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Political

But you’re a hater, too

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Last of the posts related to Malkin, I promise, but I did want to address one more comment from the “In Defense of Malkin” post. And then I’ll bid this particular topic of discussion good-bye. (I have a bet with someone that Malkin will be in the Technorati Top 20 […]

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Technology Weblogging

MT and WP: There and back again

Both Movable Type and WordPress should be having new releases in the upcoming weeks. Movable Type is scheduled to release August 31 (I can’t find this in writing–can someone point this out?); No announced date for WP 1.3, but forum talk has it that the current nightly builds are getting progressively stable. With both releases, […]

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Internet

Blacklists are evil

I have said it before and will say it again – blacklists are evil. In an effort to reduce the serious spammer problems we’ve been having (specifically my domain and some others are being targetted), Hosting Matters is now blocking SMTP access based on IP addresses from some kind of ‘list’. Well, Charter cable is […]

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Media

Winged Migration

If you’ve not seen the documentary movie Winged Migration, I can’t recommend it more highly. The filmmakers somehow manage to keep with the birds, filming at the bird’s perspective as the different breeds migrate around the world. The visuals are extraordinary, with minimal human presence. There is a strong environmental element to the story, but the […]

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Culture Diversity Weblogging

We women, we hookers

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I liked what Kevin Murphy had to say in the comments to the post “In Defense of Michelle Malkin”: The only thing you can learn of substance from such an adverserial segment is that it’s pointless to expect to learn anything by listening to two unprepared pundits argue it out on TV. […]