Scripting News

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:14:55 GMT

Queso: "It's about time Americans understand who it was that they elected." Amen to that. Tonight's press conference was pretty bad. At one point I thought maybe Bush should just resign and go be President of Iraq. He seems to have lost track of his job, which is President of the country I live in, the country I just paid taxes to, the country whose young people are dying to save a country that did not attack us on Sept 11 and one that clearly does not want our help. Watching him fumble tonight, I realized this is Mr Joe Average thrust into a situation way over his head, as if that wasn't bad enough, he started a war that has no end. Shame on the Republicans for nominating this guy in 2000. He can't complete a sentence. He talked about a chicken farm in Libya (twice!). The Republicans still have the power to fix it, get a new candidate for the November election, and start the withdrawal from Iraq now. It's a disaster. This guy is drowning, and that's bad.

Wed, 14 Apr 2004 02:46:31 GMT

Something to look forward to: Former President Bush. Or, more hopefully, the last former President Bush.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:05:56 GMT

Notes about BloggerCon 2.0, as we approach mid-week.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:25:21 GMT

Because the conference will be webcast it should be possible for people to participate from anywhere on planet Earth.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 22:44:05 GMT

Jay Rosen: "Not only does the White House need the press to reach the nation where the nation is right now, but the President would like to have before him a legitimate -- and, yes, representative -- press corps raising legitimate and representative doubts. Otherwise, tonight's move is senseless."

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 20:55:27 GMT

Dowbrigade: "...reporters appear on-screen during the local and national news broadcasts, underneath their image appears both their name and email address."

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:45:49 GMT

Doug Kaye interviews Mary Jo Foley and Steve Gillmor about the Microsoft-Sun deal.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:45:42 GMT

CNET leads the way again, with RSS feeds for new downloads.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:49:27 GMT

Their hot titles feed is in a format I've never seen before. Interesting.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:35:08 GMT

Greg Reinacker announces NewsGator Media Center Edition. Not exactly sure what it does, but it's using RSS, so that's good.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:47:57 GMT

Jeff Jarvis started a Wiki for his session about blogs as businesses.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 13:33:14 GMT

Mary Jo Foley on Microsoft's patents. "The company is filing for protection for, on average, ten patents per week."

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 16:38:53 GMT

Mark Pilgrim, who works for IBM, makes fun of people who think large companies are more powerful than little ones.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 17:27:04 GMT

Why has Netflix stopped renting Chariots of Fire?

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:24:31 GMT

Gizmodo: Free WiFi Hotspots Roundup.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 11:35:39 GMT

Two years ago: What's next after the Google API?

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:49:48 GMT

SF Chronicle: "Bonds watched the 660th home run of his career soar over the right-field wall, threw both arms in the air and started jogging."

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:52:06 GMT

QuickTime video of Bonds hitting #660, incl interview with Willie Mays.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:12:14 GMT

Julian Bond on Google News, RSS, the Google API.

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:15:54 GMT

BBC: "Legislation is being drawn up in California to block Google's new free e-mail service, Gmail, because its advertising is seen as intrusive."

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:16:57 GMT

NY Times: "Wayport Inc has won a contract to become the sole provider of wireless Internet access in thousands of McDonald's restaurants."