Category Archives: Blog stuff

Missed this earlier…Happy third blogiversary to Mike Tremoulet, my blogfather and the guiding voice of Coffee Corner. Yep, Mikey was blogging back in 2000, when the rest of us were still mostly depending on mainstream media sources and using the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Apparently, this humble blog has been selected as a participant in Project Lafayette, about which I know little more than what’s behind that link. According to a nice note I received from one of their coordinators, they want to “[preserve] … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Update your bookmarks – the Burnt Orange Report has a new home. Byron’s been following the whiplash-inducing twists and turns of Governor Perry’s redistricting session and Comptroller Strayhorn’s remarkable decision to certify the budget after all. Continue reading →

The Talking Dog is back from hiatus with a new Movable Type look and a suggestion for an Iraqi national anthem. Continue reading →

I’m not a blog triumphalist. I think blogging, in some form, will eventually affect how people take in news, but I think that said effect will be largely limited. It takes a certain amount of effort to read blogs that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congrats to Greg Greene of The Green[e]house Effect for getting his own domain and doing the Movable Type migration. Update those bookmarks and drop in to say Hi. Continue reading →

Mac Diva has a question I can answer: I am pretty satisfied with this blog’s standing in the ecosystem. In its second month, it climbed into the 100s at The Truth Laid Bear and ranked 160 today. I don’t understand … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Awhile back, I mentioned that I’d received an unsolicited offering from the Heritage Foundation to periodically receive “short notices about significant Heritage studies, publications and events”. As it happens, I never did receive any such email from them, so unless … Continue reading → Continue reading →

From The Bloviator: WHERE IN THE WORLD IS…EDWARD BARLOW? Bored with blogging? Busy with business? Freak cello accident? At least the last time he took an extended hiatus from providing us with free content, he had the common decency to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Avedon Carol is back at her original digs, after recovering from eye surgery, and she’s posting up a storm. Drop in and welcome her back. And update those blogrolls. Continue reading →

Kevin Drum is the latest Blogspot refugee and Movable Type convert. Update your bookmarks and leave him a comment on his spiffy new site. Continue reading →

The fine folks at Disagreement, Inc are looking for “Democrats or Greens from Texas (or even better, Houston) that are interested in trying out the group blog thing” to help round out their roster. If you’d like to give blogging … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve seen a bunch of new URLs in my referral logs lately, so I’d like to take a moment and mention them. Disturbing Trends, from New Zealand. Ezra Klein, who watches C-Span so I don’t have to. Byrd’s Brain, by … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Congrats to Sean-Paul and Tatiana for their wedding celebration today! Continue reading →

I’m with Ginger on this one: This has got to be the least clueful article written about blogs that I’ve ever seen. Cheryl Currid is of course not writing about blogs from a media perspective but from a business perspective, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Ezra Klein, Matthew Yglesias, and Jesse all have some things to say in response to this post about blogging candidates. Take a moment and check them out. Continue reading →

Congratulations to Matthew Yglesias, who has been named a Writing Fellow at The American Prospect. There’s quite a few writing pros who have become bloggers, but Matt’s the first (though surely not the last) example of a blogger becoming a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My first reaction to the news that Gary Hart has a blog was “Wow! It’s so cool that a possible Presidential candidate can reach voters this way!” My second reaction was that my first reaction was at least slightly nuts. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

BTW, the link below came to me in email. I get this sort of thing on a regular basis, more than one might expect for a puny weblog that gets 250 visits on a decent day. I’m more likely to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Since I bashed Doc Searls for being woefully ignorant about liberal bloggers, it’s only fair for me to note that he’s now discovered a few, thanks to a tip from Patrick. Happy reading, Doc. Continue reading →

Like a number of my blogging brethren and sistren, I received the following email from the Heritage Foundation: Charles, You’ve been discovered! Tim Rutten’s Media column in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times is the latest example of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I have somehow made it to #84 in BlogStreet’s Top 100 Most Important Blogs, just below Virginia Postrel but ahead of Media News and TAPPED. I’ve read their FAQ and I’m still not sure how it is that I’m related … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Says here I’m an interesting newcomer, which is rather amusing as I’ve been doing this blog thing since last January 1. But hey, it beats being an annoying newcomer. Don’t know how long I’ll be visible on this link, so … Continue reading → Continue reading →

NZ Bear has updated his Blogging Ecosystem, and now it looks a lot more representative. Now Atrios and TAPPED are in the Top 10, with Josh Marshall, Calpundit, MaxSpeak, and Daily Kos in the Top 15. I qualify as a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Like Max, I noticed that NZ Bear’s latest version of the Blogging Ecosystem is, um, a tad bit lacking. NZ says the following in Max’s comments: Sorry you aren’t on the list, but by all means, go ahead and add … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The list of Texas political bloggers continues to grow, as some new (to me) folks have announced themselves in the comments to that post and as I come across them from other sources. Just today, I found StoutDem via the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I want to take this opportunity to plug the Political State Report, a collaborative effort to monitor political news and events around the country by contributors in each state. There’s always something interesting there, stuff you’re unlikely to find anywhere … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Aziz asks: Mainly out of simple curiosity, who else is a Texas (political) blogger? Liberal or Conservative, I’m interested in compiling a list. I think that’s an excellent idea, and I hope Aziz doesn’t mind if I crib it from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Via DC Thornton, I see that Right Wing News recently hosted a Warblogger Awards competition. I find one thing moderately curious about this, which is that there are separate awards for Best Female Blogger and Best Overall Blog. I don’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Jeff Cooper has a new home for his Cooped Up blog. Update those blogrolls, folks! And leave a word of encouragement about his new look and his (wise) decision to go Movable Typing. Remember, Jeff: the Movable Type Support Forum … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Brian Linse is back from the wilds of London, and he notes that he was blogging about John Lott before it was cool. Welcome back, Brian! Continue reading →

Sadly, Alex Whitlock has had to make good his promise to take down RAWbservations. He does have a couple of group projects in the works, and will be continuing his fiction writing. I wish you the best of luck, Alex, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I posted a couple of entries yesterday afternoon, and was rather dismayed to see that they never made it onto my main page. After dinking around unsuccessfully, I finally posted a message to the Movable Type support forum. A few … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Dang. I just discovered that RAWbservations is not long for this world. Sorry to hear it, Alex. Hope you’ll be able to rise from the ashes someday. Continue reading →