Baconblog
Joho the Blog: Bacon rulz (not). Thanks to the irascible and vegetarian Doc Weinberger for pointing to the fabulous Bacontarian blog. Latest posting is about the dilemma of referring to bacon as a “side dish”; one of the commenters says, “I think we should start a movement to have a ‘side of bacon’ ordered at [...]
Subscribe to what I’m listening to
Craig asked for an RSS feed for his iTunes so he could share what he was listening to. Turns out that’s a feature of Audioscrobbler, the community app for sharing your playlists. With a simple plug-in for iTunes for Windows or the Mac, you can upload everything you’ve listened to, and your friends can subscribe [...]
The politics of Beethoven
Tin Man: Sing Softly. Interesting story from my friend the Tin Man about being asked to identify himself as a member of the Gotham Chorus, not the Gay Gotham Chorus, for the sake of a bunch of Baptist college girls who were paying to sing in Carnegie Hall with them. I like the solution that [...]
Farewell, Uncle Duke
MSNBC: Writer Hunter S. Thompson commits suicide. Dr. Gonzo’s insistence on eradicating the illusion of objectivity in his reporting paved the way for the blog world’s embrace of subjectivity. Unfortunately he wasn’t able to overcome his demons.
I feel a little like I did when Elliott Smith killed himself. Not quite the same sense of loss—I [...]
Committee to Protect Bloggers finds first cause
BBC: Global blogger action day called. Two Iranian bloggers, known as Mojtaba and Arash, have been imprisoned in Iraq, and the new Committee to Protect Bloggers has declared today “Free Mojtaba and Arash Day.” Mojtaba was arrested for reporting the arrests of three fellow bloggers on his blog; Arash for keeping a blog called Panhjareh [...]
