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Web

Wikipedia and nofollow

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. That bastard Google warp-around nofollow rears its ugly little head again, this time with Wikipedia. Jimmy Wales, chief Pedian has issued a proclamation that Wikipedia outgoing links will now be labeled with ‘nofollow’, as a measure to prevent link spam. seomoz.org seems to think this is a good thing: What will be interesting […]

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Web

Article pulled from Google’s database?

Post wasn’t pulled, just not propagated across all the data centers. Did I happen to mention I haven’t had a good night’s sleep for the last few days? Disregard the paranoia. However, there is a silver lining. Thanks to Seth for pointing out this Google data center tool. Put in the search term, and then switch […]

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Legal, Laws, and Regs

National Arbitration Forum: Above the law

I had hoped to be finished with the book by now, and also have resolved the issue I’ve had with the National Arbitration Forum, which euphemistically calls itself “The FORUM”. Unfortunately the book isn’t finished, but should be next week. I wish I could say the same with NAF, but they have, despite the fact […]

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Political

Just the headlines

Only getting titles in an RSS feed can lead to moments of confusion and disappointment. I read the following headline in today’s St. Louis Today feed: Former President Bush gets hip replacement. My immediate thought was: you mean he quit? Then I remembered, oh, his Dad. I tell you, it was a crushing disappointment.

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Diversity Political

Great Day

I would be remiss to not point out that today was the day our country finally wised up and put a woman in as Speaker of the House. That is two steps away from the Presidency. Now if only we could get Cheney to take Bush hunting. I liked much of the 100 hour plan, for its […]