/01/did-climate-change-precipitate-the-darfur-crisis/ Chicken diapers http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/02/27/if-you-make-it-they-will-buy-it/ Swivel is a perfect place for data dorks like me. Users can upload data sets and charts. Already some interesting series on the site, although one can never know if the source of the data is reliable. http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/02/27/a-youtube-for-data-and-graphics/ ala doonesbury http://www.ablogfor.us/2007/01/16/science-and-politics/ I am trying to understand the psychology of a white person on vacation.  As a "tanned", brown, beige, olive person (or whatever names they have for people of my skin tone), I remain puzzled by the concept of flying 12 hours to a tropical island just to lie in the sun.  I ... http://www.ablogfor.us/2006/12/10/maybe-its-a-white-thing/ At 11:30pm last week alarms blared and lights flashed from the post office one block away. After ten minutes, I called the police. Twenty minutes later the alarms stopped and the police called back. pd: Do you have the address of that post office? me: I don't know the exact address ... http://www.ablogfor.us/2006/11/29/inspector-clouseau-postal-police-late-night-alarms/