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21 Dec 2005I have born witness to the great battle between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays”. Now it is getting a bit sick. I work/play/study/socialize in many Christian circles. It has gotten to the point where the word “Holiday” is often frowned upon. I was at church recently and commented on a recipe I had received. I [...]
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16 Dec 2005Here is another interesting example of odd news writing style. http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/15/presidential.poll/index.html Because I know the live version is constantly being edited, I will post it as it exists at the time of my publication. What I want you to notice is that, in this article about an upcoming campaign, it isn’t until the 15th paragraph [...]
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14 Dec 2005You Passed 8th Grade Science Congratulations, you got 8/8 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?
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6 Dec 2005Whoops, I almost forgot, I promised to add a link to each day’s post. Something interesting I came across in my web-travels. Nothing too deep today. Just the first trailer for Xmen 3 http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/x3/
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6 Dec 2005This week it is very cold where I live. Colder than normal. We are about 20 degrees colder than average. Last night, I was watching one of my less credible local TV news broadcasts, and the meteoroligist pointed out that we were, in fact 20 degrees colder than average. The anchor then harkened back to [...]
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2 Dec 2005I believe that Internet broadcasting took quite a hit when it was erroniously associated with Internet file sharing. During, and following, the high profile Napster battle, the recording industry began a strict enforcement of Internet broadcast music licensing. Also introduced was a fee structure that frightened many large broadcasting corporations out of the streaming industry. [...]
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2 Dec 2005I was reading an article in PC Magazine today about blogging. The original blogs, it appears were intended to be a log of articles and information on the web. A log of web content, or… a Web Log if you will.. Many, however, have become simple diary entries (such as the Blog you are currently [...]