Wordpress likes to send out a year-end review to all their JetPack users. Most of it is routine statistics I can find anywhere, but a few items are amusing.On my busiest day, my most popular post was "Yet Another Tale of the Awful, Awful People at ICE". I think this line captures the essence of the post: The sad thing is that if she had freaked out and, say, gouged out one … [Read more...] about 2013 In Review
10 Books, More Or Less
There's a meme of sorts going around, the rules to which are: "List 10 books that have stayed with you. Don't take more than a few minutes; don't think too hard. They don't have to be great works, just the ones that have touched you." The rules don't specify fiction, but that's how most people seem to interpret it.Here's my list:The Mote In God's Eye. Larry Niven and … [Read more...] about 10 Books, More Or Less
Why I Hope Peter Schiff Gets Painful Rectal Itching
So I got this press release thingy at my blog email address: From: Peter Schiff <tom@schiffradio.com> To: Mark Draughn Subject: Peter Schiff on the People Threatening To Murder Him I have no idea who Peter Schiff is, but I was curious what he did that would lead to death threats, so I read on... While most Americans spent the last few days peacefully celebrating the … [Read more...] about Why I Hope Peter Schiff Gets Painful Rectal Itching
When Press Releases Rule the Media
I just noticed that Matt Haiduk posted a complaint a few weeks ago at his Kane County Criminal Lawyer blog about how often news stories about crime are based on nothing but press releases: If you read a newspaper article and don’t know what’s going on, you’d think a newspaper reporter was sitting in a courtroom watching trials as they unfold. That certainly does happen a lot … [Read more...] about When Press Releases Rule the Media
Freebies, Part 3 — It’s Not All About You
Because Tim Kreider's writing is the gift that keeps on giving, I’m writing a series of posts in response to several issues that he raised in his op-ed in the New York Times called “Slaves of the Internet, Unite.” In Part 1, I discussed how trading free work for exposure isn’t always a con: Sometimes it’s just how the business works. In Part 2, I discussed some of the economics … [Read more...] about Freebies, Part 3 — It’s Not All About You