Daily Archives: May 2, 2002

Hulk add links!

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I’ve added Meryl Yourish and TAPped from The American Prospect to the blog links. Don’t know how I hadn’t discovered Yourish before, but after reading her Stan Lee problem solver, I’m glad I did. I may have to apply that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Speaking of Matt Welch…

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Hey, Welch. May 1 has come and gone. When are you gonna put a new banner on your main page? Continue reading →

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There oughta be a word

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

There oughta be a word Jim Treacher’s Bloglossary defines “Instalanche” as “a sudden influx of thousands of hits that threatens to crush your server, brought on by a link from Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit.com”. Well, what about second hand traffic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Rats!

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I’m posting this CNN story because I want to see how many Google hits I can get for saying “remote controlled rats”. Continue reading →

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Quality is Job 1, Aussie style

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

I mean that as a compliment. From a news item forwarded to my inbox: Perth prostitutes were reeling from exhaustion following an influx of United States sailors stressed from a stint in a war zone, a well-known madam said today. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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That Saudi ad campaign

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Virginia Postrel, who has a snappy new self portrait up (note to Max Power: Your demand has been met), points to this Happy Fun Pundit post which lauds the cable networks for turning down the Saudi advertising money. While I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Picky, picky

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Picky, picky Gary Farber is amused by a Concerned Citizen who writes to tell him that Whitehouse.org isn’t the real Whitehouse. Gary, perhaps you should have gently replied to this reader that of course you know that Whitehouse.com is the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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It’s a hoax!

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Matthew Yglesias points to the scoop on the Alex Michel email. The New York Post’s Page six got a confession from Jonathan Locker, one of the two conspirators: When we reached Locker yesterday, he confessed to making up the exchange. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Um, I think you’re missing the point here…

Posted on May 2, 2002 by Charles Kuffner

Today’s Wacky Google Search From The Referral Log: “Debbie Does Dallas Real Audio”. I think we may have found an untapped market. Continue reading →

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