Archive for May, 2007
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Technorati goes Web 2.0, um, 2.0.1.
Hey, all. I just went to check out my Technorati rank and saw that the site got a bit of a facelift. To quote my friend Tim Spangler, it’s much more “Web 2.0,” and it looks good.
My only beef is that I can’t find my site ranking as easily as I did before.
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3 Comments » - Posted in Media news by Daniel
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Report: Jason Giambi failed amphetamines test within last year
Oh well, he’s a New York Yankee. You can read about Jason Giambi and the story here.
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4 Comments » - Posted in Sports by Daniel
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Int’l Olympic Committee member visits U.I.C. Pavilion, eats hot dog?
The Chicagoist reported today that Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, an International Olympic Committee member and President of the International Amateur Boxing Association, was in town earlier this week to take a look a look at the UIC Pavilion at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
From Oct. 17-Nov. 1, the Pavilion will be the site […]
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Operation Gore Watch: Write Al Gore a letter!
James Boyce, a Democratic party strategist and columnist for the Huffington Post, begged readers to send Al Gore letters urging him to run for president in 2008.
If anything, I think, Gore should get a few interesting letters.
Here’s Gore’s address, in case you want to join Boyce’s unofficial letter-writing campaign:
The Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Suite […]
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
New record: 82 unique visitors yesterday
Woo-hoo! When I hit 1,000 unique visitors, I’ll write up some sort of celebration blog post.
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1 Comment » - Posted in Uncategorized by Daniel
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: IOC says logo fiasco won’t hurt Chicago 2016 bid
In today’s Chicago Tribune business section, Olympic reporter Philip Hersh reports that neither the International Olympic Committee nor the U.S. Olympic Committee believe the Chicago bid will be unaffected by the Chicago 2016 logo fiasco.
Hersh reports:
“I believe Chicago has, at all times, acted in good faith, and I would consider this a very minor incident, […]
1 Comment » - Posted in Chicago 2016 by Daniel
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Report by East London prof for London Assembly about impact of 2012 Games
I posted several days ago that the London 2012 Olympics may have an adverse effect on London and its suburbs. I got my hands on a copy of the report (available in both PDF and RTF formats) that was delivered to the assembly by Gavin Poynter, Head of the School of Social Sciences, Media […]
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Monday, May 21st, 2007
Operation Gore Watch: Despite repeated claims of non-candidacy, Al Gore still leaves door open (ABC News)
I found myself scratching my head yet again at another series of Al Gore quotes.
On tonight’s “Nightline” (and in a story on ABC.com), Gore was quoted as saying that while he’s “not a candidate,” he may still run in 2008.
“Look, we’re a year and half away from this election,” he said, “[I] see no need […]
2 Comments » - Posted in Al Gore by Daniel
Monday, May 21st, 2007
Video of the Day: T.I. - ‘Big Things Poppin’
Check out the intro, which features rapper T.I. having a conversation with his alter-ego, T.I.P. Mannie Fresh provides a hot beat for this track.
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6 Comments » - Posted in Hip-hop, Video of the Day by Daniel
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Operation Gore Watch: Silicon Valley elite still support Al Gore
Laura Kurtzman of the Associated Press wrote a cool feature piece that was featured in newspapers and on Web sites all over the country today about Al Gore’s supporters in Silicon Valley. (Kurtzman, a great political writer works out of the AP’s Sacramento bureau.)
She writes:
He is one reason that enthusiasm and fundraising in […]
