The News & Observer is taking major hits in its news room due to declining sales and budget cut backs.
There’s no getting around it: The job cuts and other changes announced by The News & Observer last week mean that readers will be getting less. Specifically:
* Less local news
* Fewer late sports scores and less [...]
George Carlin is, without question, one of my all time favorite comedians. Sadly, he passed away yesterday in Las Angeles.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71.
Carlin, [...]
I’ve been meaning to write another freedom movement blog plug post, but because I’ve been traveling for a week I haven’t had time to get around to it. I do, however, have a few minutes while sitting here at the airport in Las Vegas and I figured I would plug Liberty Live, the official blog [...]
Allen Fuller of Flat Creek is a good friend and all around great guy who understands where we are online and where we need to go. Not only does his web company do a superb job of promoting the freedom movement in the digital realm, but he also has solid campaign and e-activism experience.
And [...]
We all know the internet has been huge in the revolution of news distribution. Some of the statistics over the past few years have been nothing short of staggering. But did you know that apparently more than half of Americans now believe the internet is the best source of news and information?
Nearly 70 percent of [...]
Wow… just wow.
The word creepy seems fitting. As the title describes it, Ronald Barbour recently committed suicide, and he used his blog for his final note.
I understand the ______ building is more than 150 feet tall. At the time of my last recon I noticed easy access to the roof that would allow someone to [...]
Yesterday I found myself chatting with a former Microsoft programmer while here in Nashville and it was quite an eye opening discussion. I won’t drop a name because, well, because he only recently departed Microsoft. For obvious reasons this particular individual is not in position to be publicly speaking out against the company structure or [...]
And so it begins…
A small but vocal minority on Flickr are already staging online protests at the prospect of a Microsoft takeover. Flickr is one of several popular Web 2.0 websites owned by Yahoo that loyal users fear will suffer under Microsoft ownership.
As soon as the news hit the wires that Microsoft is proposing a [...]
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