Month: May 2013

  • Ghost: Just a Blogging Platform

    I just backed Ghost a new blogging platform project on Kickstarter http://kck.st/ZKpHXr Ghost: Just a Blogging Platform An open source blogging platform which makes writing pleasurable and publishing simple.

  • Flavored Milk; Petition to Amend the Standard of Identity for Milk and 17 Additional Dairy Products

    'Reduced calorie milk' with aspartame. Flavored Milk; Petition to Amend the Standard of Identity for Milk and 17 Additional Dairy Products The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) have filed a petition requesting that the Agency amend the standard of […]

  • Christian Persecution and Fundamentalist Theology

    “There’s a very good historical reason that large numbers of North American Christians feel “persecuted”: persecution is a central feature of fundamentalist theology, and fundamentalism has become extremely influential through its rebellious child named neo-evangelicalism (what most Americans these days just call evangelicalism). Fundamentalism began as a reaction against the mainstream and prides itself on […]

  • On Yahoo-Tumblr

    "Imports [from Tumblr to WordPress.com] have actually spiked on the rumors even though it's Sunday: normally we import 400-600 posts an hour from Tumblr- last hour it was over 72-000." On Yahoo-Tumblr It now looks pretty certain that Yahoo has pulled off a deal to buy Tumblr for 1.1B. The relationship between WordPress and Tumblr […]

  • Michigan District Fires All Teachers- Closes Every School

    It is amazing this is capable of happening. Michigan District Fires All Teachers- Closes Every School A funding crisis caused the Buena Vista School District to close its schools for the rest of the year–and perhaps permanently.

  • How Shakespeare Invented Modern Storytelling

    “It’s 1594, and Romeo & Juliet is premiering; let’s take a look around to see what else is out there. It…sucks. There’s Christopher Marlowe (who might have given Shakespeare a run for his money if he hadn’t gone and gotten himself killed), and that’s about it (Ben Jonson hadn’t happened yet). Other than that, you’ve […]

  • Is Tumblr The New Geocities?

    Totally forgot about the Yahoo/Geocities deal even though I'm old enough to have a myname.geo@yahoo.com. Is Tumblr The New Geocities? Images via CrunchBase Imagine a company backed by Fred Wilson- one of the top venture capitalists on the Internet. The company is largely reliant on user-generated content and has had difficulties generating revenue in line […]

  • reddit.com: about reddit

    Reddit's getting some market-y smarts – they have an 'about' section now from a callout on the homepage http://www.reddit.com/about reddit.com: about reddit reddit: the front page of the internet

  • If Yahoo Buys Tumblr- What Will It Do With All That Porn?

    The same question everybody is asking about the potential Yahoo/Tumblr deal: If Yahoo Buys Tumblr- What Will It Do With All That Porn? If Yahoo succeeds in its attempt to acquire Tumblr- it will end up with one of the hottest Internet properties in today's Web- with access to the coveted youth market and a […]

  • Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome

    Sponsored Content Pretty Fucking Awesome NEW YORK–Media consumers across the United States are reporting this week that sponsored content–articles and videos paid for by advertisers and distributed by print and digital publications–is easily the coolest fucking published materi…