I decided to take a hiatus from Political Jackass. Writing about politics takes too much time when you are trying to stay up on current events. I just don’t feel like blogging about politics anymore. There are thousands and thousands of political opinion websites out there, so I’m sure my readers will be able to find other sites to get their liberal news from. If anyone would like to contribute to PJ, use my contact form and sign up. Otherwise, don’t expect any updates for a bit.
I was browsing StLToday.com and noticed a couple of things. First off, there is a new design. I haven’t been there in a while, so I’m not sure how fresh this new design is. It’s not bad, but I liked their old design better. What can I say, I love blue. The second thing I noticed, while browsing Gordo’s Tip Sheet, is that all their blogs are running WordPress. Check out their blogs. This is a wise decision. Their old blogs had long, crusty URLs, but now with WP they are short and sweet. I don’t know what their old system was like, but I’m sure it’s easier for the columnists as well. Good job St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Richard Pryor was one of the greatest comedians ever. His comic antics with Gene Wilder are unforgettable. His Brewster’s Millions is one of my favorite movies ever. He will be missed, but not forgotten.
Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, died Saturday. He was 65. Pryor died shortly before 8 a.m. of a heart attack after being taken to a hospital from his home in the San Fernando Valley, said his business manager, Karen Finch. He had been ill for years with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system.
If there is one thing in the world that bugs me more than pop-up ads, annoying sounds in ads, and installers, it is internet hype. Hype is what the internet is about this year, from myspace and the facebook to AJAX and now Flock, based on the opensource Firefox. Flock is part of the Web 2.0 hype, in which everyone is socially connected through everything on the internet, with such overrated tools like Flickr and del.icio.us. I am trying out the built in blogging function in the browser. I really don’t see what’s so great about the hype surrounding Flock. If I want people to see my bookmarks, they can go to my site. If I want people to view my photos, I will not direct them to the hyped Flickr, which in my opinion lowers the quality of the images, but instead I will direct them to my gallery that uses the excellent beta version of Plogger. Yes kids, the word of the day is hype, and that is exactly what Flock and everything Web 2.0 is. The blogging utility isn’t even that great, with no way to assign a post to a specific category or multiple categories. It does let you add technorati tags, but that is not shocking, as Technorati is a Web 2.0 service. While Flock uses Web 2.0 apps heavily, it lacks some common sense Web 1.0 functionality.
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Wow, that’s all I can really say. This is just sad.
Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans.
They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the girls say they like that. But unlike the Olsens, who built a media empire on their fun-loving, squeaky-clean image, Lamb and Lynx are cultivating a much darker personna. They are white nationalists and use their talents to preach a message of hate. Read more