Author: Mark Draughn

  • Instalaunched Again

    Glenn Reynolds gave me an InstaLaunch for my post on Shooting Your Fans In the Foot. Like the last time, it was on a Saturday night, but unlike the last time, this one rocked: I’ve had 8000 visits to that page. Even better, I checked my AdSense account, and I made $17. Of course, being… Read more

  • Lake Geneva

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  • Who Could Have Seen That Coming?

    “I didn’t know the president would get bumped off. I thought maybe he would get wounded.” According to this Reuters piece, that’s Cutter Cash, age 44. He’s talking about the movie Death of a President. Read more

  • Shooting Your Fans in the Foot

    Exhibit 1: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are all over the internet, and Stephen Colbert talks about his YouTube popularity on the show. It’s the internet buzz that everyone on television wants for their own show. Well…everyone except the folks who run the Comedy Central channel: I received a couple of emails from… Read more

  • 2006 Chicago Marathon Photos – Summary

    As regular readers know, I shot a whole bunch of photos of last Sunday’s Chicago Marathon—over 1700 images—and I think I covered 10 to 20% of the field of runners. I’ve posted all these Chicago Marathon images at SmugMug. The photos are sorted into chronological order based on the camera’s timestamp and separated into six… Read more